October, 2023

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9 key probability distributions in data science: Easy explanation

Data Science Dojo

In the realm of data science, understanding probability distributions is crucial. They provide a mathematical framework for modeling and analyzing data. Understand the applications of probability in data science with this blog. 9 probability distributions in data science – Data Science Dojo Explore probability distributions in data science with practical applications This blog explores nine important data science distributions and their practical applications. 1.

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Three Next-Generation Data Architectures: How Cloud, Mesh, and Data Fabrics Impact your AI Deployments

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In this contributed article, Mohan Rajagopalan, vice president and general manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, discusses how the ideal solution to siloed data is implementing a single data plane across a business. This unified system allows enterprises to realize the grand vision they have been promised: One where data from all sources and apps can be used together for the benefit of the business.

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LLM Inference Performance Engineering: Best Practices

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In this blog post, the MosaicML engineering team shares best practices for how to capitalize on popular open source large language models (LLMs).

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A Brief History of the Neural Networks

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From the biological neuron to LLMs: How AI became smart.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, we’ll explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, we’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in decision-making, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation. Attendees will leave with practical tools and actionable insights, motivated to embrace AI and leverage its potential in their work. 🦸 🏢 Key objectives:

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Life After “Calvin and Hobbes”

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Bill Watterson’s return to print, after nearly three decades, comes in the form of a fable called “The Mysteries,” which shares with his famous comic strip a sense of enchantment.

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Biden issues sweeping executive order on AI

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President Biden issued a highly anticipated, sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday, focused on seizing on the emerging technology and managing its risks. The order includes several new actions, which focus on areas like safety, privacy, protecting workers, and protecting innovation.

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Atom Computing Announces Record-Breaking 1,225-Qubit Quantum Computer

MoorInsights for Forbes

Vice President of AI & Quantum Computing, Paul Smith-Goodson shares his thoughts on Atom Computing's new second-generation 1,225-qubit neutral atom quantum computer.

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Training LLMs at Scale with AMD MI250 GPUs

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Introduction Four months ago, we shared how AMD had emerged as a capable platform for generative AI and demonstrated how to easily and.

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Most Common Causes of Death, by Age

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This is how the most common causes have changed over time for people aged 0 to 85.

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Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off

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Songtradr, which has acquired Bandcamp from Epic Games, said it did not have union membership information, but Songtradr’s CEO invited the bargaining team to a meeting last week.

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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White House drops an AI regulation bombshell: 10 new mandates that'll shake up the industry

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Open AI, Google, Microsoft, and other prominent AI players must answer to the new AI legislation. The White House just announced a thunderous executive order tackling AI regulation.

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Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack

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23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack. [.

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Norwegian ban on Meta behavioral advertising extended to entire EU

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Det europeiske personvernrådet har nå bestemt at det norske forbudet mot adferdsbasert markedsføring på Facebook og Instagram skal bli permanent og utvides til å gjelde hele EU/EØS.

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Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says

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Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.

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Entity Resolution: Your Guide to Deciding Whether to Build It or Buy It

Adding high-quality entity resolution capabilities to enterprise applications, services, data fabrics or data pipelines can be daunting and expensive. Organizations often invest millions of dollars and years of effort to achieve subpar results. This guide will walk you through the requirements and challenges of implementing entity resolution. By the end, you'll understand what to look for, the most common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid, and your options.

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Sweeping new Biden order aims to alter the AI landscape

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The White House is poised to make an all-hands effort to impose national rules on a fast-moving technology, according to a draft executive order President Joe Biden will deploy numerous federal agencies to monitor the risks of artificial intelligence and develop new uses for the technology while …

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Jina AI launches open-source 8k text embedding

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Jina AI introduces jina-embeddings-v2, the world's first open-source model boasting an 8K context length. Matching the prowess of OpenAI's proprietary models, this innovation is now publicly accessible on Huggingface, signaling a significant milestone in the landscape of text embeddings.

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AI 'breakthrough': neural net has human-like ability to generalize language

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A neural-network-based artificial intelligence outperforms ChatGPT at quickly folding new words into its lexicon, a key aspect of human intelligence. A neural-network-based artificial intelligence outperforms ChatGPT at quickly folding new words into its lexicon, a key aspect of human intelligence.

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California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment

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California on Tuesday ordered General Motors' Cruise unit to remove its driverless cars from state roads, calling the vehicles a risk to the public and saying the company had "misrepresented" the safety of the technology.

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The Project Clinic: Assessing Project Health, Planning, and Execution

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar

Picture your projects as patients, each with its own unique rhythm and pulse, thriving under your care 🥼 🩺 Step into the role of an innovative project doctor in our upcoming webinar! This session is your guide to evaluating the health of your projects through Waterfall and Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban. We’ll explore the vital signs of project success through the lens of the “iron triangle” metrics, using deliverables as tracers.

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Drought in Brazil's Amazon reveals ancient engravings

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An extreme drought in parts of the Amazon has led to a dramatic drop in river water levels, exposing dozens of usually submerged rock formations with carvings of human forms that may date back some 2,000 years.

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Rivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US

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Motorsports and off-road competition isn’t the typical fodder over here at TechCrunch — unless, of course, there also happens to be a podium-winning team driving an all-electric 2023 Rivian R1T. The Rebelle Rally, the longest off-road map-and-compass rally in the United States, wrapped up Friday evening with a new EV milestone under its belt. This […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Real-time dreamy Cloudscapes with Volumetric Raymarching

Hacker News

This article is a deep dive into my experimentations with Volumetric rendering and how to leverage it to render beautiful raymarched cloudscapes in React Three Fiber and WebGL. In it, I walk you through everything from the basics of Volumetric Raymarching to the techniques used in video games to render physically accurate clouds.

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The Mega Trends That Will Shape Our Future World

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Picture this: The year is 2040. You’ve just disembarked from a hypersonic flight from New York to London, a mere two-hour journey, and then take an air urban mobility “drone” to beat London’s rush hour traffic to be home in 20 minutes.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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F-Droid: Android FOSS app store

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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records, a new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting …

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EPA fast-tracking of gene-altering pesticide sparks concerns

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By Shannon Kelleher US regulators are fast-tracking a novel, gene-altering insecticide in an unusual move that would greenlight the product for three years of commercial use before a standard testing period is completed. Calantha, a product of the company GreenLight Biosciences, contains the active ingredient ledprona, which uses a mechanism called RNA interference (RNAi) to kill the Colorado potato beetle, a notorious pest, by turning off genes it needs to survive.

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A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely

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Thirty years ago, astronomer Carl Sagan convinced NASA to turn a passing space probe’s instruments on Earth to look for life — with results that still reverberate today. Thirty years ago, astronomer Carl Sagan convinced NASA to turn a passing space probe’s instruments on Earth to look for life — with results that still reverberate today.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Thirty Years Later, a Speed Boost for Quantum Factoring

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Shor’s algorithm will enable future quantum computers to factor large numbers quickly, undermining many online security protocols. Now a researcher has shown how to do it even faster.

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Microsoft's new AI assistant can go to meetings for you

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A ChatGPT-style AI assistant, developed by Microsoft and embedded into its office apps, will become available to all from 1 November, following trials. Microsoft 365 Copilot can summarise meetings held in Teams for anyone who chooses not to attend.

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The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover

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One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. New research shows the attackers behind one such scheme have developed an ingenious way of keeping their malware from being taken down by security experts or law enforcement: By hosting the malicious files on a decentralized, anonymous cryptocurrency blockchain.

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Meet LLEMMA, the math-focused open source AI that outperforms rivals

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In a new paper, researchers from various universities and Eleuther AI, a company renowned for its open-source models, introduce LLEMMA, an open-source large language model (LLM) specifically designed to solve mathematical problems.

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Demystifying DAPs: A Practical Guide to Digital Adoption Success

Speaker: Pulkit Agrawal

Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) are revolutionizing the way organizations interact with and optimize their software applications. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, DAPs have become essential tools for enhancing user engagement and software efficiency. This session is your guide into the robust world of DAPs, exploring their origins, evolution, and the current trends shaping their development.