Reasons for Not Using Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley for AI, and Stable Beluga 1 & 2

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4 min readAug 10, 2023

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7 Dumb Reasons People Aren’t Using AI

Whether you’re a chronic excuse maker or you honestly don’t know what AI is, here are a few reasons why people say they aren’t using AI yet.

Stability AI Has Released Stable Beluga 1 and Stable Beluga 2 New Open-Access LLMs

Stability AI introduced to the world Stable Beluga 1 and Stable Beluga 2 — a pair of open-access large language models.

Using AI-Enabled Predictive Maintenance in the Supply Chain

Using AI in predictive maintenance offers a new way to conduct repairs, helping everyone in the logistics industry work with fewer incidents.

Strengthening Cybersecurity with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Integration

By combining ZTNA with existing tools, organizations can establish a multi-layered defense mechanism that is adaptive, scalable, and capable of mitigating a wide range of cyber threats.

Decision Trees From Scratch With Python

Machine learning can be easy and intuitive — here’s a complete from-scratch guide to Decision Trees.

How AI and ML are Reshaping Cybersecurity: Advancing Towards the Best SIEM Alternatives

In the age of rapidly evolving and increasingly aggressive cyber threats, it is understandable why there are doubts regarding the effectiveness of undertaking the usual SIEM operations, leading to a need for alternatives.

4 Key Tips for Building a Data-Literate Workforce

In this preview of an ODSC APAC session, the speaker discusses four key tips to ensure you have a data-literate workforce.

Why Silicon Valley is the Go-To Place for Artificial Intelligence

Whether it’s through innovation or raising capital, the Silicon Valley AI scene is where it’s at if you want to follow artificial intelligence developments.

The State of Responsible AI in the APAC Region

Let’s take a look at a few examples of how some nations in the APAC region are looking to answer the call for responsible AI.

Actors Who Support Using AI — and Those Who Don’t

With actors like Keanu Reeves and Tom Hanks letting their opinions be known, these are some actors who support using AI — and some who don’t support it.

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Meet PEARL — The New AI Tool That Can Execute Customer Support and Sales Calls

In a LinkedIn post by Eric Vyacheslav, AI Engineer at Google, he introduces PEARL, a fully automated AI that can perform 60 minutes calls.

AudioCraft — Meta’s Generative AI for Audio and Music

Facebook parent company Meta released a new generative AI tool, AudioCraft, that creates sounds from text-based prompts.

Kylie Verzosa Has Announced a Partnership With an AI company to Make an AI Model of Herself

Filipino actress Kylie Verzosa has announced that she will partner with a San Francisco-based company to make an AI model of herself.

Japanese Government to Adapt ChatGPT Tech for Administrative Tasks

Tech giant Microsoft will be supplying the Japanese government with generative AI tools to help it with administrative tasks.

Microsoft and KPMG Strike $2 Billion AI Partnership

KPMG stated that it will invest at least $2 billion in partnership with Microsoft in generative AI and cloud tools.

Here’s What You Can Expect From the ODSC West Bootcamp Program

Going through a data science bootcamp is one of the best ways to jumpstart your career in AI. See what’s going on with this year’s ODSC West bootcamp here.

More Speakers Announced for ODSC APAC 2023

We’re happy to announce the ODSC APAC 2023 preliminary schedule and even more speakers! Check them out here.

ODSC West Call for Volunteers

October 30th to November 2nd

Our Volunteer program is a great way to get involved in ODSC — one of the world’s largest conferences and communities of artificial intelligence and data science experts. Get a chance to collaborate with our community/media partner team and support us with the organization of ODSC West 2023!

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