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SmolDocling: An ultra-compact VLM for end-to-end multi-modal document conversion

Hacker News

We introduce SmolDocling, an ultra-compact vision-language model targeting end-to-end document conversion. Our model comprehensively processes entire pages by generating DocTags, a new universal markup format that captures all page elements in their full context with location. Unlike existing approaches that rely on large foundational models, or ensemble solutions that rely on handcrafted pipelines of multiple specialized models, SmolDocling offers an end-to-end conversion for accurately capturi

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Understanding RAG Part VIII: Mitigating Hallucinations in RAG

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Among the different kinds of issues and challenges that can hinder language model performance, hallucinations are frequently at the top of the list.

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Text-to-Speech Solutions with Contemporary Models

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The audio-based model has grown rapidly in recent years, and businesses increasingly incorporate modern text-to-speech features into their operations.

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Hegseth Announces $580M Cut in Defense Programs, Contracts

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he has canceled more than $580 million worth of contracts and program spending that he says don't beef up

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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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How Real Companies are Using AI to Boost Efficiency

KDnuggets

Curious how AI is actually changing the game for real businesses? This article breaks down how companies are using AI to make smarter decisions and run more efficiently.

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OpenAI Audio Models

Hacker News

An interactive demo for developers to try the new text-to-speech model in the OpenAI API

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Nonprofit's Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240M in Federal Food Aid

Hacker News

Aimee Bock was accused of overseeing a scheme that exploited lax pandemic-era controls, and reaped millions with fake invoices for nonexistent meals.

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Nearly 100% of cancer identified by new AI, easily outperforming doctors

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In what's expected to soon be commonplace, artificial intelligence is being harnessed to pick up signs of cancer more accurately than the trained human eye. This latest AI model has a near 100% success rate and serves as a clear sign of things to come.

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Claude can now search the web

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You can now use Claude to search the internet to provide more up-to-date and relevant responses.

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Advanced Error Handling in Python: Beyond Try-Except

KDnuggets

Move beyond basic try-except blocks to build more reliable Python applications. Learn practical and more advanced error handling techniques.

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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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Understanding Solar Energy

Hacker News

The biggest energy story of the last fifteen years is the rise of solar photovoltaics, also known as solar PV or simply solar panels.

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Announcing General Availability of Explore in Tableau

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Were excited to announce the General Availability of Explore in Tableau, a new integration that lets you create Tableau Cloud visualizations directly from Unity Catalog.

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ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations

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OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot's tendency to hallucinate false information -- and this one might prove

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Pruna AI open sources its AI model optimization framework

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Pruna AI, a European startup that has been working on compression algorithms for AI models, is making its optimization framework open source on Thursday.

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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!

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FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

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LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

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A high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-off

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As conventional AI benchmarking techniques prove inadequate, AI builders are turning to more creative ways to assess the capabilities of generative AI models. For one group of developers, thats Minecraft, the Microsoft-owned sandbox-building game.

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Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa

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Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry. Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

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Gemini app rolling out Audio Overviews to Android, iOS

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As announced earlier this week, the Gemini app is getting the ability to generate Audio Overview podcasts, with Android and iOS users beginning to see this capability today.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income

Hacker News

The following is drawn from a speech I delivered today at Cooper Union's Great Hall, where I joined Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss the future of the American Dream. This shared address, Rebuilding the American Dream: A Path Forward , outlined both immediate actions and a long-term plan to give every American a fair chance at achieving the dream that was promised when our nation was founded.

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Paralyzed Man Controls a Robotic Arm With The Power of His Mind

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A newly developed system combining AI and robotics has been helping a man with tetraplegia turn his thoughts into mechanical arm movements including clutching and releasing objects with the system working for seven months without major readjustment.

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The Asus Ascent GX10 a Nvidia GB10 Mini PC with 128GB of Memory and 200GbE

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This is the ASUS Ascent GX10, a NVIDIA GB10 mini PC with 200GbE RDMA and 10GbE networking, 128GB of LPDDR5x, an Arm CPU, and a Blackwell GPU

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Is That Painting a Lost Masterpiece or a Fraud? Let’s Ask AI

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A dubious Van Gogh has sparked a battle between technology, connoisseurs, and the high-stakes art market. What does AI, which is transforming art authentication, have to say about the verdict?

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The IETF LLC has decided to continue to hold meetings in the US. Voice your disagreement with this decision here.

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OpenAI Says Disciplining Chatbots for Lying Just Makes Them Worse

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The company warns against applying strong supervision to chatbots, as they will continue lying and just not admit it.

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iPhones were being stolen off porches right after delivery, and now we know how

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Thousands of iPhones were being stolen off porches immediately after delivery, and now we know exactly how it happened.

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Meet Luna, the new AI robot dog who teaches itself using a digital nervous system and software 'that allows any machine to learn like humans and animals do'

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Wake up babe, a new self learning robot dog has dropped.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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A Deep Dive into MCP and the Future of AI Tooling

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We explore what MCP is, how it changes the way AI interacts with tools, what developers are already building, and the challenges that still need solving.

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AI’s answers on China differ depending on the language, analysis finds

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Its well-established that AI models developed by Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek censor certain politically sensitive topics. A 2023 measure passed by Chinas ruling party forbids models from generating content that damages the unity of the country and social harmony.

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The Last Drops of Mexico City

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What baby names reveal about American and British society

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WHATS IN A NAME? First names are a record of culture. What do they reveal? A squalling infant is put into your arms.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.