Analytics Vidhya

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Scene text recognition (STR) continues challenging researchers due to the diversity of text appearances in natural environments. It is one thing to detect text on images on documents and another thing when the text is in an image on a person’s T-shirt. The introduction of Multi-Granularity Prediction for Scene Text Recognition (MGP-STR), presented at ECCV […] The post Scene Text Recognition (STR) Using Vision-Based Text Recognition appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Towards AI

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Last Updated on December 21, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Vikram Bhat Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. As someone whos worked on building recommendation systems for a few years, Ive witnessed the dramatic shift in tools, workflows, and paradigms firsthand. Back in 2019, building recommendation systems required a lot of manual effort, fragmented tools, and custom code.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Media and entertainment (M&E) companies face unprecedented challenges in today's digital landscape. The pressure to deliver more content faster, while reducing costs and enhancing audience experiences, demands an innovative mindset and creative solutions. To examine these challenges, we hosted a moderated panel webinar, Maximizing transformation with generative AI in media and entertainment, featuring industry innovators.

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Eugene Yan

DECEMBER 21, 2024

A peaceful year of steady progress on my craft and health

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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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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

This website allows you to select a city and then draws every single road on a screen.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

With big cash prizes at stakeand AI supercharging researchinterspecies translation is closer than ever. But what, if anything, would animals want to tell us?

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Almost half of U.K. police forces have tested AI-powered traffic cameras, says an AI traffic safety company. Police around the world are using artificial intelligence-powered cameras to crack down on behavior like texting behind the wheel and driving without a seat belt.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

A naturally occurring compound involved in digestion lengthens lifespan in flies and makes old mice more youthful. A naturally occurring compound involved in digestion lengthens lifespan in flies and makes old mice more youthful.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

CNN Charred to a crisp, the hundreds of brittle ancient scrolls would crumble if one were to attempt to unfurl them, and any trace of script would be nearly illegible.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.

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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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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Two years on from the public release of ChatGPT, conversations about AI are inescapable as companies across every industry look to harness large language models (LLMs) to transform their business processes.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

CLI tool to insert spacers when command output stops - samwho/spacer

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Investors seeking AI plays may want to consider humanoid robots, which some analysts expect to begin replacing human workers at scale by the end of the decade.

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Towards AI

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Author(s): Tim Urista | Senior Cloud Engineer Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. ai isnt working as you think, time to rethink why Artificial intelligence (AI) has been promoted as a catalyst for dramatic improvements in workplace productivity, efficiency, and decision-making. Many industry analysts and technology leaders have assured us that AI-driven applications can streamline operations across sectors.

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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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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Once confined to sci-fi movies, artificial intelligence is now integrated into everyday life.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Researchers found a fossilized seascape while studying the impact of a volcanic eruption.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, were looking at OpenAIs last and biggest announcement from its 12 Days of OpenAI event; Apples potential entrance into the foldable market; and why Databricks is choosing to wait to go public. Lets get into it. P.S. Were off for the holidays!

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.

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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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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Maybe it *is* turning into a real writer.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Until news broke regarding plans to have an artificial intelligence-powered judge at ringside for the heavyweight rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, Elliot Worsell wasnt sure which word to use to summarise boxing in 2024.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

The European Commission approved seven new AI factories earlier this month.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The ride is coming to an end. The experiment is done. We tried, but we admit defeat. Four years ago we started adding support for an alternative HTTP backend in curl. It would use a library written in rust, called hyper.

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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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DECEMBER 21, 2024

The entrepreneur and investor has been a driving force in the push to get consumers and businesses alike interested in artificial intelligence.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has predicted a future that could significantly transform the software industry.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

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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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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DECEMBER 21, 2024

These AI models are kind of stupid. We've certainly seen our fair share of demented behavior from AI models but dementia? That's a new one.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 21, 2024

To what extent does academic success follow success?

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Fixing the U.S. governments finances has rightfully become one of the most critical tasks in politics today.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

+ + = Everything you need to query Apple's FindMy network! - malmeloo/FindMy.

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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?