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Millions of people are drawn to generative artificial intelligence companions, like the kind that populate Character.AI, Replika, and Nomi. The companions seem impressively human. They remember conversations and use familiar verbal tics. Sometimes they even mistake themselves for flesh and bone, offering descriptions of how they eat and sleep. Adults flock to these companions for advice, friendship, counseling, and even romantic relationships.

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MAY 4, 2025

IN A NUTSHELL Mark Zuckerberg mobilized his two superyachts, the Launchpad and the Wingman, for a spectacular journey to Norway’s fjords. The yachts served as a floating base for an extravagant heliskiing adventure, bypassing Norway’s strict helicopter landing regulations.

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The CEO of one of the world's leading artificial intelligence labs just said the quiet part out loud: that nobody really knows how AI works. In an essay published to his personal website , Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced plans to create a robust "MRI on AI" within the next decade.The goal is not only to figure out what makes the technology tick, but also to head off any unforeseen dangers associated with what he says remains its currently enigmatic nature.

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MAY 4, 2025

meshoptimizer implements several geometry compression algorithms that are designed to take advantage of redundancies common in mesh data and decompress quickly - targeting many gigabytes per second in decoding throughput. One of them, index decoder, has seen a significant and unexpected variance in performance across multiple compilers and compiler releases recently; upon closer investigation, the differences can mostly be attributed to the same microarchitectural detail that is not often talked

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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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When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious statement, and its inverse, have deep connections to many areas of math and computer science.

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MAY 4, 2025

Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.

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At Auburn University, students at the Foy Information Desk have been answering questions for more than 70 years.

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Humans have always migrated to survive. When glaciers advanced, when rivers dried up, when cities fell, people moved. Their journeys were often painful, but necessary, whether across deserts, mountains or oceans.

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MAY 4, 2025

Just a because a graph is intriguing doesnt mean that it means very much

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On a recent morning at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, a packed room at Moscone Center had gathered for what was billed as a technical exploration of artificial intelligence's role in modern hacking.

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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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MAY 4, 2025

What if you could ask Warren Buffett about a stock, market trends, or long-term investing, anytime you wanted? With reports suggesting he may soon step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, its a good moment to reflect on the lasting value of his principles. For decades, Buffett has been a steady voice in investing, known […] The post Build Your Own Warren Buffett Agent in 5 Minutes appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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The viral ChatGPT action figure trend is taking the internet by storm. We took the creation a step further by 3D printing it. I'm laughing my butt off. I asked ChatGPT to make me into an action figure so I could ride the wave of the viral AI trend, and wow, did it deliver.

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MAY 4, 2025

General matrix-vector multiplication (GeMV) remains a critical latency bottleneck in large language model (LLM) inference, even with quantized low-bit models. Processing-Using-DRAM (PUD), an analog in-DRAM computing technique, has the potential to repurpose on-device DRAM as a GeMV engine, offering additional high-throughput processing capabilities to widespread consumer devices without DRAM modifications.

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Now, if only I could get a playlist longer than ten songs I'd be happy. As a longtime Spotify user, theres plenty that I love about the streaming giant. It knows my music tastes better than I do, and I start shared jams almost every time I hang out with my friends.

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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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MAY 4, 2025

An idiot's comprehensive guide to modern sampling

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In todays column, I examine the most likely pathways to get us from todays contemporary AI to the vaunted AGI (artificial general intelligence).

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Analytics Vidhya

MAY 4, 2025

AI agents are now a part of enterprises big and small. From filling forms at hospitals and checking legal documents to analyzing video footage and handling customer support – we have AI agents for all kinds of tasks. Companies often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on hiring customer support staff who can understand the […] The post How to Build an Intelligent FAQ Chatbot Using Agentic RAG and LangGraph appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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New research is being conducted to determine how the next generation of guide dogs can be selected with the help of AI.

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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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The AI hype train is in full swing, and it dominates the conversation around smartphones. I truly do think that AI can make smartphones better and more interesting, but theres a right way to go about it and a wrong way.

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Comprehensive guide for connecting AI assistants to Jake Gaylor's MCP server via Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed and HTTP.

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Duolingo announced plans this week to replace contractors with AI and become an AI-first company a move that journalist Brian Merchant pointed to as a sign that the AI jobs crisis is here, now. In fact, Merchant spoke to a former Duolingo contractor who said this isnt even a new policy.

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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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MAY 4, 2025

Feather: A Rust web framework that does not use async - GitHub - BersisSe/feather: Feather: A Rust web framework that does not use async

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If you have a friend, child or co-worker who wont shut up about ChatGPT or some other generative-AI chatbot, but youve been too embarrassed to ask where to start, this is for you.

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AI can analyze data, but only critical thinking adds nuance, context, and unique human insights. Collaboration with AI requires questioning assumptions and refining ideas through iteration. In an AI-driven world, human creativity and judgment are essential to standing out and creating value. Students once copied from Wikipedia, now they copy from generative AI tools like ChatGPT.

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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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MAY 4, 2025

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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AI image generation tools are all the rage these days, but as weve already covered at length, Kling AI might just be one of the more promising

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Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to see details in images that escape the human eye, and an AI neural network identified something unusual

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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?