6 Ways to Improve Your Predictive Models in Data Science
DECEMBER 19, 2024
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Transforming Biology with Generative AI: Unveiling GenBio AI’s State-of-the-art Multiscale Models
Towards AI
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Last Updated on December 19, 2024 by Editorial Team TL;DR: GenBio AI is advancing biology with Generative AI by developing AI-Driven Digital Organisms (AIDO). The AIDO system integrates multiscale foundation models for DNA, RNA, proteins, and cellular systems, allowing researchers to simulate, predict, and program biological outcomes from molecular to systemic levels.
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Scientists learning to 'write' skills to human brain noninvasively, like Matrix
Hacker News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique using brain imaging and neurofeedback to induce learning without conscious effort.
AI Cybersecurity — Replacement for Specialists or Efficiency Booster?
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 18, 2024
AI is rapidly taking its place in the market, penetrating new application areas in ways we couldnt imagine, including AI cybersecurity solutions. The hype shows no signs of fading. In fact, it is gaining real momentum even among C-level executives. The reason is clear: AIs potential for improving efficiency is almost limitless. But so is its potential for disruption.
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.
The 5 Regression Metrics That Matter: Last-Minute ML Interview Prep
Towards AI
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Last Updated on December 15, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Raghu Teja Manchala Originally published on Towards AI. Short and Concise: The Most Asked Regression Metrics in Interviews. Source: Image by Sam Nguyen on Avada Over the past few years, I have had numerous interviews, ranging from scenario-based to technical rounds. When it comes to machine learning regression models, interviewers typically focus on five key performance metrics, which are the ones mostly used by Data Scientists in re
Top 20 Data Warehouse Interview Questions You Must Know in 2025
Pickl AI
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Summary : This guide provides an in-depth look at the top data warehouse interview questions and answers essential for candidates in 2025. Covering key concepts, techniques, and best practices, it equips you with the knowledge needed to excel in interviews and demonstrates your expertise in data warehousing. Introduction As the demand for data professionals continues to rise, understanding data warehousing concepts becomes increasingly essential for candidates preparing for interviews in 2025.
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LLM Benchmarks for Comprehensive Model Evaluation
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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.
Crusoe Closes $600M in Series D Round at $2.8 Billion Valuation to Power AI
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Crusoe, the vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, announced it has closed a $600 million Series D funding round. The investment was led by Founders Fund, with participation from new and existing investors, including Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, Mubadala, NVIDIA, Ribbit Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
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Accelerating LLM inference is an important ML research problem, as auto-regressive token generation is computationally expensive and relatively slow, and improving inference efficiency can reduce latency for users. In addition to ongoing efforts to accelerate inference on Apple silicon, we have recently made significant progress in accelerating LLM inference for the NVIDIA GPUs widely used for production applications across the industry.
5 Top Paper of NeurIPS 2024 that you Must Read
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The NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper Awards were announced, spotlighting exceptional contributions to the field of Machine Learning. This year, 15,671 papers were submitted, of which 4,037 were accepted, representing an acceptance rate of 25.76%. These prestigious awards are the result of rigorous evaluation by specialized committees, comprising prominent researchers with diverse expertise, nominated and approved […] The post 5 Top Paper of NeurIPS 2024 that you Must Read appeared first on Analytic
AWS introduced Amazon Nova, a next-generation foundation model family
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Available on Amazon Bedrock, the Amazon Nova lineup includes Nova Micro, a highly efficient text-to-text model, Nova Lite, Nova Pro, and Nova Premiermultimodal models that process text, images, and videos to generate text content. Amazon also unveiled two additional models: Amazon Nova Canvas , designed to produce studio-quality visuals, and Amazon Nova Reel , which generates professional-grade videos.
How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control
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Perplexity acquires Carbon, a Seattle startup that helps developers connect data sources to LLMs
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Carbon CEO Derek Tu. (LinkedIn Photo) Perplexity , an OpenAI rival valued at $9 billion, acquired Carbon , a Seattle startup that helps companies connect external data sources to their large language models. Founded in 2022, Carbon streamlines the way LLMs access unstructured data from third-party applications such as Google Drive and SharePoint. The company’s four employees will join San Francisco-based Perplexity, which offers AI search products and has seen its valuation skyrocket this
Top 5 LLM Leaderboards: Key Metrics and Their Impact on AI Development
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DECEMBER 16, 2024
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence , Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a cornerstone of innovation, driving advancements in natural language processing, machine learning, and beyond. As these models continue to grow in complexity and capability, the need for a structured way to evaluate and compare their performance has become increasingly important.
Level-up your AI Development with OpenAI o1
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Imagine having an AI tool that not only understands your complex queries but also reasons through them like a seasoned expert. OpenAI o1 is here to revolutionize how developers interact with AI, offering unparalleled reasoning capabilities, real-time audio integration, and enhanced customization options. With features like a massive 200K-token context window and developer-friendly SDKs, o1 […] The post Level-up your AI Development with OpenAI o1 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
How D-Wave Quantum pulled off a 500% stock jump
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Secure External Access to Unity Catalog Assets via Open APIs
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AI Safety on a Budget: Your Guide to Free, Open-Source Tools for Implementing Safer LLMs
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Llama 3.3 70B now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
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Author(s): Mohit Sewak, Ph.D. Originally published on Towards AI. Your Guide to AI Safety on a Budget Section 1: Introduction It was a dark and stormy nightwell, sort of. In reality, it was 2 AM, and I Dr. Mo, a tea-fueled AI safety engineer was staring at my laptop screen, wondering how I could prevent an AI from plotting world domination without spending my entire years budget.
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