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CONFETTI: Conversational Function-Calling Evaluation Through Turn-Level Interactions
Tamer Alkhouli, Katerina Margatina, James Gung, Raphael Shu, Claudia Zaghi, Monica Sunkara, Yi Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01859

CONFETTI: Conversational Function-Calling Evaluation Through Turn-Level Interactions
We introduce Conversational Function-Calling Evaluation Through Turn-Level Interactions (CONFETTI), a conversational benchmark1 designed to evaluate the function-calling capabilities and response quality of large language models (LLMs). Current benchmarks lack comprehensive assessment of LLMs in complex conversational scenarios. CONFETTI addresses this gap through 109 human-simulated conversations, comprising 313 user turns and covering 86 APIs. These conversations explicitly target various con…

It’s language pedantry! No, it’s math pedantry! Anyhow, “Comparing Numbers Badly” gripes about the mis-use of “order(s) of magnitude” and percentages in comparing numbers: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/05/30/Number-Comparison-Representa…

Comparing Numbers Badly

"Comparative review on Primo Research Assistant, Scopus AI, Web of Science Research Assistant and a explainer for AI search for librarians" by Aaron Tay: https://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2025/05/comparative-review-…

“We got to be honest in what happened, because losing elections has consequences,”
said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate,
during a rousing speech Saturday afternoon.
“We’re in this mess because some of it’s our own doing. … None of us can afford to shy away from having hard conversations about what it’s going to take to win elections.”
Walz, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said Democrats don’t need to retreat from their ideals,
such as pro…

Democrats vow to stick to values while regaining working-class voters
California Democrats say their party must stay committed to their values protecting the most vulnerable, while also honing their economic messaging to win back voters they lost last year.

Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2025/being-hit-suv-increases-likelihood-death-or-serious-injury
So, when will lawmakers catch up…

Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury | LSHTM
The likelihood of a pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if they are hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) or light truck vehicle (LTV) compared with smaller passenger cars, new

OH – food for thought: “They've found ways to be successful critics – emphasis on successful. They get invited to conferences, win awards, maintain influence … that success might come from never truly threatening the system.
Maybe aggressive rhetoric and a bridge-burning approach isn’t a bug but a feature. When the house is on fire, you don’t negotiate with the arsonists about fire safety regulations. You sound the alarm, loudly and repeatedly.
In a truly existential fight, w…

Allen Media Group confirms it plans to sell its 28 broadcast TV stations, which it operates and has spent $1B over the past six years to acquire (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/02/byron-allen-broadcast-tv-stations-sale.html…

Byron Allen puts broadcast TV stations up for sale
Byron Allen is putting his 28 broadcast TV stations up for sale in a bid to reduce his company's debt load.

CEO C.C. Wei says TSMC expects record profit in 2025 despite geopolitical, tariff, and FX risks, and confirms it's not building a fab in the Middle East (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/

TSMC expects record 2025 profit despite US tariffs, currency volatility
World's top chipmaker mulls price hike to mitigate $3bn forex impact

Our colleague Ebrahim Norouzi is presenting ConExion: Concept Extraction with Large Language Models, yoint work with Sven Hertling. Comprehensive Prompt Engineering Study of LLM-based concept extraction for domain coverage evaluation of ontologies.
arxive version: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12915…

ConExion: Concept Extraction with Large Language Models
In this paper, an approach for concept extraction from documents using pre-trained large language models (LLMs) is presented. Compared with conventional methods that extract keyphrases summarizing the important information discussed in a document, our approach tackles a more challenging task of extracting all present concepts related to the specific domain, not just the important ones. Through comprehensive evaluations of two widely used benchmark datasets, we demonstrate that our method improv…

Syrian intelligence files show that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8jjzo

Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria
The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.