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What are the SQL Alternate Keys?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Keys are an important part of SQL, and the primary, foreign, and candidate keys hold a significant value. The alternate key holds are crucial, yet we often overlook their importance. They are used to design our database, Ensure the integrity of our data, and create an efficient way to retrieve records. Intriguing right? Further in […] The post What are the SQL Alternate Keys?

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Duck, Duck, Code: An Introduction to Python’s Duck Typing

KDnuggets

Explore the simplicity and flexibility of duck typing in Python — where code adapts based on behavior, not rigid types!

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What Is A Data Product?

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

We are now at a point where we can talk about so-called "data products" as defined information entities that exist in a more formally coalesced and correlated way that.

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Is Data Science Still Worth It In 2024?

KDnuggets

Should I bother pursuing a career in data science in 2024?

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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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Finetuning Phi-Medium to Generate Cypher Query from Text

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction The rise of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Knowledge Graphs has revolutionized how we interact with complex data sets by providing a structured, interconnected representation of information. Knowledge Graphs, such as those used in Neo4j, facilitate the querying and visualization of relationships within data. However, translating natural language into structured query languages like Cypher remains […] The post Finetuning Phi-Medium to Generate Cypher Query from Text a

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How to Manage Files and Directories in Bash

KDnuggets

Bash, the Bourne-Again Shell, is commonly used in Unix-based systems like Linux and macOS and provides myriad tools for managing files and directories.

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Vero AI Publishes Report Identifying Trends in AI and Data Privacy Legislation, Supporting Enterprises in Compliance Planning

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Vero AI, a first-of-its-kind analytical engine and scoreboard that helps enterprises fully harness the potential of advanced technology including artificial intelligence while minimizing risk, released an industry-agnostic report, Regulating the Future: Responsible AI Legislation Trends and Predictions on key trends in current and emerging artificial intelligence (AI) legislation.

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Role of Fully Convolutional Networks in Semantic Segmentation

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Semantic segmentation, categorizing images pixel-by-pixel into specified groups, is a crucial problem in computer vision. Fully Convolutional Networks (FCNs) were first introduced in a seminal publication by Trevor Darrell, Evan Shelhamer, and Jonathan Long in 2015. This ground-breaking method completely changed the field by providing end-to-end training for semantic segmentation tasks, doing away with […] The post Role of Fully Convolutional Networks in Semantic Segmentation

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Oldest cave art found

Hacker News

The oldest example of cave art has been discovered on an Indonesian island and dated back 51,200 years.

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What is One-shot Prompting?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In the evolving field of machine learning, generating accurate responses with minimal data is crucial. One-shot prompting is a powerful strategy that enables AI models to perform specific tasks by providing just a single example or template. This approach is especially beneficial when the undertaking calls for a few degrees of guidance or a […] The post What is One-shot Prompting?

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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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'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake

Hacker News

Union Island, which lies off St Vincent and the Grenadines, has been devastated by the powerful hurricane.

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How to Find the Best Multilingual Embedding Model for Your RAG?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In the era of global communication, developing effective multilingual AI systems has become increasingly important. Robust multilingual embedding models are highly beneficial for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, which leverage the strength of big language models with external knowledge retrieval. This guide will help you choose the ideal multilingual embedding model for your RAG […] The post How to Find the Best Multilingual Embedding Model for Your RAG?

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AI Agents That Matter

Hacker News

Rethinking AI agent benchmarking and evaluation

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A Guide to Choose the Best Data Science Bootcamp

Data Science Dojo

Data science bootcamps are intensive short-term educational programs designed to equip individuals with the skills needed to enter or advance in the field of data science. They cover a wide range of topics, ranging from Python, R, and statistics to machine learning and data visualization. These bootcamps are focused training and learning platforms for people.

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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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Proton launches its own version of Google Docs

Hacker News

Proton now has its own version of Google Docs in its Drive cloud storage service, and like the company's other products, it comes with end-to-end encryption.

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Build your multilingual personal calendar assistant with Amazon Bedrock and AWS Step Functions

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Foreigners and expats living outside of their home country deal with a large number of emails in various languages daily. They often find themselves struggling with language barriers when it comes to setting up reminders for events like business gatherings and customer meetings. To solve this problem, this post shows you how to apply AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock , AWS Step Functions , and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) to build a fully-automated multilingual calendar artificial

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The Fake Oilman Who Conned People Out of Millions

Hacker News

Alan Todd May passed himself off as an oil magnate, insinuated himself into West Palm Beach high society, and conned people out of millions.

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Introducing guardrails in Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed capability that helps you securely connect foundation models (FMs) in Amazon Bedrock to your company data using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). This feature streamlines the entire RAG workflow, from ingestion to retrieval and prompt augmentation, eliminating the need for custom data source integrations and data flow management.

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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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Making a Linux-managed network switch

Hacker News

Sometimes the custom 5-port gigabit switch _is_ the solution.

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Medical content creation in the age of generative AI

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Generative AI and transformer-based large language models (LLMs) have been in the top headlines recently. These models demonstrate impressive performance in question answering, text summarization, code, and text generation. Today, LLMs are being used in real settings by companies, including the heavily-regulated healthcare and life sciences industry (HCLS).

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Anna O.: The woman behind Freud's first case study

Hacker News

The case of Anna O. showed that psychoanalysis worked. Did Freud tamper with it?

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Article: The AI Revolution Will Not Be Monopolized

Explosion

Large language models have significantly transformed the field of artificial intelligence. The fundamental innovation behind this change is surprisingly straightforward: make the models a lot bigger. With each new iteration, the capabilities of these models expand, prompting a critical question: Are we moving toward a black box era where AI is controlled by a few tech monopolies?

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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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Can't stop your cat from scratching the furniture? Science has some tips

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Aggressive scratching is a stress response; small children are a common source of stress.

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Seeing the world after Google Streetview

FlowingData

Trevor Rainbolt is really good at geolocating a place given a single frame from Google Streetview. He used to only stream from his desk, but he’s exploring the physical world now. For the New York Times, Tomas Weber profiles Rainbolt’s expanded point of view. Rainbolt’s most banal moments are now served with little tinctures of epiphany and recognition.

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A Practical Introduction to Constraint Programming Using CP-SAT and Python

Hacker News

We discuss constraint programming, an approach to solve discrete optimization problems, and illustrate how it works with a scheduling code example implemented in Python with the CP-SAT solver.

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Intel’s Lunar Lake Changes Everything About X86

MoorInsights for Forbes

Intel's forthcoming Lunar Lake processors are its best bet to compete with the rising threat of Arm-based architectures, especially those coming from Apple and Qualcomm.

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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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Finding near-duplicates with Jaccard similarity and MinHash

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A Generalized Machine Learning Framework for Time Series Forecasting

Towards AI

Last Updated on July 3, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Shenggang Li Originally published on Towards AI. Adapting Diverse Models to Transform Transactional Data for Predictive AccuracyPhoto by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Time series forecasting is fundamental to predictive modeling, drawing significant interest from data scientists. Its applications range from supply chain demand prediction to financial market forecasting.

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Your Company's Problem is Hiding in Plain Sight - High Work-In-Progress (WIP)

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You Need Lazy People to Have Restless Features

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3 Greatest Algorithms for Machine Learning and Spatial Analysis.

Towards AI

Author(s): Stephen Chege-Tierra Insights Originally published on Towards AI. Created by the author with DALL E-3 When deciding who is best at a certain field, the debate can sometimes get messy with no conclusive answer. Most of these debates may go on and on, and they touch on a wide range of sectors, but they mostly involve sports, entertainment, and maybe politics.

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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?