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Model rankings that the evidence cannot support

Four independent papers from recent weeks show that tables of language model scores look more decisive than the data allows. The problem also touches research done with the help of AI.

Poland's inflation could hit 4 percent in September, and fuel is footing the bill

Analysts at Erste Bank Polska expect September inflation to reach 4 percent year on year, up from 3.4 percent in August, with fuel prices up around 10 percent month on month. Rate hikes are back in the baseline scenario.

BYD plans three assembly plants and one battery factory in Europe

A BYD adviser for Europe says the group wants three assembly plants and a battery factory in the long run. The second site is to be picked by the end of the year, with Spain and France the favourites.

Brittle decisions: how easily a correct model choice can be overturned

EU prepares tariffs on Chinese plug-in hybrids, with Cupra Tavascan already exempt

Cortex and cerebellum: two papers on motor learning and changing representations

Polcom to expand sovereign AI cloud. Data Center 3 in Skawina to reach 40 MW

Data center waste heat is warming nearby neighborhoods

France, Germany, Brussels: European publishers take on AI summaries

DAMO RADAR: one model spots 146 diseases across 18 abdominal organs

Open weights under the MIT license: what exactly DeepSeek is releasing

Big Brother Awards 2026: negative prizes for the Digital Omnibus and the tax ID

DeepSeek finally fills its chief financial officer post

The Netherlands is building its own Linux to get government off Windows

An invisible watermark in text: how companies meet their AI Act duties

China froze robotaxi licences after a Wuhan breakdown, then let them resume

China: beef at its priciest in over two years, wholesale up 6 percent

T-Head SAIL: Alibaba opens up its AI chip software stack

Humanoid robots: China gets the factories ready and hands out the first diplomas

AI data centers: waste heat measurably warms nearby neighborhoods