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Data & Analytics Market Evolution Over the Last Decade

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In this contributed article, Angel Serrano, Head of Data Science at Santander UK, discusses data and analytics based on periodical surveys over the last 10 years. The article is based on 10 multiple choice questions to 150+ audiences.

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Snapchat Dreams: A creative playground for Gen Z

Data Science Dojo

In the ever-evolving landscape of social media, once again our attention is captured with its groundbreaking innovation – ‘Snapchat Dreams,’ a foray into the captivating realm of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). This leap forward not only demonstrates Snapchat’s commitment to staying at the forefront of technological advancement but also opens up a world of creative possibilities for its users.

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Duolingo data breach affects 2.6 million users

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The latest Duolingo data breach exposed 2.6 million users, and all of their information is now up on the internet, waiting to be sold. In a concerning turn of events, the widely-used language learning app, Duolingo, has become the latest data breach target, putting the personal information of 2.6 million users at risk. The breached data, which includes sensitive details like email addresses, usernames, names, and phone numbers, has found its way onto the underground cybercrime marketplace, Breac

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A half-hour to learn Rust (2020)

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In order to increase fluency in a programming language, one has to read a lot of it. But how can you read a lot of it if you don't know what it means? In this article, instead o.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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What Does Real-time Really Mean In Data Analytics?

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In this contributed article, Paige Roberts, Open Source Relations Manager for Vertica by OpenText, works to demystify real-time data analytics: understanding definitions, categories, and strategies for unlocking value in the data-driven era.

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Young professionals are turning to AI to create headshots. But there are catches

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Sophia Jones is juggling a lot right now. She just graduated from her master's program, started her first full-time job with SpaceX and recently got engaged. But thanks to technology, one thing isn't on her to-do list: getting professional headshots taken.

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City-Wide IMSI-Catcher Detection

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SeaGlass is a system designed by security researchers at the University of Washington to measure IMSI-catcher use across a city.

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Data Observability, Essential for your Modern Data Stack

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In this contributed article, Mayank Mehra, head of product management at Modak, shares the importance of incorporating effective data observability practices to equip data and analytics leaders with essential insights into the health of their data stacks. Mayank also explains why this is becoming increasingly paramount, given the current trend towards modern, complex, and distributed data infrastructures.

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Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter

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They’re designed for storage, not sparking insights. Can AI change that? This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here.

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StarByFace: Which celebrity are you resembling

Dataconomy

Enter StarByFace, the go-to app for finding your celebrity counterpart using cutting-edge AI and facial recognition tech that sifts through countless famous faces to find your match. Finding your celebrity twin has never been this fun and straightforward, thanks to the wonders of tech advancements. What is StarByFace? StarByFace is a fresh app designed to uncover which celebrity you bear a striking resemblance to.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Universal Design Guide Playbook

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The methods include tips for how to accommodate participants with diverse abilities to ensure that everyone feels included in a workshop setting no matter what they are capable of.

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How to Define an AI Problem

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Last Updated on August 26, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Jeff Holmes MS MSCS Originally published on Towards AI. A better way to ask an AI/ML question Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash With more than 25 years of software engineering experience, I have answered a lot of questions from software developers who are getting started with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), so I thought I would share some tips on posting AI/ML questions on chat forums such as Slack and Discord.

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What is ChatGPT Code Interpreter? Features, how to use it, and more

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ChatGPT can now edit videos and read files, thanks to a new beta feature. ChatGPT has gained many features since its release that you may not even know about. Take ChatGPT plugins, for example, which connect the chatbot to third-party services and boost its capabilities.

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Is Stop Watt a scam? Elon Musk electric saving device explained

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Stop Watt ads are all over the internet, and some people buy them just because they think it is the “Elon Musk electric saving device,” but is it really? Let’s uncover the truth behind it. In the ever-evolving world of technology and innovation, new devices are not uncommon to capture our attention and spark curiosity. Recently, a device called Stop Watt has been making waves across the internet, claiming to be an energy-saving game-changer endorsed by none other than Elon Musk

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF

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On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service.

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Getting Started with AI

Towards AI

Last Updated on August 26, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Jeff Holmes MS MSCS Originally published on Towards AI. How to get started with an AI project Vackground on Unsplash Background Here I am assuming that you have read my previous article on How to Learn AI. As a reminder, I highly recommend that you refer to more than one resource (other than documentation) when learning ML, preferably a textbook geared toward your learning level (beginner/intermediate / advanced).

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Top Posts August 14-20: How to Use ChatGPT to Convert Text into a PowerPoint Presentation

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How to Use ChatGPT to Convert Text into a PowerPoint Presentation • 5 Ways You Can Use ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter For Data Science • Forget ChatGPT, This New AI Assistant Is Leagues Ahead and Will Change the Way You Work Forever • Python Vector Databases and Vector Indexes: Architecting LLM Apps • 3 Ways to Access GPT-4 for Free

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How to use Midjourney on Discord to create unique images

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If you are new to AI image generators , you might want to learn how to use Midjourney on Discord. Midjourney stands out with its unique flair. Instead of just transforming your descriptions into images, Midjourney adds its own sprinkle of magic. Think of it like this: give it a basic description, and Midjourney jazzes it up with cool backgrounds, snazzy lighting, on-point costumes, and a touch of art finesse.

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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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The Arab Dagger

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Editor’s Note Few weapons are as closely associated with the Middle East as the jambiya and the khanjar; and the design of their wide, curved blades has changed little over the years.

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READ Avatars: Realistic Emotion-controllable Audio Driven Avatars

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Last Updated on August 26, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Jack Saunders Originally published on Towards AI. Adding Emotional Control to Audio-Driven Deepfakes READ Avatars takes a reference video and any audio and can produce lip-synced videos in any emotion with fine-grained control over the intensity. One of the critical limitations of existing audio-driven deepfakes is the need for more ability to control stylistic attributes.

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Using ChatGPT to Make Better Decisions

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A successful decision-making process has three steps: Framing the decision, generating alternatives, and deciding between them. Large language models can help at each stage of the process. But while it may be tempting to merely ask ChatGPT for answers, the real power of LLMs is how they can assist at each stage. Ask for help thinking of considerations you might be missing, or alternatives you might not have considered.

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In-depth analysis of artificial intelligence techniques for emotion detection: State-of-the-art, approaches, and perspectives

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Accurate detection and recognition of human emotions are significant challenges in various fields, including psychology, human-computer interaction, and mental health. The advancement of artificial intelligence provides new opportunities to automate these processes by leveraging multimedia data, such as voice, body language, and facial expressions. This publication presents an in-depth analysis of the latest artificial intelligence techniques used for emotion detection, providing detailed techni

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal

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While we were driving from Goulburn, on Gundungurra land, stopping to charge at Gundagai on our way to Albury, I told Mum how I had learned a lot about Australians and their relationship with sustainability from my son’s Year 6 class project. About a year ago, he informed me (at the last minute, of course) that he had an assignment to design and build a 3D model of a sustainable house that he would take to school.

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What does “Garbage in, garbage out” mean in solving real business problems?

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Last Updated on August 26, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Zijing Zhu Originally published on Towards AI. and how to avoid it with a practical workflow Photo by Gary Chan on Unsplash This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. In today's business landscape, relying on accurate data is more important than ever. The phrase "garbage in, garbage out" perfectly captures the importance of data quality in achieving successful data-driven solutions.

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Hoping to Get More of Their Teachers to Try AI, Students Organize a National Conference

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Summer is a time for educators to do some learning, and there are plenty of conferences and workshops throughout the season. But one national event for teachers this month had a very unusual trait: It was started and organized by students. The free online conference, called AI x Education , aimed at getting teachers at colleges and high schools up to speed on the latest AI tools like ChatGPT, and to encourage them to try to use them this fall.

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Renting vs. Owning a Home, by State

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Among households in the United States, 68% are owned and 32% are rented, based on estimates from the American Community Survey in 2021. That breakdown isn’t uniform across the country though. In Maine, almost 80% of households are owned, whereas in California, less than 60% is owned. In Washington, D.C., it’s less than half. Here are the splits for each state.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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I Snuck into Ken Kesey’s Fiction Class (2017)

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My home life in my teens was claustrophobic, abusive, a horror. Simultaneously, I was not fitting into any group or clique at school. My only safety was aloneness. So it felt like there was nowhere to exist—not at home, not at school.

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Top Important Computer Vision for the Week from 14/8 to 20/8

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Last Updated on August 25, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Youssef Hosni Originally published on Towards AI. Stay Relevant to Recent Computer Vision Research This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Computer vision, a field of artificial intelligence that enables machines to interpret and understand the visual world, is rapidly evolving with groundbreaking research and technological advancements.

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AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think

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SOMMAI/Shutterstock It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process. In the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey , the artificial intelligence system Hal (short for HAL 9000 ) kills its spaceship’s astronauts. In reality, the nickname Hal refers to a different kind of killer: not of humans, but of bacteria. In February 2020 — more than five decades after the science fiction film introduced the world to perhaps the first great AI villain — a team of researcher

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Eat the rainbow: Tap into tan + white

SAS Software

We’re taught the rainbow has 7 primary colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - and in this occasional series, we’ve discussed the unique set of nutrients and health benefits each of these colors provide. But what about the other colors that exist in nature? If you [.] The post Eat the rainbow: Tap into tan + white appeared first on SAS Blogs.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.