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The Marvels of Generative AI: Key Concepts and Use Cases

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Imagine a tool so versatile that it can compose music, generate legal documents, assist in developing vaccines, and even create artwork that seems to have sprung from the brush of a Renaissance master. This isn’t the plot of a sci-fi novel but the reality of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Generative AI is transforming how we approach creativity and problem-solving across various sectors.

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Top 10 Tableau Alternatives to Explore in 2024

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Introduction While Tableau remains a popular choice for data visualization, its dominance is waning. The increasing importance of data analysis across industries has fueled the demand for versatile tools, leading to a surge in Tableau alternatives. These alternatives cater to various needs, whether you prioritize affordability, extensive customization, or specialized functionalities.

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5 Simple Steps to Automate Data Cleaning with Python

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Automate your data cleaning process with a practical 5-step pipeline in Python, ideal for beginners.

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STAT+: NYU professors who defended vaping didn’t disclose ties to Juul, documents show

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WASHINGTON – Two New York University professors collaborated directly with executives of the vaping company Juul without disclosing those relationships to academic journals or Congress, a STAT investigation reveals. At the height of the youth vaping crisis, when many public health experts were calling for sweeping action that could upend the entire industry, David Abrams and Ray Niaura emerged as two authoritative voices willing to defend vaping — despite its growing popularity amo

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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10 Mind-blowing Use Cases of Llama 3

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Since the release of Meta’s Llama 3, it has sparked a wave of excitement throughout the tech industry. Its capabilities extend far beyond what you might expect. Brought to you by Gradient with the invaluable support of compute resources from Crusoe Energy, I am thrilled to introduce the latest leap in AI innovation: Llama-3 […] The post 10 Mind-blowing Use Cases of Llama 3 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Is Sam Altman Crazy or a Genius? $50 Billion AGI Gamble Explained!

Analytics Vidhya

In a series of candid discussions, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has made bold statements about the future and financial commitment of his company towards achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). His vision represents a significant shift in the development of AI technologies, emphasizing the transformative potential of AGI across various societal sectors.

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How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math – Miguel Grinberg

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I'm sure you agree that it has become impossible to ignore Generative AI (GenAI), as we are constantly bombarded with mainstream news about Large Language Models (LLMs).

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MIT abandons use of DEI statements

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DEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant.

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Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

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Hydrostor, a leader in compressed air energy storage, aims to break ground on its first large-scale plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It wants to follow that with an even bigger facility in California.

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How to Build a $20B Semiconductor Fab

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For the last several decades, one avenue of technological progress has towered over nearly everything else: semiconductors. Semiconductors are materials that can have their conductivity varied by many orders of magnitude, which makes it possible to selectively block and allow the flow of electrons. This property makes it possible to manufacture all sorts of electronic devices, not least of which is the digital computer.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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People with gas and propane stoves breathe more unhealthy nitrogen dioxide

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A new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently exceed health limits while stoves are on and for hours after burners and ovens are turned off.

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Spotify getting into enterprise IT tools

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You know that mildly jarring experience whenever that well-known celebrity shows up in an entirely different context — e.g. a musician making a horror flick cameo; an NFL player rearing their head in a comedy series; or a Hollywood movie icon selling mobile phone plans on TV?

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How long should you sit vs. stand? New research reveals the perfect mix

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A new study has calculated how long you should be sleeping, standing and moving each day for optimal health. And you might be doing more physical activity than you thought.

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Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued from the River Thames

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The Doves typeface was thrown into the water a century ago, following a dispute between its creators. Pieces of it are now on show in London.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups

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After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook.

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Show HN: A free site to explore and discover 6k plants

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Browse GetAnyPlant’s extensive catalog featuring thousands of plants for your terrarium, aquarium, or house. Find plants based on their care requirements, appearance, and more.

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Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid

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The U.S. government has found a prospective buyer for what was once the 21st fastest supercomputer on earth through auction, sold due to repair and maintenance issues.

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An oil price-fixing conspiracy caused 27% of all inflation in 2021

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The FTC just found evidence that American oil companies colluded with the Saudi government to hike gas prices, costing the average family $3,000 last year. The question is, what can we do about it?

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes

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Stephen Wolfram explores simple models of biological organisms as computational systems. A study of progressive development, multiway graphs of all possible paths and the need for narrowing the framework space.

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Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officially commenced production of its rapid-charging, long-life lithium-free sodium batteries this week, bringing to market an intriguing new alternative in the energy storage game.

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PHP Doesn't Suck Anymore

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PHP Isn't dead, PHP is now better than ever. It has a greate ecosystem, with the best frameworks out there and being already used by big companies like Facebook, among others.

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Recruiters Are Going Analog to Fight the AI Application Overload

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Indeed and LinkedIn are incorporating more generative AI to improve the recruiting and job-hunting processes. Some recruiters are still unconvinced.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Woodworking as an Escape from the Absurdity of Software

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If you had the choice to sculpt a leg chair out of wood or write a full-fledged audio engine, complete with kernel drivers and whatnot, inside an app for controlling monitor brightness, what wou… Wait, no, that's not a question, you would do the leg chair for sure. There's no way that other thing makes sense.

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Microsoft bans U.S. police departments from using enterprise AI tool

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Microsoft has changed its policy to ban U.S. police departments from using generative AI through the Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI technologies.

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Nurses Say Hospital Adoption of Half-Cooked 'AI' Is Reckless

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We've noted repeatedly that while "AI" (language learning models) hold a lot of potential, the rushed implementation of half-assed early variants are causing no shortage of headaches across journalism, media, health care, and other sectors.

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Google Fit dev APIs shutdown set, fate of Android, Wear OS apps go unannounced

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Earlier this week, the company detailed how the "Google Fit APIs have been deprecated" and that the shutdown is set for June 30, 2025.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made Of Wood Can Outperform Composites

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Wooden wind turbine blades can outperform conventional composites while reducing costs and improving recycling rates. The post Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made Of Wood Can Outperform Composites appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Creating a low-cost EV charging station with Arduino

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The high cost of EV (electric vehicle) chargers may lead you to believe that they’re complex systems. But with the exception of Tesla’s Supercharger, that isn’t true. They’re actually quite simple — basically just glorified switches. All of the nitty gritty charging details are the responsibility of the car’s onboard circuitry.

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The life and times of an Abstract Syntax Tree

Hacker News

By Francesco Bertolaccini You've reached computer programming nirvana. Your journey has led you down many paths, including believing that God wrote the universe in LISP, but now the truth is clear in your mind: every problem can be solved by writing one more compiler. It's true.

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Vera Rubin's primary mirror gets its first reflective coating

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First light for the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is quickly approaching and the telescope is reaching milestone after milestone. A few weeks ago, the observatory announced that its digital camera, the largest one ever made, is complete. Now the observatory has announced that its unique primary/tertiary mirror has its first reflective coating.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.