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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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The United Arab Emirates' takeover of African forests

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As the oil-rich country hosts COP28, an Emirati company has signed agreements in Liberia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe to convert part of their land into carbon credits – acts of 'greenwashing' and 'colonialism,' some NGOs say.

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Meet the winners of the Research Rovers: AI Research Assistants for NASA Challenge

DrivenData Labs

We are very interested in how AI-based research assistants can help NASA, and we received a diverse variety of cutting-edge AI approaches from around the globe in the Research Rovers challenge. We are inspired by the prototypes the teams made and look forward to using AI-based research assistants to multiply NASA’s work in safe, secure, responsive and powerful ways.

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The 10 Top Technical and Business Trends of 2024

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What's ahead for AI, biotech and more. It's informative to consider what the top technical and business trends of the next year are likely to be. This helps inform startup founders, corporate executives, and investors about which trends might impact their business decisions.

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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have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth.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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Ratatui

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Rust library that's all about cooking up terminal user interfaces (TUIs) - GitHub - ratatui-org/ratatui: Rust library that's all about cooking up terminal user interfaces (TUIs)

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Mistral, French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $2 Billion in Funding Round

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The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous.

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Open-source generative AI startup Mistral AI raises $415M in funding - SiliconANGLE

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French generative artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI announced today it has closed on its second bumper funding round of the year, raising 385 million euros, or around $415 million, in a deal

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Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: RFC 9330

Hacker News

This document describes the L4S architecture, which enables Internet applications to achieve low queuing latency, low congestion loss, and scalable throughput control. L4S is based on the insight that the root cause of queuing delay is in the capacity-seeking congestion controllers of senders, not in the queue itself. With the L4S architecture, all Internet applications could (but do not have to) transition away from congestion control algorithms that cause substantial queuing delay and instead

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ChatGPT-created letters of recommendation are nearly indistinguishable from human-authored letters, study finds

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In a novel study, academic physicians struggled to distinguish between AI-generated and human-authored recommendation letters, indicating AI's potential in easing administrative burdens but also raising ethical and integrity concerns. Despite biases in perception, the actual quality of AI-written letters matched those of humans, challenging the efficacy of traditional practices in the digital age.

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Inert pesticide ingredients in may be more toxic to bees than scientists thought

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Inert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for safety or identified on pesticide labels.

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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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Spotify slashes staff to move faster into AI – and Wall Street loves it

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New York CNN — Spotify made a name for itself in the audio-streaming business through its hyper-personalized user experience, thanks to artificial intelligence and a team of 9,800 staffers at the end of 2022.

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John Carmack and John Romero reunited to talk DOOM on its 30th Anniversary

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of Doom, id Software co-founders John Carmack and John Romero reunited to talk about the legendary FPS.

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China's livestream shopping is booming, fueling new tech such as avatars and AI

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Livestreaming is cementing itself as a growing sales channel in China, driving new tech products such as virtual human streamers and mobile data packages.

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Raspberry Pi releases PCIe FFC connector specifications, new HAT+ standard

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Raspberry Pi has released two new specifications one for the PCIe FFC connector and related cable and the other for the new Raspberry Pi HAT+ (HAT Plus)

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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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3 Ways AI Is Shaking Up The E-Commerce Space

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One of the biggest innovations to shopping came about in 1872, with the founding of the first mail-order company. Prior to that, you had no other choice but to visit a store in person—or at least send someone out with a shopping list.

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Could We Stop Yellowstone from Erupting with a Giant Geothermal Power Plant?

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It’s become fairly common knowledge that Yellowstone National Park, in addition to being incredibly beautiful, is sitting on top of an enormous supervolcano that catastrophically erupts every few hundred thousand years.

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Leverage These AI Techniques to Stay Ahead in 2024

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Ways for founders to get ahead of generative AI pitfalls in the New Year. It's been a year since generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) hit the mainstream, and public discourse on this AI subset has dominated ever since.

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Is RISC-V ready for HPC? Evaluating the 64-core Sophon SG2042 RISC-V CPU

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The Sophon SG2042 is the world's first commodity 64-core RISC-V CPU for high performance workloads and an important question is whether the SG2042 has the potential to encourage the HPC community to embrace RISC-V. In this paper we undertaking a performance exploration of the SG2042 against existing RISC-V hardware and high performance x86 CPUs in use by modern supercomputers.

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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.

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One UI 6.1 leak reveals it's a massive update full of Pixel-inspired AI features

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Samsung is borrowing some of the best AI features from Pixel phones. Over the weekend, a long list of One UI 6.1 features leaked via tipster Benit Bruhner Pro on X (formerly Twitter).

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First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, found by NASA astronauts

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Astronauts in the International Space Station said they found the rogue fruit, dispelling claims that astronaut Frank Rubio ate it.

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The new, sci-fi ways AI will radically redesign airports

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Someday you might be able to check into your flight from your car. Airports today are shaped like dumbbells. One end of the dumbbell is for ticketing and checked bags. The opposite end is where the gates are located along with restaurants and shops.

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What can you do with an Einstein (aperiodic monotile)?

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Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Now do-it-yourselfers have found ingenious ways to put it to use.

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Introducing CDEs to Your Enterprise

Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.

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Major retailers use AI to slash number of clothing returns when shopping online

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One company is making a splash in the retail space by using artificial intelligence to cut the number of online shopping-related item returns.

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What is a zero refractive index material?

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I'm currently writing a textbook on Electromagnetic Waves for my graduate optics students. I was reading up on zero refractive index materials for a chapter section and thought it would be fun to write a popularized account of their fascinating and counterintuitive properties!

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AI-Written Homework Is Rising. So Are False Accusations.

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The rise of ChatGPT in schools led to an influx of unproven AI detectors. But results have shown this approach may have more consequences than benefits.

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Sigil II, a Doom WAD from J.Romero, has been released

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SIGIL II is a sequel to SIGIL by John Romero and Romero Games. It was announced through a video interview with Bridgeburner56 which premiered through the Realms Deep online indie games convention on August 15, 2021.[1][2] It is a Doom episode, and was released December 10, 2023.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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You'll soon be able to use DALL-E 3 for free in Microsoft Copilot

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Copilot is Microsoft’s big answer to the ongoing AI chatbot hype, and with over a year behind its efforts, the widely available chatbot is set to …

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Sliding Doors: That Time GM Fumbled Its Chance to Launch the First Minivan

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Chevy Nomad II Chevrolet. If you’re a millennial, there’s a good chance you’ve spent time in the original Dodge Caravan. In 1984, Chrysler dropped an absolute smash hit with the first-generation Caravan, which not only became one of the most popular family cars in the country but pioneered the American minivan concept as we know it today.

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ChatGPT Models Surpass Human Benchmark in Neurology Exams

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In a study featured in JAMA Network Open, two versions of ChatGPT Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated a remarkable ability to outperform human neurology students in board-style examinations. This development marks a significant milestone in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical field, particularly in neurology. AI’s stride in neurology exams Researchers.

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Fuzzy Finding with Emacs Instead of Fzf

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fzf is a popular tool among command line hackers. But if you're an Emacs user, it's hard to use as it requires an interactive terminal. What if you could use Emacs to do the fuzzy finding instead of fzf?

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.