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Web Scraping with LLMs

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Web scraping has long been a vital technique for extracting information from the internet, enabling developers to gather insights from various domains. With the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGroq, web scraping becomes even more powerful, offering enhanced flexibility and precision. This article explores how to implement scraping with LLMs to fetch structured […] The post Web Scraping with LLMs appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Classified fighter jet specs leaked on War Thunder forums – again

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EXCLUSIVE - Classified military documents have been leaked on the War Thunder forumsagain. This time, the Eurofighter Typhoons radar system is at the centre of the unauthorised disclosure.

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Top 30 Machine Learning Projects for Beginners in 2025

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Imagine a world where algorithms help doctors diagnose illnesses in seconds, self-driving cars navigate effortlessly, and gadgets anticipate our needs before we even ask. Sounds like science fiction? As we approach 2025, machine learning is turning these visions into reality. From chatbots that hold human-like conversations to recommendation systems that know your next favorite movie, […] The post Top 30 Machine Learning Projects for Beginners in 2025 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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A chart that shows everything that has ever existed

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This chart shows every object that has ever existed, and raises a question: is the universe a black hole?

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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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Experience Advanced AI Anywhere with Falcon 3’s Lightweight Design

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AI is transforming the world in new ways, but its potential often comes with the challenge of requiring advanced equipment. Falcon 3 by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) defies this expectation with low power consumption and high efficiency. This open-source marvel not only operates on lightweight devices like laptops but also makes advanced AI accessible […] The post Experience Advanced AI Anywhere with Falcon 3’s Lightweight Design appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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10 AI Predictions For 2025

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1. Meta will begin charging for use of its Llama models. Meta is the worlds standard bearer for open-weight AI.

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WSDA, USDA announce eradication of northern giant hornet from the United States

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The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have declared the northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) eradicated from Washington and the United States.

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OpenAI o3 and o3-mini: What to Expect?

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Concluding “12 Days of OpenAI” series, OpenAI introduced the o3 series, highlighting their superior performance in reasoning, coding, and mathematical tasks while maintaining cost-effectiveness. The o3 models achieved an advanced score of 75.7% on the ARC-AGI benchmark, a challenging test of general intelligence that had remained unbeaten for FIVE years.

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Cognitive load is what matters

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There are so many buzzwords and best practices out there, but let's focus on something more fundamental. What matters is the amount of confusion developers feel when going through the code.

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Meet Botto, the AI 'machine artist' making millions of dollars

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Generative artificial intelligence is making huge waves across industries and services from finance to human resources and spending on the technology

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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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The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, and We May Know Why

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Aging brings two opposing trends in cancer risk: first, the risk climbs in our 60s and 70s, as decades of genetic mutations build up in our bodies.

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The code whisperer: How Anthropic’s Claude is changing the game for software developers

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The software development world is experiencing its biggest transformation since the advent of open-source coding. Artificial intelligence assistants, once viewed with skepticism by professional developers, have become indispensable tools in the $736.96 billion global software development market.

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One City’s Open Streets Program Towers Above the Rest. I Went to Find Out Why.

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If you ask a Bogotno where they learned to ride a bike, they all have the same answer.

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Learn how GE Healthcare used AWS to build a new AI model that interprets MRIs

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MRI images are understandably complex and data-heavy. Because of this, developers training large language models (LLMs) for MRI analysis have had to slice captured images into 2D.

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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 Decodes the Calls of the Wild

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Artificial intelligence could reveal how animals of the land, sea and sky talk to others of their species.

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Three Practical Reasons To Consider AI Agents For Your Organization

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Co-Founder and CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang has said he hopes his organization will grow from 36,000 workers today to 50,000 workers and 100 million AI agents. Im calling this new mix of human and digital workers, the Hybrid Organization.

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We use our own hardware at Fastmail

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Why we use our own hardware and what the tradeoffs and costs look like

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Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New Email Address In 2025

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Your inbox is under attack. The FBI has issued yet another warning ahead of the holidays, highlighting an alarming surge in email and website threats, just as multiple cyber reports claim this is the most dangerous holiday season yet. Even though Google blocks more than 99.

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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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How bloom filters made SQLite 10x faster

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This is the fascinating story of how researchers used Bloom filters cleverly to make SQLite 10x faster for analytical queries.

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Google Whisk is a new way to create AI visuals using image prompts – here's how to try it

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Googles new AI tool makes it easier to create and remix your visual concepts.

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Long Term Software Development

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6 Emerging Technologies To Build A Startup Around In 2025

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While it feels like the hype for AI, Blockchain, and other emerging technologies settled down in 2024, this doesnt mean that the opportunities for their exploitation are diminished.

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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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German watchdog orders Sam Altman's biometric ID project World to delete data

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The iris-scanning identity technology World has already been banned in some European countries over privacy concerns.

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How AI Is Quietly Transforming E-Commerce Search And Discovery

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In the age of Google and now ChatGPT, we take quality search for granted. Were used to having information at our fingertips, but this ecosystem of instant gratification hides complex processes that enable us to find what were looking for.

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MacKenzie Scott donates over $2B in 2024 to 199 organizations

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Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control.

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Unintended consequences: U.S. election results herald reckless AI development

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While the 2024 U.S. election focused on traditional issues like the economy and immigration, its quiet impact on AI policy could prove even more transformative.

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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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Decoding the telephony signals in Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

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AI-designed, monolithic aerospike engine successfully hot-fired

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Showing how far AI engineering has come, a new aerospike engine burning oxygen and kerosene capable of 1,100 lb (5,000 N) of thrust has successfully

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.

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OpenAI Gives Plus Users Unlimited Access to Sora Over The Holidays

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For a limited time, users will be able to generate videos of over 20 seconds long, and over 50 lower resolution (480p) videos per month.

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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?