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AUGUST 24, 2024

RAND kicked off a new series of short reports designed to provide policymakers in the U.S. with potential learnings from the EU AI act on key facets of AI governance. The series, written by researchers on both continents, highlights the need for deepening collaboration between the EU and the U.S. as any regulatory progress in these regions will have far-reaching effects on the broader societal, legal and ethical consequences of AI adoption globally.

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Analytics Vidhya

AUGUST 24, 2024

Introduction In artificial intelligence, a groundbreaking development has emerged that promises to reshape the very process of scientific discovery. In collaboration with the Foerster Lab for AI Research at the University of Oxford and researchers from the University of British Columbia, Sakana AI has introduced “The AI Scientist” – a comprehensive system designed for fully […] The post Sakana AI’s “AI Scientist”: The Next Einstein or Just a Tool?

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AUGUST 24, 2024

A cut cable at the Norwegian airfield was announced amid fears of sabotage at military bases and concerning drone activity in Germany. A cut cable at the Norwegian airfield was announced amid fears of sabotage at military bases in Germany.

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Analytics Vidhya

AUGUST 24, 2024

Introduction Hey there, AI enthusiasts! Welcome to The AV Bytes, your friendly neighborhood source for all things AI. Buckle up, because this week has been a wild ride in the world of AI! We’ve got some mind-blowing stuff to share with you. Remember when we thought search engines couldn’t get any better? Well, OpenAI just […] The post AvBytes: Key Developments and Challenges in Generative AI appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday.

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Towards AI

AUGUST 24, 2024

Last Updated on September 2, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Jonathan Bennion Originally published on Towards AI. Cutting through the AI hype to query actual developer usage (as new repos, so with presumptions) for prioritization of safety tools and partnerships. TLDR (with caveats noted below): Public AI repos now appear as linear growth, not exponential (surge in March 2024 followed by rapid decline, now slower but steady).

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has designed a new type of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment that could significantly

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AUGUST 24, 2024

The biorecap package summarizes bioRxiv preprints using a local LLM. I used two LLMs to help me write the package, and two other LLMs to help me write a paper about the package, published on arXiv.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

AMD's iGPUs have seen plenty of recent success. Handheld gaming devices like Valve's Steam Deck and Asus's ROG Ally both use AMD integrated graphics. AMD's last generation mobile offering, codenamed Phoenix, already did well against Intel and Qualcomm's competing products. Strix Point, AMD's latest mobile chip, looks to continue that strong performance.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Hey everyone! This article is brought to you by a shameless nerd snipe , courtesy of Pascal. In case you've blocked Twitter for your own good, this reads: There should be.

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Build a retrieval system with semantic, full-text, and fuzzy search in Postgres to be used as a backbone in RAG pipelines.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

The clip below is from a lecture from 2008(?) that then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave to a Stanford class. [link] Here's a transcript, emphasis mine.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

A little blob of squishy transparent gel can not only play the video game Pong, it can get better at it over time.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

Reddit did me dirty. I did them too. This is the story of how I got a permanent ban from Reddit for developing a non-commercial open-source client called Geddit.

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Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

Even with no one in charge, army ants work collectively to build bridges out of their bodies. New research reveals the simple rules that lead to such complex group behavior.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

Did you know that birds aren't real? They are actually mobile devices that have cameras and microphones to maintain surveillance by the government. You may be asking yourself why they do not just use the cell phones in everyone's pocket; hey, I don't know; I don't make the rules.Now that I have completely destroyed my credibility on LinkedIn, let's get into the real article.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

I always thought I was too dumb to understand math. During my school years, it was evident to me that for some kids math was easy, and for others like myself: painfully difficult.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

We present Shufflecake, a new plausible deniability design to hide the existence of encrypted data on a storage medium making it very difficult for an adversary to prove the existence of such data. Shufflecake can be considered a ``spiritual successor'' of tools such as TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt, but vastly improved: it works natively on Linux, it supports any filesystem of choice, and can manage multiple volumes per device, so to make deniability of the existence of hidden partitions real

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AUGUST 24, 2024

I have yet to find a sucessful ed-tech model that works at scale. Issue abound. Often it comes down to how ed-tech growsn and how it monetizes its audience.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

"It's not easy to ever raise for an asteroid mining company, right?

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Exploring psychedelic experiences that seem wider than the brain.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

A little tale from the world of enterprise computing (again). Well, I needed something to do alongside filing my taxes, and I recently received a bunch of hardware, so there’s that.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Explain shell commands using next-generation autocomplete from Fig.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

High-resolution models for human tasks. Contribute to facebookresearch/sapiens development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

Billionaire CEO, who was travelling aboard his private jet, was subject of arrest warrant, according to TV reports

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AUGUST 24, 2024

When it comes to designing secure protocols, I have a principle that goes like this: if you have to perform any cryptographic operation before verifying the MAC on a message you’ve received, it will somehow inevitably lead to doom.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Having two laptop screens needn't mean foregoing a built-in keyboard.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Free and Open-source database diagrams editor, visualize and design your DB with a single query.

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2024

The City of Cumberland offers a relocation program to someone moving to Cumberland who meets certain criteria.

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Speaker: Pulkit Agrawal

As digital transformation advances at a rapid pace, Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) have become essential tools for enhancing user experiences and redefining product management strategies. DAPs are no-code solutions that integrate seamlessly with various technologies, and by fostering user adoption, these platforms help organizations maximize the potential of their tech investments.