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Enhancing RAG: Beyond Vanilla Approaches

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a powerful technique that enhances language models by incorporating external information retrieval mechanisms. While standard RAG implementations improve response relevance, they often struggle in complex retrieval scenarios. This article explores the limitations of a vanilla RAG setup and introduces advanced techniques to enhance its accuracy and efficiency.

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Introducing transformWithState in Apache Spark™ Structured Streaming

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Introduction Stateful stream processing refers to processing a continuous stream of events in real-time while maintaining state based on the events seen so far. This.

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MIA-Bench: Towards Better Instruction Following Evaluation of Multimodal LLMs

Machine Learning Research at Apple

We introduce MIA-Bench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate multimodal large language models (MLLMs) on their ability to strictly adhere to complex instructions. Our benchmark comprises a diverse set of 400 image-prompt pairs, each crafted to challenge the models' compliance with layered instructions in generating accurate responses that satisfy specific requested patterns.

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DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

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The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.

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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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Auto-Completion Style Text Generation with GPT-2 Model

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This post is in six parts; they are: Traditional vs Neural Approaches Auto-Complete Architecture Basic Auto-Complete Implementation Caching and Batched Input When you type in a word in Google's search bar, such as "machine", you may find some additional words are suggested, such as "learning," to make up "machine learning".

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There’s Something Very Weird About This $30 Billion AI Startup by a Man Who Said Neural Networks May Already Be Conscious

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Three years ago, OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever raised eyebrows when he declared that the era's most advanced neural networks might have already become "slightly conscious." That flair for hype is on full display at Sutskever's new venture, another AI outfit sporting the un-subtle name of "Safe Superintelligence." And if you were fretting that OpenAI's business model was suffering from Alice-in-Wonderland logic , Sutskever's new project will have you all the way throu

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Human Therapists Prepare for Battle Against A.I. Pretenders

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The nations largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots masquerading as therapists, but programmed to reinforce, rather than to challenge, a users thinking, could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others.

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Starship's Eighth Flight Test

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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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Chegg sues Google for hurting traffic with AI as it considers strategic alternatives

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Chegg on Monday filed suit in federal district court against Google, claiming that artificial intelligence summaries of search results have hurt the

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

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Today, were announcing Claude 3.7 Sonnet, our most intelligent model to date and the first hybrid reasoning model generally available on the market.

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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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AI Model Predicts Brain Aging Speed to Detect Cognitive Decline Early

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A new AI model can measure how fast a persons brain is aging using MRI scans, providing a powerful tool for detecting cognitive decline.

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Microsoft Cancels Leases for AI Data Centers, Analyst Says

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Microsoft Corp. has begun canceling leases for a substantial amount of datacenter capacity in the US, a move that may reflect concerns about whether its building more AI computing than it will need over the long term, TD Cowen said in a report.

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Anthropic launches a new AI model that ‘thinks’ as long as you want

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Anthropic is releasing a new frontier AI model called Claude 3.7 Sonnet, which the company designed to think about questions for as long as users want it to. Anthropic calls Claude 3.

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Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they liked snacks, model suggests

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Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesticated themselves.

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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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AI Assistants Join the Factory Floor

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Manufacturers already have the data. LLM-powered tools could help them make use of it.

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The journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI

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The gig work platform Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (LLMs).

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How to use generative AI to augment your workforce

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Artificial intelligence can be useful in the workplace, but humans have to first define what success looks like, according to MIT Sloans Danielle Li.

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This $100 Muon Detector Lets You Harness the Cosmos

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In the mid-1960s, the Nobel Prizewinning physicist Luis Alvarez had a wild idea. He proposed using muons, highly penetrating subatomic particles created when cosmic rays strike Earths atmosphere, to search for hidden chambers within one of the pyramids of Giza. These muon particles are heavyweight cousins of electrons that travel close to the speed of light.

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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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Why one of the world’s major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia

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AI pioneer Jrgen Schmidhuber shares why he believes in Saudi Arabias vision to lead global tech and his optimism about AIs potential to revolutionize industries.

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Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

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Nestled at the foot of a steep, forested hill, 16 kilometers outside Wellington, New Zealand is a rather unassuming building; one among many on a research campus that was first established in the 1940s. From outside, theres little to suggest that this is the birthplace of a remarkable piece of technology bound for the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming months.

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The Important Difference Between Agentic AI And AI Agents

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If youve been reading about business technology recently, then AI agents and agentic AI are terms youve probably come across with increasing frequency. Theyre often used interchangeably, and Ive noticed this can cause a little confusion as they refer to subtly different concepts.

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The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub

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In our modern world, it’s difficult to underestimate the impact that open-source code has on software development. Over the years, the global community has managed to publish a tremendous number of projects with freely accessible code that can be viewed and enhanced by anyone on the planet. Very frequently, code published on the Internet serves as a source of inspiration for software developers whenever they need to implement a project feature, they often check whether the code they need

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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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Scientists develop ‘superhuman’ robotic vision system, and other technology news you need to know

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Type 1 diabetes reversed by new cell transplantation technique

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Transplanting insulin-producing cells along with engineered blood-vessel-forming cells has successfully reversed type 1 diabetes, according to a new preclinical study. With further testing, the novel approach could one day cure the as-yet incurable condition.

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Anthropic say it's released its 'most intelligent' AI model yet as competition ramps up

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Anthropic unveiled its latest frontier model, Claude Sonnet 3.7, on Monday and claims it's the company's "most intelligent" version yet.

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What would happen if we didn't use TCP or UDP?

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What would happen if we didn't use TCP or UDP? Contribute to Hawzen/hdp development by creating an account on GitHub.

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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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How to Use ChatGPT: A Beginner's Guide

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Consider this your ChatGPT 101 class. ChatGPT brought artificial intelligence into the mainstream. It's one of the fastest-growing apps of all time, and has led the way for millions of other AI products to emerge.

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Right to Repair laws have now been introduced in all 50 us states

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With a new bill in Wisconsin, Right to Repair laws have now been introduced in all 50 US states!

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Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear

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Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than

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Show HN: Bracket City – A daily, exploded (?) crossword puzzle

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Bracket City is a nested clue puzzle game.

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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?