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China’s New AI Video Star: Step-Video-T2V

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China is advancing rapidly in generative AI, building on successes like DeepSeek models and Kimi k1.5 in language models. Now, its leading the vision domain with OmniHuman and Goku excelling in 3D modeling and video synthesis. With Step-Video-T2V, China directly challenges top text-to-video models like Sora, Veo 2, and Movie Gen. Developed by Stepfun AI, […] The post Chinas New AI Video Star: Step-Video-T2V appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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DeepSeek goes beyond “open weights” AI with plans for source code release

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Last month, DeepSeek turned the AI world on its head with the release of a new, competitive simulated reasoning model that was free to download and use under an MIT license. Now, the company is preparing to make the underlying code behind that model more accessible, promising to release five open source repos starting next week. In a social media post late Thursday , DeepSeek said the daily releases it is planning for its "Open Source Week" would provide visibility into "these humble building bl

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O-SAIF pushes for open-source government AI

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A new organization, the Open-Source AI Foundation (O-SAIF) , has launched with a mission to end closed-source artificial intelligence contracts in civilian government agencies. The foundation argues that open-source AI promotes transparency, security, and responsible spending of taxpayer dollars , making it a necessary standard for government technology.

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Reinforcement Learning Triples Spot’s Running Speed

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About a year ago, Boston Dynamics released a research version of its Spot quadruped robot , which comes with a low-level application programming interface (API) that allows direct control of Spots joints. Even back then, the rumor was that this API unlocked some significant performance improvements on Spot, including a much faster running speed. That rumor came from the Robotics and AI (RAI) Institute , formerly The AI Institute, formerly the Boston Dynamics AI Institute , and if you were at Mar

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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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How to Measure Performance of RAG Systems: Driver Metrics and Tools

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Imagine this: it’s the 1960s, and Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M, invents a weak adhesive that doesnt stick as expected. It seems like a failure. However, years later, his colleague Art Fry finds a novel use for itcreating Post-it Notes, a billion-dollar product that revolutionized stationery. This story mirrors the journey of large language […] The post How to Measure Performance of RAG Systems: Driver Metrics and Tools appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents

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The law firm Morgan & Morgan has rushed out astern email to its attorneys after two of them were caught citing fake court cases invented by an AI model, Reuters reports. Sent earlier this month to all of its over 1,000 lawyers, the email warns at length about the tech's proclivity for hallucinating. But the pros of the tech, apparently, still outweigh the cons; rather than banning AI usage something that plenty of organizations have done Morgan & Morgan leadership take the middle road

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Reducing hallucinations in LLM agents with a verified semantic cache using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Large language models (LLMs) excel at generating human-like text but face a critical challenge: hallucinationproducing responses that sound convincing but are factually incorrect. While these models are trained on vast amounts of generic data, they often lack the organization-specific context and up-to-date information needed for accurate responses in business settings.

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Satya Nadella just exposed AI’s biggest lie

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized the need for realistic expectations regarding artificial intelligence (AI) during a recent podcast interview , citing the lack of meaningful economic impact from current AI spending and hype. Microsoft CEO stresses need for realistic AI expectations Nadella’s remarks aimed at the tech industry advocate for a focus on measurable outcomes, asserting that success should be quantified by global economic growth rather than theoretical achievements of AI sy

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How to Run Microsoft’s OmniParser V2 Locally?

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Microsoft’s OmniParser V2 is a cutting-edge AI screen parser that extracts structured data from GUIs by analyzing screenshots, enabling AI agents to interact with on-screen elements seamlessly. Perfect for building autonomous GUI agents, this tool is a game-changer for automation and workflow optimization. In this guide, well cover how to install OmniParser V2 locally, its […] The post How to Run Microsoft’s OmniParser V2 Locally?

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400 million users later OpenAI still has a major problem

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OpenAI reported having 400 million weekly active users as of February 2025, a notable increase from 300 million in December 2024. The company’s chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, shared this information with CNBC as OpenAI seeks to position itself as a leading consumer technology entity. OpenAI reaches 400 million weekly users amid rising competition Usage of OpenAI’s platforms continues to grow rapidly, although the company has not disclosed specific numbers for paid subscripti

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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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Upskill on foundational data and AI competencies with free training from Databricks

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As part of our commitment to help upskill the current and future workforce, we are excited to announce new, free courses to help professionals learn.

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From Idea to Innovation: Using AI for Project Development

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Taking a project from concept to reality is no small feat. What’s even hard to imagine is if the final project will work how we want it to or not. With AI, we can now visualize, create, and even predict the outcomes of our projects with a precision that has never been seen before. From […] The post From Idea to Innovation: Using AI for Project Development appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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20 years working on the same software product

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I released version 1 of my table seating planning software , PerfectTablePlan, in February 2005. 20 years ago this month. It was a different world. A world of Windows, shareware and CDs. A lot has changed since then, but PerfectTablePlan is now at version 7 and still going strong. PerfectTablePlan v1 PerfectTablePlan v7 I have released several other products since then, and done some training and consulting, but PerfectTablePlan remains my most successful product.

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Using DistilBERT for Resource-Efficient Natural Language Processing

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DistilBERT is a smaller, faster version of BERT that performs well with fewer resources. Its perfect for environments with limited processing power and memory.

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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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PositiveGrid introduces SparkAI for real-time tone modeling

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PositiveGrid, a manufacturer of digital music technology, has integrated artificial intelligence into its Spark series amplifiers with SparkAI, an AI-powered tone generator. Using deep learning and transformer-based models, SparkAI processes extensive audio datasets to analyze tonal characteristics and generate realistic guitar sounds. The system applies self-supervised learning techniques, allowing it to adapt to different playing styles without requiring manually labeled training data.

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AWS and DXC collaborate to deliver customizable, near real-time voice-to-voice translation capabilities for Amazon Connect

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Providing effective multilingual customer support in global businesses presents significant operational challenges. Through collaboration between AWS and DXC Technology, weve developed a scalable voice-to-voice (V2V) translation prototype that transforms how contact centers handle multi-lingual customer interactions. In this post, we discuss how AWS and DXC used Amazon Connect and other AWS AI services to deliver near real-time V2V translation capabilities.

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OpenAI launches Operator for ChatGPT Pro in select countries

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OpenAI announced on Friday the rollout of Operator, its AI agent designed to perform tasks on behalf of users, for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K., and additional countries. Operator will be accessible in most locations where ChatGPT is available, excluding the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland.

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LLM continuous self-instruct fine-tuning framework powered by a compound AI system on Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Fine-tuning a pre-trained large language model (LLM) allows users to customize the model to perform better on domain-specific tasks or align more closely with human preferences. It is a continuous process to keep the fine-tuned model accurate and effective in changing environments, to adapt to the data distribution shift ( concept drift ) and prevent performance degradation over time.

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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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Improve search results for AI using Amazon OpenSearch Service as a vector database with Amazon Bedrock

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed how humans interact with information in two major wayssearch applications and generative AI. Search applications include ecommerce websites, document repository search, customer support call centers, customer relationship management, matchmaking for gaming, and application search. Generative AI use cases include chatbots with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), intelligent log analysis, code generation, document summarization, and AI assistants.

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Orchestrate an intelligent document processing workflow using tools in Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Generative AI is revolutionizing enterprise automation, enabling AI systems to understand context, make decisions, and act independently. Generative AI foundation models (FMs), with their ability to understand context and make decisions, are becoming powerful partners in solving sophisticated business problems. At AWS, were using the power of models in Amazon Bedrock to drive automation of complex processes that have traditionally been challenging to streamline.

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iPhone 15 Pro gets a secret AI upgrade you didn’t know about

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Apple is set to bring Visual Intelligence, a feature similar to Google Lens, to the iPhone 15 Pro through a future software update, as confirmed by Apple representatives to John Gruber of Daring Fireball. Apple to introduce Visual Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro Visual Intelligence was first introduced with the iPhone 16 series in September. Initially, it was designed to be accessed via the Camera Control button.

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Perplexitys new Deep Research tool is powered by DeepSeek R1

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Perplexity also has a Deep Research tool now, and it's powered by a version of DeepSeek R1. According to the announcement , the AI search engine's new tool does "in-depth research and analysis on your behalf," by crawling the web and compiles a comprehensive report of its findings. If Deep Research sounds familiar, that's because Google and OpenAI both have their own versions of the research tool for Gemini and ChatGPT respectively — yes, they're both also called Deep Research.

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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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Maximize your file server data’s potential by using Amazon Q Business on Amazon FSx for Windows

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Organizations need efficient ways to access and analyze their enterprise data. Amazon Q Business addresses this need as a fully managed generative AI-powered assistant that helps you find information, generate content, and complete tasks using enterprise data. It provides immediate, relevant information while streamlining tasks and accelerating problem-solving.

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Government revenue and spending

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In case you’re wondering about government spending and budgets, USAFacts has a Sankey diagram that shows the money that came in during 2024 and how the revenue was distributed. According to data from U.S. Treasury Department, $4.9 trillion came in mostly through taxes and $6.8 trillion went out. The difference, $1.8 trillion, contributes to the deficit.

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How Rocket Companies modernized their data science solution on AWS

AWS Machine Learning Blog

This post was written with Dian Xu and Joel Hawkins of Rocket Companies. Rocket Companies is a Detroit-based FinTech company with a mission to Help Everyone Home. With the current housing shortage and affordability concerns, Rocket simplifies the homeownership process through an intuitive and AI-driven experience. This comprehensive framework streamlines every step of the homeownership journey, empowering consumers to search, purchase, and manage home financing effortlessly.

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Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE

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We the Builders aims to explain why DOGEs data access matters.

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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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AI can decode digital data stored in DNA in minutes instead of days

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A new AI-based method can accurately recover digital data from DNA strands nearly 90 times faster than older techniques, raising the possibility of practical DNA storage for computing

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Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

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Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

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Report: OpenAI plans to shift compute needs from Microsoft to SoftBank

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OpenAI is forecasting a major shift in the next five years around who it gets most of its computing power from, The Information reported on Friday.

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Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK

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Apple has withdrawn its Advanced Data Protection iCloud feature from the United Kingdom following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted.

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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?