
The teams congregated. Spectators’ eyes drifted from side to side. The ball floated through the warm afternoon air. Anticipatory silence enveloped the stadium.
The short-lived silence suddenly blossomed into a raucous frenzy.

This post was updated Jan. 19 at 9:23 p.m.
Yeonjun Kim, a trained pianist of 12 years, is used to playing his instrument alone.
But the second-year bioengineering student has found that when he plays the public pianos on the Hill, his solo piano sessions sometimes become more social affairs.



Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau elevates and shoots the ball from beyond the arc. Bilodeau’s shot clinched UCLA’s 69-67 victory against Purdue. The Kennewick, Washington, shot 50% from the 3-point line Tuesday night. (Aidan Sun/assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:01 p.m.
Eight seconds remained.
The Bruins trailed by one.
Tyler Bilodeau stood beyond the arc, ball in his hand, no one between him and the basket, and with no hesitation – he let it fly.
Modern artificial intelligence models have an environmental impact, especially when it comes to image generation.
But as demand for these models grows, UCLA engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan and his team have reimagined a way to generate AI images with less energy.

