News / #acquisition Tag Acquisition 195 articles archived under #acquisition · RSS Sign in to follow arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 1mo ago DynaKRAG: A Unified Framework for Learnable Evidence Control in Multi-Hop Retrieval-Augmented Generation arXiv:2607.06507v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-hop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) acquires evidence sequentially, with each new document potentially revealing missing facts, bridge entities, query defects, or sufficient support for answering. Existing methods… 38 Vercel — AI dev-tools 1mo ago Vercel acquires Better Auth to accelerate open source auth Vercel is acquiring Better Auth , the company behind the open source TypeScript authentication library , which has 4.7M+ weekly npm downloads and more than 850 contributors. Founder Bereket Engida and the core team are joining Vercel to continue their work on Better Auth and… 7 arXiv — NLP / Computation & Language research 1mo ago Transplanting, inverting, and preventing a misalignment persona: method-conditional emergent misalignment in Qwen2.5 arXiv:2607.04510v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Emergent misalignment (EM) -- the broad misbehaviour a language model acquires after fine-tuning on narrow harmful data -- is mediated in Qwen2.5 models by a latent persona direction, and that direction is causal in open weights.… 7 Hugging Face Daily Papers research 1mo ago Lexical Consensus: Grounded Word Learning and Shared Meaning in Artificial Agents Abstract Grounded word learning experiments using visual embeddings and lexical learners reveal that perceptual distance, rather than semantic relatedness, determines acquisition success, with distinct patterns in naming and retrieval performance. Generated by… 34 arXiv — Machine Learning research 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo ago SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can. 20 Stratechery (Ben Thompson) community 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo 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 Page 3 of 4 · 195 articles ← Newer Older →
