Tue.May 28, 2024

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Exploring Google’s Latest AI Tools: A Beginner’s Guide

KDnuggets

Check out this beginner's guide to take advantage of Google’s AI tools.

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Here’s How You Can Fine-tune Llama 2 with Unsloth  

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Training and fine-tuning language models can be complex, especially when aiming for efficiency and effectiveness. One effective approach involves using parameter-efficient fine-tuning techniques like low-rank adaptation (LoRA) combined with instruction fine-tuning. This article outlines the key steps and considerations to fine-tune LlaMa 2 large language model using this methodology.

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5 Free MIT Courses to Learn Math for Data Science

KDnuggets

Learning math is super important for data science. Check out these free courses from MIT to learn linear algebra, statistics, and more.

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Building a Product Discovery API with Gemini Vision Pro, LlamaIndex & FastAPI

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction The rapid expansion of the Generative AI model capabilities enables us to develop many businesses around GenAI. Today’s model not only generates text data but also, with the powerful multi-modal model like GPT-4, Gemini can leverage image data to generate information. This capability has huge potential in the business world such as you can […] The post Building a Product Discovery API with Gemini Vision Pro, LlamaIndex & FastAPI appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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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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Say Goodbye to Print(): Use Logging Module for Effective Debugging

KDnuggets

Improve your debugging skills with Python's built-in logging module

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Tech Titan Aamod Sathe on AI, Startups, and the Future of Data

Analytics Vidhya

In our recent Leading with Data session, we were thrilled to welcome Aamod Sathe, a data science and analytics leader with nearly two decades of experience. Aamod currently leads the analytics team for MetaWorks under Reality Labs at Meta, where he is helping to build the metaverse and the future of work. With a strong […] The post Tech Titan Aamod Sathe on AI, Startups, and the Future of Data appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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30 Exciting New Features by Canva

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Canva, a leader in digital content creation, recently held its annual Canva Create 2024 event in Los Angeles. At the event, the company unveiled a suite of innovative features and tools designed to enhance productivity and collaboration across various teams. These updates are set to revolutionize how organizations create and manage visual content.

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Social Impact Using Data and AI: Revealing the 2024 Finalists for the Data For Good Award

databricks

The annual Data Team Awards celebrate the critical contributions of data teams to various sectors, spotlighting their role in driving progress and positive.

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Are Commercial Providers Really the Villains in the Open Source World? 5 Myths Debunked

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In this contributed article, Eero Teerikorpi, founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Continuent, discusses how numerous misconceptions exist about the interaction between commercial entities and the open source community; many often inaccurately assume that commercial providers stifle innovation, solely exploit open source without contributing, and cause a loss of control over projects.

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First Bioprocessor Powered by Human Brain Organoids

Hacker News

A Swiss biocomputing startup has launched an online platform that provides remote access to 16 human brain organoids. FinalSpark’s Neuroplatform is claimed to be the world’s first online platform delivering access to biological neurons in vitro.

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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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Why Software Is Not Like Lightbulbs

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

On the one hand, our applications are getting smarter through their enrichment from artificial intelligence, through their ability to perform more autonomously as a re.

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AI headphones let you listen to a single person in crowd, by looking at them

Hacker News

A University of Washington team has developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds to “enroll” them. The.

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When feelings of nostalgia peak

FlowingData

YouGov surveyed 2,000 adults asking them when was the best and worst decades for things like movies, fashion, and the economy. For the Washington Post’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam noted that there wasn’t so much a strong lean towards a certain decade as there was a tendency towards people’s age. I think people just want to go back to a time when there was less to worry about and more freedom, which was late childhood and early teens for most.

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API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

Hacker News

Instead of redirecting API calls from HTTP to HTTPS, make the failure visible by either returning a clear HTTP error response or disabling the HTTP interface altogether. Unfortunately, many well-known API providers do not currently do so.

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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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Affine-based Deformable Attention and Selective Fusion for Semi-dense Matching

Machine Learning Research at Apple

This paper was accepted at the Image Matching: Local Features & Beyond workshop at CVPR 2024. Identifying robust and accurate correspondences across images is a fundamental problem in computer vision that enables various downstream tasks. Recent semi-dense matching methods emphasize the effectiveness of fusing relevant cross-view information through Transformer.

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How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

Hacker News

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.

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Is AI Improving Fairness in the Lending Industry?

Smart Data Collective

Dive into the role of AI in promoting fairness within the lending sector and its transformative effects.

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T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4B deal

Hacker News

U.S. Cellular shares soared Tuesday after T-Mobile announced it will acquire most of the company in a deal worth $4.4 billion. It plans to use the wireless company to improve coverage in rural areas.

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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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Why is YouTube skipping videos to the end?

Dataconomy

In an unexpected twist, YouTube skipping videos to the end has become the latest hurdle for users relying on adblockers. This phenomenon, which has surfaced in recent months, disrupts video playback by abruptly jumping to the video’s conclusion. While some suspect this is YouTube’s tactic to push users towards its Premium service, others argue it might be an unintended glitch in the adblockers themselves.

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Microsoft, Beihang release MoRA, an efficient LLM fine-tuning technique

Hacker News

MoRA is a new LLM fine-tuning technique that solves some of the problems of other parameter-efficient techniques such as LoRA.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

IBM Journey to AI blog

Virtually every organization recognizes the power of data to enhance customer and employee experiences and drive better business decisions. Yet, as data becomes more valuable, it’s also becoming harder to protect. Companies continue to create more attack surfaces with hybrid models, scattering critical data across cloud, third-party and on-premises locations, while threat actors constantly devise new and creative ways to exploit vulnerabilities.

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Show HN: I made a free app to calibrate your turntable by simply playing a song

Hacker News

Free, no ads.

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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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Filter profanity from audio files using Node.js

AssemblyAI

With the explosion of audio and video content available online, it is hard to ensure this content does not include swear words and other profanity. With profanity detection AI models, developers can automatically filter out offensive language at scale. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Node.js to filter profanity from audio files. By the end of this guide, you'll be equipped to implement this functionality in just a few lines of code, enhancing both user experience and conten

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Show HN: Firegraph.so – Create beautiful images of your graphs

Hacker News

Create beautiful graphs. From GitHub star charts to custom data. Made by Firecrawl.

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The Rising Tide of Women’s NCAA Basketball: A Boom for Retailers

Precisely

The Growing Allure of Women’s NCAA Basketball Each March, the fervor around NCAA basketball reaches a fever pitch, drawing massive TV audiences and creating a flurry of commercial opportunities. This excitement amplifies when standout players and top teams make their way into the final rounds. The burgeoning interest in the women’s division presents unique opportunities for retailers to engage with an enthusiastic and expanding fan base.

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The Biggest Bookstore. 10 years after closing, it has a grip on readers

Hacker News

Having everything available at your browsing fingertips felt like a brick-and-mortar Amazon in Toronto, but with smiling staff whose knowledge elevated the experience.

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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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How Bonito helps fine-tune specialized LLMs faster than ever

Snorkel AI

Fine-tuning large language models for specialized domains and tasks demands a lot of time and cost—and often requires a lot of manual human labeling. That’s why I and my fellow students and advisors at Brown developed Bonito: we wanted to make this process faster, cheaper, and easier. Bonito converts unannotated text from specialized domains into synthetic instruction-tuning datasets.

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Facebook will soon use your photos, posts and other info to train its AI

Hacker News

Privacy experts and advocates have raised concerns about Meta’s plans.

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How Bonito helps fine-tune specialized LLMs faster than ever

Snorkel AI

Fine-tuning large language models for specialized domains and tasks demands a lot of time and cost—and often requires a lot of manual human labeling. That’s why I and my fellow students and advisors at Brown developed Bonito: we wanted to make this process faster, cheaper, and easier. Bonito converts unannotated text from specialized domains into synthetic instruction-tuning datasets.

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Using Parquet's Bloom Filters

Hacker News

In this article, we explore when and how to use Bloom filters in Parquet, their impact on written Parquet files, and measure their effectiveness when dealing with large quantities of high-cardinality data.

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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?