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Sora's AI Commercial Sparks Controversy at Toys “R” Us

Toys "R" Us partners with Native Foreign to create brand film using OpenAI's Sora text-to-video tool, showcasing founder's story. Sora generates AI video clips of realistic scenes and characters from text instructions, pushing boundaries of technology in commercial production.

Mastering Conversational Chatbots with LLMs - Part 1

Amazon Bedrock simplifies generative AI model selection by offering a range of high-performing FMs from top AI companies through a single API. RAG enhances content generation by incorporating retrieval, improving accuracy and informativeness, with key components like foundation models, vector stores, retrievers, and embedders.

Melissa Choi: Leading MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Melissa Choi named next director of MIT Lincoln Lab, succeeding Eric Evans after 18 years. Choi's appointment marks a new chapter in the Lab's history, emphasizing excellence in national security and impactful partnerships with MIT.

AI Outsmarts University Markers

University of Reading researchers use AI-generated exam answers to deceive professors, raising concerns about academic integrity in student assignments. Fake student identities submitted ChatGPT-4 generated answers, outperforming real students in online assessments.

Streamlining Derivative Confirms with AWS AI

AI/ML technologies can automate derivative trade settlement processes, improving efficiency and reducing errors in capital market operations. AWS AI services, including Amazon Textract and Serverless technologies, offer a scalable solution for intelligent document processing in the post-trade lifecycle.

Ruthless Gang's Crypto Theft Spree

24-year-old Remy Ra St. Felix led a violent gang targeting cryptocurrency savings, committing armed robberies, assaults, and even a kidnapping. Despite only stealing $150,000 in crypto, the gang inflicted harm on 11 victims across four US states, highlighting the dangers of physical crypto theft.

AI Al Michaels: Your Daily Olympics Recap

NBC plans to use AI-generated clone of Al Michaels' voice for daily Olympic recaps, sparking concerns about future sports commentators. Michaels, known for iconic calls since 1971, will narrate 2024 Summer Olympics on Peacock, despite being dropped from NFL coverage in 2023.

Living Human Skin Cells Create Smiling Robot

Researchers from University of Tokyo and Harvard create lifelike robotic skin with human cells, capable of conveying emotions. The study explores benefits of using living tissue for robot covering, emphasizing potential for self-repair.

Mastering Sales Prioritization

Companies can boost revenue growth by over 300% with Predictive Lead Scoring over traditional methods. Machine Learning prioritization is key for effective lead management and higher conversion rates.

Efficient Numeric Data Classification with C#

Article presents Nearest Centroid Classification for Numeric Data in Microsoft Visual Studio Magazine. Nearest centroid classification is easy, interpretable, but less powerful than other techniques, achieving high accuracy in predicting penguin species.

Revolutionizing AI: Matrix-Free LLMs

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, LuxiTech, and Soochow University have developed an AI language model without matrix multiplication, potentially reducing environmental impact and operational costs of AI systems. Nvidia's dominance in data center GPUs, used in AI systems like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, may be challenged by this new approach using custom-programmed FPGA chips.