How to Crush the Spider Benchmark with Ease on Databricks
databricks
MAY 12, 2024
How we reached 79.9% on the Spider dev dataset with Llama3 8B through savvy prompting and fine-tuning on Databricks.
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Fort Worth's tallest building sells for $12.3M, bought for $137.5M in 2021
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
The tallest building in Fort Worth, Texas, has been bought by a bank for $12.3 million, three years after it sold $137.5 million. Burnett Plaza has 40 stories and is 567 feet tall.
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Improving Text2SQL Performance with Ease on Databricks
databricks
MAY 12, 2024
How we reached 79.9% on the Spider dev dataset with Llama3 8B through savvy prompting and fine-tuning on Databricks.
23% of bachelor's degrees and 43% of master's degrees have a negative ROI
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
According to new research, 23 percent of bachelor's degree programs and 43 percent of master's degree programs have a negative ROI.
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.
Revolutionizing Autonomy: CNNs in Self-Driving Cars
Towards AI
MAY 12, 2024
Last Updated on May 13, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Cristian Rodríguez Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash This article uses the convolutional neural network (CNN) approach to implement a self-driving car by predicting the steering wheel angle from input images of three front cameras in the car’s center, left, and right.
Tesla FSD head to head against Mercedes Driver Assist on the same road [video]
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Putting Tesla FSD head to head against Mercedes Driver Assist on the same road! I have videos of both driving on the same road side by side along with the nu.
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Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational theft," asking why we let it continue and showing how we could make it end. (Note: This talk contains mature language.
Fundamentals of C++ Programming for Data Scientists
Smart Data Collective
MAY 12, 2024
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How to Optimize Chunk Size for RAG in Production?
Towards AI
MAY 12, 2024
Last Updated on May 14, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Mandar Karhade, MD. PhD. Originally published on Towards AI. The chunk size can make or break the retrieval. Here is how to determine the best chunk size for your use case. Today, we will examine chunk-size optimization during the development of an RAG application. We will assume that it is a business-specific use case.
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.
Llama 3 + Llama.cpp is the local AI Heaven
Towards AI
MAY 12, 2024
Last Updated on May 14, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Vatsal Saglani Originally published on Towards AI. Build a fully local (nano) DiagramGPT using Llama 3 8B and learn about inline function callingImage by ChatGPT This is the third time in three weeks that I’m writing about developing AI-powered or GenAI-powered applications that work with local LLMs.
16 years of CVE-2008-0166 – Debian OpenSSL Bug
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Many DKIM setups used cryptographic keys vulnerable to the 2008 Debian OpenSSL Bug (CVE-2008-0166) in 2024.
Comparative Analysis of Two Top Big Data Transfer Services
Smart Data Collective
MAY 12, 2024
Companies that rely on big data need to use the most reliable online data transfer services.
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
Disney's Robots Use Rockets to Stick the Landing
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
It’s hard to think of a more dramatic way to make an entrance than falling from the sky. While it certainly happens often enough on the silver screen, whether or not it can be done in real life is a tantalizing challenge for our entertainment robotics team at Disney Research. Falling is tricky for two reasons. The first and most obvious is what Douglas Adams referred to as “the sudden stop at the end.
3 strategies for effective data anonymization for governments
SAS Software
MAY 12, 2024
The ancients’ practice of publicizing set-in-stone personal records would run anathema to modern data privacy laws. These days, in lieu of using contemporary personally identifiable records, I anonymized a 4,000-year-old tax record from ancient Babylon to describe three principles for effective data anonymization at scale: Embracing rare attributes: values and [.
Father of SQL says yes to NoSQL
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Sometimes your own invention just isn't enough anymore
Graph visualization use cases
Cambridge Intelligence
MAY 12, 2024
Our graph and timeline visualization toolkits help make sense of complex connected data. When we’re asked which use cases benefit from our technology, the answer is simple: almost all of them. The challenge to understand hidden relationships and uncover actionable insights from data is universal, across countless data visualization use cases. In this blog post, we focus on seven of the most popular: Why visualize data as a graph?
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.
Song Maker
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Song Maker, an experiment in Chrome Music Lab, is a simple way for anyone to make and share a song.
Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and stunning. Record and share in seconds.
Tech startup connects to two satellites in orbit from Earth via Bluetooth
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
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Preserving the Wilderness Idea
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Calling the idea of wilderness into question makes as much sense as asking whether the United States is a democracy.
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
The Alternative Implementation Problem
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
In this post, I want to talk about a dynamic that I've seen play itself over and over again in the software world.
I built an online PDF management platform using open-source software
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
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Energy, not compute, will be the #1 bottleneck to AI progress – Mark Zuckerberg [video]
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
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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.
PicoMEM by FreddyV – All in One 8-Bit ISA Expansion Card
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
The PicoMEM is an 8-bit ISA expansion card based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller. It offers a ton of features and aims to be an all-in-one solution for ISA-based vintage PCs. Features: An integrated bootable ROM allows in-system configuration and booting from any vintage system with Option ROM support.
Professional Corner-Cutting (2016)
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
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The Star Destroyer and Imperial Military Doctrine
Hacker News
MAY 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I'll have my 'On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon' up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star Wars (and history).
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?
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