Sun.Nov 24, 2024

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The New Tablestakes, AI Tools That Go To Work

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

As the IT trade now comes out of its AI honeymoon period, we can enjoy real world intelligence tools that perform tasks & help us progress towards better societies.

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AI Briefing: Inside Accenture and Nvidia’s plan to scale AI agents for enterprise business

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As Accenture and Nvidia seek to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI, their first proving ground has been closer to home: the consulting giant’s own marketing department. Last month, the companies announced a new Accenture division called Accenture Nvidia Business Group, which entails plans to train more than 30,000 people using Nvidia’s full technology stack: Nvidia AI Foundry for custom AI model creation, AI Enterprise for deploying AI solutions, and Omniverse for 3D simulation and colla

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Malaria vaccine delivered by a mosquito bite

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Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease. Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

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Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World?

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When Florencio Rendon was laid off from his third construction job in three years, he said, “it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.” He was 36, a father of two, and felt time was running out to find a career that would offer higher pay and more stability.

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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 the Ivy League Broke America

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The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

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iOS 19 Rumors: More ChatGPT-Like Siri, Some New Features 'Postponed'

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iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but the software update's first major new feature has already leaked.

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Apple reportedly postponing a ‘larger-than-usual’ number of upcoming iOS 19 features

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According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple has reportedly postponed a high number of iOS 19 features for a later iOS 19.4 release, meaning we potentially won’t get our hands on them until spring 2026.

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Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter

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Meta-owned Threads started November with 5 times the daily app users of Bluesky. That number is now down to just 1.5.

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AI can now clone your personality in only two hours – and that's a dream for deepfake scammers

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You might think your personality is unique, but all it takes is a two-hour interview for an AI model to create a virtual replica with your attitudes …

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Senators say TSA's facial recognition program is out of control

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You can opt out of facial recognition at airports, for now, but the TSA has indicated it wants to make the invasive technology a requirement.

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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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Godfather of AI Warns of Powerful People Who Want Humans "Replaced by Machines"

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"Intelligence gives power. So who’s going to control that power?

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Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure

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Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go

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AI voice scams are on the rise – here’s how to stay safe, according to security experts

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The next spam call you receive might not be a real person – and your ear won’t be able to tell the difference.

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PHP Is Legacy, in 2024

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Developers sometimes still jump to the conclusion that PHP, as a programming language is "legacy" Why is this?

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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's scientific path to trust

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LONDON — Top researchers this week said scientific discoveries using AI, like new drugs or better disaster forecasting, offer a way to win people's …

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Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women

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Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural habitats, and to keep watch on protected natural areas.

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AI Models ‘Secretly’ Learn Capabilities Long Before They Show Them, Researchers Find

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A recent study reveals that models can grasp underlying concepts before fully demonstrating the ability to process and apply them.

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Judge Rules in Favor of School That Gave Student a Bad Grade for Using AI

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Parents of a Massachusetts high schooler had sued the district in order to get their son's grade raised.

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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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Jensen says we are 'several years away' from solving the AI hallucination problem — in the meantime, 'we have to keep increasing our computation'

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The CEO also talked about how much AI computing power increased in the past 10 years and Nvidia’s single greatest contribution to AI.

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A Career Ending Mistake

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As software engineers, we're constantly making detailed, elaborate plans for computers to execute. Isn't it weird that we rarely give a moment's thought to the program for our own careers?

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Computing at the Edge of Reality

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Quantum computers are machines that calculate by exploiting quantum mechanics, a branch of physics that describes reality at its most fundamental level.

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Ubitium is developing 'universal' processor combining CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA

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RISC-V startup Ubitium says it’s working on a processor that can tackle any workload whether it’s made for CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or FPGAs.

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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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6 Mistakes IT Teams Are Guaranteed To Make In 2025

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The next wave of artificial intelligence isn't just knocking at enterprise doors - it's exposing fundamental flaws in how organizations approach technology transformation. As IT teams race to stay competitive in 2025, they're making mistakes that could significantly impact their digital initiatives.

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New study shows: EV batteries last much longer than expected

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While diesel cars run and run, electric car batteries quickly break down and turn the expensive new car into a complete financial loss - statements like these can be found on social media repeatedly. P3 now analysed data from more than 7,000 electric cars, providing insights into real battery ageing.

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The Race to Save the World's Vanishing Languages

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To spend an afternoon in Jackson Heights is to spend an afternoon touring the world.

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Tweaking non-neural brain cells can cause memories to fade

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They’re not neurons, but they help neurons remember things, new research shows.

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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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Understanding Autoencoders in Deep Learning

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Summary: Autoencoders are powerful neural networks used for deep learning. They compress input data into lower-dimensional representations while preserving essential features. Their applications include dimensionality reduction, feature learning, noise reduction, and generative modelling. Autoencoders enhance performance in downstream tasks and provide robustness against overfitting, making them versatile tools in Machine Learning.

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Judge's Investigation into Patent Troll Results in Criminal Referrals

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In 2022, three companies with strange names and no clear business purpose beyond patent litigation filed dozens of lawsuits in Delaware federal court, accusing businesses of all sizes of patent infringement. Some of these complaints claimed patent rights over basic aspects of modern life; one, for.

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Warm and friendly or competent and straightforward? What students want from AI chatbots in the classroom

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AI chatbots are increasingly being used in the classroom. But different styles of communication appeal to different students, and this can guide how the technology is rolled out.

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Pushing AMD's Infinity Fabric to Its Limit

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I recently wrote code to test memory latency under load, seeking to reproduce data in various presentations with bandwidth on the X axis and latency on the Y axis.

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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?