Tue.Nov 21, 2023

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Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil

Analytics Vidhya

In a surprising turn of events, Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, is poised to reclaim his position after a tumultuous boardroom coup that sent shockwaves through the company in last few days. The upheaval saw Altman ousted on Friday, only to witness an unexpected twist in the narrative. Altman’s Resurgence Amid Boardroom Chaos […] The post Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Level up your Kafka applications with schemas

IBM Journey to AI blog

Apache Kafka is a well-known open-source event store and stream processing platform and has grown to become the de facto standard for data streaming. In this article, developer Michael Burgess provides an insight into the concept of schemas and schema management as a way to add value to your event-driven applications on the fully managed Kafka service, IBM Event Streams on IBM Cloud ® What is a schema?

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Text-to-Image Revolution: Segmind’s SD-1B Model Emerges as the Fastest in the Game

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Segmind AI has proudly presented SSD-1B (Segmind Stable Diffusion 1B), a groundbreaking open-source text-to-image revolution of generative model. This lightning-fast model sets unprecedented speed, compact design, and high-quality visual outputs. Artificial intelligence has shown rapid strides in natural language processing and computer vision and has shown innovations that redefine the boundaries.

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AI and the Hollywood Strikes — What’s the Connection?

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The recent Hollywood strikes struck a chord with creative workers. It is a revolution begging for a seamless convergence of AI and human workforces without people being replaced. Writers and actors fear for their paychecks because of unethical AI employment in studios. They want productive conversations about responsible collaboration. The discourse provides an essential precedent for how companies should and should not employ AI in the future.

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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A Deep Dive into Qdrant, the Rust-Based Vector Database

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Vector Databases have become the go-to place for storing and indexing the representations of unstructured and structured data. These representations are the vector embeddings generated by the Embedding Models. The vector stores have become an integral part of developing apps with Deep Learning Models, especially the Large Language Models.

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Top 5 Stable Diffusion APIs for Easy App Integration

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction APIs are the way out in this era of Artificial Intelligence, where one of the significant challenges for businesses is managing the high computational requirements of AI models when integrating them into software and applications. The solution to this comes in the form of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). APIs save you from maintenance hassles, […] The post Top 5 Stable Diffusion APIs for Easy App Integration appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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O’Reilly “Generative AI in the Enterprise” 2023 Report

Unite.AI

In an era marked by rapid technological evolution, the landscape of artificial intelligence is undergoing a monumental shift, spearheaded by the advent and integration of generative AI. O'Reilly, a leading beacon in technology and business learning, has unveiled its 2023 Generative AI in the Enterprise Report, offering a comprehensive global survey that illuminates the current state of generative AI in the business world.

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Sam Altman to Spearhead AI Research at Microsoft

Analytics Vidhya

In a strategic move that’s set the tech world abuzz, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has pulled off a masterstroke by bringing on board Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, to join its ranks. This high-profile transition marks a significant shift in the AI landscape, with Altman set to lead Microsoft’s AI research team alongside Greg […] The post Sam Altman to Spearhead AI Research at Microsoft appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Unveiling Sensory AI: A Pathway to Achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Unite.AI

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, two significant areas stand at the forefront of innovation: Sensory AI and the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Sensory AI, an intriguing field in its own right, delves into enabling machines to interpret and process sensory data, mirroring human sensory systems. It encompasses a broad spectrum of sensory inputs — from the visual and auditory to the more complex tactile, olfactory, and gustatory senses.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Elon Musk Trolls His Way Into the OpenAI Drama

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Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI but left after his own failed coup. Now he has shared an unsigned letter containing unverified accusations against the recently fired CEO, Sam Altman.

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EUREKA: Human-Level Reward Design via Coding Large Language Models

Unite.AI

With the advancements Large Language Models have made in recent years, it's unsurprising why these LLM frameworks excel as semantic planners for sequential high-level decision-making tasks. However, developers still find it challenging to utilize the full potential of LLM frameworks for learning complex low-level manipulation tasks. Despite their efficiency, today's Large Language Models require considerable domain and subject expertise to learn even simple skills or construct textual prompts, c

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Elon Musk Trolls His Way Into the OpenAI Drama

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Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI but left after his own failed coup. Now he has shared an unsigned letter containing unverified accusations against the recently fired CEO, Sam Altman.

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Maximo Application Suite migration and modernization with Red Hat OpenShift on Azure

IBM Journey to AI blog

IBM ® Maximo ® has been a leading enterprise asset management solution in the industry for four decades, helping customers streamline work processes with a centralized platform for managing tasks, inventory, regulatory compliance and reporting capabilities. IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS), the next generation of IBM Maximo, delivers a better user experience, faster integration, robust AI analytics, and a broad range of cloud deployment options.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

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After an attempted coup by OpenAI’s board and several twists and turns, Altman is returning. Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days.

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NVIDIA Collaborates With Genentech to Accelerate Drug Discovery Using Generative AI

NVIDIA

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is pioneering the use of generative AI to discover and develop new therapeutics and deliver treatments to patients more efficiently. A new collaboration between Genentech, the biotechnology pioneer, and NVIDIA aims to transform the discovery and development of new medicines by bringing together experts from each company to optimize and accelerate Genentech’s proprietary algorithms.

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Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding

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Sam Altman attacked a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed about who should fill board vacancies open for months. Before Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI last week, he and the company’s board of directors had been bickering for more than a year.

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Creating a bespoke LLM for AI-generated documentation

databricks

We recently announced our AI-generated documentation feature, which uses large language models (LLMs) to automatically generate documentation for tables and columns in Unity.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes

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New York CNN — Sam Altman has agreed to return to lead OpenAI, the company said in a Tuesday post on X, just days after his surprise ouster as chief executive sparked an employee revolt that threatened to undermine what has been the leading company in the fledgling artificial intelligence …

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Stanford Researchers Innovate in Large Language Model Factuality: Automatic Preference Rankings and NLP Advancements for Error Reduction

Marktechpost

Researchers from Stanford University and UNC Chapel Hill address the issue of factually inaccurate claims, known as hallucinations, produced by LLMs. Without human labeling, the researchers fine-tune LLMs to enhance factual accuracy in open-ended generation settings. Leveraging recent innovations in NLP, they employ methods to assess factuality through consistency with external knowledge bases and use the direct preference optimization algorithm for fine-tuning.

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Sam Altman returns as OpenAI CEO after days of infighting at AI startup

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The move should quell an all-out employee revolt at the startup behind ChatGPT. Altman will report to a new board that includes former White House adviser Larry Summers. Sam Altman is back as the chief executive of OpenAI.

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How Scientists Are Using AI To Communicate With Other Species

Towards AI

Last Updated on November 22, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Andrew Akhigbe Originally published on Towards AI. Scientists can now use AI to make sense of the data deluge gotten from using enhanced sensors and microphones to monitor how animals communicate in the wild. I have compiled key insights on how humans could use digital technology, such as portable sensors and AI, to one day communicate with other species.Photo by Muhammad Nasir on Unsplash AI and advanced recording tech enable resear

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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OpenAI won the battle, but it may have lost the war

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Sam Altman, the poster boy for AI, was ousted from his company OpenAI. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images To the victor — Microsoft — go the spoils? The seismic shake-up at OpenAI has come as a shock to almost everyone. But the truth is, the company was probably always going to break. It was built on a fault line so deep and unstable that eventually, stability would give way to chaos.

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SenseTime Research Propose Story-to-Motion: A New Artificial Intelligence Approach to Generate Human Motion and Trajectory from a Long Text

Marktechpost

Artificial Intelligence is stepping into almost every industry. Creating natural human movement from a story has the power to completely transform the animation, video game, and film industries. One of the most difficult tasks is Story-to-Motion, which arises when characters must move through different areas and perform certain actions. Based on a thorough written description, this task requires a smooth integration between high-level motion semantic control and low-level control dealing with tr

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Sam Altman will return as OpenAI CEO, New board announced in a dramatic turnaround

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In a stunning reversal, OpenAI announced on Wednesday at 10:03 p.m. Pacific Time that Sam Altman, the former CEO who was fired from the company just five days prior, will return to his previous role. In addition, a new initial board has been introduced, signaling a major organizational shift.

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Top Important Computer Vision Papers for the Week from 13/11 to 19/11

Towards AI

Last Updated on November 22, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Youssef Hosni Originally published on Towards AI. Stay Relevant to Recent Computer Vision Research On a weekly basis, several top-tier academic conferences and journals showcased innovative research in computer vision, presenting exciting breakthroughs in various subfields such as image recognition, vision model optimization, generative adversarial networks (GANs), image segmentation, video analysis, and more.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO

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OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce …

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This AI Research Introduces BOFT: A New General Finetuning AI Method for the Adaptation of Foundation Models

Marktechpost

The recent developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence, especially the introduction of Large Language Models, have paved the way for AI in almost every domain. Foundation models, such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion, have remarkable generalization potential. However, training these models from scratch is a challenge because of the growing number of parameters.

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Stephen Fry Reads Nick Cave’s Stirring Letter About ChatGPT and Human Creativity: “We Are Fighting for the Very Soul of the World”

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Observers have expressed a variety of reactions to the organizational drama unfolding even now at OpenAI, the non-profit behind the enormously …

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