Wed.Apr 02, 2025

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MLCommons Releases MLPerf Inference v5.0 Benchmark Results

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Today, MLCommons announced new results for its MLPerf Inference v5.0 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking. The rorganization said the esults highlight that the AI community is focusing on generative AI.

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Lesser-Known Python Functions That Are Super Useful

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Go beyond the basics by adding these cool and useful Python functions to your programming toolbox.

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DARPA Taps Cerebras and Ranovus for Military and Commercial Platform

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AI compute company Cerebras Systems said it has been awarded a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a system combining their wafer scale technology with wafer scale co-packaged optics of Ottawa-based Ranovus to deliver.

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Exploring the Role of Smaller LMs in Augmenting RAG Systems

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Let's discover what small language models (SLMs) are, how they can be used in RAG systems and applications, and when to use them over their large language counterparts.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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The Roadmap for Mastering MLOps in 2025

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Organizations increasingly adopt machine learning solutions into their daily operations and long-term strategies, and, as a result, the need for effective standards for deploying and maintaining machine learning systems has become critical.

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Kong Beats Chest To Ward Off Bad AI Connections

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Kongs AI Gateway introduces features toreduce AI hallucinations and enhance AI governance.

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US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU

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The US president announces a 10% tariff on all imports, with further measures targeting countries the White House call the "worst offenders"

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Looking under the hood at the brain’s language system

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Associate Professor Evelina Fedorenko is working to decipher the internal structure and functions of the brains language-processing machinery.

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A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

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A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain nightmare scenarios. A new proof has removed that obstacle.

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Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claude’s Learning Mode makes students do the thinking

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Anthropic introduced Claude for Education today, a specialized version of its AI assistant designed to develop students critical thinking skills rather than simply provide answers to their questions.

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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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What We Knew Without Knowing

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In notes to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, the writer reflected on her sessions with the psychiatrist Roger MacKinnon.

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EXCLUSIVE: How 1 dad used AI to advance finding a treatment for his son’s rare disease

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AI helped Thomas Wagner understand Alexander disease, find connection with other conditions and discover researchers who could find a possible treatment. In the early morning hours, Stephanie Holzhuber woke because something was wrong with her then 7-month-old son, Max.

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Yann LeCun, Pioneer of AI, Thinks Today's LLM's Are Nearly Obsolete

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Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist and one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, believes LLMs will be largely obsolete within five years.

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Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time

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Unitree's G1 demonstrates a new level of robotic agility with a complex movement following an AI software update.

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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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Restructuring Announcement

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Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared with Automattic employees the following message.

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Africa’s AI ambitions take the spotlight in Rwanda

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Artificial intelligence is taking center stage in Rwanda this week as more than 1,000 policymakers, business leaders, and interest groups gather for

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NYC New Subway Map

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The redesigned map, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists.

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10 Crucial Lessons That Will Elevate Your Business Success in 2025 and Beyond

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This article dives into the top 10 lessons from the past year, highlighting key successes and failures to help you navigate 2025 with confidence. The year 2024 was a rollercoaster ride for entrepreneurs around the globe.

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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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I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad

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If a book has been in print for forty years, I can expect it to be in print for another forty years.

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This $1 Billion Cyber Startup Stops Employees From Leaking Vital Data To AI

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With AI tools becoming increasingly more common in business, corporate security teams are grappling with a new type of risk: the oversharing of company secrets by unwitting employees who inadvertently plug proprietary information into artificial intelligence tools, raising the chance of a damaging

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How Google built its Gemini robotics models

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Robots powered by Gemini Robotics models can learn complex actions like preparing salads and even folding an origami fox.

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The machines are rising — but developers still hold the keys

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Increasing use of AI in software development will make developer decisions and judgment more important, not less.

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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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DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity

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A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanleycurrently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General's office at the Department of Justice (DOJ)was reportedly caught bragging about hacking and distributing pirated e-books, bootleg software, and game cheats. The boasts appeared on archived versions of websites, of which several, once flagged, were quickly deleted, Reuters reported.

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AI In 2035: How Technology Will Reshape Human Identity

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A comprehensive new report suggests artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape human behavior, cognition and relationships within the next decade, raising important questions about the impact of AI on what if feels to be human.

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Mozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365

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Thunderbird is getting a bunch of new features

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Scale AI Expects to More Than Double Sales to $2 Billion in 2025

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Startup generated revenue of about $870 million last year.

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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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"Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue

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Igor Bezinovis film thrusts century-old archival footage into the present, restaging the brazen reign of an autocrat whose tactics feel startlingly resonant today.

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Brain implant helps woman with paralysis speak with her own voice again

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The new method decodes brain signals while simultaneously feeding them through a text-to-speech AI model. Researchers have developed a new method for intercepting neural signals from the brain of a person with paralysis and translating them into audible speechall in near real-time.

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NET library MassTransit going commercial with V9

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An open-source distributed application framework for.

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Announcing the Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge

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Are you a startup building core, customer-facing B2B products on Databricks? Then we have a Challenge for you! On the heels of our Generative AI.

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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?