Basel Medical Group to add $1B in Bitcoin to treasury amid falling share prices

Singapore-based Basel Medical Group (BMGL) announced plans to acquire $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to strengthen its balance sheet and accelerate expansion across Asian markets. Basel also revealed that the proposed transaction is being negotiated with a consortium of institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals active in the crypto sector.  Basel CEO Darren Chhoa said […]

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Naturally Occurring Equivariance in Neural Networks

This article is part of the Circuits thread, an experimental format collecting invited short articles and critical commentary delving into the inner workings of neural networks. Curve Detectors High-Low Frequency Detectors Contents Convolutional neural networks contain a hidden world of symmetries within themselves. This symmetry is a powerful tool in understanding the features and circuits […]

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High-Low Frequency Detectors

This article is part of the Circuits thread, an experimental format collecting invited short articles and critical commentary delving into the inner workings of neural networks. Naturally Occurring Equivariance in Neural Networks Curve Circuits Introduction Some of the neurons in vision models are features that we aren’t particularly surprised to find. Curve detectors, for example, […]

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How do home ownership and mortgages affect your portfolio?

A lament regularly heard in school playgrounds across the land goes something like this: “Eeeeeuuugggh! Shuuuttttt up!” …followed by: “Girls are gross!” So proclaims generation after generation of little boys – only a few years before the hormones kick in and they spend the rest of their lives obsessing over women. As goes the birds […]

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SoundHound AI Stock Sinks 8% as Revenue Misses Wall Street’s Estimate. Is SOUN Stock a Buy?

In the first quarter, the AI-powered voice solutions provider continued to post strong revenue growth, but its sizable losses also continued. SoundHound AI (SOUN -8.16%) stock declined 7.8% on Friday following the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider’s release of its first-quarter 2025 report on the prior afternoon. The drop is largely attributable to the […]

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Visualizing Weights

This article is part of the Circuits thread, an experimental format collecting invited short articles and critical commentary delving into the inner workings of neural networks. Curve Circuits Branch Specialization Introduction The problem of understanding a neural network is a little bit like reverse engineering a large compiled binary of a computer program. In this […]

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