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New HackerRank Research Highlights How GenAI is Changing Software Development

insideBIGDATA

HackerRank, the Developer Skills Company, announced the release of its AI Skills Report. The AI Skills Report analyzed millions of data points from developers using HackerRank to seek jobs at some of the world's largest companies.

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7 Computer Vision Projects for All Levels

KDnuggets

Each project, from beginner tasks like Image Classification to advanced ones like Anomaly Detection, includes a link to the dataset and source code for easy access and implementation.

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Jailbreaking LLM-Controlled Robots

ML @ CMU

Summary. Recent research has shown that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are susceptible to jailbreaking attacks, wherein malicious users fool an LLM into generating toxic content (e.g., bomb-building instructions). However, these attacks are generally limited to producing text. In this blog post, we consider the possibility of attacks on LLM-controlled robots, which, if jailbroken, could be fooled into causing physical harm in the real world.

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Anomaly Detection Techniques in Large-Scale Datasets

Machine Learning Mastery

Anomaly detection means finding patterns in data that are different from normal. These unusual patterns are called anomalies or outliers. In large datasets, finding anomalies is harder. The data is big, and patterns can be complex. Regular methods may not work well because there is so much data to look through.

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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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Survey Finds Over Half of AI Startup Founders Are Using Four Or More Foundational Models

insideBIGDATA

Costanoa Ventures, a boutique early-stage B2B venture capital firm, released findings from a survey of founders building in the AI space, "Building an AI-Native Startup," offering a snapshot of the AI-native startup ecosystem. The survey includes insights into how founders building in AI approach hiring AI talent, the tools they use, and the challenges that keep them up at night.

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When to Go Out and When to Stay In: RAG vs. Fine-tuning

KDnuggets

This article presents a comprehensive discussion of when to choose which approach for your LLM and potential hybrid solutions.

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ChatGPT adds chat history feature for web

Dataconomy

OpenAI has introduced a chat history feature to ChatGPT that makes it easier for users to search through their past conversations. The new tool, announced on X (formerly Twitter), allows users to find vital information from previous chats quickly and conveniently. The feature is being gradually rolled out to different user groups, starting with Plus and Team users.

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The Cult of Microsoft

Hacker News

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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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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Track, allocate, and manage your generative AI cost and usage with Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning Blog

As enterprises increasingly embrace generative AI , they face challenges in managing the associated costs. With demand for generative AI applications surging across projects and multiple lines of business, accurately allocating and tracking spend becomes more complex. Organizations need to prioritize their generative AI spending based on business impact and criticality while maintaining cost transparency across customer and user segments.

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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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Halloween Candy Ratings by Cost and Love

FlowingData

This is very important. How did your favorite candy rate? The old FiveThirtyEight ran a head-to-head between Halloween candies years ago. I used the data for the above, which should be taken very seriously.

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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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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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7 best transcript summarizers powered by AI

AssemblyAI

The transition to online communication—from sales calls to internal meetings to educational coursework—has created significant opportunities for new AI-powered tools and platforms that help individuals fully use all this digital data.  One predominant AI feature that has risen in popularity is AI-powered transcript summarizers. In addition to providing an immediate transcript of a virtual meeting or lecture (using AI speech-to-text ), AI transcript summarizers can summarize th

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Uniform flair on the rise in NBA basketball games

FlowingData

In NBA basketball, the home team used to almost always wear a white uniform and the away team would wear a non-white uniform that matched one of their team colors. Now it’s kind of all over the place. I assume it’s because Nike wanted to sell more jerseys. For The Pudding, Tyler Machado quantified the shift by manually counting uniform usage during the 2013-14 season and comparing it against data from last season collected via NBA LockerVision.

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Elite School Will Offer a Day Off for Students Distressed by Election

Hacker News

Attendance on Wednesday, or whatever day the results are announced, is optional for high school students at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City, families were told.

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10 Useful Python One-Liners for Data Cleaning

KDnuggets

Here are some useful Python one-liners for common data cleaning tasks.

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Harnessing the Power of Generative AI

Towards AI

Author(s): Mirko Peters Originally published on Towards AI. Generative AI offers unprecedented opportunities for businesses, but implementation challenges like governance, integration, and talent acquisition persist. Success lies in strategic planning and informed decision-making. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Imagine a world where your organization can predict customer behavior almost before it happens or streamline operations with a wave of its digital wand.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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IBM watsonx Platform: Compliance obligations to controls mapping

IBM Journey to AI blog

US regulators including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and others mandate financial services organizations to prove that laws, rules and regulations (LRRs) are covered across their risk governance framework. This oversight helps ensure a secure and sound control environment that aligns with the organization’s risk tolerance and heightened regulatory standards.

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

Hacker News

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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In defense of screen time

fast.ai

Pundits say my husband and I are parenting wrong.

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SQL Best Practices for Beginners: Working with Multiple Data Tables

Towards AI

Last Updated on October 31, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Ganesh Bajaj Originally published on Towards AI. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Image Illustrated by Author: Generated Using DALLE SQL is a powerful language for analyzing and manipulating big datasets, making it an essential skill for data analysts and data scientists.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium is launched for consumer-level GPUs

Dataconomy

My colleague Bünyamin Furkan Demirkaya received an email from Stability AI introducing Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium, an open model free for commercial and non-commercial use. This model, with 2.5 billion parameters, is designed to run efficiently on consumer hardware, providing broader access to advanced AI image generation. Let’s explore what this new model offers and its compatibility with various GPUs.

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Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

Hacker News

This is the government's strongest stance yet on software security, which puts manufacturers on notice: fix dangerous coding practices or risk being labeled as negligent.

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

Hacker News

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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Sorry, Gas Companies – Parody Isn't Infringement (Even If It Creeps You Out)

Hacker News

Activism comes in many forms. You might hold a rally, write to Congress, or fly a blimp over the NSA. Or you might use a darkly hilarious parody to make your point, like our client Modest Proposals recently did. Modest Proposals is an activist collective that uses parody and culture jamming to.

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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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No Matter What the Bank Says, It's Your Money, Your Data, and Your Choice

Hacker News

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just finalized a rule that makes it easy and safe for you to figure out which bank will give you the best deal and switch to that bank, with just a couple of clicks. We love this kind of thing: the coolest thing about a digital world is how easy it.

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15 Billion Miles Away, NASA's Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence

Hacker News

NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a fault protection system prompted the spacecraft to turn off a transmitter. Engineers at JPL are investigating the incident, facing the challenge of managing commands and data over a 15 billion-mile distance.

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Bayesian Yacht Sinking

Hacker News

A Times investigation has found that an unusually tall mast, and the design changes it required, made a superyacht owned by a British tech mogul vulnerable to capsizing.

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Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

Hacker News

Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

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.