Nestle CEO departure seen as ‘not such a bad thing’ for investors, analyst says
Nestle has replaced its CEO Mark Schneider with company veteran Laurent Freixe in a bid to shake up its fortunes.
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No longer a financial reservoir? Saudi Arabia’s spending confirms clear shift in strategy
The kingdom’s $925 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, saw its assets jump 29% in 2023 — and…
Four takeaways from Kamala Harris’s convention speech
The Vice-President hit the key notes her campaign wanted – but her vision for the future lacked detail.
What Nobody Tells You About RAGs
A deep dive into why RAG doesn’t always work as expected: an overview of the business value, the data, and…
DAI#53 – Wild pics, AI Swifties, and how to prove you’re human
Welcome to our weekly roundup of 100% human AI news. This week, an unfiltered Grok generated controversial images. You may…
Build private and secure enterprise generative AI applications with Amazon Q Business using IAM Federation
Amazon Q Business is a conversational assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) that enhances workforce productivity by answering questions…
Rattled Trump lashes out as DNC attacks throw him off message
The biggest concern for aides is keeping him focused on the issues and off controversial personal attacks.
Unleashing the power of generative AI: Verisk’s Discovery Navigator revolutionizes medical record review
This post is co-written with Sneha Godbole and Kate Riordan from Verisk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading strategic data…
Three things to look for in Harris’s convention speech
The BBC’s Katty Kay says the vice-president is not the strongest orator so must step up on the biggest stage.
Here’s everything to expect from Fed Chair Powell’s speech Friday in Jackson Hole
For all the attention being paid to the speech, the chances of it containing any new news seem remote.
Index your Atlassian Confluence Cloud contents using the Amazon Q Confluence Cloud connector for Amazon Q Business
Amazon Q Business is a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant designed to enhance enterprise operations. It’s a fully managed service…
Reinforcement Learning, Part 7: Introduction to Value-Function Approximation
Scaling reinforcement learning from tabular methods to large spaces Reinforcement learning is a domain in machine learning that introduces the concept…
Graph RAG — A conceptual introduction
Graph RAG — A Conceptual Introduction Graph RAG answers the big questions where text embeddings won’t help you. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has…
Body of UK tech tycoon recovered but daughter still missing
UK tycoon Mike Lynch’s body is recovered from the wreck of the yacht Bayesian, but his daughter Hannah is still…
Snowflake Arctic models are now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
This post is co-written with Matt Marzillo from Snowflake. Today, we are excited to announce that the Snowflake Arctic Instruct…
FDA approves updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines as virus surges; shots to be available within days
The Covid jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating…
Fine tune a generative AI application for Amazon Bedrock using Amazon SageMaker Pipeline decorators
Building a deployment pipeline for generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications at scale is a formidable challenge because of the complexities…
Andrew Tate put under house arrest as new charges emerge
The controversial influencer appeared in court in Romania as prosecutors investigate new allegations.
Mike Lynch, man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ dies at age 59
Mike Lynch, who had just recently won a landmark U.S. fraud trial, was found dead in the wreckage of a…
The Floyd-Warshall Algorithm From Graph Theory, Applied to Parsing Molecular Structures
Hands-on explanations assisted by simple JavaScript code Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Document Extraction is GenAI’s Killer App
Document Extraction Is GenAI’s Killer App The future is here and you don’t get killer robots. You get great automation for…
Peloton shares rise more than 25% as turnaround plan takes hold, losses shrink
Peloton has been working to generate free cash flow and return to profitability, and has made cuts to sales and…
LLM Agents, Text Vectorization, Advanced SQL, and Other Must-Reads by Our Newest Authors
If you’re a regular reader of the Variable, you might have noticed that we stress—every week—that TDS is always open…
Are Robots Better at Hiring Than Humans?
In a world where technology seems to be taking over every aspect of our lives, the question arises: Are robots…
Deutsche Bank shares rise 3% after settlement of bulk of claims in long-running Postbank suit
Deutsche Bank has reached a settlement with the bulk of claims in the Postbank suit, which have been hanging over…
Body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch retrieved from Sicily yacht wreckage
Lynch, who was reported missing Monday, was one of 22 passengers aboard the Bayesian superyacht, which capsized while anchored in…
‘Coach Walz’ rallies Democrats with personal pitch to middle America
The running mate of Kamala Harris told the Democratic convention that voters should back “the right team” and “turn the…
Bavarian Nordic shares pop over 12% on earnings beat, bumper mpox vaccine order
Shares of Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic jumped in early deals Thursday after reporting first-half earnings and a bumper mpox…
India walks a diplomatic tightrope, making friends with Ukraine while ally Russia watches on
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine on Friday is likely to be closely watched by both New Delhi’s…
The End of Required Work: Universal Basic Income and AI-Driven Prosperity
How a tax on AI work might let everyone share the imminent bounty from AI automation. Image created using GPT-4,…
Oprah makes surprise appearance at Democratic convention
The unannounced speech by the TV host hit back at Republican criticism of “childless cat ladies”.
Enhance call center efficiency using batch inference for transcript summarization with Amazon Bedrock
Today, we are excited to announce general availability of batch inference for Amazon Bedrock. This new feature enables organizations to…
Three things the Democrats have avoided so far at the DNC
What they have tried to avoid says as much about their weaknesses as what they choose to highlight, writes Anthony…
The Forgotten Guiding Role of Data Modelling
Getting to the bottom of what structuring your data responsibly really means Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Divers find five bodies in wreck of Sicily yacht
The grim discoveries come two days after the Bayesian sank in a freak storm off Sicily.
The AI-embedded Google Pixel 9: Smarter than ever, for better or worse
On August 21, 2024, Google unveiled its Pixel 9 series – a huge leap in AI-powered smartphones. As generative AI…
Obamas, dancing delegates and other takeaways from DNC day two
The former president and first lady aim jokes at Donald Trump – and rapper Lil Jon gets delegates on their…
Fed minutes point to ‘likely’ rate cut coming in September
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its July 30-31 policy meeting.
Analyze customer reviews using Amazon Bedrock
Customer reviews can reveal customer experiences with a product and serve as an invaluable source of information to the product…
Unlock the power of data governance and no-code machine learning with Amazon SageMaker Canvas and Amazon DataZone
Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it quick and convenient to catalog, discover, share, and govern data…
Leveraging Gemini-1.5-Pro-Latest for Smarter Eating
Learn how to use Google’s Germini-1.5-pro-latest model to develop a generative AI app for calorie counting Photo by Pickled Stardust on Unsplash…
OpenAI and Vogue publisher Condé Nast forge data partnership
OpenAI has reached a deal with Condé Nast and its prestigious portfolio of publications, including Vogue, The New Yorker, and…
‘Pick a number’: Strategist says the U.S. dollar will drift much lower against the Japanese yen
The U.S. dollar is likely to continue to drift lower against the Japanese yen over the coming months, according to…
China calls EU tariffs on EVs unfair, says it will take necessary measures to defend industry
Beijing said it continues to believe the EU’s probe into China’s subsidies for EVs are promoting unfair competition in the…
Authors sue Anthropic for using pirated books to train Claude
A group of authors filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic in a California court on Monday. The authors claim Anthropic…
Search for Sicily yacht passengers enters third day with tech tycoon Mike Lynch and 5 others missing
The ship was violently rocked by a storm around 4 a.m. local time Monday while it was anchored near the…
China’s new rules are worrying insiders about how far Beijing will go on controlling critical metals
New export controls have shaken the critical minerals industry. Insiders are worried that Beijing will leverage its global supply chain…
Barack and Michelle Obama electrify Democrats but warn of tight race
The couple lauded Kamala Harris but urged their party members to “get to work” if they wanted to defeat Donald…
Recent volatility spike was a ‘huge overreaction,’ but expect more ahead, UBS strategist says
The recent spike in volatility was an “overreaction,” UBS’ Gerry Fowler says, but more choppiness could be ahead.
3 AI Use Cases (That Are Not a Chatbot)
Feature engineering, structuring unstructured data, and lead scoring The most common request I’ve received from (AI consulting) clients is “Build me…