AI is changing how we study bird migration
DECEMBER 18, 2024
After decades of frustration, machine-learning tools are unlocking a treasure trove of acoustic data for ecologists.
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Crusoe Closes $600M in Series D Round at $2.8 Billion Valuation to Power AI
insideBIGDATA
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Crusoe, the vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, announced it has closed a $600 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by Founders Fund, with participation from new and existing investors, including Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, Mubadala, NVIDIA, Ribbit Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
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Guide to Securing API Keys in Google Colab
Analytics Vidhya
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Working with APIs in Google Colab is a common practice for data scientists, researchers, and developers. However, handling API keys, which are essentially passwords granting access to these services, requires careful consideration. Directly embedding API keys in your code or storing them as plain environment variables within your Colab notebooks poses significant security risks.
Perplexity acquires Carbon, a Seattle startup that helps developers connect data sources to LLMs
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Carbon CEO Derek Tu. (LinkedIn Photo) Perplexity , an OpenAI rival valued at $9 billion, acquired Carbon , a Seattle startup that helps companies connect external data sources to their large language models. Founded in 2022, Carbon streamlines the way LLMs access unstructured data from third-party applications such as Google Drive and SharePoint. The company’s four employees will join San Francisco-based Perplexity, which offers AI search products and has seen its valuation skyrocket this
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.
Exploring Meta’s Segment Anything Model (SAM) For Medical Imaging
Analytics Vidhya
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Metas Segment Anything Model (SAM) has demonstrated its ability to detect objects in different areas of an image. This models architecture is flexible, and users can guide it with various prompts. During training, it could segment objects that were not in its dataset. These features make this model a highly effective tool for detecting and […] The post Exploring Metas Segment Anything Model (SAM) For Medical Imaging appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
Why Microsoft is outspending big tech on Nvidia AI chips
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Microsoft Corp. has acquired approximately 485,000 of Nvidias Hopper AI chips this year, leading the market by a significant margin according to Financial Times. The company aims to enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities, particularly within its Azure cloud services. This strategic investment positions Microsoft ahead of competitors like Meta Platforms, which purchased 224,000 chips, and Amazon and Google, which acquired 196,000 and 169,000 chips, respectively.
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Build a Strong Portfolio for Data Science Career
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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.
AI Cybersecurity — Replacement for Specialists or Efficiency Booster?
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 18, 2024
AI is rapidly taking its place in the market, penetrating new application areas in ways we couldnt imagine, including AI cybersecurity solutions. The hype shows no signs of fading. In fact, it is gaining real momentum even among C-level executives. The reason is clear: AIs potential for improving efficiency is almost limitless. But so is its potential for disruption.
Česká spořitelna: How GenAI is Transforming Call Centers in the Financial Services Industry
databricks
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Google’s Illuminate AI: A New Way to Create Your Own AI-Generated Podcasts
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Is GPT-4 Getting Any Better At Quantitative Image Analysis?
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DECEMBER 18, 2024
Last Updated on December 18, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): John Loewen, PhD Originally published on Towards AI. Can it do decent quantitative analysis from a data visualization? This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. For me, one of the most useful GPT-4 tools is the ability to analyze and interpret image data. But how good it this tool now with charting data and with map images?
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
Using natural language in Amazon Q Business: From searching and creating ServiceNow incidents and knowledge articles to generating insights
AWS Machine Learning Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Many enterprise customers across various industries are looking to adopt Generative AI to drive innovation, user productivity, and enhance customer experience. Generative AIpowered assistants such as Amazon Q Business can be configured to answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems.
Beyond A/B Testing: How Contextual Bandits Revolutionize Experimentation in Machine Learning
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Last Updated on December 18, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Joseph Robinson, Ph.D. Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Not a member? Read for free here (friend link). In Part 1, we introduced the concept of Contextual Bandits, a powerful technique for solving real-time decision-making problems.
Sora API won’t happen (for now): OpenAI struggles with demand
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DECEMBER 18, 2024
OpenAI has announced it will not release an API for its AI video model, Sora, which generates realistic videos from text or images. During an AMA, Romain Huet, head of developer experience, confirmed that there are currently no plans for an API, attributing the decision to capacity issues. OpenAI had to suspend applications for Sora shortly after its launch due to overwhelming demand.
Beyond A/B Testing: How Contextual Bandits Revolutionize Experimentation in Machine Learning
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Last Updated on December 18, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Joseph Robinson, Ph.D. Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Not a member? Read for free here (friend link). In Part 1, we introduced the concept of Contextual Bandits, a powerful technique for solving real-time decision-making problems.
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.
How Fastweb fine-tuned the Mistral model using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod as a first step to build an Italian large language model
AWS Machine Learning Blog
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This post is co-written with Marta Cavalleri and Giovanni Germani from Fastweb , and Claudia Sacco and Andrea Policarpi from BIP xTech. AIs transformative impact extends throughout the modern business landscape, with telecommunications emerging as a key area of innovation. Fastweb , one of Italys leading telecommunications operators, recognized the immense potential of AI technologies early on and began investing in this area in 2019.
10 No-Nonsense Machine Learning Tips for Beginners (Using Real-World Datasets)
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Last Updated on December 19, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Mukundan Sankar Originally published on Towards AI. Stop Overthinking and Start Building Models with Real-World Datasets This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Mahdis Mousavi on Unsplash Do you want to get into machine learning? Good. Youre in for a ride.
Harvard Is Releasing a Free AI Training Dataset
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The projects leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help level the playing field in the AI industry.
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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs
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Last Updated on December 18, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Mukundan Sankar Originally published on Towards AI. Stop Overthinking and Start Building Models with Real-World Datasets This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Mahdis Mousavi on Unsplash Do you want to get into machine learning? Good. Youre in for a ride.
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Exclusive: New Research Shows AI Strategically Lying
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