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Transcranial focused ultrasound for identifying the neural substrate of conscious perception https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08517 Indeed I see long-term potential for phased-array tFUS as a visual prosthesis for the late-blind. The company Nudge is developing a phased-array tFUS helmet.

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound for Identifying the Neural Substrate of Conscious Perception
Identifying what aspects of brain activity are responsible for conscious perception remains one of the most challenging problems in science. While progress has been made through psychophysical studies employing EEG and fMRI, research would greatly benefit from improved methods for stimulating the brain in healthy human subjects. Traditional techniques for neural stimulation through the skull, including electrical or magnetic stimulation, suffer from coarse spatial resolution and have limited ab…

An LLM's Apology: Outsourcing Awkwardness in the Age of AI
Twm Stone, Anna Soligo
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An LLM's Apology: Outsourcing Awkwardness in the Age of AI
A key part of modern social dynamics is flaking at short notice. However, anxiety in coming up with believable and socially acceptable reasons to do so can instead lead to 'ghosting', awkwardness, or implausible excuses, risking emotional harm and resentment in the other party. The ability to delegate this task to a Large Language Model (LLM) could substantially reduce friction and enhance the flexibility of user's social life while greatly minimising the aforementioned creative burden and mora…

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Moebius: The Artist Who Pushed the Boundaries of Our Imagination | TheCollector https://www.thecollector.com/moebius-artist-pushed-boundaries-our-imagination/

Moebius: The Artist Who Pushed the Boundaries of Our Imagination | TheCollector
The world of comic books, nowadays greatly respected for its artistic and narrative values, owes so much to the artistry, the imagination, and the uniqueness of Moebius.

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BDPFL: Backdoor Defense for Personalized Federated Learning via Explainable Distillation
Federated learning is a distributed learning paradigm that facilitates the collaborative training of a global model across multiple clients while preserving the privacy of local datasets. To address inherent challenges related to data heterogeneity and satisfy personalized needs, a new direction within FL, known as personalized Federated Learning (pFL), has gradually evolved. Extensive attention has been directed toward developing novel frameworks and methods to enhance the performance of pFL. …

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Personalized Generation In Large Model Era: A Survey
In the era of large models, content generation is gradually shifting to Personalized Generation (PGen), tailoring content to individual preferences and needs. This paper presents the first comprehensive survey on PGen, investigating existing research in this rapidly growing field. We conceptualize PGen from a unified perspective, systematically formalizing its key components, core objectives, and abstract workflows. Based on this unified perspective, we propose a multi-level taxonomy, offering …