InfoQ

Google’s TurboQuant Compression May Support Faster Inference, Same Accuracy on Less Capable Hardware

Google Research unveiled TurboQuant, a novel quantization algorithm that compresses large language models’ Key-Value caches ...
MarketWatch

Employers are using your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you’ll accept

You’ve likely already felt the digital sting of “surveillance pricing.” It might look like an airline advertising a specific fare bundle because a customer’s loyalty-program data suggests they’re ...
IEEE

On-Board Hyperspectral Image Compression Using Vector-Quantized Auto Encoders

Abstract: In the CORSA project [1] we demonstrated an AI method for near-lossless image compression for Sentinel-2 data using the concept of vector quantized auto-encoders. As part of the MOVIQ ...
PC Magazine

Nvidia, Intel Texture Compression Techs Cut VRAM Use Dramatically

Intel and Nvidia showed off their respective AI-powered texture-compression technologies over the weekend, demonstrating impressive reductions in VRAM use while maintaining texture quality, or even ...
Wall Street Journal

Caltech Researchers Claim Radical Compression of High-Fidelity AI Models

A team of researchers led by California Institute of Technology computer scientist and mathematician Babak Hassibi says it has created a large language model that radically compresses its size without ...
New York Post

Professor reveals the telltale sign students are using AI in their assignments

Move over em-dash, there’s a new AI giveaway. It’s hard to deny that AI is everywhere these days, and it’s no surprise that it’s making its way into classrooms. Since sneaky students are figuring out ...
U.S. News & World Report

Should You Pay in U.S. Dollars With Your Credit Card When Traveling Abroad?

When using a credit card abroad, you may be asked by the merchant if you want to pay in U.S. dollars or the local currency. While you might think it makes sense to pay in USD, you'll pay a dynamic ...
Mashable

Google AI breakthrough shows why we don't need more data centers

We have seen the future of AI via Large Language Models. And it's smaller than you think. That much was clear in 2025, when we first saw China's DeepSeek — a slimmer, lighter LLM that required way ...
TechSpot

Google's TurboQuant compression tech cuts LLM memory use by 6x with no accuracy loss

The big picture: Google has developed three AI compression algorithms – TurboQuant, PolarQuant, and Quantized Johnson-Lindenstrauss – designed to significantly reduce the memory footprint of large ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...