Are you working on the intersection between XAI and evolutionary computation? Please consider submitting your work to the 4th ECXAI workshop that will be held at GECCO 2025! Please find more info at ecxai.github.io/ecxai/workshop… #ArtificialInteligence #XAI #optimization

I'll get straight to the point. We trained 2 new models. Like BERT, but modern. ModernBERT. Not some hypey GenAI thing, but a proper workhorse model, for retrieval, classification, etc. Real practical stuff. It's much faster, more accurate, longer context, and more useful. 🧵

The #PPSN Steering Committee awards the hosting of the 19th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2026, to the University of Trento, Italy Università di Trento Giovanni Iacca

I'm thrilled to announce that I will be the Chair of the next PPSN (one of the top venues in evolutionary computation) that will be organized at Università di Trento UniTrento_DISI in 2026. I sincerely thank the Steering Committee for this opportunity. More info in 2025. Stay tuned!

Update: Felix's farewell letter was just published. I read each and every word. Sharing here with my big audience because it may literally save lives. Turns out that stress in AI only contributed a bit. Overdose of ketamine (psychedelic drug) was what pushed him over the edge.

IRON MAIDEN "The Wicker Man" (Iron Maiden Lego, stop motion technique) Great work frame by frame to obtain this magnificent result.😱

Nobody's "wrong": research is about exploring uncharted territory, and everyone was right to explore different paths. If we all had been working on neural networks since the 60s, we'd know nilch about alternative approaches and their potential/limitations.

There has been a definite shift in recent weeks where insiders in the various AI labs are suggesting that very intelligent AIs are coming very soon. I wrote a bit about why this might be happening and what we can take away from their apparent confidence. oneusefulthing.org/p/prophecies-o…

Work on a real-world PhD optimisation project with real impact—help make the Birrarung swimmable again. Join a collaboration between OPTIMA_ARC, Regen Melbourne, and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. Apply today! forms.gle/SjGA1e5T6hjXRy… #PhDposition

$5 return on every $1 spent. Better than almost every infrastructure project. It amazes me that governments don't invest more on research when it is such a multiplier!

Didn't quite make the GECCO submission deadline? No worries: submit to our GECCO fitness landscape workshop (deadline in April)!! Pictured: a landscape navigation approach. Nada Veerapen Arnaud Liefooghe GECCO 2025

A *2011* grant from NSERC / CRSNG Research Tools and Instruments, for 60000 CAD, to Geoff Hinton (Geoffrey Hinton) For "Large scale machine learning using GPUs" Everything you're seeing now started from a pittance of cash given by the Canadian government for fundamental research

Tonight I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

Imagine waking up to find the CEO of your company chatting about your research with your favorite podcaster—as it's being featured on Nature’s homepage. Not a bad start to the day. 🤩 bit.ly/4h4YAit nature.com/articles/s4158…

After carefully assessing all the quantum chips released this week, Dulwich Quantum Computing has determined the current industry leader.

We’re hiring! UQ School of EECS is recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Asst. Prof.) in Applied AI for a continuing teaching & research role. Join us to help build a new Centre of Excellence in AI & Data Science between UQ (Brisbane, Australia) & Thapar Institute (India).

Elon Musk What the heck do you know about war? I have picked up one those bleeding bodies with my own hands, warm still, but dead. You have no bloody idea of what that feels, how it tears your soul, or the price we have paid throughout the world for your country. Look at yourself in a

This guy hooked up an AI to his Big Mouth Billy Bass 🤣 The first person to sell this is going to make a killing

Just 11 days until applications for our new T&R position on applied AI close! This is an exciting opportunity in Australia, where we still value academic freedom, for someone to build their research profile in conjunction with Thapar Institute.

There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵