Ugoos X5M Pro is a TV box based on Amlogic S905X5M chipset, which is one of the new budget chipsets from Amlogic (no VCC/H.266 support for instance). This box is similar if not identical to it’s older brothers from X4 family (reviewed here in the past), and the specs are simply upgraded. Aside for BT …
Ugoos AM9 is Ugoos’ newest offering, but like with SK series (SK1 to SK2), it takes a step back. From the powerful AM6 Pro and the AM8 (not sure where AM7 went), it goes to a cheaper chipset (Amlogic S905X5) with lighter specs. Many thanks goes to James from Ugoos for providing the AM9 Review …
Ugoos SK2 is Ugoos’ new budget Android TV box, and it’s a bit different than their other boxes. The biggest difference is the OS. SK2 uses Google Android TV at its core, and a realtek RTD1325 chipset. All of that is done to keep costs down, while still including licensing for the big streaming services. …
LLMs don’t fail because they forget—they fail because they remember too much. As conversations grow, prompts accumulate redundant and low-value tokens, driving up cost and latency while silently degrading output quality. This article introduces a deterministic prompt-pruning layer that reduces token usage without breaking dependencies, backed by real benchmarks and production-tested design. The post Long …
The best AI models still hallucinate. These hallucinations are sometimes funny, and sometimes cause actual damage. In this post we will consider recent tales of AI hallucinations, and then look under the hood to understand why they happen. The post That Is Embarrassing: Why Frontier AI Still Makes Things Up, and What to Do About …
Spotify has initiated testing on a redesign of the genre filters found within some of its personalized playlists. The primary modification replaces traditional, static genre names with more descriptive phrases, transitioning the customization options into actionable prompts for the user. Instead of displaying straightforward musical styles such as Indie, Hyperpop, or Dance, selected users are …
Anthropic has published a research paper detailing new insights into the internal mechanisms of its artificial intelligence, Claude. By utilizing an innovative technique known as the “Jacobian Lens” (J-Lens), researchers successfully observed how the AI processes data within an internal reasoning area before generating its final text outputs. This internal field, designated as “J-Space,” reveals …
Meta has officially announced the removal of a controversial Instagram feature that allowed users to modify public profile pictures using artificial intelligence. This decision follows intense backlash from everyday users and major talent agencies regarding significant privacy and consent risks. The feature in question, known as Muse Image, was developed by the Meta Superintelligence Labs. …






