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Embracing the Potential of Data: Beyond the ‘New Oil’ Metaphor 

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In this contributed article, Cal Al-Dhubaib, Head of AI and Data Science at Further, discusses why businesses should treat data like radioactive materials—and how to avoid it becoming a liability.

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SynthID: Google is Expanding Ways to Protect AI Misinformation

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction With the release of many AI tools, finding AI-generated content is crucial today! It is all due to the widespread dissemination of false information and the potential for spreading hate. AI-generated content can create convincing fake news, deepfakes, and other misleading materials that can manipulate public opinion, incite conflict, and damage reputations.

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Redefining Digital Engagement in a Cookieless World: The Power of AI and Zero-Party Data

insideBIGDATA

In this contributed article, Christian J. Ward, Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer at Yext, discusses how before January of this year, up to 83% of marketers relied on third-party data sources for personalization strategies. Now, as cookies continue to phase out, those marketers might be facing a crisis — but it could be an opportunity to create more trustworthy, privacy-respecting strategies in the long run.

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AI’s Biggest Flaw Hallucinations Finally Solved With KnowHalu!

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Artificial intelligence has made tremendous strides in Natural Language Processing (NLP) by developing Large Language Models (LLMs). These models, like GPT-3 and GPT-4, can generate highly coherent and contextually relevant text. However, a significant challenge with these models is the phenomenon known as “AI hallucinations.” Hallucinations occur when an LLM generates plausible-sounding information but […] The post AI’s Biggest Flaw Hallucinations Finally So

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

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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5 Essential Free Tools for Getting Started with LLMs

Machine Learning Mastery

Image created by Author using Midjourney Large language models (LLMs) have become extremely prominent and useful for all sorts of tasks, but new users may find the large number of LLM tools and utilities intimidating. This article focuses on 5 of the available and widely-useful such tools, all of which are no-cost and created to […] The post 5 Essential Free Tools for Getting Started with LLMs appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Top 7 Python Libraries for Data Visualization

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Strong libraries like Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, and Bokeh serve as the foundation of Python’s data visualization ecosystem. Together, they provide a wide range of tools for trend analysis, results presentation, and the creation of dynamic dashboards. Python Libraries for Data Visualization offer broad customization choices, interactive capabilities, and reliable features that connect smoothly with […] The post Top 7 Python Libraries for Data Visualization appeared fir

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Fine-Tuning and RAG: Which One Is Better?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools capable of generating coherent and contextually relevant text. Utilizing the transformer architecture, these models leverage the attention mechanism to capture long-range dependencies and are trained on extensive and diverse datasets.

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An Overview of Hugging Face Diffusers

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Getting Started with HuggingFace Diffusers: A Beginner's Journey into the World of Generative Images

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Seawater is rushing under Thwaites Glacier, potentially dire impact on sea level

Hacker News

Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” on a daily basis making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research, which used radar data from space to perform an X-ray of the crucial glacier.

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3 Courses You Should Consider If You Want to Become a Data Analyst

KDnuggets

Are you looking into the world of data analysis and are seriously considering a career in it?

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

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.

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3M Execs Convinced a Scientist PFOS Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Hacker News

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

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Essential Python Libraries for Data Manipulation

KDnuggets

The must-know Python libraries to improve your data manipulation workflow.

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CVE-2024-4367 – Arbitrary JavaScript execution in PDF.js

Hacker News

A vulnerability in PDF.js found by Codean Labs. PDF.js is a JavaScript-based PDF viewer maintained by Mozilla. This bug allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code as soon as a malicious PDF file is opened.

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How to get rid of Google AI overview: Is it possible?

Dataconomy

Once Google launched its AI-powered search function, many users have attempted unsuccessfully to turn off the frequently inaccurate AI Overviews in regular search results. AI Overviews , known as the “Search Generative Experience,” is Google’s new search feature that uses its proprietary large language models (LLMs) to summarize web content.

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What Is Entity Resolution? How It Works & Why It Matters

Entity Resolution Sometimes referred to as data matching or fuzzy matching, entity resolution, is critical for data quality, analytics, graph visualization and AI. Learn what entity resolution is, why it matters, how it works and its benefits. Advanced entity resolution using AI is crucial because it efficiently and easily solves many of today’s data quality and analytics problems.

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British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25M deepfake scam victim

Hacker News

A British multinational design and engineering company behind world-famous buildings such as the Sydney Opera House has confirmed that it was the target of a deepfake scam that led to one of its Hong Kong employees paying out $25 million to fraudsters.

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IBM’s new quantum step is the Qiskit software

Dataconomy

IBM has recently released Version 1.0 of its Qiskit quantum computing software, marking a significant milestone, though it’s not the company’s first venture into quantum hardware or software. IBM has been working on quantum processors, full-scale quantum computers, and their accompanying programming tools and software for many years. What is IBM Qiskit?

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Uber Migrates 1T Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6M Annually

Hacker News

Uber migrated all its payment transaction data from DynamoDB and blob storage into a new long-term solution, a purpose-built data store named LedgerStore. The company was looking for cost savings and had previously reduced the use of DynamoDB to store hot data (12 weeks old). The move resulted in significant savings and simplified the storage architecture.

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How to establish lineage transparency for your machine learning initiatives

IBM Journey to AI blog

Machine learning (ML) has become a critical component of many organizations’ digital transformation strategy. From predicting customer behavior to optimizing business processes, ML algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions that impact business outcomes. Have you ever wondered how these algorithms arrive at their conclusions? The answer lies in the data used to train these models and how that data is derived.

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

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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Paying freelancers in equity and dividends

Hacker News

Gumroad pays freelancers around the world $125-$200/hr. They choose how much of this they’d like to get in equity–between 0 and 80%. Equity entitles one to annual dividends.

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ServiceNow’s Bold Gambit To Become The Platform Of Platforms

MoorInsights for Forbes

At its recent Knowledge 2024 event, ServiceNow discussed its vision for digital transformation as it aims to expand across more functions within customer organizations.

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pg_timeseries: Open-source time-series extension for PostgreSQL

Hacker News

This blog introduces pg_timeseries - a PostgreSQL extension focused on creating a cohesive user experience around the creation, maintenance, and use of time-series tables.

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SAS Recreation and Fitness | Take an HQ Photo Tour!  

SAS Software

Our employees’ health and well-being is important to us, so we make sure that they – and their families – have access to facilities and programs promoting fitness, wellness and recreation. That’s why our headquarters campus has 28 acres dedicated to the physical fitness of employees (and that doesn’t include [.] The post SAS Recreation and Fitness | Take an HQ Photo Tour!

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one can explain it

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Mathematicians are celebrating a 1000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, a problem so complicated that even other mathematicians struggle to understand it.

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5 Key Cloud Computing Trends in 2024

Precisely

Cloud computing is more crucial than ever in 2024. With technology landscapes transforming at a breakneck pace, your ability to leverage cloud computing could be the game changer needed to boost efficiency and spark innovation in your business. Think back to how global disruptions have sped up our shift to digital in the past few years alone. The COVID-19 pandemic played a big part, along with volatile market conditions and an ever-changing regulatory environment.

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Introducing Copilot+ PCs

Hacker News

An on-demand recording of our Microsoft event keynote will be made available at 2pm PT today. An update with the link will be made to this blog post at that time.

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Running Generative AI in Production – What Issues Will You Find?

Dataversity

As your data projects evolve, you will face new challenges. For new technology like generative AI, some challenges may just be variations on traditional IT projects like considering availability or distributed computing deployment problems. However, generative AI projects are also going through what Donald Rumsfeld once called the “unknown unknowns” phase, where we are discovering […] The post Running Generative AI in Production – What Issues Will You Find?

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Digital Adoption Platform Fundamentals: The Key To Product Innovation And Elevated CX

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.

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City in a Bottle – A 256 Byte Raycasting System

Hacker News

Hello size coding fans. Today, I have something amazing to share: A tiny raycasting engine and city generator that fits in a standalone 256 byte html file.

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Data Privacy Through Robust Data Governance: Strategies and Best Practices

Dataversity

Today, more than ever, people are concerned about data privacy. Reflecting this, countries all over the world have introduced privacy laws – GDPR and CCPA being the biggest examples. These laws govern how businesses should collect, manage, and maintain data. This has prompted businesses to reevaluate their data collection operations. But to keep data private and secure businesses […] The post Data Privacy Through Robust Data Governance: Strategies and Best Practices appeared first on DATAV

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Microsoft Says New Surface Pro Is Faster Than 15" M3 MacBook Air

Hacker News

Microsoft is going all in on AI, today introducing a series of Copilot+ PCs that have AI-focused hardware. The new Surface Pro is one of the first.

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Walking safely before building flying saucer seatbelts: introducing Enterprise Alignment

Snorkel AI

Snorkel takes a step on the path to enterprise superalignment with new data development workflows for enterprise alignment “Superalignment,” once relegated to science fiction and computer science academia, has dominated the recent AI news cycle. The goal of superalignment is to ensure that future, superhuman AI models are aligned with human ethics and objectives—a worthy goal.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.