A longitudinal study of an enterprise '2x mandate' to double merged pull requests per engineer found that throughput eventually reached 2.09x the pre-mandate baseline, with gains linked to AI adoption and usage intensity. Code review was restructured, with automated review overtaking human review and reviewer load doubling.
In a panel of 802 developers and 196,212 pull requests, per-capita throughput doubled to 2.09x baseline.
Gain attributed to AI adoption and usage, not the mandate itself, via staggered difference-in-differences.
Researchers released a set of formulas for fundamental mathematical constants designed to evaluate AI mathematical skills. The problems include proven (temporarily encrypted) and unproven formulas, testing AI's reasoning capabilities.
New benchmark features formulas for constants like π, e, and Catalan's constant.
Some formulas have known proofs that are encrypted; others are unproven.
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Google is overhauling the Google Images homepage, replacing the mostly blank search page with a dynamic, immersive gallery of images tailored to user interests. Users can also save images to collections. Additionally, Google Search's AI Overviews will soon generate images for visualizing ideas like home decor. The new homepage rolls out in the coming weeks to signed-in desktop users in the US.
Google Images homepage will feature a browseable, dynamic gallery with personalized recommendations before search.
Users can save images to collections that appear as tabs above the feed.