News / #acquisition Tag Acquisition 91 articles archived under #acquisition · RSS Sign in to follow arXiv — Machine Learning research 1h ago A Gravitational Interpretation of Fine-Tuning Reversion arXiv:2606.28525v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine-tuning on harmless data can partially undo behaviors acquired earlier in training. Safety can erode under benign post-alignment updates, unlearned capabilities can re-emerge, latent traits can transfer through apparently… 27 arXiv — Machine Learning research 1h ago Active Quantum Kernel Acquisition for Gaussian Process Regression arXiv:2606.28833v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quantum kernel estimation on near-term hardware is shot-budgeted: every entry of the kernel Gram matrix is a Bernoulli expectation that must be sampled with a finite number of circuit executions. Recent work on quantum kernel… 36 arXiv — Machine Learning research 1h ago BrainRiem: Riemannian Prototype Learning for Source-Free Cross-Site Brain Network Diagnosis arXiv:2606.29200v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-site functional MRI (fMRI) studies are essential for robust neuropsychiatric diagnosis yet suffer severe domain shifts from scanner heterogeneity, demographics, and site-specific acquisition protocols. Traditional domain… 14 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 1h ago Parametric Skills arXiv:2606.30015v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Since intelligence fundamentally relies on efficient skill acquisition (Chollet, 2019), the ability to leverage skills is critical. For LLMs, skills, manually authored or extracted from task trajectories, are textual recipes… 16 Hacker News — AI on Front Page community 15h ago Rocketlab acquires Iridium Article URL: https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/rocket-lab-acquire-iridium-historic-deal-creating-fully Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719485 Points: 222 # Comments: 136 25 arXiv — Machine Learning research 1d ago Large Language Model Teaches Visual Students: Cross-Modality Transfer of Fine-Grained Conceptual Knowledge arXiv:2606.27527v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) possess broad conceptual knowledge acquired through large-scale text pretraining, yet their potential to supervise models in other modalities remains underexplored. In this work, we propose… 10 r/LocalLLaMA community 3d ago "What should I do?" - consider post-training This is in response to the common post where OP has acquired some cool hardware and is wondering what to do with it. The standard response is always (1) download model X, (2) benchmark it on tps, (3) share screenshots. I argue this is boring and intellectually lazy, and propose… 18 r/LocalLLaMA community 3d ago Help optimizing llama.cpp + Qwen 27B on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell for coding agents Our company recently acquired a workstation with an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell , and we're experimenting with local LLMs to reduce part of our Claude token usage. Right now we’re running Qwen3.6 27B MTP Q8_K_XL with llama.cpp on Windows 11 . I've been using both Claude Opus and… 13 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 4d ago Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs' tools across its apps. 20 arXiv — Machine Learning research 5d ago Efficient Adaptive Data Acquisition via Pretrained Belief Representations arXiv:2606.25197v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning effective policies for adaptive data acquisition remains challenging: posterior-based methods rely on surrogate models and posterior approximations that can be misspecified or biased, while direct policy-learning methods… 28 arXiv — Machine Learning research 5d ago Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Diagnosis-Driven Online Reinforcement Learning with Offline Priors arXiv:2606.25527v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Online reinforcement learning (RL) agents increasingly depend on knowledge acquired offline to achieve practical efficiency. Originally studied in offline-to-online RL, this paradigm now spans foundation model post-training and… 27 Hugging Face Daily Papers research 5d ago InSight: Self-Guided Skill Acquisition via Steerable VLAs Abstract InSight enables autonomous skill acquisition for vision-language-action models through primitive-action level steerability and automated demonstration generation. Generated by Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct Vision-language-action (VLA) models can learn manipulation… 19 NVIDIA Developer Blog official-blog 7d ago Enable Real-Time AI for High-Speed Data Acquisition with DAQIRI When AlphaFold2 revolutionized drug discovery in 2020, its success relied entirely on the roughly 170,000 protein structures collected by scientists since 1971... 33 Hacker News — AI on Front Page community 10d ago Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics Article URL: https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600312 Points: 227 # Comments: 118 12 ThursdAI news-outlet 11d ago Fable Got Banned, Open Source Delivered: GLM-5.2, Kimi K2.7 & SpaceX Buys Cursor - June 18 From CoreWeave (W&B): Fable is gone (for now). Here's everything else that happened this week: GLM-5.2 takes the open source crown, SpaceX buys Cursor for $60B, and 3 guests on the show today! 23 arXiv — Machine Learning research 12d ago Correcting Sensor-Induced Distribution Drift with Wasserstein Adversarial Learning arXiv:2606.18561v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The quality of recorded data depends on the stability of the sensor system that acquires it. Sensor motion and aging can degrade the performance and stability of downstream data-driven methods. We present a Wasserstein-GAN-inspired… 5 arXiv — Machine Learning research 12d ago Zero-Shot Active Feature Acquisition via LLM-Elicitation arXiv:2606.18933v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Active feature acquisition (AFA) sequentially selects which features to observe to reach a classification or ranking decision. Its central limitation is reliance on large amount of labeled data to fit probabilistic models guiding… 23 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 12d ago Dango: A Strictly L1-Only Large Language Model for Studying Second Language Acquisition arXiv:2606.19170v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Dango, a 1.8B-parameter large language model designed for controlled studies of L1-to-L2 (Japanese-to-English) transfer in second language acquisition (SLA). While previous studies have explored SLA in language models,… 18 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 12d ago DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business. 12 Stratechery (Ben Thompson) community 12d ago The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor The administration is very likely wrong about Fable, but that is ultimately Anthropic's responsibility. 20 arXiv — Machine Learning research 13d ago Decision-Driven Geosteering Under Uncertainty: A Unified Framework for Sequential Decision Optimization arXiv:2606.17331v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Geosteering requires navigating a well trajectory through an unknown geological configuration, while sequentially updating decisions based on indirect measurements acquired during drilling. This work presents an uncertainty-aware… 36 arXiv — Machine Learning research 13d ago QueryMarket: Cost-Aware Online Active Learning in Data Markets arXiv:2606.17805v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Data acquisition is a major bottleneck for learning in real-time streams: analysts must decide on the fly which labels to purchase while respecting a rolling budget. However, existing online active learning rarely unifies pricing,… 35 Ars Technica — AI news-outlet 13d ago SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can. 20 Stratechery (Ben Thompson) community 13d ago Fox Buys Roku, The Problem With Fox’s Smart Strategy, Streaming That Works The market hates Fox's acquisition of Roku, but the company is trading extraction from rights holders for leverage as a renter. 20 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 13d ago Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat. 9 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 14d ago Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks. 27 arXiv — Machine Learning research 15d ago Machine Learning for Biomedical Raman Spectroscopy: From Spectral Acquisition to Clinical Translation arXiv:2606.14169v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Raman spectroscopy provides label-free, chemically specific characterization of biological systems and has become an important tool for cancer diagnosis, molecular subtyping, microbiological identification, and intraoperative… 13 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 15d ago Pragmatic Inference for Moral Reasoning Acquisition: Generalization via Metapragmatic Links arXiv:2509.24102v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While moral reasoning has emerged as a promising research direction for large language models (LLMs), achieving robust generalization remains a critical challenge. This challenge arises from the gap between what is said and… 27 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 16d ago Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed. 13 The Information — AI news-outlet 17d ago Roku in Discussions to be Acquired Roku is in discussions to be acquired by another company, Bloomberg reported, sending shares of the streaming device maker up 20%. At the higher price, Reddit has a market capitalization of $21 billion. The idea that Roku might be acquired isn’t new. Roku’s ability to survive as… 9 The Information — AI news-outlet 17d ago Meta Bought Rivos to Accelerate Its AI Chip Push. It Isn’t Working. Meta Platforms bought semiconductor startup Rivos last year to accelerate development of in-house chips and reduce its reliance on Nvidia as it pours cash into data centers for its AI ambitions. Now six months since the acquisition closed, Meta is struggling to make it work,… 10 The Information — AI news-outlet 18d ago Meta Cuts Ties With Manus Meta Platforms has fully separated its operations from Manus after Chinese authorities ordered the companies to unwind their $2 billion acquisition deal, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has halted data… 8 arXiv — Machine Learning research 19d ago FreeBridge: Variational Schr\"odinger Bridges for Cellular Transition Dynamics arXiv:2606.11286v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-content imaging assays quantify cellular responses to chemical and genetic perturbations, yet continuous trajectories of individual cells are unobservable because cells are chemically fixed at acquisition. Perturbation… 13 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 19d ago FORT-Searcher: Synthesizing Shortcut-Resistant Search Tasks for Training Deep Search Agents arXiv:2606.12087v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Training deep search agents requires verifiable questions whose answers remain unavailable until sufficient evidence has been acquired through search. Existing synthesis methods often increase apparent difficulty by enriching graph… 21 TechCrunch — AI news-outlet 19d ago Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models. 20 Hugging Face Daily Papers research 20d ago DuMate-DeepResearch: An Auditable Multi-Agent System with Recursive Search and Rubric-Grounded Reasoning Abstract A multi-agent framework for deep research tasks that addresses planning, evidence acquisition, and report synthesis through decoupled components and dynamic optimization mechanisms. Generated by Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct Deep Research (DR) has emerged as a new… 38 arXiv — Machine Learning research 21d ago Boundary Variance Inflation Causes Acquisition Bias in Gaussian Processes arXiv:2606.07561v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Gaussian processes with stationary kernels on bounded domains exhibit inflated posterior variance near the boundary. Despite being a long-recognized artifact in geostatistics and a source of over-exploration in Bayesian… 15 arXiv — Machine Learning research 21d ago SRT: Super-Resolution for Time Series via Disentangled Rectified Flow arXiv:2606.07605v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fine-grained time series data with high temporal resolution is critical for accurate analytics across a wide range of applications. However, the acquisition of such data is often limited by cost and feasibility. This problem can be… 15 arXiv — Machine Learning research 21d ago Evaluating the Impact of Task Granularity on Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning arXiv:2606.08013v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Catastrophic forgetting, the abrupt loss of previously acquired knowledge upon learning new information, remains the central challenge in Continual Learning. This project investigates whether the order in which a model learns… 17 The Information — AI news-outlet 21d ago Bending Spoons Files to Go Public Italian conglomerate Bending Spoons, which has acquired a string of aging U.S. internet businesses including AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote and Vimeo, filed to go public in the U.S. to give it the funds to pursue more acquisitions. The company’s IPO paperwork shows Bending Spoons’… 34 Stratechery (Ben Thompson) community 21d ago Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics Google's deal with SpaceX, and Broadcom's earnings, both seem bullish for Nvidia. Then, what I'm looking for at WWDC. 36 arXiv — Machine Learning research 22d ago $\alpha$-PFN: Fast Entropy Search via In-Context Learning arXiv:2606.07134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Information-theoretic acquisition functions such as Entropy Search (ES) offer a principled exploration-exploitation framework for Bayesian optimization (BO). However, their practical implementation relies on complicated and slow… 8 The Information — AI news-outlet 24d ago Reid Hoffman to Depart Microsoft Board LinkedIn cofounder and investor Reid Hoffman will leave his seat on Microsoft’s board of directors at the end of this year, Microsoft said in a filing Friday. Hoffman has served as a Microsoft director since 2017, when Microsoft acquired LinkedIn. Since then he’s been a pivotal… 19 arXiv — Machine Learning research 25d ago Catastrophic Forgetting as Accessibility Collapse: A Three-Level Framework for Knowledge Persistence in Continual Learning arXiv:2606.06032v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Catastrophic forgetting is commonly interpreted as the irreversible erasure of previously acquired knowledge during sequential learning. In this work, we investigate an alternative perspective: that forgetting may arise not from… 36 Hugging Face Daily Papers research 25d ago EvoDS: Self-Evolving Autonomous Data Science Agent with Skill Learning and Context Management Abstract EvoDS introduces a self-evolving autonomous data science agent that enhances its capabilities through skill acquisition and adaptive context management via reinforcement learning. Generated by Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct Recent progress in Large Language Model (LLM)… 38 The Information — AI news-outlet 26d ago Nvidia Buys Enterprise Model-Maker Kumo AI for at Least $400 Million Nvidia has bought Kumo AI, a five-year-old startup that sells predictive AI software to enterprises, for more than $400 million, said a person with knowledge of the deal. The acquisition, first revealed by an Nvidia executive in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, should expand Nvidia’s… 26 arXiv — Machine Learning research 27d ago Exact equivariance, kept through training, buys zero-shot generalisation across the symmetry group arXiv:2606.03003v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A latent world model built from an equivariant encoder $E$ and an equivariant predictor $f$ inherits a provable symmetry of its training loss: when the world's dynamics genuinely carries a group $G$ acting on latents by an… 13 arXiv — Machine Learning research 28d ago Foundation-Preserving Adaptation via Generalized Rayleigh-Quotient Optimization arXiv:2606.00132v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While finetuning effectively adapts foundation models to specialized downstream tasks, it can degrade nontarget capabilities acquired during pretraining. Existing forgetting aware methods typically seek safer updates through… 8 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 28d ago CA-BED: Conversation-Aware Bayesian Experimental Design arXiv:2606.01182v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at static reasoning tasks, yet their performance often degrades in interactive scenarios where information must be actively acquired through questioning. A key challenge lies in selecting… 8 The Information — AI news-outlet 28d ago Salesforce Acquires Contentful in Latest Move to Boost AI Salesforce is acquiring Contentful, a provider of content management software for businesses, in the latest sign of its efforts to make its customer data more easily accessible to AI agents. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Salesforce paid between $1 billion and $1.5… 26 Page 1 of 2 · 91 articles Older →
