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Why Data Quality is the Secret Ingredient to AI Success

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In this contributed article, engineering leader Uma Uppin emphasizes that high-quality data is fundamental to effective AI systems, as poor data quality leads to unreliable and potentially costly model outcomes. Key data attributes like accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and relevance play crucial roles in shaping AI performance and minimizing ethical risks.

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How to Learn SQL the Lazy Way

KDnuggets

This is a simple guide for lazy people who want to learn SQL with minimal effort.

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Announcing the General Availability of Step-Through Debugging in Databricks Notebooks and Files

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We are thrilled to announce the General Availability of a Python step-through debugger for Databricks Notebooks and Files. This highly requested feature allows.

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What Programming Language Should Game Developers Know?

KDnuggets

Here are some of the main computer programming/coding languages every budding game developer should take time to learn.

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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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Industries in Focus: Machine Learning in Finance

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In recent years, the finance industry has been experiencing significant changes, with artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) playing an increasingly important role.

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If Data is the New Oil, then Generative AI is the New Rocket Fuel

KDnuggets

In this article, the author proposes a new phrase: "If Data is the New Oil, then Generative AI is the new Rocket Fuel," to emphasize GAI's role in enhancing data's value.

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Free Data and AI Courses with 365 Data Science—Unlimited Access until Nov 21

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Begin your journey for free at 365 Data Science.

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The Cult of Microsoft

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At the core of Microsoft, a three-trillion-dollar hardware and software company, lies a kind of social poison — an ill-defined, cult-like pseudo-scientific concept called 'The Growth Mindset" that drives company decision-making in everything from how products are sold, to how your on-the-job performance is judged. I am not speaking in hyperbole.

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Data Science for Social Good: Real World Projects Making a Difference

KDnuggets

This article highlights how data science is being used for social good, and making a meaningful impact on society.

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Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives

Hacker News

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

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Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to 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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Free Data and AI Courses with 365 Data Science—Unlimited Access until Nov 21

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Begin your journey for free at 365 Data Science.

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Apple Acquires Pixelmator

Hacker News

Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple.

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Tackling ‘Toggle’ Trouble, Alation Extends Data Intelligence To Chrome

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

Alation Anywhere expands to Google Chrome, enabling users to find, understand and trust data within their browser – reducing errors and boosting productivity.

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A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones

Hacker News

It turns out you may not have needed those implants after all.

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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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Google Gemini just took another step toward smart home control

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If you're an Android user, you can ask Gemini to control smart lights, thermostats, and more via the Gemini app.

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How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.

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I spend a lot of time reading about manufacturing and its evolution, which means I end up repeatedly reading about the times and places where radical changes in manufacturing were taking place: Britain in the late 18th century, the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan in the second half of the 20th century, and (to a lesser extent) China today.

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Is Abridge's tech a glimpse into the future of healthcare?

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When Shiv Rao was a cardiologist and investor in Pittsburgh, he saw a patient with a 10-year-history of breast cancer who seemed particularly tense …

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Oasis: A Universe in a Transformer

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Generating Worlds in Realtime

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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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Advance environmental sustainability in clinical trials using AWS

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Traditionally, clinical trials not only place a significant burden on patients and participants due to the costs associated with transportation, lodging, meals, and dependent care, but also have an environmental impact. With the advancement of available technologies, decentralized clinical trials have become a widely popular topic of discussion and offer a more sustainable approach.

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Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids

Hacker News

Study of 1950s sugar rationing in the United Kingdom also suggests risk to babies whose mums ate a high-sugar diet during pregnancy. Study of 1950s sugar rationing in the United Kingdom also suggests risk to babies whose mums ate a high-sugar diet during pregnancy.

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This Pandas Trick Will Blow Your Mind As a Data Scientist!

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Last Updated on November 1, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Gencay I. Originally published on Towards AI. Automate Data Analysis with Pandas This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Created with Abidin Dino AI, to reach it, consider being Paid subscriber to LearnAIWithMe, here Pandas is undoubtedly the most powerful data science library, but what if I told you that you could automate data analysis and complete your work with just a click?

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Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration

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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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Use Amazon Q to find answers on Google Drive in an enterprise

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Amazon Q Business is a generative AI-powered assistant designed to enhance enterprise operations. It’s a fully managed service that helps provide accurate answers to users’ questions while adhering to the security and access restrictions of the content. You can tailor Amazon Q Business to your specific business needs by connecting to your company’s information and enterprise systems using built-in connectors to a variety of enterprise data sources.

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Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1 billion solar farm in Texas

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Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas. When it’s done, it’ll be one of the largest solar farms in North America. The project’s price tag is a hefty $1.1 billion.

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ChatGPT Search: AI Search Engine Challenging Google Monopoly

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Let’s start from the beginning!! With Google’s inception, our lives have become much easier than we ever imagined – if you want to explore any place before visiting, “Just Google It”; if you want to know about the history of the world dates back to the Stone Age, “Just Google It” and so on. However, […] The post ChatGPT Search: AI Search Engine Challenging Google Monopoly appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Notepad++ is 21 years old

Hacker News

Alright, folks, gather around because it’s story time about one of the most underrated yet indispensable tools in the digital world—Notepad++.

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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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Best practices and lessons for fine-tuning Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku on Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Fine-tuning is a powerful approach in natural language processing (NLP) and generative AI , allowing businesses to tailor pre-trained large language models (LLMs) for specific tasks. This process involves updating the model’s weights to improve its performance on targeted applications. By fine-tuning, the LLM can adapt its knowledge base to specific data and tasks, resulting in enhanced task-specific capabilities.

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The Decline of the Working Musician

Hacker News

You used to be able to make a living playing in a band. A new book, “Band People,” charts how that changed.

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How Druva used Amazon Bedrock to address foundation model complexity when building Dru, Druva’s backup AI copilot

AWS Machine Learning Blog

This post is co-written with David Gildea and Tom Nijs from Druva. Druva enables cyber, data, and operational resilience for thousands of enterprises, and is trusted by 60 of the Fortune 500. Customers use Druva Data Resiliency Cloud to simplify data protection, streamline data governance, and gain data visibility and insights. Independent software vendors (ISVs) like Druva are integrating AI assistants into their user applications to make software more accessible.

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The International Space Station Has Been Leaking for Five Years

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Pesky leaks on the International Space Station aren’t the most serious issue facing U.S.

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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.