Drexel University

Sparse Coding Lab

The Sparse (SPiking And Recurrent SoftwarE) Coding Lab at Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics explores AI frameworks that mimic how the mammalian brain senses and understands the world. The ...
techtimes

MiniMax M3 Open-Weight Coding Model: Frontier Claims, Unverified Benchmarks

a mobile phone's screen showing the logo of Chinese AI MiniMax in Beijing on January 21, 2026. WANG Zhao/Getty Images Shanghai-based MiniMax launched its M3 foundation model on Monday, June 1, 2026, ...
TechCrunch

DeepSeek releases ‘sparse attention’ model that cuts API costs in half

Researchers at DeepSeek on Monday released a new experimental model called V3.2-exp, designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations. DeepSeek announced the ...
Ars Technica

DeepSeek tests “sparse attention” to slash AI processing costs

Ever wonder why ChatGPT slows down during long conversations? The culprit is a fundamental mathematical challenge: Processing long sequences of text requires massive computational resources, even with ...