2025-03-18
Open Source Is Supposed to Be a Meritocracy—So Why Are Companies Trying to Buy Their Way In?
A recent survey by the Linux Foundation found that organizations contribute 7.7B USD annually to open source projects. 86% of that is contributed in the form of labor by individuals....
Intelligence Isn't What You Think It Is
Intelligence is not about remembering facts or doing well on tests. It’s about living a life where you can thrive.
This Simple Python Script Will Finally Fix Your Messy Downloads Folder
Python developer Eric Mahasi created a tool that organizes your Windows Downloads folder. I added support for OpenDocument Spreadsheets and Rich Text Format.
TechWomen Fellows Fight to Save U.S.-Backed STEM Exchange Program
On March 14th, 2025, thousands of women in tech received a devastating email. An international exchange program tens of thousands of women in STEM have aspired to join looked like...
The Internet’s New Privacy Tax: ‘Consent or Pay’
“Consent or Pay” is a relatively new approach that technology companies are using to comply with privacy regulations. It gives users a choice between consenting to data collection or paying...
The Real Battle in Tech: Women Fighting Power, Not Men
The fight for gender equality isn’t just about cultural shifts or policy changes, it’s about power. Women in tech aren’'t here to replace men or diminish their achievements, they’re here...
The Internet Is Full of Duplicate Requests—Here’s How Smart Developers Prevent Them
Idempotency is an essential tool for preventing duplicate operations, improving API stability, and ensuring consistent behavior in unsafe HTTP methods like POST, PUT, and PATCH.
AI Tries (and Fumbles) at Inflation Forecasting
Researchers evaluated ChatGPT’s ability to predict inflation from Sept 2021–Aug 2022. While direct prompts failed, narrative setups featuring an economist and Jerome Powell showed varying results. GPT-4 captured trends but...
Can AI Predict Inflation? Testing ChatGPT on Macroeconomic Forecasting
Researchers examined ChatGPT-4’s ability to predict monthly macroeconomic trends (Oct 2021 – Sept 2022) using direct and narrative prompting. AI struggled with economic forecasting, facing challenges like policy shifts, the...
We Asked ChatGPT To Predict Oscar Winners—the Results Were…Interesting
Researchers tested ChatGPT’s ability to predict 2022 Oscar winners using two prompting methods: direct and future narrative. GPT-4’s accuracy improved drastically under narrative prompts, correctly identifying winners for acting categories...
Why AI Answers Change Depending on How You Ask the Question
Researchers tested GPT-4’s forecasting abilities by comparing direct prompts with narrative-based storytelling. Findings suggest AI may generate more confident predictions when framed as fictional narratives rather than direct forecasting tasks.
Doctor, Doctor! AI Won’t Diagnose—Unless It’s in a Play
GPT-4 refuses to provide medical diagnoses directly but will generate medical advice through narrative storytelling. This reveals how AI’s response filters can be bypassed with creative prompts.
Can ChatGPT Predict the Future?
This study tests ChatGPT-3.5 and ChatGPT-4’s forecasting ability by comparing direct prediction prompts to storytelling-based prompts. Results show that ChatGPT-4 is significantly more accurate when asked to generate future narratives,...
The TechBeat: One Month Left to Win Your Share of 15,000 USDT in Round 1 of the Spacecoin Writing Contest (3/18/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...
FreeEval: Efficient Inference Backends
FreeEval’s high-performance inference backends are designed to efficiently handle the computational demands of large-scale LLM evaluations.
How FreeEval Incorporates A Range of Metaevaluation Modules
FreeEval prioritizes trustworthiness and fairness in evaluations by incorporating a range of metaevaluation modules that validates the evaluation results and processes.
Introducing two new PebbleOS watches!
We’re excited to announce two new smartwatches that run open source PebbleOS and are compatible with thousands of your beloved Pebble apps…
‘Dogequest’ Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S.
The site also has information on Tesla dealerships and members of DOGE. “At DOGEQUEST, we believe in empowering creative expressions of protest that you can execute from the comfort of...
FreeEval Architecture Overview and Extensible Modular Design
FreeEval’s architecture features a modular design that could be separated into Evaluation Methods, Meta-Evaluation and LLM Inference Backends.
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