Tech Briefing: Decision-Centric Design for LLM Systems Strategic angle: Exploring the need for LLM systems to make control decisions beyond just generating outputs. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: How Emotion Shapes the Behavior of LLMs and Agents: A Mechanistic Study Strategic angle: Investigating the role of emotional signals in shaping the behavior of large language models. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: Human-in-the-Loop Control of Objective Drift in LLM-Assisted Computer Science Education Strategic angle: Exploring the integration of human oversight in AI-driven programming education to mitigate objective drift. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: Improvisational Games as a Benchmark for Social Intelligence of AI Agents Strategic angle: Exploring the reasoning capabilities of AI through the wordplay game Connections. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: In harmony with gpt-oss Strategic angle: A reverse-engineering effort reveals challenges in reproducing OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b scores. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: Open, Reliable, and Collective: A Community-Driven Framework for Tool-Using AI Agents Strategic angle: Exploring the challenges and solutions for enhancing the reliability of tool-integrated LLMs. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Tech Briefing: Signals: Trajectory Sampling and Triage for Agentic Interactions Strategic angle: Exploring the role of multi-step interaction loops in agentic applications using large language models. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Sports Briefing: Izzo 'seriously' eyed Suns HC job last summer Strategic angle: Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo revealed discussions with Suns owner Mat Ishbia regarding the head coaching position. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Sports Briefing: Out like a lion: Luka ends March with 600 points Strategic angle: Luka Doncic had his third straight 40-point game, lifting his March scoring total to 600 points and adding to a strong month for the Lakers, who finished with a 15-2 record. Editorial Staff Apr 2
Sports Briefing: Trail Blazers fined $100K for early Hansen contact Strategic angle: The NBA penalizes the Trail Blazers for illegal contact with a draft prospect. Editorial Staff Apr 2