Maximilian Schreiner
Max is the managing editor of THE DECODER, bringing his background in philosophy to explore questions of consciousness and whether machines truly think or just pretend to.
AI chips are pushing everything else off TSMC's most advanced production lines
By 2027, 86 percent of TSMC’s N3 capacity could go to AI accelerators, according to SemiAnalysis. Smartphones are becoming a buffer for overflow demand.
Read full article about: Ukraine opens its battlefield data to allies to train AI models for autonomous drones
Ukraine opens its battlefield data to allies to train AI models for autonomous drones.
"Today, Ukraine has a unique array of battlefield data that is unmatched anywhere else in the world," Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov wrote on Telegram. "This includes millions of annotated images collected during tens of thousands of combat flights."
Fedorov had first announced the plan in January, shortly after taking office. Now, he says a platform has been created that provides allies and companies with constantly updating datasets and large quantities of photos and video footage. The goal is to accelerate the development of AI models that can guide drones to their targets without a pilot or quickly analyze vast pools of data.
Ukraine wants to increase the role played by autonomous systems in the war. Top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said the war had "entered a new phase" with platoons of drone interceptors are now being created inside the Ukrainian armed forces.
Read full article about: Claude can now create interactive charts and visualizations directly in chat
Anthropic has launched a new beta feature for its AI chatbot Claude: the ability to generate interactive diagrams, charts, and visualizations directly within the conversation. The feature builds on a preview called "Imagine with Claude" from last fall, combining it with the existing "Artifacts" functionality - but embedded right in the chat flow instead of in a side panel, and labeled as "temporary," according to Anthropic.
Claude decides on its own when a visualization would be helpful, though users can also request one directly. Examples include interactive compound interest curves, an interactive decision tree, and a clickable periodic table. The feature is available across all pricing tiers.
Meta's JEPA architecture outperforms standard AI methods in noisy medical imaging
Researchers have presented an AI model for cardiac ultrasound based on Meta’s JEPA architecture that outperforms common methods such as masked autoencoder or contrastive learning, according to their benchmarks.
Nvidia steps into the open-source AI gap that OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic left behind
An SEC filing reveals that Nvidia plans to spend $26 billion on open-weight AI models over the next five years. The move doubles as a strategic response to the growing dominance of Chinese open-source models – and a way to keep developers locked into Nvidia’s hardware ecosystem.
Read full article about: Claude's Excel and PowerPoint add-ins now share context across apps
Anthropic is updating its Claude add-ins for Excel and PowerPoint with shared context, reusable workflows, and broader cloud support.
Anthropic is adding three new features to its Claude for Excel and Claude for PowerPoint add-ins. The two add-ins now share conversation context, so Claude can read cell values, write formulas, and edit slides in a single session without users having to repeat information.
The company is also introducing what it calls Skills, reusable workflows that teams can share as one-click actions for tasks like financial model reviews or deck analysis. A preinstalled starter set covers common use cases.
Both add-ins are now available through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry, letting companies pick the cloud provider that works best for them. All features are available to paying users on Mac and Windows.
Many of these capabilities are already built into the Claude app itself, particularly in Cowork mode, which is now also part of Microsoft's Copilot.