Understand REINFORCE, Actor-Critic and PPO in one go
Use the loss function of the Policy Gradient algorithm to understand REINFORCE, Actor-Critic, and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO). Continue reading…
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Frantic digging at scene of deadly Ethiopia landslides
Families dig with their bare hands for loved ones buried under the mud of landslides.
Mistral Large 2 is now available in Amazon Bedrock
Mistral AI’s Mistral Large 2 (24.07) foundation model (FM) is now generally available in Amazon Bedrock. Mistral Large 2 is…
LLM experimentation at scale using Amazon SageMaker Pipelines and MLflow
Large language models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success in various natural language processing (NLP) tasks, but they may not always…
Boosting Salesforce Einstein’s code generating model performance with Amazon SageMaker
This post is a joint collaboration between Salesforce and AWS and is being cross-published on both the Salesforce Engineering Blog…
Graphic footage shows US officers standing over body of Trump gunman
Bodycam video shows the immediate aftermath of the Trump shooting on the rooftop where the gunman was killed.
Netanyahu seeks to bolster US support with Congress speech
The address comes as the relationship between Israeli leaders and leading US Democrats has grown tense.
Meta releases Llama 3.1 models, sticks with open strategy
Meta has released its upgraded Llama 3.1 models in 8B, 70B, and 405B versions and committed to Mark Zuckerberg’s open…
Forecasting US GDP using Machine Learning and Mathematics
What can we learn from this modern problem? Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Motivation: why would we want to forecast US GDP?…
The Intersection of Memory and Grounding in AI Systems
Understanding the 4 key types of memory (short term, short long term, long term, and working) the methods of language…
Deutsche Bank snaps 15-quarter profit streak on Postbank lawsuit provision
Net loss attributable to shareholders was 143 million euros ($155.1 million), against an LSEG poll of analysts which had predicted…
Study: When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairness
Organizations are increasingly utilizing machine-learning models to allocate scarce resources or opportunities. For instance, such models can help companies screen…
Trump 2.0 could go ‘nuclear’ on China trade, while economists say Harris would remain tough
Economists and trade experts largely expect Trump would further cut and destabilize trade relations between the world’s two largest economies.
Kamala Harris slams Trump at first rally as he hits back
The Democratic White House candidate highlights her Republican opponent’s criminal conviction, while he portrays her as “radical left”.
Tesla reports 7% drop in auto revenue as earnings fall short of Wall Street estimates
Tesla reported a 7% decline in year-over-year automotive revenue for the second quarter, contributing to a drop in profit.
Spatial Index: Tessellation
Use of Tessellation for Spatial Indexing and how Uber H3 works Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Alphabet meets earnings expectations but misses on YouTube ad revenue
Google parent company Alphabet reported earnings after the bell.
Detect and protect sensitive data with Amazon Lex and Amazon CloudWatch Logs
In today’s digital landscape, the protection of personally identifiable information (PII) is not just a regulatory requirement, but a cornerstone…
Evolution of Data Science: New Age Skills for the Modern End-to-End Data Scientist
From Python scripting to data engineering, MLOps, and GenAI Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
MIT researchers advance automated interpretability in AI models
As artificial intelligence models become increasingly prevalent and are integrated into diverse sectors like health care, finance, education, transportation, and…
Senate probes OpenAI’s safety and governance after whistleblower claims
OpenAI has found itself at the center of a Senate inquiry following allegations of rushed safety testing. Five senators, led…
US Secret Service boss resigns over Trump shooting failures
Kim Cheatle had faced calls to resign for security failures ahead of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
AWS AI chips deliver high performance and low cost for Llama 3.1 models on AWS
Today, we are excited to announce AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia support for fine-tuning and inference of the Llama 3.1…
Event Study Designs: A Very Beginner’s Guide
Event Study Designs: A Beginner’s Guide What are they and what are they not In this article, I attempt to clarify…
What Google’s decision to keep cookies means for the internet
CNBC runs through what cookies are, and how Google’s decision to keep them will affect the internet and advertising industry…
Hungary stripped of EU meeting over Ukraine stance
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban sparked anger last week by accusing the EU of pursuing a “pro-war policy”.
Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies
As the name suggests, most electronic devices today work through the movement of electrons. But materials that can efficiently conduct…
Modi’s government pledges fiscal prudence in India’s post-election budget
India’s government promised spending on job creation but also called for fiscal prudence as it announced its financial budget on…
How Chat GPT-4o’s Audio Input Feature is Revolutionizing Smartphone Communication
Hey there! Last week, I found myself juggling a grocery list, my phone, and a fussy toddler. In that chaotic…
Google’s AI predicts weather using fraction of computing power
Google unveiled NeuralGCM, a hybrid weather prediction model that combines machine learning with traditional forecasting techniques and has surprising benefits.…
Spatial Index: Space-Filling Curves
Spatial Index and Space Filling Curves for Multi-dimensional data Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Hungary told it can’t host EU gathering after the latest clash with Putin ally over Ukraine
Hungary has been stripped of the right to host the next high-profile gathering of EU foreign ministers, marking the latest…
Function Calling: Fine-Tuning Llama 3 on xLAM
Fast and memory-efficient thanks to QLoRA Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Farnborough Air Show kicks off with $51 billion in deals as Airbus shows off new ultra long-haul jet
Airbus flew the A321XLR for the first time since it was certified, but its U.S. rival Boeing dominated on the…
Line By Line, Let’s Reproduce GPT-2: Section 1
Line-By-Line, Let’s Reproduce GPT-2: Section 1 This blog post will go line-by-line through the code in Section 1 of Andrej Karpathy’s…
Porsche shares fall 5% after automaker cuts 2024 outlook on aluminium alloy shortage
Shares in automaker Porsche fell on Tuesday after the company cut its 2024 outlook, citing a shortage of special aluminium…
Three Mind-Blowing Ideas in Physics: The Stationary Action Principle, Lorentz Transformations, and…
Three Mind-Blowing Ideas in Physics: The Stationary Action Principle, Lorentz Transformations, and the Metric Tensor How mathematical innovations yield increasingly more…
Large language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect them to
One thing that makes large language models (LLMs) so powerful is the diversity of tasks to which they can be…
Harris has enough support from delegates to be Democratic nominee
The vice-president received support from a majority of Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee.
Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO
It would have been Google’s largest ever acquisition, but the company has chosen to pursue an IPO rather than an…
Here’s why China was largely unaffected by Friday’s IT outage
While businesses in the U.S. and Europe woke up Friday to a global IT outage that disrupted airports and hotels,…
Has Kamala Harris got what it takes to beat Trump?
Becoming the Democratic nominee may be the easy part. The hard part will be taking on the Republican in November.
Undress.love Pricing, Features, Details, Alternatives
Undress.love is an AI-powered image manipulation tool designed to create deepfake images by removing clothing from photos. This web-based application…
Kamala Harris: From prosecutor to possible president
The vice-president is vying for the Democrats’ presidential nomination after Joe Biden left the race.
Lawmakers call on US Secret Service boss to resign
Both parties called on Kimberly Cheatle to resign during a bruising hearing about security lapses that led to the Trump…
AI model identifies certain breast tumor stages likely to progress to invasive cancer
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a type of preinvasive tumor that sometimes progresses to a highly deadly form of…
CrowdStrike shares tumble as fallout from global tech outage continues
A faulty CrowdStrike software update was still impacting computers on Monday. The incident could hurt signings, Guggenheim Securities analysts warned.
How to Switch from Data Analytics to Data Science – From a Big Tech Data Scientist
The only 5-steps roadmap you need. Your new career journey starts here! Continue reading on Towards Data Science »
Kamala Harris needs to win over her doubters and detractors, analysts say — and soon
With just over 100 days until the presidential election, Harris has to gain the Democrats’ official nomination and win over…
LLM refusal training easily bypassed with past tense prompts
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) found that writing dangerous prompts in the past tense bypassed…