Sun.Apr 13, 2025

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Understanding Aggregate Trends for Apple Intelligence Using Differential Privacy

Machine Learning Research at Apple

At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. And we believe in giving our users a great experience while protecting their privacy. For years, weve used techniques like differential privacy as part of our opt-in device analytics program. This lets us gain insights into how our products are used, so we can improve them, while protecting user privacy by preventing Apple from seeing individual-level data from those users.

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NoProp: Training Neural Networks without Back-propagation or Forward-propagation

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The canonical deep learning approach for learning requires computing a gradient term at each layer by back-propagating the error signal from the output towards each learnable parameter. Given the stacked structure of neural networks, where each layer builds on the representation of the layer below, this approach leads to hierarchical representations.

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Regression

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Regression is a powerful statistical method that plays a critical role in machine learning, particularly when it comes to making predictions and understanding the relationships between variables. By analyzing past data, regression helps us draw insights and foresight into future trends, making it invaluable across numerous fields such as economics, medicine, and meteorology.

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Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’

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Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekends worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and copyright, with a characteristically terse post declaring, delete all IP law. Xs current owner Elon Musk quickly replied, I agree.

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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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Out-of-distribution (OOD)

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Out-of-distribution (OOD) samples pose a significant challenge in the realm of machine learning, particularly for deep neural networks. These instances differ from the training data and can lead to unreliable predictions. Understanding how to identify and manage OOD data is essential in building robust AI systems capable of handling diverse and unforeseen inputs.

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Why-everything-in-the-universe-turns-more-complex

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A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

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How Psychology Has Shaped, and Continues to Shape, AI

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Psychology has been instrumental in the evolution of artificial intelligence, offering foundational insights into learning, cognition, and behavior that have shaped key AI technologies.

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Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows

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For the first time, men who have never been married made up over 50% of the male population in Seattle, according to new census data, writes FYI Guy.

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Artificial intelligence transforms patient care and reduces burnout, physician says

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DENVER Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how doctors interact with patients and it might already be in use during your next visit to the doctors office. Thousands of physicians across the country are using a form of AI called ambient listening, surveys show.

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The Dark Side of the Moomins

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Tove Janssons beloved stories, which turn 80 this year, are not cute: they are angry tales of apocalypse and breakdown.

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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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Amazon Unleashes New AI Agents Ready To Take Over Your Daily Tasks

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The next wave of AI transformation will be driven by agents. Rather than simply asking questions or following prompts, these AI tools will carry out complex tasks and act with far more autonomy. This will change a lot of things as we become able to delegate more and more tasks to machines.

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Regime Change in the West

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Where amid this turmoil does neoliberalism stand? In emergency conditions it has been forced to take measures .

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It’s game over for people if AI gains legal personhood

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The modern conversation about artificial intelligence often gets stuck on the wrong questions.

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A Passion for Fruit

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Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melonsand more

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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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For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant

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Some lawmakers think additional guardrails are needed for future uses. For now, the facility will use AI to comply with regulations.

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Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands

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The Maltese archipelago is a small island chain that is among the most remote in the Mediterranean. Humans were not thought to have reached and inhabited such small and isolated islands until the regional shift to Neolithic lifeways, around 7.5 thousand years ago (ka)1. In the standard view, the limited resources and ecological vulnerabilities of small islands, coupled with the technological challenges of long-distance seafaring, meant that hunter-gatherers were either unable or unwilling to mak

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GPT-4.5 is the first AI model to pass an authentic Turing test, scientists say

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GPT-4.5 has successfully convinced people its human 73% of the time in an authentic configuration of the original Turing test.

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Everything wrong with MCP

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Explaining the Model Context Protocol and everything that might go wrong.

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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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Learning Negotiation Skills Via Generative AI

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In todays column, I explore how to use generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to learn and hone your negotiation skills. The deal is this. Life is filled with a constant stream of negotiations, yet few people seem to know what it means to be a good negotiator.

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Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

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Reducing body weight to improve metabolic health and related comorbidities is a primary goal in treating obesity1,2. However, maintaining weight loss is a considerable challenge, especially as the body seems to retain an obesogenic memory that defends against body weight changes3,4. Overcoming this barrier for long-term treatment success is difficult because the molecular mechanisms underpinning this phenomenon remain largely unknown.

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AI-generated action figures were all over social media. Then, artists took over with hand-drawn versions.

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As another AI-driven trend gained traction, artists countered by sharing their own human-made takes on the ChatGPT-generated action figures that circulated online in recent days.

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Classifiers in Machine Learning

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Summary: Classifier in Machine Learning involves categorizing data into predefined classes using algorithms like Logistic Regression and Decision Trees. It’s crucial for applications like spam detection, disease diagnosis, and customer segmentation, improving decision-making and operational efficiency across various sectors. Introduction Machine Learning has revolutionized how we process and analyse data, enabling systems to learn patterns and make predictions.

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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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Thanks to AI, Data Centers Will Drive Half of Electricity Demand Growth in the US

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The US will use more electricity for data centers than for the production of aluminum, steel, cement, chemicals, and all other energy-intensive goods

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Universal basic income: German experiment bring surprising results

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A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.

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What does it mean to raise a child in the age of AI? One father is finding out through play

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In South Korea, an AI education boom is pushing for children to learn about the tech early to avoid being left behind.

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New Vulnerability in GitHub Copilot, Cursor: Hackers Can Weaponize Code Agents

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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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ChatGPT nears one billion users as Studio Ghibli-style AI images double weekly actives

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In brief: If you're still dubious about the impact generative AI is having on the world, consider this: ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman recently suggested

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Tariffs, Saving, and Investment

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I havent written much about tariffs, because so many other economists are doing such a great job.

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A ChatGPT Screenless Phone Could Be Coming, as OpenAI Reportedly Eyes Jony Ive's AI Startup

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Ive, the designer of the iPhone, has a startup that's reportedly developing a range of AI-powered devices. ChatGPT maker OpenAI is reportedly looking into a potential acquisition of an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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The New Moat: Memory

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A Massive Win for AI Products

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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?