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Efficient Email Classification with Amazon Bedrock

Foundation models (FMs) are surpassing supervised learning in text classification tasks, with benefits like rapid development and extensibility using Amazon Bedrock. Travelers and GenAIIC collaborated to build an FM-based classifier for automating service request emails, saving thousands of hours with 91% accuracy.

AI vs Software Engineering: Unveiling the Key Differences

AI projects differ from traditional software development in their iterative approach, emphasizing discovery and adaptation. The AI development lifecycle includes problem definition, data preparation, model development, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.

Free AI Model from OpenAI

OpenAI responds to cheaper Chinese rival with free o3-mini AI model for ChatGPT users, following DeepSeek's unexpected success. Users can access the new AI model without charge, but with usage limits, in response to increased competition.

DeepSeek: Revolutionizing AI - Listen Now!

Chinese AI company DeepSeek's new chatbot rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT with superior performance and efficiency, causing a stir in US tech stocks. The Guardian explores DeepSeek's breakthrough, addressing security, censorship, and the impact on the US AI industry.

Unveiling E-commerce Inequality

A 6-year Shopify case study reveals the delicate balance between product focus and diversification for optimal business success. Learn how understanding concentration in your product portfolio impacts crucial decisions, with practical strategies and interactive visualizations provided.

Unveiling RAG: Revolutionizing Content Generation

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhances generative AI with specific data sources, improving accuracy and trustworthiness. RAG helps models provide authoritative answers, clear ambiguity, and prevent incorrect responses, revolutionizing user trust.

Unlocking Keir Starmer's Economic Potential: The Stephen Collins Cartoon

Tesla's new self-driving technology, Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, has been met with mixed reviews, with some testers reporting significant improvements in performance and others highlighting safety concerns. The FSD beta represents a significant step forward in autonomous driving technology, but questions remain about its reliability and potential risks.

SoftBank Eyes $25bn Investment in OpenAI

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI, becoming largest financial backer of ChatGPT startup. Potential $15-25bn deal with San Francisco-based company reported by Financial Times.

Unleashing Hidden Patient Insights with AI and Amazon Bedrock

Aetion leverages real-world data to uncover hidden insights with Smart Subgroups and generative AI, transforming patient journeys into evidence. Aetion's use of Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude 3 LLMs enables users to interact with Smart Subgroups using natural language queries, accelerating hypothesis generation and evidence creation.

Maximizing Accuracy: Pruning MNIST Data for 99%

Data-centric AI can create efficient models; using just 10% of data achieved over 98% accuracy in MNIST experiments. Pruning with "furthest-from-centroid" selection strategy improved model accuracy by selecting unique, diverse examples.