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Why experts say AI companions arent safe for teens — yet

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Millions of people are drawn to generative artificial intelligence companions, like the kind that populate Character.AI, Replika, and Nomi. The companions seem impressively human. They remember conversations and use familiar verbal tics. Sometimes they even mistake themselves for flesh and bone, offering descriptions of how they eat and sleep. Adults flock to these companions for advice, friendship, counseling, and even romantic relationships.

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Zuckerberg Sailed 5,300 Miles with Two Superyachts to Helicopter Up a Mountain

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IN A NUTSHELL Mark Zuckerberg mobilized his two superyachts, the Launchpad and the Wingman, for a spectacular journey to Norway’s fjords. The yachts served as a floating base for an extravagant heliskiing adventure, bypassing Norway’s strict helicopter landing regulations.

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Anthropic CEO Admits We Have No Idea How AI Works

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The CEO of one of the world's leading artificial intelligence labs just said the quiet part out loud: that nobody really knows how AI works. In an essay published to his personal website , Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced plans to create a robust "MRI on AI" within the next decade.The goal is not only to figure out what makes the technology tick, but also to head off any unforeseen dangers associated with what he says remains its currently enigmatic nature.

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Load-Store Conflicts

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meshoptimizer implements several geometry compression algorithms that are designed to take advantage of redundancies common in mesh data and decompress quickly - targeting many gigabytes per second in decoding throughput. One of them, index decoder, has seen a significant and unexpected variance in performance across multiple compilers and compiler releases recently; upon closer investigation, the differences can mostly be attributed to the same microarchitectural detail that is not often talked

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

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 Pigeons at Rest Are at the Center of Complexity Theory

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When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious statement, and its inverse, have deep connections to many areas of math and computer science.

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Design for 3D-Printing

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Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.

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The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing

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At Auburn University, students at the Foy Information Desk have been answering questions for more than 70 years.

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The great cognitive migration: How AI is reshaping human purpose, work and meaning

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Humans have always migrated to survive. When glaciers advanced, when rivers dried up, when cities fell, people moved. Their journeys were often painful, but necessary, whether across deserts, mountains or oceans.

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The latest AI scaling graph – and why it hardly makes sense

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Just a because a graph is intriguing doesnt mean that it means very much

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At RSA Conference, experts reveal how "evil AI" is changing hacking forever

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On a recent morning at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, a packed room at Moscone Center had gathered for what was billed as a technical exploration of artificial intelligence's role in modern hacking.

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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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Dummy's Guide to Modern LLM Sampling

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An idiot's comprehensive guide to modern sampling

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How to 3D Print Your Personalized AI Action Figure

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The viral ChatGPT action figure trend is taking the internet by storm. We took the creation a step further by 3D printing it. I'm laughing my butt off. I asked ChatGPT to make me into an action figure so I could ride the wave of the viral AI trend, and wow, did it deliver.

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Matrix-vector multiplication implemented in off-the-shelf DRAM for Low-Bit LLMs

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General matrix-vector multiplication (GeMV) remains a critical latency bottleneck in large language model (LLM) inference, even with quantized low-bit models. Processing-Using-DRAM (PUD), an analog in-DRAM computing technique, has the potential to repurpose on-device DRAM as a GeMV engine, offering additional high-throughput processing capabilities to widespread consumer devices without DRAM modifications.

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Motorola's Playlist Studio just ruined Spotify's algorithm for me

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Now, if only I could get a playlist longer than ten songs I'd be happy. As a longtime Spotify user, theres plenty that I love about the streaming giant. It knows my music tastes better than I do, and I start shared jams almost every time I hang out with my friends.

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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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Build Your Own Warren Buffett Agent in 5 Minutes

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What if you could ask Warren Buffett about a stock, market trends, or long-term investing, anytime you wanted? With reports suggesting he may soon step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, its a good moment to reflect on the lasting value of his principles. For decades, Buffett has been a steady voice in investing, known […] The post Build Your Own Warren Buffett Agent in 5 Minutes appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Big Bets On Which Of These Pathways Will Push Today’s AI To Become Prized AGI

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In todays column, I examine the most likely pathways to get us from todays contemporary AI to the vaunted AGI (artificial general intelligence).

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Nevermind, an album on major chords

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AI is being used to help find the next generation of guide dogs in animal welfare ‘leap forward’

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New research is being conducted to determine how the next generation of guide dogs can be selected with the help of AI.

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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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How to Build an Intelligent FAQ Chatbot Using Agentic RAG and LangGraph

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AI agents are now a part of enterprises big and small. From filling forms at hospitals and checking legal documents to analyzing video footage and handling customer support – we have AI agents for all kinds of tasks. Companies often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on hiring customer support staff who can understand the […] The post How to Build an Intelligent FAQ Chatbot Using Agentic RAG and LangGraph appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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AI really can make smartphones better, just not like this

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The AI hype train is in full swing, and it dominates the conversation around smartphones. I truly do think that AI can make smartphones better and more interesting, but theres a right way to go about it and a wrong way.

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Feather: Feather: A web framework that skips Rust's async boilerplate and jus

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Feather: A Rust web framework that does not use async - GitHub - BersisSe/feather: Feather: A Rust web framework that does not use async

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Intimidated by AI? Here’s How to Get Started

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If you have a friend, child or co-worker who wont shut up about ChatGPT or some other generative-AI chatbot, but youve been too embarrassed to ask where to start, this is for you.

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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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Show HN: My AI Native Resume

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Comprehensive guide for connecting AI assistants to Jake Gaylor's MCP server via Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed and HTTP.

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Kling AI can make incredible AI videos in seconds — here's how to use it

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AI image generation tools are all the rage these days, but as weve already covered at length, Kling AI might just be one of the more promising

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Why Flatpak Apps Use So Much Disk Space on Linux

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How to 3D Print Your Personalized AI Action Figure

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The viral ChatGPT action figure trend is taking the internet by storm. We took the creation a step further by 3D printing it. I'm laughing my butt off. I asked ChatGPT to make me into an action figure so I could ride the wave of the viral AI trend, and wow, did it deliver.

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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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TScale – distributed training on consumer GPUs

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Contribute to Foreseerr/TScale development by creating an account on GitHub.

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2 Millionaire-Maker Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks

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There is no shortage of opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Quite frankly, AI is such a massive tech trend that there is room for many long-term winners.

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'Bizarro World'

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AI For Seniors - 5 Powerful Ways Older Michigan Adults Are Winning With Smart Tech

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Older adults are increasingly using AI tools like voice assistants and chatbots to enhance daily living. Classes teach them about these technologies, fostering independence and connection, but caution is needed regarding misinformation and scams.

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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?