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SolarWinds: IT professionals want stronger AI regulation

AI News

A new survey from SolarWinds has unveiled a resounding call for increased government oversight of AI, with 88% of IT professionals advocating for stronger regulation. The study, which polled nearly 700 IT experts, highlights security as the paramount concern. An overwhelming 72% of respondents emphasised the critical need for measures to secure infrastructure.

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Vector Streaming: Memory-efficient Indexing with Rust

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Vector streaming in EmbedAnything is being introduced, a feature designed to optimize large-scale document embedding. Enabling asynchronous chunking and embedding using Rust’s concurrency reduces memory usage and speeds up the process. Today, I will show how to integrate it with the Weaviate Vector Database for seamless image embedding and search.

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Non-fiction books that explore AI’s impact on society 

AI News

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is code or technologies that perform complex calculations, an area that encompasses simulations, data processing and analytics. AI has increasingly grown in importance, becoming a game changer in many industries, including healthcare, education and finance. The use of AI has been proven to double levels of effectiveness, efficiency and accuracy in many processes, and reduced cost in different market sectors.

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Why data security is critical to AI

IBM Journey to AI blog

Data is the new oil. It fuels our economy and drives new technology—notably, generative AI. However, for AI to be widely adopted, it must be trustworthy and secure. As IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach Report shows, business disruptions push breach costs and regulatory fines to new heights, with the average cost of a data breach reaching USD 4.88 million.

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The AI Productivity Shift: Whats Working & Whats Next

85% of teams are using AI, but only 27% report clear productivity gains. Why? Because most are still stuck in surface-level adoption. In this expert panel, top voices in workplace strategy and remote innovation—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Phil Kirschner, Nadia Harris, and Eryn Peters—reveal how leading teams are cutting digital noise, training AI to fit their workflows, and building cultures that embrace change.

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Babbel Review: Why It Beats Duolingo for Serious Learners

Unite.AI

Have you ever found yourself stumbling over words in a foreign language, embarrassment bubbling up as you struggle to express a simple thought? You're not alone. Did you know that 75% of English speakers worldwide are non-native ? Language learning can often feel like an uphill battle, whether it's the sinking feeling when you can't find the right word, the frustration of being misunderstood due to pronunciation, or the awkwardness of navigating unfamiliar cultural norms.

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Cybord Secures $8.7M in Series A Funding to Revolutionize Electronics Manufacturing with Traceability

Unite.AI

Cybord , a company at the forefront of visual AI technology for electronic manufacturing, has raised $8.7 million in a Series A funding round. The funding, led by Capri Ventures with participation from Ocean Azul Partners, IL Ventures, and NextLeap Ventures, will enable Cybord to expand its operations and global reach, providing manufacturers with advanced tools to ensure the quality, authenticity, and traceability of electronic components.

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Understanding the Inevitable Nature of Hallucinations in Large Language Models: A Call for Realistic Expectations and Management Strategies

Marktechpost

Prior research on Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrated significant advancements in fluency and accuracy across various tasks, influencing sectors like healthcare and education. This progress sparked investigations into LLMs’ language understanding capabilities and associated risks. Hallucinations, defined as plausible but incorrect information generated by models, emerged as a central concern.

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Nabil Hannan, Field CISO at NetSPI – Interview Series

Unite.AI

Nabil Hannan is the Field CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) at NetSPI. He leads the company’s advisory consulting practice, focusing on helping clients solve their cyber security assessment and threat andvulnerability management needs. His background is in building and improving effective software security initiatives, with deep expertise in the financial services sector.

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The End of the Legal AI Pioneers + A New Beginning

Artificial Lawyer

‘Is this the end of the first legal AI pioneers?’ is a question you might well ask as the ink dries on Evisort’s agreement to sell to Workday.

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Speeding Robotics Automation with AI

The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.

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Upgrade Livestreams With Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting and the NVIDIA Encoder

NVIDIA

At TwitchCon — a global convention for the Twitch livestreaming platform—livestreamers and content creators this week can experience the latest technologies for accelerating creative workflows and improving video quality. That includes the beta release of Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting support for HEVC when using the NVIDIA encoder. Content creators can also use the NVIDIA Broadcast app, eighth-generation NVIDIA NVENC and RTX-powered optimizations in streaming and video editing apps to enhance th

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Preparing for AI

O'Reilly Media

AI is everywhere—we’re in a middle of a technology shift that’s as big (and possibly bigger) than the arrival of the web in the 1990s. Even though ChatGPT appeared almost two years ago, we still feel unprepared: we read that AI will change every job and we don’t know what that means or how to prepare. Here are a few ideas about preparing for that shift.

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Chinese Researchers: Starlink Signals Could Help Detect Stealth Aircraft

Extreme Tech

Thousands of communication satellites create a consistent electromagnetic backdrop for detecting stealthy objects.

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IBM + AWS: Transforming Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) with generative AI

IBM Journey to AI blog

Generative AI is not only changing the way applications are built, but the way they are envisioned, designed, tested, documented, and deployed. It’s also revolutionizing the software development lifecycle (SDLC). IBM and AWS are infusing Amazon Bedrock generative AI capabilities into the IBM® SDLC solution to drive increased efficiency, speed, quality and value in every application lifecycle consistently and at scale.

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Agentic AI Explained: Smarter Conversations, Better Experiences

AI has transformed how enterprises deliver customer service, enabling faster engagement, problem-solving, and cost savings. However, traditional AI Agents often rely on rigid conversation flows, risking customer trust when conversations stray from predefined paths. These limitations prevent businesses from fully realizing AI’s potential for cost-efficiency and productivity.

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[The AI Show Episode 115]: OpenAI o1, Google’s Insane NotebookLM Update, MAICON 2024 & OpenAI’s $150B Valuation

Marketing AI Institute

Our annual gathering, MAICON (Marketing AI Conference) has wrapped, and Paul and Mike dive into a bit of the key event takeaways, including an impromptu/modified closing keynote breaking down the Strawberry (OpenAI o1) launch. Also, OpenAI’s $150B valuation and Google’s Notebook LM update make for an exciting episode!

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Unifying Parameters Across Databricks

databricks

Today, we are excited to announce the support for named parameter markers in the SQL editor. This feature allows you to write parameterized.

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Google's NotebookLM: The AI Research Assistant That Talks Back

Marketing AI Institute

Google just dropped a game-changing update to NotebookLM, its AI-powered research tool. And it’s got people buzzing about the future of personalized learning and business research.

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Genetically Engineered 'Golden Lettuce' Could Bring 30x More Nutrients to Your Next Salad

Extreme Tech

The Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology wants your leafy greens—or golds—to pack some extra beta-carotene.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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OpenAI o1: What You Need to Know

Marketing AI Institute

OpenAI has released an initial version of its code-named “Strawberry” project—a new AI model that displays advanced reasoning.

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Top 10 AI and LLM Trends Transforming Marketing in 2024

Towards AI

Author(s): Mukundan Sankar Originally published on Towards AI. Discover the top 10 AI and LLM trends transforming marketing in 2024. Learn how AI-driven strategies like generative content, hyper-personalization, and predictive analytics are revolutionizing customer engagement and marketing effectiveness. This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium.

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HR Company Workday Buys CLM Evisort

Artificial Lawyer

Breaking News – Publicly-listed Workday, the HR platform, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Evisort. Workday will add AI-powered document intelligence solutions across its.

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IBM experts break down LLM benchmarks and best practices

IBM Journey to AI blog

On September 5, AI writing startup HyperWrite’s Reflection 70B, touted by CEO Matt Shumer as “the world’s top open-source model,” set the tech world abuzz. In his announcement on X, Shumer said it could hold its own against top closed-source models, adding that it “beats GPT-4o on every benchmark tested” and “clobbers Llama 3.1 405B.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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The PS5 Pro May Not Offer the Visual Upgrade We Wanted

Extreme Tech

An early analysis of demo footage shows heavy reliance on PSSR upscaling.

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AI That Thinks Before It Speaks — OpenAI “o1” Models

Towards AI

Last Updated on September 17, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Richard Warepam Originally published on Towards AI. What is OpenAI ‘o1’? How Does It Work? When To Use o1-preview & o1-mini? This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. If you are not a member, click here to read the full article. But as an appreciation, please don’t forget to 👏 clap if you had a good read.

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World's Fastest Memory Appears at 9,600MHz, 10,000MHz on the Way

Extreme Tech

These CUDIMMs could provide quite a performance boost to next-gen Intel systems.

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Solving Complex Business Problems with Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

Towards AI

Last Updated on September 17, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Shenggang Li Originally published on Towards AI. A Practical Exploration of MILP Applications: From Workforce Optimization to Financial Planning and Beyond This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium. Photo by Ruth H Curtis on Unsplash If you’re a hedge fund manager managing an investment portfolio, your goal is to maximize returns by year-end.

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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The power of personalization elevates the customer experience

SAS Software

Personalization has become the cornerstone of the customer journey. It’s the difference between a one-size-fits-all approach and a tailored experience that resonates on a personal level. These three organizations are mastering the art of delivering exceptional customer experiences with SAS® Customer Intelligence 360. The Nature Conservancy: Improving donor communications The [.

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NiNo: A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Accelerate Neural Network Training through Neuron Interaction and Nowcasting

Marktechpost

In deep learning, neural network optimization has long been a crucial area of focus. Training large models like transformers and convolutional networks requires significant computational resources and time. Researchers have been exploring advanced optimization techniques to make this process more efficient. Traditionally, adaptive optimizers such as Adam have been used to speed training by adjusting network parameters through gradient descent.

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Earth Is About to Gain a Tiny, Temporary Bonus Moon

Extreme Tech

The 33-foot-wide asteroid 2024 PT5 is here for a good time, not a long time.

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