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Generative AI: Redefining the Economics of Software Development

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Generative AI technology offers a wide range of vertical use cases for software companies, high-tech firms, ISVs, and DNBs to meet efficiency demands and expedite workflows. In fact, a new research study, "Generative AI: Redefining the Economics of Software Development," from our friends at SoftServe shows Open AI’s Generative AI can increase productivity for development teams across the SDLC (software development life cycle) by up to 45%.

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Greening AI: 7 Strategies to Make Applications More Sustainable

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The article delves into a comprehensive methodology that sheds light on how to accurately estimate the carbon footprint associated with AI applications. It explains the environmental impact of AI, a crucial consideration in today's world.

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Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

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Motorsports and off-road competition isn’t the typical fodder over here at TechCrunch — unless, of course, there also happens to be a podium-winning team driving an all-electric 2023 Rivian R1T. The Rebelle Rally, the longest off-road map-and-compass rally in the United States, wrapped up Friday evening with a new EV milestone under its belt. This […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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AI Takes on Expiration Dates

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The fight against food waste is getting high-tech. This article was originally published by The Conversation. Have you ever bitten into a nut or a piece of chocolate expecting a smooth, rich taste only to encounter an unexpected and unpleasant chalky or sour flavor?

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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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EPA fast-tracking of gene-altering pesticide sparks concerns

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By Shannon Kelleher US regulators are fast-tracking a novel, gene-altering insecticide in an unusual move that would greenlight the product for three years of commercial use before a standard testing period is completed. Calantha, a product of the company GreenLight Biosciences, contains the active ingredient ledprona, which uses a mechanism called RNA interference (RNAi) to kill the Colorado potato beetle, a notorious pest, by turning off genes it needs to survive.

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AI to help personalize sports betting

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to help bring the algorithm-driven personalization that consumers are accustomed to on e-commerce and social media platforms to the world of sports betting.

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Smart coop AI 'Albert Eggstein' can now translate your chooks' chatter

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Whether motivated by the environment and sustainability, the rising price of eggs, or how the pandemic profoundly changed home life for many families, it’s estimated that more than 17 million US households now have backyard chickens, with the numbers rapidly increasing. Now, the smart Coop and its unique artificial-intelligence-powered system known as Albert Eggstein can tell you exactly what your chatty birds are actually saying to each other and to you.

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Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails and other organisms

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A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called Fanzors—and a new study from scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified thousands of them. Fanzors are RNA-guided enzymes that can be programmed to cut DNA at specific sites, much like the bacterial enzymes that power the widely used gene-editing system known as CRISPR.

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Snoop Dogg, sentient AI and the ‘Arrival Mind Paradox’

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Like many longtime technologists, I am deeply worried about the dangers of AI, both for its near-term risk to society and its long-term threat to humanity.

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Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance

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No reckoning allowed save the marvelous arithmetics of distance (from Smelling the Wind by Audre Lorde) Suppose a child comes up to you and says “I know 1 is odd and 2 is even, but I think 4 is more even than 2, and 1/2 is more odd than 1.

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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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17+ ChatGPT advanced brainstorming prompts and concepts

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Being able to capture your ideas and thoughts quickly and effectively for both you and perhaps your team to be able to understand is a fantastic …

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Before computers were logic diagrams and machines

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I often think about ancient civilizations. I’m sure you do too. I cogitate and ruminate on all the people who lived, loved, and died, and I’m saddened by the fact that we no longer remember their names.

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Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week

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Take a quick look at the newest and weirdest happenings in AI. If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear.

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Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [video]

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This is the 100th episode!And the release date of Kirby's Dream Land.To commemorate (?) this milestone, I'll be sharing a presentation I gave in the past.

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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.

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AI like ChatGPT can guess secrets that you never share, study shows

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I’m not as worried about the impending AI apocalypse some experts warn about as I am about privacy protections in AI services like ChatGPT and its …

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Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols [video]

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Video recorded in 1987.There is no full version of this video on Youtube, so I decided to upload it. I do not own this video nor claim copyright to it's use.

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This AI-powered grill will sizzle its way into your heart and onto the dining table with its intelligent cooking efficiency

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[link] What if I said, the next time you’re in the mood for a delicious BBQ, all you need to do is marinate your food and place it on the grill. Then sit back and let the world's first AI-powered grill take over the culinary reins!

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The Japanese city that dominates street food – and no, it's not Tokyo

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Fukuoka, Japan’s sixth largest city by population, has more open-air food stalls than the rest of the country combined.

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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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Introducing Ocean Uploader: Seamless File Uploads

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Ocean Protocol provides open-source toolings powering the next-generation of decentralized applications, using a mix of IP management infrastructure, fine-grained access controls and privacy-preserving technology. Until now, users building on the Ocean stack were required to store their data on any of their preferred storage methods, and consequently use Ocean components to publish & encrypt the information pointing to their data, into a Data NFT.

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How to Make Your Own Spooky Magic Eye Pictures (Autostereograms)

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The simple standalone C++ code that goes with this post and makes autostereograms, can be found at [link] The 1990s!

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Missed Out on Nvidia? 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Could Be the "Fastest-Growing Software Company," According to This Wall Street Analyst

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Strong demand for artificial intelligence could supercharge this growth stock. Semiconductor company Nvidia (NVDA -1.

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IceCube – South Pole Neutrino Observatory

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Detector IceCube, the South Pole neutrino observatory, is a cubic-kilometer particle detector made of Antarctic ice and located near the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. It is buried beneath the surface, extending to a depth of about 2,500 meters.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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AI-Powered Bitcoin Option Pricing Model Reduces Errors to 3%

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• Revolutionary AI-driven Bitcoin option pricing model slashes errors to just 3% – a game-changer for crypto traders.

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A 15 pound computer to inspire young programmers (2011)

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It's not much bigger than your finger, it looks like a leftover from an electronics factory, but its makers believe their £15 computer could help a new generation discover programming.

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AI This Week: One of the Music Industry's Biggest Labels is Suing Anthropic

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A new lawsuit shows that the entertainment industry is sick of deepfakes. Plus: Jon Stewart get fired for criticizing AI?

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Nanofiche: Small Storage, for Forever

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Nanofiche is an archival technology, designed to preserve knowledge forever.

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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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Did A Computer Write This? Book Industry Grapples With AI

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From low-quality computer-written books flooding the market to potential copyright violations, publishing is the latest industry to feel the threat from rapid developments in artificial intelligence.

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Chasing bugs in the electronic village (1992)

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I couldn't wait to buy Microsoft Word for Windows — rumored to be the new Cuisinart, Mack truck and Swiss Army knife of word-processing software, full-featured, powerful and, for a writer, the ultimate time-saving device. I was writing a long book, and I wanted the best.

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How AI is revolutionising the use of QR codes

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The future phases of development could potentially introduce micro codes that are invisible to the human eye.

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LX Studio: Tools for 3D Lighting

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LX Studio: the modern digital lighting workstation

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.