Adopting & Scaling AI, a Beginner’s Guide to Prompt Engineering, and Pretraining Large Language Models

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4 min readJul 27, 2023

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5 Concerns Surrounding the Scaling and Adoption of AI

From privacy and data security to job displacement and more, these are five concerns that people have about AI right now.

A Beginner’s Guide to Prompt Engineering

Ready to make the most out of your generative AI assistants? Use this guide to get started with your prompt engineering skills!

Choosing a Data Lake Format: What to Actually Look For

The differences between many data lake products today might not matter as much as you think. When choosing a data lake, here’s something else to consider.

8 Modern Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Gaming

Whether it’s through generating custom characters or by making unique soundtracks, there are plenty of ways that people are using artificial intelligence in gaming now.

Emily Webber of AWS on Pretraining Large Language Models

Celebrating the recent release of her popular book, Pretrain Vision and Large Language Models in Python, we spoke to Emily Webber of AWS about LLMs and AI advancements in this interview.

5 Ways to Create a Responsible and Effective AI-Driven Culture in Your Organization

From identifying business needs and assuring your employees that AI won’t replace them, here are a few ways that you can create an AI-driven culture with your team.

What Can AI Teach Us About Data Centers? Part 3: Economic, Political, and Environmental Concerns, and New Developments

Several political, economic, and environmental issues about data centers are controversial. Data scientists and business leaders should consider these before investing.

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New AI-Powered SQL Expert Builds SQL Queries in Seconds

A new app called AIHelperBot is selling itself as an AI-powered SQL expert that can build SQL queries in a matter of seconds.

New App Creates Short Episodes of South Park Using Generative AI

A new app called Showrunner AI allows users to create short episodes of South Park using generative AI from single prompt highlights.

Major Tech Companies Such as Google and OpenAI Pledge AI Safety Commitments

Last week, major tech companies such as Google and OpenAI made voluntary pledges to AI safety to the White House.

A Team Out of Australia Wins Grant to Merge AI With Human Brain Cells

An Australian team out of Monash University and Cortical Labs has won a grant to merge AI with human brain cells.

The United Nations Security Council Meets Due to AI Risks

The United Nations Security Council had its first meeting to discuss the risks of AI as the United States and China have expressed concerns.

An Army of Authors are Urging AI Companies to Stop Training Models With Their Work

Thousands of authors have signed a letter asking that AI companies stop using their work to train models without their consent.

First Talks Announced for ODSC APAC 2023

Covering topics like building a data-driven workforce and full-stack machine learning, these are a few can’t-miss sessions coming to ODSC APAC this August.

Announcing the First Training Sessions Coming to ODSC APAC 2023

With topics like full-stack machine learning and big data analysis, these are a few can’t-miss training sessions coming to ODSC APAC this August.

Get Pumped For ODSC West 2023 With Highlights from Last Year!

See what to expect from ODSC West 2023 this October 30th to November 2nd by checking out the top-rated sessions from ODSC West 2022 here.

Video of the Week: Unlock geospatial insights with address validation, geocoding & data enrichment APIs

Learn what industry-standard APIs are available to provide you with location-based data for improved decision-making, enhanced customer experience, and efficient business processes. Instead of building your own API capabilities, work with Precisely and leverage our address validation, geocoding, geospatial, and data enrichment APIs.

Upcoming Webinars:

Spatial Data Science for Climate Risk Analytics

Tue, Aug 1, 2023 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

In this webinar, we will harness spatial data coming from multiple sources to create composite scores that can describe the climate risk associated with different assets, from people to infrastructure. All of this will be done within the CARTO cloud-native environment.

Enhanced Fine-tuning (using PEFT) of Open Source Pre-trained LLMs for Q&A and Summarization Tasks

Thu, Aug 3, 2023 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

This talk is intended to guide attendees on the path of fine-tuning large pre-trained models such as HuggingFace’s Transformers (Falcon-40B), specifically focusing on question-answering and text summarization tasks.

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