Tue.Nov 21, 2023

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Generative AI Report – 11/21/2023

insideBIGDATA

Welcome to the Generative AI Report round-up feature here on insideBIGDATA with a special focus on all the new applications and integrations tied to generative AI technologies. We’ve been receiving so many cool news items relating to applications and deployments centered on large language models (LLMs), we thought it would be a timely service for readers to start a new channel along these lines.

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Tackle computer science problems using both fundamental and modern algorithms in machine learning

KDnuggets

Master algorithms, including deep learning like LSTMs, GRUs, RNNs, and Generative AI & LLMs such as ChatGPT, with Packt's 50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know.

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Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil

Analytics Vidhya

In a surprising turn of events, Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, is poised to reclaim his position after a tumultuous boardroom coup that sent shockwaves through the company in last few days. The upheaval saw Altman ousted on Friday, only to witness an unexpected twist in the narrative. Altman’s Resurgence Amid Boardroom Chaos […] The post Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Creating a bespoke LLM for AI-generated documentation

databricks

We recently announced our AI-generated documentation feature, which uses large language models (LLMs) to automatically generate documentation for tables and columns in Unity.

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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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Text-to-Image Revolution: Segmind’s SD-1B Model Emerges as the Fastest in the Game

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Segmind AI has proudly presented SSD-1B (Segmind Stable Diffusion 1B), a groundbreaking open-source text-to-image revolution of generative model. This lightning-fast model sets unprecedented speed, compact design, and high-quality visual outputs. Artificial intelligence has shown rapid strides in natural language processing and computer vision and has shown innovations that redefine the boundaries.

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How To Write Efficient Python Code: A Tutorial for Beginners

KDnuggets

Are you a programmer looking to get better at Python? Learn some of Python’s features that’ll help you write more elegant and Pythonic code.

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Transforming BFSI: The impact of generative AI on financial services and risk management

Data Science Dojo

80% of banks are expected to have a dedicated AI team in place by 2024 , up from 50% in 2023. In the fast-paced and data-driven world of finance, innovation is the key to staying competitive. One of the most revolutionary technologies making waves in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector is Generative Artificial Intelligence. This cutting-edge technology promises to transform traditional processes, enhance customer experiences, and revolutionize decision-making in the BFSI

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Top 5 Stable Diffusion APIs for Easy App Integration

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction APIs are the way out in this era of Artificial Intelligence, where one of the significant challenges for businesses is managing the high computational requirements of AI models when integrating them into software and applications. The solution to this comes in the form of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). APIs save you from maintenance hassles, […] The post Top 5 Stable Diffusion APIs for Easy App Integration appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Support Vector Machines in OpenCV

Machine Learning Mastery

The Support Vector Machine algorithm is one of the most popular supervised machine learning techniques, and it comes implemented in the OpenCV library. This tutorial will introduce the necessary skills to start using Support Vector Machines in OpenCV, using a custom dataset that we will generate. We will then apply these skills for the specific […] The post Support Vector Machines in OpenCV appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Sam Altman to Spearhead AI Research at Microsoft

Analytics Vidhya

In a strategic move that’s set the tech world abuzz, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has pulled off a masterstroke by bringing on board Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, to join its ranks. This high-profile transition marks a significant shift in the AI landscape, with Altman set to lead Microsoft’s AI research team alongside Greg […] The post Sam Altman to Spearhead AI Research at Microsoft appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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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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Unwrapping the secrets of a data + AI career

databricks

Upskilling through role-based pathways to accelerate your data + AI career Databricks has spent years crafting and iterating technical trainings for learners across.

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Which free LLMs are best suited for you? Here are the differences

Dataconomy

Meet the best free LLMs on the market: LLama-2, GPT-3.5, and PaLM 2. Step into unparalleled linguistic mastery and AI brilliance without spending a dime! LLama-2, GPT-3.5, and PaLM 2 are the vanguards of natural language processing, offering an extraordinary feat, and they’re free for personal usage! These remarkable language models have broken barriers, not just in their capabilities but also in accessibility.

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How to Make Large Language Models Play Nice with Your Software using LangChain

KDnuggets

Beyond simply chatting with an AI model and how LangChain elevates LLM interactions with humans.

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Canada data breach exposes government personnel information

Dataconomy

The government of Canada has revealed the big “Canada data breach” that consists of information about government personnel, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian Armed Forces personnel, and more. The breach targeted two big-shot government contractors, Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services—key players in sorting out moves for Canadian government employees.

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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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Service Included, FinOps Foundation Counts Cost Of Cloud

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

The FinOps Foundation FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification (FOCUS) hopes to align universal cloud billing specifications.

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Elon Musk Trolls His Way Into the OpenAI Drama

Flipboard

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI but left after his own failed coup. Now he has shared an unsigned letter containing unverified accusations against the recently fired CEO, Sam Altman.

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FTC authorizes compulsory process for AI-related products and services

Hacker News

The Federal Trade Commission has approved an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in nonpublic investigations involving products and services that use or claim to be produce

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Elon Musk Trolls His Way Into the OpenAI Drama

Flipboard

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI but left after his own failed coup. Now he has shared an unsigned letter containing unverified accusations against the recently fired CEO, Sam Altman.

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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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Stable Video Diffusion

Hacker News

Stable Video Diffusion is a proud addition to our diverse range of open-source models. Spanning across modalities including image, language, audio, 3D, and code, our portfolio is a testament to Stability AI’s dedication to amplifying human intelligence.

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Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

Flipboard

After an attempted coup by OpenAI’s board and several twists and turns, Altman is returning. Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days.

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Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants

Hacker News

Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide.

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Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding

Flipboard

Sam Altman attacked a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed about who should fill board vacancies open for months. Before Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI last week, he and the company’s board of directors had been bickering for more than a year.

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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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Video-LLaVA

Hacker News

Video-LLaVA: Learning United Visual Representation by Alignment Before Projection - GitHub - PKU-YuanGroup/Video-LLaVA: Video-LLaVA: Learning United Visual Representation by Alignment Before Projection

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Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes

Flipboard

New York CNN — Sam Altman has agreed to return to lead OpenAI, the company said in a Tuesday post on X, just days after his surprise ouster as chief executive sparked an employee revolt that threatened to undermine what has been the leading company in the fledgling artificial intelligence …

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Orca 2: Teaching Small Language Models How to Reason

Hacker News

Orca 1 learns from rich signals, such as explanation traces, allowing it to outperform conventional instruction-tuned models on benchmarks like BigBench Hard and AGIEval. In Orca 2, we continue exploring how improved training signals can enhance smaller LMs' reasoning abilities. Research on training small LMs has often relied on imitation learning to replicate the output of more capable models.

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Sam Altman returns as OpenAI CEO after days of infighting at AI startup

Flipboard

The move should quell an all-out employee revolt at the startup behind ChatGPT. Altman will report to a new board that includes former White House adviser Larry Summers. Sam Altman is back as the chief executive of OpenAI.

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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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FBI director admits they rarely have probable cause for using NSA collections

Hacker News

After years of continuous, unrepentant abuse of surveillance powers, the FBI is facing the real possibility of seeing Section 702 curtailed, if not scuttled entirely. Section 702 allows the NSA to gather foreign communications in bulk.

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Egger Mielberg: Not all neural networks that are now being positioned as artificial intelligence are actually so

Dataconomy

Nowadays, artificial intelligence has become an integral part of everyday life, penetrating into various aspects of society and business. The technology is in demand in medicine, finance, education and other fields. However, with this rapid development comes new challenges. Developers and researchers face a number of complex problems that require deep understanding and solutions – we will talk about this with Egger Mielberg, the founder of Arllecta.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

Hacker News

Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. They house hundreds of thousands of computer servers and disk drives and have brought cloud computing, more powerful search engines, and faster Internet service.

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OpenAI won the battle, but it may have lost the war

Flipboard

Sam Altman, the poster boy for AI, was ousted from his company OpenAI. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images To the victor — Microsoft — go the spoils? The seismic shake-up at OpenAI has come as a shock to almost everyone. But the truth is, the company was probably always going to break. It was built on a fault line so deep and unstable that eventually, stability would give way to chaos.

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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.