Starving yourself is unproductive, but what happens when you starve your LLMs…of context?
Author(s): Surya Maddula Originally published on Towards AI. Starving your LLMs might be the key to contextual prompt reduction. LLMs have remarkable capabilities for nlp tasks, but when deploying them, there’s always been a few challenges because of two main reasons: computational …
We’ve Been Building AGI Wrong This Whole Time
Author(s): Gaurav Shrivastav Originally published on Towards AI. AGI isn’t about smarter models — it’s about giving them the right tools. I realized something uncomfortable last week. Image Credit: Nano Banana ProThe article discusses the misconception that advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) …
You’re Using Gemini 3 Like It’s GPT-4. That’s Why It’s Failing.
Author(s): Adham Khaled Originally published on Towards AI. Stop fighting the world’s smartest model. Here is the new manual for the “Post-Vibe” era of AI. There is a paradox happening in the AI world right now. Made by authorThe article discusses the …
LAI #108: Building What Lasts in the Year Ahead
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts, and happy new year 🎉 This is the first issue of the year, and it feels like a good moment to reset expectations and direction. We’re starting 2026 …
Tencent Built a Billion-Parameter Model That Generates 3D Motion From Text
Author(s): Gowtham Boyina Originally published on Towards AI. And It’s the First to Scale DiT This Far I’ve watched text-to-motion generation struggle with the same problem for years: models either understand prompts decently but generate stiff, unnatural movement, or they produce smooth …
AI is Hunting SOC Analysts: How I’m Using AI to Stay Employed (Not Replaced) in 2026
Author(s): Narayan Regmi Originally published on Towards AI. Learn how SOC analysts can use AI tools to enhance their careers instead of being replaced. Discover 5 essential AI tools, automation strategies, and AI-proof skills for 2025. The Meeting That Changed Everything “We’re …
Top Free AI Models Every Developer and Creator Should Know
Author(s): Elsie Rainee Originally published on Towards AI. Free AI Models for Developers and Creators Introduction: Why Paying for AI Isn’t Always the Best Option 🤖 Have you ever felt stuck choosing an AI model? Maybe you’re unsure whether to invest in …
The Architectural Shift: How AI Tooling is Decomposing the SaaS Development Stack
Author(s): Shashwata Bhattacharjee Originally published on Towards AI. The narrative of solo founders building eight-figure SaaS businesses using AI tools has become increasingly prevalent in entrepreneurial discourse. While the surface-level story focuses on individual success, the underlying technical transformation represents something far …
The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 3): Advanced Architectures
Author(s): Ravi Kumar Verma Originally published on Towards AI. The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 3): Advanced Architectures In Part 2, we upgraded the basic RAG pipeline with 12 techniques that improved chunking, context, queries, and retrieval. Those techniques work great — until …
The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 4): Evaluation & Choosing What Works
Author(s): Ravi Kumar Verma Originally published on Towards AI. The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 4): Evaluation & Choosing What Works We’ve covered 19 RAG techniques across three parts. You’ve seen chunking strategies, context enrichment, query transforms, rerankers, and advanced architectures. But there’s …
The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 2): Techniques That Improve Accuracy
Author(s): Ravi Kumar Verma Originally published on Towards AI. The Complete RAG Playbook (Part 2): Techniques That Improve Accuracy Remember the RAG pipeline we built in Part 1? It worked — but if you ran it on real documents, you probably noticed …
Why ChatGPT Feels Like Magic While Siri Feels Dumb.
Author(s): Suchitra Malimbada Originally published on Towards AI. Understanding the fundamental architectural shift from sequential processing to parallel attention, and why it enabled GPT-5’s capabilities that were impossible for LSTMs Created by author GPT-5 scored 100% on the 2025 American Invitational Mathematics …
No Libraries No Shortcuts: Reasoning Models from Scratch with PyTorch — Part 1
Author(s): Ashish Abraham Originally published on Towards AI. The no BS Guide to implementing LLMs with Mixture of Experts, RoPE, and Grouped Query Attention from scratch There is this term called “moment” that has been spooking and exciting AI investors of this …
AI-Powered Real-Time Egyptian Sign Language Translator
Author(s): Ahmed Ashraf Originally published on Towards AI. Figure 1: Real-Time Egyptian Sign Language translator 1. Introduction: Breaking Communication Barriers Communication is a fundamental human right, yet millions of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals face daily challenges around the world. In Egypt, …
Your Brain Already Does Multimodal AI. It Took Us 10 Years And 7 Breakthroughs To Copy It.
Author(s): DrSwarnenduAI Originally published on Towards AI. See cat. Hear “cat”. Read “cat”. Same concept. Here’s every innovation that made GPT-4V possible. Close your eyes. I say “cat.” mimic human sensoryThe article discusses the advancements in AI, particularly focusing on the development …