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Understanding LLM Evaluation: Metrics, Benchmarks, and Real-World Applications

Data Science Dojo

Why evaluate large language models (LLMs)? Because these models are stochastic , responding based on probabilities, not guarantees. With new models popping up almost daily, it’s crucial to know if they truly perform better. Moreover, LLMs have numerous quirks: they hallucinate (confidently spouting falsehoods), format responses poorly, slip into the wrong tone, go “off the rails,” or get overly cautious.

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10 Essential Python Libraries for Data Science in 2024

KDnuggets

The richness of Python’s ecosystem has one downside: it makes it difficult to decide which libraries are the best for your needs. This article is an attempt to amend this by suggesting ten (and some more, as a bonus) libraries that are an absolute must in data science.

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7 Open-Source Machine Learning Projects You Can Contribute To Today

Machine Learning Mastery

Are you a machine learning enthusiast looking to level up your skills? If so, contributing to open-source machine learning projects is one of the best ways to improve your coding skills.

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Building Interactive Data Science Applications with Python

KDnuggets

Using Python to build engaging and interactive applications where users can pass in an input, get and feedback and make use of multimedia elements such as images, videos, and audio.

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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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Unlocking FHIR for Data and AI in a Meaningful Way

databricks

Discover how the Databricks and XponentL partnership is allowing customers to unlock their FHIR needs. Learn more about dbignite. Imagine you’re feeling.

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ChatGPT confessed: Orion model is coming

Dataconomy

OpenAI is set to introduce Orion, its latest model, by December, according to The Verge. Unlike previous releases, Orion won’t be immediately available to all users through ChatGPT. Instead, OpenAI plans to give priority access to its close business partners, who will use Orion to build their own tools and features. OpenAI might release Orion by December OpenAI is aiming for a more controlled rollout, allowing for better integration and customization by trusted partners before making it wi

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Fraudsters steal 22 tonnes of high-value cheddar

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Fraudsters targeted the high-value cheddar by pretending to be legitimate wholesalers.

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Tech Budget Pressures Highlight Growing AI Hype Gap

R. Scott Raynovich

AI is all the rage, and it’s driven up excitement in the tech markets. But the the rest of tech budgets are getting squeezed.

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US satellite jammer is set for delivery as flaws are fixed

Hacker News

A weapon meant to jam Chinese and Russian satellites early in a conflict has overcome technical flaws and is expected to be delivered next year, more than two years later than originally scheduled, according to the US Space Force.

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Which campaign people donate more, by ZIP code

FlowingData

Using a combination of Federal Election Commission filings and voter registration, the Washington Post shows which presidential campaign has received more money from donors from each ZIP code. It’s only online donations, so it’s just a subset of where the money is coming from, but I imagine offline donations are tightly correlated.

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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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A deep dive into Linux's new mseal syscall

Hacker News

By Alan Cao If you love exploit mitigations, you may have heard of a new system call named mseal landing into the Linux kernel’s 6.10 release, providing a protection called “memory sealing.” Beyond notes from the authors, very little information about this mitigation exists.

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Distill Your LLMs and Surpass Their Performance

Explosion

In her presentation at InfoQ Dev Summit, Ines Montani provided the audience with practical solutions for using the latest state-of-the-art models in real-world applications and distilling their knowledge into smaller and faster components.

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We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

Hacker News

The Copyright Office just handed down a big Right to Repair win: we can now legally repair commercial food preparation equipment, including McDonald’s machines.

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Google Photos will label AI-generated photos

Dataconomy

Google is introducing AI info labels for AI-edited images in Google Photos. Starting next week, Google Photos will clearly indicate when an image has been edited using generative AI tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, and Zoom Enhance. This information will be visible in the image details section of the Google Photos app, providing users with clearer insight into how their photos have been edited.

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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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We Can Terraform the American West

Hacker News

Why is there almost nothing on the left hand side of the USA? Water scarcity! We're missing 300 million Americans. We’re missing 30 global cities west of 100 degrees longitude. We should do something about it!

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OxygenOS 15 features and eligible devices

Dataconomy

OxygenOS 15, OnePlus’s latest software update based on Android 15 , is bringing a host of new features and improvements to eligible devices. All new OxygenOS 15 features This update includes significant design changes, customization options, and AI-driven features. Let’s break down what’s new in OxygenOS 15 and which OnePlus devices will get it.

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Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems

Hacker News

SpaceX capsule touches down carrying three Americans and a Russian who were scheduled to return in August

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Configuring Single Sign-On for IBM SPSS Analytic Server Using Kerberos Authentication

IBM Data Science in Practice

This blog is about how to configure Single Sign-on(SSO) on IBM SPSS Analytic Server. To know more about IBM SPSS Analytic Server [link] IBM SPSS ANALYTIC SERVER enables IBM SPSS Modeler to use big data as a source for predictive modelling. Together they can provide an integrated predictive analytics platform, using data from Hadoop distributions and Spark applications.

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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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Feds: You Don't Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books

Hacker News

The U.S. Copyright Office denied an exemption from the DMCA to allow gaming historians to access out-of-print games they can’t legally get.

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DWP error affecting ESA claimants and LCWRA payments

Dataconomy

A recent error by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has left hundreds of households financially affected, specifically those moving from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit. This DWP error means some ESA claimants are at risk of losing payments worth up to £416 per month, leaving many out of pocket. DWP error explained The issue impacts a small number of ESA claimants transitioning to Universal Credit as part of the “Managed Migration” process.

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Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets instead of appearing in the nude

Hacker News

The issue of ghost clothes is interesting for historians of the supernatural because, like a loose thread, pulling at it starts to unravel some of the assumptions about matter in spiritualism.

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New Framework Improves Multi-Modal AI Performance Across Diverse Tasks

NYU Center for Data Science

Multi-modal AI models often perform worse than uni-modal models, contrary to expectations. A new framework developed by researchers at CDS aims to resolve this paradox. CDS PhD student Taro Makino , along with fellow NYU PhD student Divyam Madaan , CDS Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Kyunghyun Cho , and Sumit Chopra from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, proposed a novel approach for supervised multi-modal learning called inter- & intra-modality modeling (I2M2) that capture

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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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Ironclad link between red meat and cancer identified

Hacker News

Researchers have discovered the mechanism linking the overconsumption of red meat with colorectal cancer, as well as identifying a means of interfering with the mechanism as a new treatment strategy for this kind of cancer.

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IBM’s New Granite 3.0 AI Models Show Strong Performance On Benchmarks

MoorInsights for Forbes

IBM continues to increase the variety and performance of its Granite AI LLMs, as shown by Hugging Face benchmark results for the new Granite 3.0 2B and 8B models.

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New species of tardigrade reveals secrets of radiation-resisting powers

Hacker News

Knowing the genes responsible for water bears’ radiation tolerance could lead to diverse applications, from cancer treatment to space exploration. Knowing the genes responsible for water bears’ radiation tolerance could lead to diverse applications, from cancer treatment to space exploration.

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12 AI Insight Talks to Help Improve Your Company’s AI Game at ODSC West

ODSC - Open Data Science

At the AI Expo and Demo Hall as part of ODSC West next week, you’ll have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with representatives from industry-leading organizations like Plot.ly, Google, Snowflake, Microsoft, and plenty more. These organizations and others will be showcasing their latest products and services that can help you implement AI in your organization or improve your processes that are already in progress.

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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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Smarter Than 'Ctrl+F': Linking Directly to Web Page Content

Hacker News

Discover how text fragments revolutionize web navigation. Learn to link directly to specific text on any web page, surpassing traditional 'Ctrl+F' searches. Explore this powerful, user-friendly feature for precise content sharing and improved web experiences.

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Building Human-Centric AI Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide

ODSC - Open Data Science

Editor’s note: Afrozy Ara is a speaker for ODSC West this October 29th-31st. Be sure to check out her talk, “ Designing Human-Centric AI Interfaces ,” there! As AI adoption accelerates, teams face pressure to create AI that not only boosts efficiency but is also intuitive and trustworthy. While data quality and model performance are crucial, building human-centric AI requires collaboration across data, business, design, and legal teams to ensure AI tools genuinely improve productivity.

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OmniParser for Pure Vision Based GUI Agent

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What is Snowflake’s Data Quality Monitoring Feature and How is it Used?

phData

“Quality over Quantity” is a phrase we hear regularly in life, but when it comes to the world of data, we often fail to adhere to this rule. Data Quality Monitoring implements quality checks in operational data processes to ensure that the data meets pre-defined standards and business rules. It’s common to have terabytes of data in most data warehouses, data quality monitoring is often challenging and cost-intensive due to dependencies on multiple tools and eventually ignored.

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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?