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Cap: Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative using proof-of-work

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Cap.js is a fast, privacy-friendly proof-of-work CAPTCHA alternative to reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha. Zero dependencies, developer-friendly, and effective against spam, DDoS, and automation.

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Continuous Thought Machines Could be the Next Step in AI

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Do AI models "think"?

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Behavioral responses of domestic cats to human odor

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People all around the world live with cats and cats engage in many social behaviors toward their owners. Olfaction is one of the most important sensory abilities in cats, yet its role in recognizing humans remains unclear. In this study, we assessed the role and characteristics of olfaction in the discrimination of known or unknown humans by cats using ethological methods.

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A Gentle Introduction to SHAP for Tree-Based Models

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Machine learning models have become increasingly sophisticated, but this complexity often comes at the cost of interpretability.

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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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Why Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity

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There’s a new cybersecurity awareness campaign: Take9. The idea is that people—you, me, everyone—should just pause for nine seconds and think more about the link they are planning to click on, the file they are planning to download, or whatever it is they are planning to share. There’s a website —of course—and a video , well-produced and scary.

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Unsettling AI Behavior: When Advanced LLMs Break the Rules and Resist Control

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Are you someone who loves working with advanced LLMs? Do you rely on OpenAIs o3, Codex CLI, or o4-mini for coding, writing, or creative tasks? These models, and others like Claude and Gemini, have amazed the world with their intelligence, speed, and versatility. But what happens when that intelligence turns against the instructions it’s given?

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Every 5x5 Nonogram

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This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how much AI models suck up to us

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The new benchmark, called Elephant, makes it easier to spot when AI models are being overly sycophanticbut theres no current fix.

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Announcing Public Preview of Salesforce Data Cloud File Sharing into Unity Catalog

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Salesforce Data Cloud File Sharing into Databricks Unity Catalog is now in public preview.

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A Prelude To The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence

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Gone are the days when your company or organization must decide if they will use artificial intelligence. It is now just a matter of how. With the vast increase of AI employment, it was inevitable that some ethically questionable use cases would pop-up.

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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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Failover

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Failover is a critical component of modern IT infrastructure, ensuring that systems remain operational even in the face of unexpected challenges. Imagine a scenario where a business’s primary server suddenly failswhether due to hardware malfunction or a power outagewithout a failover system in place, the organization would face significant downtime.

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Going beyond AI assistants: Examples from Amazon.com reinventing industries with generative AI

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Generative AI revolutionizes business operations through various applications, including conversational assistants such as Amazons Rufus and Amazon Seller Assistant. Additionally, some of the most impactful generative AI applications operate autonomously behind the scenes, an essential capability that empowers enterprises to transform their operations, data processing, and content creation at scale.

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Data masking

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Data masking is an innovative approach that allows organizations to utilize their sensitive data without exposing actual values. This technology is especially relevant in today’s data-driven landscape, where compliance and security are of utmost importance. By providing a framework for safeguarding data while maintaining its utility, data masking supports a seamless balance between operational efficiency and data protection.

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Want a humanoid, open source robot for just $3,000? Hugging Face is on it.

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Hugging Face is best known as a platform for machine learning and AI development, but it has also been dabbling in the world of robotics. This week, the company revealed two new robots it plans to bring to marketincluding a humanoid one that it would sell for around $3,000, far less than many of the other options that have been floated, like Unitree's $16,000 G1.

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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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Top 10 Free Generative AI Certificate Courses

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Generative AI has grown to become an essential skill for todays digital professionals, creators, and problem-solvers. As industries worldwide adopt AI-driven solutions, there’s an increasing need for hands-on learning thats accessible, practical, and industry-relevant. If you’re looking to upskill in this rapidly growing field, you’re in luck.

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Architect a mature generative AI foundation on AWS

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Generative AI applications seem simpleinvoke a foundation model (FM) with the right context to generate a response. In reality, its a much more complex system involving workflows that invoke FMs, tools, and APIs and that use domain-specific data to ground responses with patterns such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and workflows involving agents.

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Data breach

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Data breaches have become increasingly common in todays digital landscape, affecting businesses and individuals alike. The unauthorized access or disclosure of sensitive information can lead to severe consequences, including identity theft and financial loss. Understanding the intricacies of data breaches is essential for safeguarding personal and corporate information in an era where cyber attacks are on the rise.

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Which LLM should you use? Token Monster automatically combines multiple models and tools for you

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This architecture lets Token Monster tap into a range of models from different providers without having to build separate integrations for each one.

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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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Private cloud

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Private cloud computing is revolutionizing how organizations manage their IT resources. By providing a dedicated cloud environment solely for a single organization, private clouds offer enhanced security, control, and the ability to meet specific operational needs. This approach not only caters to stringent security and compliance requirements but also allows for the customization of resources to align with business objectives.

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How ZURU improved the accuracy of floor plan generation by 109% using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker

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ZURU Tech is on a mission to change the way we build, from town houses and hospitals to office towers, schools, apartment blocks, and more. Dreamcatcher is a user-friendly platform developed by ZURU that allows users with any level of experience to collaborate in the building design and construction process. With the simple click of a button, an entire building can be ordered, manufactured and delivered to the construction site for assembly.

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AI is not our future – Procreate

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We are not adding generative AI to our apps. Here's why.

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Fueling seamless AI at scale

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Technical decisions that advance inference capabilities can help deliver the promise of ubiquitous, accessible AI.

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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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AI Responses May Include Mistakes

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5 AI prompts to put serious money in your pocket

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So, you want to start making money using AI but youre not trying to build Skynet or learn 15 coding languages first? Good, because neither am I. You dont need to become the next Sam Altman or have a Ph.D. in machine learning to turn artificial intelligence into real income.

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Content personalization

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Content personalization has quickly become a game-changer in the digital landscape. By tailoring experiences to individual users based on their preferences and behaviors, brands are not just gaining customers but also building stronger relationships with them. This approach enhances user engagement and drives customer satisfaction in todays dynamic market.

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2025.22: What LLMs Could Be in the Workplace

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The best Stratechery content from the week of May 26, 2025, including a human-agent epiphany, the danger of choosing to compete on the Internet, and the EU-China relationship.

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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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MinIO Removes Web UI Features from Community Version, Pushes Users to Paid Plans

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MinIO, a popular open-source object storage solution, has made significant changes to its community version that have sparked controversy among users.

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Neurosymbolic AI is the answer to large language models’ inability to stop hallucinating

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The main problem with big techs experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) is not that it could take over humanity.

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Mary Meeker's first Trends report since 2019, focused on AI

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BOND is a global technology investment firm that supports visionary founders throughout their entire life cycle of innovation & growth.

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Degrees That Will Prep You For Success In An AI-Driven Market

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping our entire economic landscape at a pace that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development projects the global AI market will soar from $189 billion in 2023 to $4.

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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?