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Simplify Your Day With Generative AI

Analytics Vidhya

Imagine waking up to an alarm that automatically changes based on your sleep quality, a digital assistant that understands your emotions to recommend the ideal breakfast, and a music selection that adapts to your morning activities. Doesn’t it seem like something out of a sci-fi movie? That is what we feel now, but soon enough […] The post Simplify Your Day With Generative AI appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Want to get ahead in AI as a woman? This new report has lots of advice

Dataconomy

It’s undeniable that it’s a particularly hard time to be a woman in tech. While the mass layoffs experienced in 2023 have steadied somewhat—according to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi , 490 tech companies have made 143,142 workers redundant in 2024 compared to 1,193 tech companies making 264,220 employees redundant in 2023—women are still vastly underrepresented in the sector.

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Build an AI-Powered Valorant E-sports Manager with AWS Bedrock

Analytics Vidhya

AI is the future and there’s no doubt it will make headway into the entertainment and E-sports industries. Given the extreme competitiveness of E-sports, gamers would love an AI assistant or manager to build the most elite team with maximum edge. Such tools could in theory use vast data and find patterns or even strategies […] The post Build an AI-Powered Valorant E-sports Manager with AWS Bedrock appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Integrate foundation models into your code with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning Blog

The rise of large language models (LLMs) and foundation models (FMs) has revolutionized the field of natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). These powerful models, trained on vast amounts of data, can generate human-like text, answer questions, and even engage in creative writing tasks. However, training and deploying such models from scratch is a complex and resource-intensive process, often requiring specialized expertise and significant computational resources.

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Hands-on Guide to Building Multi-Agent Chatbots with Autogen

Analytics Vidhya

Chatbots have evolved from simple question-answer systems to sophisticated, intelligent agents capable of handling complex conversations. As interactions in various fields become more nuanced, the demand for chatbots that can seamlessly manage multiple participants and complex workflows grows. Thanks to frameworks like AutoGen, creating dynamic multi-agent environments is now more accessible.

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On-Device AI: Making AI Models Deeper Allows Them to Run on Smaller Devices

Dataconomy

On-device AI and running large language models on smaller devices have been one of the key focus points for AI industry leaders over the past few years. This area of research is among the most critical in AI, with the potential to profoundly influence and reshape the role of AI, computers, and mobile devices in everyday life. This research operates behind the scenes, largely invisible to users, yet mirrors the evolution of computers — from machines that once occupied entire rooms and were access

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Navigating AI Regulation: Balancing Innovation and Protection

KDnuggets

In this article, we will learn how to navigate the fine balance building AI regulation while simultaneously fostering innovation.

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Fine-Tuning Legal-BERT: LLMs For Automated Legal Text Classification

Towards AI

Author(s): Drewgelbard Originally published on Towards AI. Unlocking efficient legal document classification with NLP fine-tuning Image Created by Author Introduction In today’s fast-paced legal industry, professionals are inundated with an ever-growing volume of complex documents — from intricate contract provisions and merger agreements to regulatory compliance records and court filings.

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6 Steps on How to Become a Cybersecurity Analyst

KDnuggets

Keep reading this blog to learn about the 6 steps on how to kickstart your cybersecurity analyst job.

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Can CatBoost with Cross-Validation Handle Student Engagement Data with Ease?

Towards AI

Last Updated on November 6, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Talha Nazar Originally published on Towards AI. Understanding student engagement is essential in the digital age of online education, internships, and competitions. But what if we could predict a student’s engagement level before they begin? This story explores CatBoost, a powerful machine-learning algorithm that handles both categorical and numerical data easily.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Google Cloud to enforce multi-factor authentication requirement in 2025

Dataconomy

Google Cloud is set to make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users by 2025, a move aimed squarely at bolstering security in response to escalating cyber threats. Starting this month, Google will roll out reminders and resources, urging customers to adopt MFA. This phased enforcement plan underscores a broader industry trend: when it comes to security, relying solely on passwords is a thing of the past.

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Classifying Rice With PyTorch: A Step-by-Step Guide

Towards AI

Author(s): Souradip Pal Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. In the fast-paced world of agriculture, being able to classify different rice varieties quickly and accurately can be a game-changer. But how can we harness machine learning for something as niche as rice classification? Well, this is where PyTorch, a powerful deep learning library, steps in.

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Generative AI in Decision-Making: Potential, Pitfalls and Practical Solutions

Analytics Vidhya

In recent years, generative AI has gained prominence in areas like content generation and customer support. However, applying it to complex systems involving decision-making, planning, and control is not straightforward. This paper explores how generative AI can be used in automating decision-making, such as in planning and optimization. It also highlights the challenges this approach […] The post Generative AI in Decision-Making: Potential, Pitfalls and Practical Solutions appeared first

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Choosing the Best Embedding Model For Your RAG Pipeline

Towards AI

Author(s): Nilesh Raghuvanshi Originally published on Towards AI. Improving Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Systematically Choosing the right option — AI generated image Introduction Through my experience building an extractive question-answering system using Google’s QANet and BERT back in 2018, I quickly realized the significant impact that high-quality retrieval has on the overall performance of the system.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Revolucionando la gestión de datos en diferentes industrias con SAS

SAS Software

Cada vez más los datos se han convertido en el corazón de todas las operaciones empresariales. Sin embargo, gestionarlos de manera eficiente y convertirlos en información valiosa sigue siendo un desafío. Una buena gestión de datos es esencial para garantizar resultados confiables, éticos y libres de sesgos; que a su [.] The post Revolucionando la gestión de datos en diferentes industrias con SAS appeared first on SAS Blogs.

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Steam releases new built-in recording feature

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A new built-in system for creating and sharing your gameplay footage

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The other election night winner: Perplexity

Flipboard

On Tuesday, two AI startups tried convincing the world their AI chatbots were good enough to be an accurate, real-time source of information during a high-stakes presidential election: xAI and Perplexity.

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Starship's Sixth Flight Test

Hacker News

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL?

Flipboard

Chat.com now redirects to ChatGPT. On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a simple URL on X: chat.com. It automatically routes to OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. Prior to this, the domain was owned by Dharmesh Shah, the founder and CTO of HubSpot. In early 2023, Shah purchased the chat.

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The Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing – and How to Reverse It

Hacker News

It takes all kinds. Humanity would have never made it this far without a multitude of people with a wide diversity of personality types and preferences.

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Andreessen Horowitz Founders Notice A.I. Models Are Hitting a Ceiling

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The founders of Andreessen Horowitz say development in A.I. model capabilities are beginning to slow down. Despite continuing to bet big on A.I.

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Nvidia Rides AI Wave to Pass Apple as Largest Company

Hacker News

Nvidia Corp. became the largest company in the world on Tuesday, surpassing Apple Inc. and underscoring just how dominant artificial intelligence has become on Wall Street.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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I'm the CEO of an AI company, and this is the BS behind AI

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The cofounder of Vero AI states, ‘You don’t need to become a data engineer to learn how to evaluate AI and other complex tools. You simply need to ask the right questions.’ There has never been a technology as conducive to BS as AI. Why?

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Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Notepad isn’t safe from AI.

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xAI’s Colossus supercomputer cluster uses 100,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs — and it was all made possible using Nvidia’s Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform

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Nvidia has shed light on how xAI’s ‘Colossus’ supercomputer cluster can keep a handle on 100,000 Hopper GPUs - and it’s all down to using the …

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Ollama 0.4 is released with support for Meta's Llama 3.2 Vision models locally

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Nerdio Virtual Desktop Sharpens Suit For ‘Modern Work’ Capabilities

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

This is of course no small part of why desktop virtualization has been proliferating.

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Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with Switch, Nintendo confirms

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Nintendo has confirmed that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be backward compatible with the Nintendo Switch.

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I use these 7 prompts to unlock ChatGPT's full potential

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ChatGPT has quickly become one of the most versatile AI tools.

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Sin taxes are suffering from a shortage of sinners

Hacker News

Governments across the rich world are looking for alternatives

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?