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AI’s Dependency on High-Quality Data: A Double-Edged Sword for Organizations

insideBIGDATA

In this contributed article, Bryan Eckle, Chief Technology Officer at cBEYONData, suggests that as organizations strive to harness AI’s potential, they must navigate the significant challenges and risks associated with one key factor: high-quality data.

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Partial Functions in Python: A Guide for Developers

KDnuggets

In Python, functions often require multiple arguments, and you may find yourself repeatedly passing the same values for certain parameters. This is where partial functions can help. Python’s built-in functools module allows you to create partial functions.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Building Multimodal RAG Systems

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Retrieval Augmented Generation systems, better known as RAG systems, have become the de-facto standard for building intelligent AI assistants answering questions on custom enterprise data without the hassles of expensive fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs). One of the key advantages of RAG systems is you can easily integrate your own data and augment […] The post A Comprehensive Guide to Building Multimodal RAG Systems appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Unleash Your Innovation: Announcing the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge with Over $1 Million in Credits, Prizes, and Potential Venture Funding

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The Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge offers $1M+ in prizes for innovative startups building Generative AI use cases on Databricks. Apply by November 1, 2024!

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How To Align Product Management And Supply Chain Operations For Successful Product Launches

Speaker: Shalini Dinesh

Effective cross-functional collaboration and communication heavily influence product launch success. Research shows that as many as 70% of product launches fail due to inadequate coordination among stakeholders, including supply chain, product management, legal, marketing, and change control teams (Gartner, 2022). The 2023 Supply Chain Insights Report highlights that 60% of supply chain disruptions are caused by poor communication and misalignment among cross-functional teams.

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DataOps.live Delivers New AIOps Capabilities with Snowflake Cortex and AWS Bedrock for End-to-End AI Workload Lifecycle Management

insideBIGDATA

DataOps.live, The Data Products Company™, announced the immediate availability of its new range of AIOps capabilities, a groundbreaking set of features that provides end-to-end lifecycle management of AI workloads from development to production.

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VoiceChat with Your LLMs using AlwaysReddy

KDnuggets

Rapid development is happening around us, and one of the most interesting aspects of this evolution is artificial intelligence's ability to communicate through natural language with humans. Suppose you want to communicate with some LLM running on your computer without switching between applications or windows, just by using a voice hotkey. This is exactly what.

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Fine-tuning Llama 3.1 with Long Sequences

databricks

Mosaic AI Model Training now supports fine-tuning up to 131K context length for Llama 3.1 models. More efficient training at long sequence lengths is made possible by several optimizations highlighted in this post.

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Innovation vs. Ethical Implementation: Where Does AI Stand Today?

insideBIGDATA

In this contributed article, Vall Herard, CEO of Saifr.ai, discusses AI ethics. With the adoption of AI comes the next phase of innovation: understanding our moral compass and learning how to balance technology with morality — AND compliance.

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How to Perform Data Aggregation Over Time Series Data with Pandas

KDnuggets

Image by Editor | Ideogram Let’s learn how to perform time series data aggregation in Pandas. Preparation We would need the Pandas and Numpy packages installed, so we can install them using the following code: pip install pandas numpy With the packages installed, let’s jump into the article. Time Series.

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Hollywood Can't Ditch Its Teslas Fast Enough:"They're Destroying Their Leases."

Hacker News

Tesla is reportedly planning a reveal of its self-driving robotaxi on the Warner Bros. lot amid widespread anger in the industry over the brand’s controversial CEO, Elon Musk, resulting in a rejection of its cars.

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Building Your BI Strategy: How to Choose a Solution That Scales and Delivers

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Establish your Generative AI expertise with the latest Databricks certification

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The value of Generative AI, the deepened investment Databricks has made in the space, and how customers have benefited from the certification.

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The State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise: Many Corporate Leaders Are Not Taking Data Protection Seriously, Say IT Teams

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Arcserve, a pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, released its State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report. The survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organizations reveals that while the vast majority recognize how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing operations, more than 25% could not confidently say that their company leaders took this topic seriously.

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The power of personalization elevates the customer experience

SAS Software

Personalization has become the cornerstone of the customer journey. It’s the difference between a one-size-fits-all approach and a tailored experience that resonates on a personal level. These three organizations are mastering the art of delivering exceptional customer experiences with SAS® Customer Intelligence 360. The Nature Conservancy: Improving donor communications The [.

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Inside Annapurna Interactive's Mass Walkout

Hacker News

Earlier this month, the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive walked out the door in a group resignation. But while some of the circumstances around their departure emerged in the reporting, one pressing question was left unanswered: why? IGN has pieced together a somewhat complex answer.

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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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Unifying Parameters Across Databricks

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Today, we are excited to announce the support for named parameter markers in the SQL editor. This feature allows you to write parameterized.

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Podcast: The Batch 7/31/2024 Discussion

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Here is a an example of a wild new experimental feature from Google called NotebookLM. This new Audio Overview feature can turn documents, slides, charts and more into engaging two-party discussions with one click. Two AI hosts start up a lively “deep dive” discussion based on your sources. They summarize your material, make connections between topics, and banter back and forth.

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Revolutionize logo design creation with Amazon Bedrock: Embracing generative art, dynamic logos, and AI collaboration

AWS Machine Learning Blog

In the field of technology and creative design, logo design and creation has adapted and evolved at a rapid pace. From the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt to the sleek minimalism of today’s tech giants, the visual identities that define our favorite brands have undergone a remarkable transformation. Today, the world of creative design is once again being transformed by the emergence of generative AI.

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We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready

Hacker News

Element is launching the world’s first communications platform based on the upcoming Matrix 2.0 release. The result is blazing performance which outperforms the mainstream alternatives.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Retirement Ages by Country

FlowingData

China recently increased their retirement age to 63 for men and 55 for women (and 58 for female civil servants). Even with the adjustment, the country is still on the lower end when compared to other countries.

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Empowering YouTube creators with generative AI

DeepMind

New video generation technology in YouTube Shorts will help millions of people realize their creative vision

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Leveraging Commerce Media & Data Analytics in Ecommerce

Smart Data Collective

Ecommerce businesses should use data analytics to bolster their commerce media strategy.

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Show HN: Inngest 1.0 – Open-source durable workflows on every platform

Hacker News

Inngest's durable functions replace queues, state management, and scheduling to enable any developer to write reliable, multi-step code faster without touching infrastructure.

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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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Artificial intelligence in your pocket: How iPhone apps are shaping AI development

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The new frontier in AI development Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to sprawling data centers or secretive tech labs; it has migrated into our daily lives more seamlessly than most realize. For the tech-savvy user, the iPhone isn’t just a tool for connectivity but a personal assistant powered by AI that learns and adapts. Real-world applications at your fingertips Consider the ease with which we now translate foreign languages on the go, organize our schedules, or even fi

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DirectX Adopting SPIR-V as the Interchange Format of the Future

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Today the Direct3D and HLSL teams are excited to share some insight into the next big step for GPU programmability. Once Shader Model 7 is released, DirectX 12 will accept shaders compiled to SPIR-V™. The HLSL team is committed to open development processes and collaborating with The Khronos® Group and LLVM Project.

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Forbes Marketplace: The Parasite SEO Company Trying to Devour Its Host

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Are you sick of Forbes appearing in search results? For topics that Forbes doesn’t have any expertise in? Here’s the organic rankings for “best pet insurance”: Forbes ranks #2. Not sure a business website knows how pet insurance actually works. But okay.

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Microsoft Teams with Startup Anduril on Army Combat Goggle System

Hacker News

Defense technology startup Anduril Industries Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to improve the performance of new combat goggles for the US Army, Anduril said Thursday, in a project that may generate as much as $21.9 billion from the service over a decade.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

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

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Digital signatures and how to avoid them

Hacker News

Wikipedia’s definition of a digital signature is: A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents. A valid digital signature on a message gives a recipient confidence that the message came from a sender known to the recipient.

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In unprecedented move, Ohio is funding construction of private religious schools

Hacker News

The state is giving millions in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools to help them renovate and expand their campuses. It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of school vouchers, proponents say.

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Senate Vote Tomorrow Could Give Helping Hand to Patent Trolls

Hacker News

A patent on crowdfunding. A patent on tracking packages. A patent on photo contests. A patent on watching an ad online. A patent on computer bingo. A patent on upselling. These are just a few of the patents used to harass software developers and small companies in recent years. Thankfully, they.

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Apple Shares Full iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Repair Manuals

Hacker News

Following today's launch of the new iPhone 16 models, Apple has shared repair manuals for the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro,

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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.