Automate Video Chaptering with LLMs and TF-IDF
Transform raw transcripts into well-structured documents Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash Video chaptering is the task of segmenting a video…
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How to Create a Powerful AI Email Search for Gmail with RAG
Learn how you can develop an application to search emails using RAG Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Two key inflation reports this week will help decide the size of the Fed’s interest rate cut
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will first release the consumer price index Wednesday and then the producer price index Thursday,…
UK halts all Iran flights as allies step up sanctions
The sanctions come as Western officials say Iran has supplied missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.
XPER: Unveiling the Driving Forces of Predictive Performance
A new method for decomposing your favorite performance metrics Photo by Sira Anamwong on 123RF Co-authored with S. Hué, C. Hurlin,…
Volkswagen scraps a slew of labor agreements as standoff with unions intensifies
German automotive giant Volkswagen on Tuesday said it was scrapping a slew of labor agreements.
Can AI agents do your day-to-day tasks on apps?
Benchmarking Coding Agents in a World of Apps and People Imagine a world where AI agents can act as your personal…
Goldman Sachs ChatGPT mistake causes AI market panic
A flawed report by Goldman Sachs analyst Peter Oppenheimer may have been behind the significant negative sentiment for AI shares…
AI Predicts the Date of Your Death: How Accurate Is It?
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, one of the latest, most controversial claims is that AI can…
Apple loses EU court battle over 13 billion euro tax bill in Ireland
Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled against Apple in the tech giant’s 10-year court battle over its tax affairs in…
Linear Programming Optimization: The Simplex Method
Part 3: The algorithm under the hood Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Open-Source Data Observability with Elementary — From Zero to Hero (Part 2)
Open-Source Data Observability with Elementary — From Zero to Hero (Part 2) The guide to take your dbt tests to the next level…
Car giants are being forced to confront some hard truths over the EV transition
European car giants are struggling to come to terms with a perfect storm of challenges on the path to full…
Logistic Regression, Explained: A Visual Guide with Code Examples for Beginners
CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM Finding the perfect weights to fit the data in While some probabilistic-based machine learning models (like Naive Bayes) make…
Do We Really Need Deep Learning for Coastal Monitoring?
An in-depth exploration of how machine learning stacks up against traditional coastal erosion monitoring methods Continue reading on Towards Data…
China’s exports grow by 8.7% in August, beating expectations
China’s exports have been a bright spot in an economy otherwise struggling to boost domestic demand.
Israeli strikes kill 40 in southern Gaza, Hamas-run authorities say
Israel says its military targeted a “terrorist cell” in a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip.
Key Insights for Teaching AI Agents to Remember
Recommendations on building robust memory capabilities based on experimentation with Autogen’s “Teachable Agents” Memory is undoubtedly becoming a crucial aspect…
Asia-Pacific markets opened higher following Wall Street’s rebound from worst week of 2024
Traders in Asia are watching August trade data from China and India. China’s exports and imports are expected to grow…
Align Meta Llama 3 to human preferences with DPO, Amazon SageMaker Studio, and Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth
Large language models (LLMs) have remarkable capabilities. Nevertheless, using them in customer-facing applications often requires tailoring their responses to align…
James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dies aged 93
Hollywood actor died on Monday morning surrounded by his family.
Amazon EC2 P5e instances are generally available
State-of-the-art generative AI models and high performance computing (HPC) applications are driving the need for unprecedented levels of compute. Customers…
Germany to tighten border controls after stabbing
It comes amid rising popularity for the anti-immigration AfD in the wake of the Solingen attack.
Oracle reports better-than-expected quarterly results; shares rise
While Oracle becomes more competitive in cloud infrastructure, it’s also ensuring that competitors can offer its widely used database to…
A fast and flexible approach to help doctors annotate medical scans
To the untrained eye, a medical image like an MRI or X-ray appears to be a murky collection of black-and-white…
Apple demoes iPhone 16 and ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI features at the Glowtime event
Apple unveiled its much-anticipated iPhone 16 lineup, and a sweeping array of AI intelligence features at its “Glowtime” product launch…
Data Science at Home: Solving the Nanny Schedule Puzzle with Monte Carlo and Genetic Algorithms
Bringing order to chaos while simplifying our search for the perfect nanny for our childcare As a data science leader,…
Battery giant Northvolt to lay off staff in huge cost-cutting drive amid EV market slowdown
Swedish battery maker Northvolt announced Monday that it plans to cut jobs and close down some facilities in Europe and…
Benchmarking Hallucination Detection Methods in RAG
Evaluating methods to enhance reliability in LLM-generated responses. Unchecked hallucination remains a big problem in today’s Retrieval-Augmented Generation applications. This…
Typhoon Yagi collapses busy bridge in Vietnam
Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has killed at least 59 people since it made landfall in Vietnam.
Jumbo 50 basis points Fed rate cut should not raise alarm, analyst says
The U.S. Federal Reserve can afford to make a jumbo 50 basis points rate cut next week without spooking markets,…
Tech Summit 2024: Comprehensive Overview
Location, Date, and Organizer The Tech Summit 2024 will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley,…
EU’s ‘Draghi report’ warns weak growth threatens bloc’s geopolitical relevance and climate targets
The report lays out major challenges that the EU must address through a new industrial strategy, which would include reducing…
Is Reflection 70B the most powerful open-source LLM or a scam?
HyperWrite founder and CEO Matt Shumer announced that his new model, Reflection 70B, uses a simple trick to solve LLM…
European markets start the week on a positive note
European stocks were higher on Monday, shrugging off more negative sentiment on Wall Street and in Asia-Pacific markets.
9 Best AI Image Generators (Free And Paid)
AI image generators are transforming how we create visuals. Imagine being able to generate stunning images in seconds with just…
China’s property market has ‘not found a bottom’ yet, Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters says
Winters described the investing environment in China as “difficult,” explaining consumer confidence and international investor confidence was relatively low.
No cries or gurgles: The hospital ward filled with starving babies
Acute malnutrition, which has ravaged Afghanistan for decades, has reached an unprecedented level.
China’s CPI climbs 0.6% in August, missing expectations as transport, home goods prices fall
China on Monday reported its consumer price index rose by 0.6% year on year in August, missing expectations.
Nikkei leads losses in Asia, briefly falling 3% as markets decline after weak U.S. jobs data
Investors in Asia will assess Japan’s revised second-quarter GDP and look toward China’s August inflation data.
Venezuela’s González vows to ‘continue to fight’ for democracy
Spain has granted asylum to Edmundo González after he left his homeland on Saturday.
Is the video game industry facing an AI renaissance? What are the impacts?
Imagine playing the classic first-person shooter DOOM, but with a twist: the game isn’t running on code written by programmers. …
Python QuickStart for People Learning AI
A beginner-friendly guide Python has become the de facto programming language for AI and data science. Although no-code solutions exist,…
Many ‘doubted the vision’: Saudi investment minister touts ‘green shoring’ on path to diversification
Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih pushed back on skepticism of Riyadh’s economic diversification.
Three killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border
Israeli officials say a gunman approached from the Jordanian side and opened fire.
Yellen says U.S. economy remains solid, on path to ‘soft landing’ with no meaningful layoffs
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in August that the U.S. economy might be ready for an interest rate cut.
Venezuela’s opposition leader leaves country for Spain
The Venezuelan government says opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left for Spain.
CIA director saw ‘genuine risk’ of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons early in Ukraine war
CIA Director Williams Burns said the risk of escalation should not be taken lightly, but the U.S. should also not…
FBI busts $10 million AI music streaming scam run by a North Carolinia ‘musician’
Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina ‘musician’ with orchestrating an elaborate $10 million fraud scheme using AI-generated music. Michael…
Thousands protest over Macron’s choice of PM
Left-wing parties called for protests after Michel Barnier was appointed as prime minister on Thursday.