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AI: A New Tool for Terrorist Recruitment and Funding

Counter-terrorism agencies are struggling to keep up with terrorist groups' use of digital tools for recruitment and financing. Jihadist organizations like Islamic State and al-Qaida are leveraging technology to spread tradecraft, leaving authorities playing catch up.

Revolutionizing MLOps with AWS AI/ML at Bayer Crop Science

Bayer Crop Science collaborates with farmers to scale regenerative agriculture, aiming to increase crop production by 50% by 2050. Using AWS services like SageMaker, they project up to a 70% reduction in developer onboarding time and up to a 30% improvement in productivity.

New Multimodal Embeddings Model on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Cohere's Embed 4 model on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart offers advanced multimodal capabilities for businesses, including leading multilingual support. Embed 4 simplifies processing complex documents with text, images, and more, empowering global enterprises to efficiently manage information in various languages.

Enhancing LLMs for Advanced Reasoning

MIT researchers show test-time training can improve large language models' adaptability, boosting accuracy by sixfold. This strategy enhances logical deduction skills, benefiting applications from medical diagnostics to supply chain management.

INRIX Transforms Transportation Planning with Amazon Bedrock

INRIX partners with AWS to leverage generative AI for efficient traffic management, accelerating planning with real-time data insights. INRIX Compass utilizes 50 PB data lake to determine safety measures for high-risk locations, revolutionizing risk assessment for transportation authorities.

The Power of Data in Politics

Data and politics are now inseparable, shaping campaigns and voter decisions. A course at MIT teaches students to analyze data for electoral insights, emphasizing the human element in politics.