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Most companies using AI are 'lighting money on fire,' says Matthew Prince

Hacker News

The outspoken CloudFlare founder said the time and money that businesses are pouring into early AI projects are unlikely to yield returns, and he blasted cloud providers for making the problem worse.

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New Report on Potential Impact of AI on Future of Work

insideBIGDATA

A new special report, "Future of Work Report: AI at Work," was just-released by LinkedIn that looks at the emerging trends within AI in the workplace and examines the potential impact of AI on the future of work.

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Evolution in ETL: How Skipping Transformation Enhances Data Management

KDnuggets

This article provides an overview of two new data preparation techniques that enable data democratization while minimizing transformation burdens.

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Building an LLM Model using Google Gemini API

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Since the release of ChatGPT and the GPT models from OpenAI and their partnership with Microsoft, everyone has given up on Google, which brought the Transformer Model to the AI space. More than a year after the GPT models were released, there were no big moves from Google, apart from the PaLM API, which […] The post Building an LLM Model using Google Gemini API appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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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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Even Santa Claus has AI fever

databricks

As CEO of the North Pole, Santa Claus oversees one of the world’s most complicated supply chain, manufacturing and logistics operations. Every year, S.

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insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs Bulletin Board

insideBIGDATA

Welcome insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs Bulletin Board, our timely new feature bringing you the latest industry insights and perspectives surrounding the field of AI including deep learning, large language models, generative AI, and transformers. We’re working tirelessly to dig up the most timely and curious tidbits underlying the day’s most popular technologies.

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Do Developers Care About Cloud?

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

Software application developers care about their code, they fret over whether their software is bug-free and functional, they spend sleepless nights running through de.

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Lakehouse Monitoring: A Unified Solution for Quality of Data and AI

databricks

Introduction Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring allows you to monitor all your data pipelines – from data to features to ML models – without additional too.

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Crafting Precision Content Using Large Language Models 

insideBIGDATA

[SPONSORED POST] Our friends over at DAC recently explored the potential of LLMs to interpret or generate text considering numerous parameters with extraordinary precision. They have demonstrated their ability to evaluate unstructured text blocks and grade them along various scales to great success. Additionally, they have been able to generate specific, tailored content using a complex series of instructions that can be tuned with precision to the same set of scales.

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AI in Intimate Roles: Girlfriends and Therapists

KDnuggets

This article is a brief overview of the field of Emotion AI, and the potential applications of its technology in intimate roles.

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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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OpenAI Is Coming to India: Setting Up a Local Team

Analytics Vidhya

OpenAI, the renowned artificial intelligence (AI) company, is making significant strides towards establishing a robust presence in India. According to TechCrunch, Rishi Jaitly who is a former Head of Twitter India, is now a senior advisor to OpenAI, playing a pivotal role in navigating the intricate landscape of Indian policy and regulations. This move is […] The post OpenAI Is Coming to India: Setting Up a Local Team appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Build GenAI Apps Faster with New Foundation Model Capabilities

databricks

Following the announcements we made last week about Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), we're excited to announce major updates to Model Serving. Databricks Model.

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insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs Bulletin Board

insideBIGDATA

Welcome insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs Bulletin Board, our timely new feature bringing you the latest industry insights and perspectives surrounding the field of AI including deep learning, large language models, generative AI, and transformers. We’re working tirelessly to dig up the most timely and curious tidbits underlying the day’s most popular technologies.

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3 Ways to Generate Hyper-Realistic Faces Using Stable Diffusion

KDnuggets

You learned how to generate images using the base model, how to upgrade to the Stable Diffusion XL model to improve image quality, and how to use a custom model to generate high quality portraits.

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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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OpenAI’s Mini AI Command for Titans: Decoding Superalignment!

Analytics Vidhya

In a groundbreaking move towards addressing the imminent challenges of superhuman artificial intelligence (AI), OpenAI has unveiled a novel research direction – weak-to-strong generalization. This pioneering approach aims to explore whether smaller AI models can effectively supervise and control larger, more sophisticated models, as outlined in their recent research paper on “Weak-to-Strong Generalization.” The Superalignment […] The post OpenAI’s Mini AI Command fo

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Offline LLM Evaluation: Step-by-Step GenAI Application Assessment on Databricks

databricks

Background In an era where Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is revolutionizing the way we interact with AI-driven applications, ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of.

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How AI Assessment Works

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

Before AI is turned on, we need AI assessment workshops, AI advisory clinics and so-called Proof-of-Concept (PoC) labs and private partner preview programs.

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Back to Basics Bonus Week: Deploying to the Cloud

KDnuggets

Welcome back to the KDnuggets’ "Back to Basics" series. This is the BONUS week and we will dive into learning about deploying to the cloud.

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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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Did ChatGPT Just Crash? OpenAI’s AI Downtime and Swift Recovery!

Analytics Vidhya

The artificial intelligence community encountered a brief setback. ChatGPT, a popular OpenAI-developed chatbot, faced a ‘major outage.’ OpenAI, the creator, confirmed the incident through a website notice. Despite limited details about the problem, OpenAI assured users it was resolved. The unexpected disruption happened between 5:32 pm and 6:10 pm PST, leaving users intermittently unable to […] The post Did ChatGPT Just Crash?

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Deci Unveils DeciLM-7B: A Leap Forward in Language Model Performance and Inference Cost Efficiency

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Deci, the deep learning company harnessing AI to build AI, unveiled the latest addition to its suite of innovative generative AI models, DeciLM-7B, a 7 billion parameter large language model. Building upon the success of its predecessor DeciLM 6B, DeciLM 7B is setting new benchmarks in the large language model (LLM) space, outperforming prominent open-source models such as Llama2 7B and Mistral 7B in both accuracy and efficiency.

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Managing AI Security Risks: Introducing a new workshop for CISOs

databricks

Adopting AI is existentially vital for most businesses Machine Learning (ML) and generative AI (GenAI) are revolutionizing the future of work. Organizations understand.

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Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Costs When Using Large Language Models in the Cloud

KDnuggets

There are many cases where your LLM underperforms and costs you too much in the cloud platform. Simple strategies help you avoid that.

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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?

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Visualizing Model Insights: A Guide to Grad-CAM in Deep Learning

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping is a technique used in deep learning to visualize and understand the decisions made by a CNN. This groundbreaking technique unveils the hidden decisions made by CNNs, transforming them from opaque models into transparent storytellers. Picture this as a magic lens that paints a vivid heatmap, spotlighting the essence of […] The post Visualizing Model Insights: A Guide to Grad-CAM in Deep Learning appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Training a Haar Cascade Object Detector in OpenCV

Machine Learning Mastery

Using a Haar cascade classifier in OpenCV is simple. You just need to provide the trained model in an XML file to create the classifier. Training one from scratch, however, is not so straightforward. In this tutorial, you will see how the training should be like. In particular, you will learn: What are the tools […] The post Training a Haar Cascade Object Detector in OpenCV appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Delivering cost-effective data in real time with dbt and Databricks

databricks

As businesses grow, data volumes scale from GBs to TBs (or more), and latency demands go from hours to minutes (or less), making.

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KDnuggets News, December 13: 5 Super Cheat Sheets to Master Data Science • Using Google’s NotebookLM for Data Science: A Comprehensive Guide

KDnuggets

This week on KDnuggets: A collection of super cheat sheets that covers basic concepts of data science, probability & statistics, SQL, machine learning, and deep learning • An exploration of NotebookLM, its functionality, limitations, and advanced features essential for researchers and scientists • And much, much more!

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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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Top 10 Data Science Youtube Channels to Follow in 2024

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Data science is a rapidly growing field that combines programming, statistics, and domain expertise to extract insights and knowledge from data. Many resources are available for learning data science, including online courses, textbooks, and blogs. In this article, we will focus on YouTube channels that offer free data science learning.

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Get Lit: 5 Steps to Building your Organization’s Data Literacy as you Prep for AI

insideBIGDATA

In this contributed article, Christine Andrukonis, Workplace Transformation Expert and founder of Notion Consulting, believes that the ultimate goal of data literacy is to provide a framework for data-driven decision-making. Nothing is stopping you from developing a learning program that’s also fun, engaging, and beneficial to employees in all parts of their lives.

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Databricks @ AFROTECH

databricks

"AFROTECH was not only insightful, but also greatly heightened my sense of belonging in the tech space! It was amazing to both make.

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Is ChatGPT 4.5 leak real? Altman answered

Dataconomy

A leaked screenshot sent shockwaves, hinting at OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4.5 — a powerhouse with groundbreaking capabilities. But was it genuine excitement or a well-crafted ruse? The drama unfolded on social media platforms, with a Reddit thread at the epicenter, swiftly removed by moderators. Bindu Reddy, CEO of Abacus.AI, who initially shared the excitement, started having second thoughts, citing discrepancies in the leaked information.

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Apache Airflow® Best Practices: DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!