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How to Implement Identity Verification using Amazon Rekognition

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In today’s digital landscape, adhering to Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations is paramount for businesses operating within financial services, online marketplaces, and other sectors requiring user identification. Traditionally, KYC processes have relied on manual document verification, a time-consuming and error-prone approach. This guide delves into how Amazon Rekognition, a powerful cloud-based AI service by […] The post How to Implement Identity Verification using Am

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AI in HR: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges

Unite.AI

It’s no secret that LLMs are transforming virtually every industry—and HR is no exception. But, the journey into AI integration is fraught with extremes. On one end lies a cautious approach, rooted in a philosophy of “safety-ism,” which advocates for a slow embrace of AI due to perceived risks. The potential issue here is failure to adapt risks obsolescence in a rapidly changing business environment, which can set you back vis-a-vis the competition.

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Ahead of the curve: How generative AI is revolutionizing the content supply chain

IBM Journey to AI blog

The global adoption of generative AI is upon us, and it’s essential for marketing organizations to understand and play in this space to stay competitive. With content demands expected to grow in the next few years, organizations need to create more content at a faster pace to meet customer expectations and business needs. Knowing how to manifest these improvements is not always clear: Enter generative AI and the content supply chain.

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Stanhope raises £2.3m for AI that teaches machines to ‘make human-like decisions’

AI News

Stanhope AI – a company applying decades of neuroscience research to teach machines how to make human-like decisions in the real world – has raised £2.3m in seed funding led by the UCL Technology Fund. Creator Fund also participated, along with, MMC Ventures, Moonfire Ventures and Rockmount Capital and leading angel investors. Stanhope AI was founded as a spinout from University College London, supported by UCL Business, by three of the most eminent names in neuroscience and AI research – CEO P

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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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Celebrating the women of IBM AI Ethics

IBM Journey to AI blog

For more than 100 years, IBM’s founding principles have inspired efforts to promote equality, fairness and inclusion in the workplace and society. The company has lived the value of “respect for the individual” by championing employment practices that reward ability over identity and that make work more attainable for all. In 1935, approximately twenty years after IBM was founded, it began hiring women into professional roles.

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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Journey to AI blog

As the effects of climate change intensify, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. The US experienced 25 extreme weather events in 2023, each causing losses of over USD 1 billion, with a total cost of USD 73.8 billion. These climate events have a huge potential impact on financial institutions. In 2021, large-scale floods affected the European countries of Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, causing USD 43 billion worth of damage in addition

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DynamiCrafter: Animating Open-domain Images with Video Diffusion Priors

Unite.AI

Computer vision is one of the most exciting and well-researched fields within the AI community today, and despite the rapid enhancement of the computer vision models, a longstanding challenge that still troubles developers is image animation. Even today, image animation frameworks struggle to convert still images into their respective video counterparts that display natural dynamics while preserving the original appearance of the images.

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Explaining complex information to patients

Ehud Reiter

Around 20 years ago, I was asked for a long-term “grand challenge” vision, and suggested building systems that helped members of the public understand complex information about themselves, especially medical information. The focus was on making data understandable and accessible to a wide range of people, including those who struggled with information graphics.

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Meet Devika: An Open-Source AI Software Engineer that Aims to be a Competitive Alternative to Devin by Cognition AI

Marktechpost

Tackling complex coding tasks in software development can be a daunting challenge. Many developers struggle to understand high-level instructions, conduct thorough research, and write code to achieve specific objectives. This process often requires significant time and effort, leading to project completion delays and inefficiencies in development workflows.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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NVIDIA Blackwell and Automotive Industry Innovators Dazzle at NVIDIA GTC

NVIDIA

Generative AI , in the data center and in the car, is making vehicle experiences safer and more enjoyable. The latest advancements in automotive technology were on display last week at NVIDIA GTC , a global AI conference that drew tens of thousands of business leaders, developers and researchers from around the world. The event kicked off with NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote , which included the announcement of the NVIDIA Blackwell platform — purpose-built to power a new era of AI

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Researchers from Imperial College and GSK AI Introduce RAmBLA: A Machine Learning Framework for Evaluating the Reliability of LLMs as Assistants in the Biomedical Domain

Marktechpost

As advanced models, large Language Models (LLMs) are tasked with interpreting complex medical texts, offering concise summaries, and providing accurate, evidence-based responses. The high stakes associated with medical decision-making underscore the paramount importance of these models’ reliability and accuracy. Amidst the increasing integration of LLMs in this sector, a pivotal challenge arises: ensuring these virtual assistants can navigate the intricacies of biomedical information witho

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Sora: First Impressions

OpenAI

We have gained valuable feedback from the creative community, helping us to improve our model.

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How do ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs Work?

Marktechpost

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Google’s Bert, Gemini, Claude Models, and others have emerged as central figures, redefining our interaction with digital interfaces. These sophisticated models, powered by transformer architectures, mimic human-like responses and demonstrate a great ability to generate creative content, engage in complex conversations, and even solve intricate problems.

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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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Sun Hurls Severe Geomagnetic Storm Earth's Way

Extreme Tech

The worst of the storm's communications disruptions are thought to be over, but the aurora borealis could be visible from the northern half of the US Monday night.

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A Study by Google DeepMind on Evaluating Frontier Machine Learning Models for Dangerous Capabilities

Marktechpost

Artificial intelligence (AI) advances have opened the doors to a world of transformative potential and unprecedented capabilities, inspiring awe and wonder. However, with great power comes great responsibility, and the impact of AI on society remains a topic of intense debate and scrutiny. The focus is increasingly shifting towards understanding and mitigating the risks associated with these awe-inspiring technologies, particularly as they become more integrated into our daily lives.

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EXCLUSIVE: Watch This Clip From the New IMAX Film ‘Deep Sky’ About the James Webb Space Telescope

Extreme Tech

The upcoming IMAX documentary will illuminate the production and deployment of NASA's incredible James Webb Space Telescope and show its stunning images.

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MathVerse: An All-Around Visual Math Benchmark Designed for an Equitable and In-Depth Evaluation of Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs)

Marktechpost

The performance of multimodal large Language Models (MLLMs) in visual situations has been exceptional, gaining unmatched attention. However, their ability to solve visual math problems must still be fully assessed and comprehended. For this reason, mathematics often presents challenges in understanding complex concepts and interpreting the visual information crucial for solving problems.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Samsung to Battle Nvidia in 2025 With Its New Mach-1 AI Chip

Extreme Tech

The company is pouring billions into R&D with plans to disrupt the AI market in the near future.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: OpenEvidence Launches Medical AI API for Enhanced Clinical Solutions

Marktechpost

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) transforms every facet of our lives, a groundbreaking achievement in the medical field stands out: OpenEvidence, a pioneering medical AI developed under the auspices of Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate, has set a new standard by scoring above 90% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). This remarkable accomplishment showcases AI’s potential in medicine and heralds a new era of clinical decision-making supported by advanced tec

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The Windows Format Dialog Remains Unchanged After 30 Years

Extreme Tech

Microsoft vet Dave Plummer says he wrote the Format tool 30 years ago as a temporary solution.

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This AI Paper Introduces SafeEdit: A New Benchmark to Investigate Detoxifying LLMs via Knowledge Editing

Marktechpost

As Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, LLaMA, and Mistral continue to advance, concerns about their susceptibility to harmful queries have intensified, prompting the need for robust safeguards. Approaches such as supervised fine-tuning (SFT), reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), and direct preference optimization (DPO) have been widely adopted to enhance the safety of LLMs, enabling them to reject harmful queries.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.

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China Is Building a Giant Electromagnetic Railgun to Launch Spacecraft

Extreme Tech

The railgun could completely replace the first-stage booster for orbital launches.

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Transforming High-Dimensional Optimization: The Krylov Subspace Cubic Regularized Newton Method’s Dimension-Free Convergence

Marktechpost

Searching for efficiency in the complex optimization world leads researchers to explore methods that promise rapid convergence without the burdensome computational cost typically associated with high-dimensional problems. Second-order methods, such as the cubic regularized Newton (CRN) method, have been celebrated for their swift convergence. However, their application becomes less feasible as the problem’s dimensionality increases, primarily due to the significant memory and computational

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Archaeologists Find Preserved Remains of 3,000-Year-Old Village in England

Extreme Tech

The village was engulfed by fire back in 850 B.C., but many of its artifacts are still intact.

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Enhancing User Agency in Generative Language Models: Algorithmic Recourse for Toxicity Filtering

Marktechpost

Generative Language Models (GLMs) are being increasingly integrated into various sectors, including customer service and content creation, which necessitates maintaining a balance between moderation and freedom of expression. Hence, the need for a sophisticated approach to moderating potentially harmful content while preserving linguistic diversity and inclusiveness has never been more critical.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Best practices for building secure applications with Amazon Transcribe

AWS Machine Learning Blog

Amazon Transcribe is an AWS service that allows customers to convert speech to text in either batch or streaming mode. It uses machine learning–powered automatic speech recognition (ASR), automatic language identification, and post-processing technologies. Amazon Transcribe can be used for transcription of customer care calls, multiparty conference calls, and voicemail messages, as well as subtitle generation for recorded and live videos, to name just a few examples.

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China Bans CPUs From Intel, AMD in Government Computers

Extreme Tech

The move is reminiscent of US moves to reduce its reliance on chips made in Taiwan in favor of US-made products.

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PySpark in 2023: A Year in Review

databricks

With the releases of Apache Spark 3.4 and 3.5 in 2023, we focused heavily on improving PySpark performance, flexibility, and ease of use.

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