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AI’s Dreadful December: Lawsuits, plagiarism and child abuse images show the perils of training on data taken without consent.

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Three major news headlines in the past week have soured the generative AI party: a lawsuit from the NY Times, a new image model that copies frames from movies and the discovery of child abuse images in a popular dataset.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Implement HuggingFace Models Using Langchain

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Introduction Large Language Models have been the backbone of advancement in the AI domain. With the release of various Open source LLMs, the need for ChatBot-specific use cases has grown in demand. HuggingFace is the primary provider of Open Source LLMs, where the model parameters are available to the public, and anyone can use them […] The post A Comprehensive Guide to Implement HuggingFace Models Using Langchain appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Are industry-centric chains a growing trend?

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The Web3 phenomenon has been a unique entrant into the modern world. It offers many significant advantages, and with key features like immutability, digital tokens, automated smart contracts, and DAOs, we are able to have secure yet decentralized organizations that span across the globe. The potential for the use cases built out of these innovations have only begun to scratch the surface of what is possible.

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Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1

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Foreigners will be able to work remotely in Korea for up to two years with the new workcation visa that will be created next year, also being able to bring their families along.

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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have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth.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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Microsoft’s Copilot app is now available on iOS

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The Microsoft Copilot app lets you ask questions, draft text, and generate images using AI. Just days after introducing a Copilot app on Android, Microsoft has rolled out an app for its AI chatbot on iOS and iPadOS. Both versions of the app are now available to download from the Apple App Store.

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Apple Secretly Launches Its First Open-Source LLM, Ferret

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Apple has quietly introduced Ferret, its first open-source multimodal large language model (LLM), marking a significant departure from its traditional secretive approach. Developed in collaboration with Columbia University, Ferret integrates language understanding with image analysis, promising groundbreaking applications in various fields. This strategic move reflects Apple’s commitment to stay at the forefront of the rapidly […] The post Apple Secretly Launches Its First Open-Sourc

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How a script doctor found his own voice

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For decades, Scott Frank earned up to three hundred thousand dollars a week rewriting other people’s screenplays—from “Saving Private Ryan” to “The Ring.” Finally, he decided to stop playing ventriloquist.

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The Most Important Technology of 2023 Wasn’t AI

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This was a breakout year for electric vehicles in America. One day in late November, I cradled a red Samsung flip phone in my hands as if it was a ruby gemstone. To me, it was just as precious.

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In 2024, please switch to Firefox

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This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen.

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Malware abuses Google OAuth endpoint to ‘revive’ cookies, hijack accounts

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Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into users' accounts, even if an account's password was reset. [.

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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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Vitalik Buterin proposes to make Ethereum PoS 'lighter and simpler'

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A major difference between Ethereum and most other (finality-bearing) proof of stake systems is that Ethereum tries to support a very high number of validators: we currently have 895,000 validator objects and a naive Zipf’s law analysis implies that this corresponds to tens of thousands of unique invididuals/entities. The purpose of this is to support decentralization, allowing even regular individuals to participate in staking, without requiring everyone to give up their agency and cede control

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GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code

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Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual Copilot customers — those paying $10 per month — in beta. And now, GitHub’s launching Chat in general availability for all users. As of today, Copilot Chat is available in […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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"No inventions; no innovations" A History of US Steel

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Last week US Steel announced it was being acquired by Japanese steel company Nippon Steel. The milestone gives an opportunity to look back at what once was the largest and most important company in the US (and arguably the world), and how it slowly declined.

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Para-infectious brain injury in Covid-19 persists at follow-up

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To understand neurological complications of COVID-19 better both acutely and for recovery, we measured markers of brain injury, inflammatory mediators, and autoantibodies in 203 hospitalised participants; 111 with acute sera (1–11 days post-admission) and 92 convalescent sera (56 with COVID-19-associated neurological diagnoses). Here we show that compared to 60 uninfected controls, tTau, GFAP, NfL, and UCH-L1 are increased with COVID-19 infection at acute timepoints and NfL and GFAP are si

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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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Try This Brand New Analog Computer

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Once upon a time, if you cracked open the pages of IEEE Spectrum you could spot full-page advertisements for analog computers , boasting of their ease of use and even—in the case of one model built into a cart with wheels—their portability. Engineers connected potentiometers and op-amps to set up representations of knotty differential equations and read the solutions as varying output voltages.

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Crime-fighting AI robocop is keeping an eye on New York’s subway riders

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Riders on the subway in New York City might have noticed a new addition to the transit system: a robot named K5. K5 is a crime-fighting machine that is supposed to make the subway safer and more secure. But is it really a good idea to have a robot watching over us?

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Figma is betting its AI can make meetings less terrible—even without Adobe’s backing

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The popular design platform’s merger with Adobe may have fallen flat, but that hasn’t stopped users from embracing its new FigJam AI tools. By now, we’ve all heard the worries about artificial intelligence replacing workers and laying siege to entire industries (if not the world at large).

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The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots

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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is striking back against the threat that artificial intelligence poses to the news industry, filing a federal lawsuit Wednesday against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots.

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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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Operation Triangulation: The last (hardware) mystery

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Today, on December 27, 2023, we ( Boris Larin , Leonid Bezvershenko , and Georgy Kucherin ) delivered a presentation, titled, “Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers”, at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3), held at Congress Center Hamburg. The presentation summarized the results of our long-term research into Operation Triangulation, conducted with our colleagues, Igor Kuznetsov , Valentin Pashkov , and Mikhail Vinogradov.

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Things software developers should learn about learning

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Understanding how human memory and learning works, the differences between beginners and experts, and practical steps developers can take to improve their learning, training, and recruitment.

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16 Cybersecurity leaders predict how gen AI will improve cybersecurity in 2024

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With greater AI power comes greater complexity, especially for CISOs adopting generative AI. Gen AI is the power surge cybersecurity vendors need to reduce the risks of losing the AI war.

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After a year of breathless hype, AI will face reality in 2024

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Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023. The watershed moment arrived at the end of the previous year, with the November 30 release of ChatGPT. Just two months later, the OpenAI system was reaching an estimated 100 million active users.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Microsoft Copilot is now available as a ChatGPT-like app on Android

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You no longer need the Bing mobile app to access Copilot on Android devices. Microsoft has quietly launched a dedicated Copilot app for Android. The new app is available in the Google Play Store, offering access to Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot without the need for the Bing mobile app.

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UK becomes first G20 country to halve its carbon emissions

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A pretty major milestone has been achieved: Britain has become the first major country to halve its carbon emissions. The rapid pace of UK environmental progress means that our output is now below 319 million tonnes – half the 652 million tonnes at our 1970 peak.

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Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode

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A Linux developer has eschewed boring traditional landscape and portrait monitor orientations and is championing diagonal modes, with 22 degrees claimed to be the sweet spot.

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What VCs are looking for in the next wave of cybersecurity startups

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The next wave of successful startups will help companies harness GenAI to improve organizational productivity while preventing attacks. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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All I want for Christmas is 1TW of solar deployed annually

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As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, our hopes rely on the innovation and implementation of technical solutions, particularly solar, as we scale toward annual deployments of 1 terawatt and beyond.

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The secret to making data analytics as transformative as generative AI

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Presented by SQream The challenges of AI compound as it hurtles forward: demands of data preparation, large data sets and data quality, the time sink of long-running queries, batch processes and more.

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GTA 5 source code reportedly leaked online a year after RockStar hack

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​The source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 was reportedly leaked on Christmas Eve, a little over a year after the Lapsus$ threat actors hacked Rockstar games and stole corporate data. [.

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Why British chocolate tastes the way it does

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For some, nothing that beats the sweet, creamy, slightly baked flavour of British chocolate, while others find it an affront to their tastebuds. But why does it taste that way at all?

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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.