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$200M HPC Data Center for AI in Wisconsin Launched by DPO and Billerud

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NEW YORK,Jan. 23, 2025 — Digital Power Optimization, Inc. (“DPO”), a developer and operator of power-dense data centers, today announced it has secured land and a power supply to develop a $200 millionhigh-performance computing facility inWisconsin Rapids, WI. This project will enable up to 20 megawatts of AI computing.

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YOU SEE AN LLM HERE: Integrating Language Models Into Your Text Adventure Games

Machine Learning Mastery

Introduction Text-based adventure games have a timeless appeal. They allow players to imagine entire worlds, from shadowy dungeons and towering castles to futuristic spacecraft and mystic realms, all through the power of language.

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Mark Zuckerberg Announces $65 Billion AI Investment for 2025

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Meta Platforms, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is making a bold move to lead in the AI Space. The company plans to invest up to $65 billion in AI infrastructure and development in 2025. This investment will include: Building the Future: A Manhattan-Sized Data Center One of Meta’s most ambitious plans is the construction of […] The post Mark Zuckerberg Announces $65 Billion AI Investment for 2025 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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This Pixel update takes theft protection to the next level

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Google has introduced a new security feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices, designed to lock sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when users are outside of trusted locations. Google introduces identity check to enhance Android security When activated, Identity Check mandates explicit biometric authentication for specific actions when the device is not in an approved area.

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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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ChatGPT Operator & Tasks – Is This the End of Agentic Platforms?

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We now live in a world where we can send emails, set reminders, book flight tickets, and do a lot more through simple text prompts. With AI chatbot genies trained to believe Your prompt is my command, all you have to do is type out your wish. And voila! The agent will get it done […] The post ChatGPT Operator & Tasks – Is This the End of Agentic Platforms?

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Secure a generative AI assistant with OWASP Top 10 mitigation

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A common use case with generative AI that we usually see customers evaluate for a production use case is a generative AI-powered assistant. However, before it can be deployed, there is the typical production readiness assessment that includes concerns such as understanding the security posture, monitoring and logging, cost tracking, resilience, and more.

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OpenSearch Vector Engine is now disk-optimized for low cost, accurate vector search

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OpenSearch Vector Engine can now run vector search at a third of the cost on OpenSearch 2.17+ domains. You can now configure k-NN (vector) indexes to run on disk mode, optimizing it for memory-constrained environments, and enable low-cost, accurate vector search that responds in low hundreds of milliseconds. Disk mode provides an economical alternative to memory mode when you dont need near single-digit latency.

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Security best practices to consider while fine-tuning models in Amazon Bedrock

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Amazon Bedrock has emerged as the preferred choice for tens of thousands of customers seeking to build their generative AI strategy. It offers a straightforward, fast, and secure way to develop advanced generative AI applications and experiences to drive innovation. With the comprehensive capabilities of Amazon Bedrock, you have access to a diverse range of high-performing foundation models (FMs), empowering you to select the most suitable option for your specific needs, customize the model priv

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Why the significance of cybersecurity will grow even more: Leading information security engineer Anton Snitavets explains the reasons and consequences

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In December 2024, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) entered into force in Europe, marking the beginning of the transition period for organizations and businesses to adapt to the new cybersecurity requirements. This regulatory document aims to enhance quality and security standards by requiring manufacturers and retailers to support and update digital components throughout the lifecycle of their products.

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Revolutionizing Utility Outage Response

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In today's fast-paced world, utility companies face numerous challenges when it comes to outage response and restoration, especially during severe weather events. The.

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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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Driving AI forward: An interview with Nataliya Polyakovska

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Meet Nataliya, an AI consultant who combines academic background with practical industry experience. A principal data scientist with international experience and former lecturer in Machine Learning, Nataliya has led AI initiatives in the manufacturing, retail, and public sectors. In this interview, she discusses how her background and real-world experience shape her approach to AI projects.

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Collaborative Intelligence: Maximizing Human-AI Partnerships in the Workplace

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Collaborative intelligence encourages humans and AI to work together, combining human creativity with AI's speed and accuracy for better productivity and innovation.

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Leak: PlayStation 6 to feature UDNA GPU and launch in 2027

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Leaks surrounding the PlayStation 6 indicate that its chipset design is nearing completion, with initial test production expected to start later this year, paving the way for a potential release in 2027. PlayStation 6 chipset design nearing completion for 2027 release KeplerL2, a reliable leaker, reported that while the PlayStation 6 chipset’s design is ready for fabrication, it is likely to undergo several iterations before entering final production.

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Private school demographics

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Private schools cost extra. So as you might imagine, the demographics, often tied to income, tend to differ between private and public schools. ProPublica, by Sergio Hernndez, Nat Lash, and Brandon Roberts, published a searchable database to see the differences for schools near you. Most of the data we use comes from the National Center for Education Statistics Private School Universe Survey , which has aimed to gather information about U.S. private schools every other year since 1989.

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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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What’s the Real ROI of AI in 2025?

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Will AI's investment match up with the benefits?

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Machine Learning in Healthcare

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Author(s): Rohan Rao Originally published on Towards AI. Diabetes Prediction with ML This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Stephen Dawson on Unsplash How cool it sounds Machine Learning In Healthcare to you? It sounds more than a miracle to me. Machine learning trying to get on things in healthcare. I used to think what about doctors who has worked hard in this industry?

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Chinese researchers just built an open-source rival to ChatGPT in 2 months. Silicon Valley is freaked out.

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DeepSeek-R1, a new reasoning model made by Chinese researchers, completes tasks with a comparable proficiency to OpenAI's o1 at a fraction of the cost.

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TinyZero

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Contribute to Jiayi-Pan/TinyZero development by creating an account on GitHub.

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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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How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI

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When Chinese quant hedge fund founder Liang Wenfeng went into AI research, he took 10,000 Nvidia chips and assembled a team of young, ambitious talent. Two years later, DeepSeek exploded on the scene.

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Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform

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Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X. Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

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How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

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With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation.

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New Book-Sorting Algorithm Almost Reaches Perfection

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The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.

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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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AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified

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Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.

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Build It Yourself

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We need a vibe shift on dependencies in programming.

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ElevenLabs has raised a new round at $3B+ valuation led by ICONIQ Growth, sources say

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Companies that want to build AI voice into their products are rushing to work with ElevenLabs, the startup that develops synthetic voice technology like voice cloning and dubbing tools.

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Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads

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YouTube ads are getting more frustrating, with some users reporting unskippable ads that are nearly an hour long. Are ad blockers to blame?

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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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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Believes A.I. Could Double Human Lifespans in 5 Years

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Because "we can make 100 years of progress in areas like biology in five to ten years," the former OpenAI executive said at Davos this week.

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Wikenigma – An Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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$60 billion in one year: Mark Zuckerberg touts Meta's AI investments

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The Meta CEO said the company will ramp up spending that includes building a data center so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan.

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Every System is a Log: Avoiding coordination in distributed applications

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Distributed coordination makes application complex and brittle. Because all systems eventually build on logs, we can use a shared-log approach to eliminate most coordination. We discuss this conceptually and show how this is practically implemented in the open source project Restate.

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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?