How Real Companies are Using AI to Boost Efficiency
KDnuggets
MARCH 20, 2025
Curious how AI is actually changing the game for real businesses? This article breaks down how companies are using AI to make smarter decisions and run more efficiently.
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SmolDocling: An ultra-compact VLM for end-to-end multi-modal document conversion
Hacker News
MARCH 20, 2025
We introduce SmolDocling, an ultra-compact vision-language model targeting end-to-end document conversion. Our model comprehensively processes entire pages by generating DocTags, a new universal markup format that captures all page elements in their full context with location. Unlike existing approaches that rely on large foundational models, or ensemble solutions that rely on handcrafted pipelines of multiple specialized models, SmolDocling offers an end-to-end conversion for accurately capturi
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Text-to-Speech Solutions with Contemporary Models
KDnuggets
MARCH 20, 2025
The audio-based model has grown rapidly in recent years, and businesses increasingly incorporate modern text-to-speech features into their operations.
Announcing General Availability of Explore in Tableau
databricks
MARCH 20, 2025
Were excited to announce the General Availability of Explore in Tableau, a new integration that lets you create Tableau Cloud visualizations directly from Unity Catalog.
Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.
Understanding RAG Part VIII: Mitigating Hallucinations in RAG
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MARCH 20, 2025
Among the different kinds of issues and challenges that can hinder language model performance, hallucinations are frequently at the top of the list.
Advanced Error Handling in Python: Beyond Try-Except
KDnuggets
MARCH 20, 2025
Move beyond basic try-except blocks to build more reliable Python applications. Learn practical and more advanced error handling techniques.
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