Microsoft

KITAB: Evaluating LLMs on Constraint Satisfaction for Information Retrieval

We study the ability of state-of-the art models to answer constraint satisfaction queries for information retrieval (e.g., ‘a list of ice cream shops in San Diego’). In the past, such queries were ...
IEEE

Efficient Solution Validation of Constraint Satisfaction Problems on Neuromorphic Hardware: The Case of Sudoku Puzzles

Abstract: Spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer an effective approach to solving constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) by leveraging their temporal, event-driven dynamics. Moreover, neuromorphic ...
WSKG

New interactive map gives big picture of New York's lead pipe problem

As municipalities, water authorities and homeowners are grappling with ridding infrastructure of the health risk that lead water service lines can pose, there are still two major obstacles – logistics ...
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Why Florida Cannot Stop Its Exploding Python Problem

Released into the wild decades ago, Florida’s giant pythons have multiplied into an unstoppable force, devouring native wildlife and collapsing fragile ecosystems. David Letterman scorches Trump with ...
New York Post

Florida solves invasive python problem by transforming apex predators into A-list leather goods

The Florida government is ridding the Everglades of invasive pythons by allowing fashion brans to turn them into luxury accessories. Inverse Leathers Shopping will now save the planet. Florida ...
The New York Times

Harris’s Memoir Is Another Example of the Democrats’ Problem

Three Opinion writers break down the former vice president’s book of excuses. By Michelle Cottle Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Produced by Vishakha Darbha Three Opinion writers weigh in on Kamala ...
Game Rant

How Battlefield 6’s New Map Reveals Solve My Biggest Beta Problem

Even before its official reveal, in that time when rumors swirled about Battlefield Labs and what might come from it, I knew I’d have to temper my enthusiasm for Battlefield 6. I’d been burned before, ...
Illinois Policy

When GOP gets just 14% of state legislation, Illinois has a legislative map problem

In the 2022 midterm elections, for example, House Democrats maintained a supermajority even while Republicans actually received more votes overall. Redistricting reform is popular across the ...
Harvard Business Review

Employee Stress Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem

For decades, workplace stress was viewed primarily as an individual concern to be managed by HR—often through wellness programs or stress management workshops—rather than as a systemic, ...
AOL

Big US cities are sinking. This map shows where the problem is the worst.

The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction, ...
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Grounding Neural Inference with Satisfiability Modulo Theories: Leveraging Theory Solvers for Machine Learning

Modern AI excels at pattern recognition but suffers when faced with logical reasoning tasks. What happens when we ask a neural network to solve a Sudoku puzzle from an image, verify a mathematical ...