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AI: The Cure for Loneliness?

Experts divided on human-machine relationships: Embrace benefits vs. heed Hollywood warnings about AI relationships. Chatbots offer comfort, despite cautionary tales from movie 'Her'.

Scarlett Johansson vs AI: A Losing Battle?

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a more versatile and user-friendly large language model, showcasing its ability to interact in voice, text, and vision. The live event highlighted features like mid-sentence interruptions, low latency, and emotional sensitivity, with amusing interactions between tech bros and the machine.

FPOF: Unlocking the Secrets of Outliers

Outlier detector method supports categorical data, provides explanations for flagged outliers, emphasizing need for interpretability in outlier detection. Identifying errors, fraud, unusual records in various datasets crucial for practical applications in business, scientific discovery.

Enhancing Decision-Making with Additive Trees

Additive Decision Trees offer a more accurate and interpretable alternative to standard decision trees. They address limitations such as lack of interpretability and stability, providing a valuable tool for high-stakes and audited environments.

Boost Mixtral 8x7B Training with Expert Parallelism

Amazon SageMaker's new features enable efficient training of large MoE models like the Mixtral 8x7B, with expert parallelism improving computational efficiency by distributing expert subnetworks across multiple devices. This innovative approach addresses challenges like load balancing and high memory requirements, making training of large MoE models more cost-effective and scalable.

The Perfect Girlfriend: Hey, Zoey Review

Author Sarah Crossan explores love triangle with AI twist in new novel, featuring a customizable AI-enabled doll named Zoey. The story delves into human emotions through the lens of technology, reminiscent of classic tales like ETA Hoffmann's The Sandman.

Revolutionizing Digitalization with OpenUSD and Generative AI

SoftServe and Continental collaborate on Industrial Co-Pilot, using OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse to enhance maintenance workflows and increase productivity. The partnership integrates generative AI and 3D visualization, reducing maintenance effort by 10% and fostering cross-discipline collaboration for innovative industrial applications.

Consultant fined $6m for deepfaked Biden robocall

Political consultant Steve Kramer charged in New Hampshire for AI-generated impersonation of Biden in robocall urging residents not to vote in primary, fined $6m. The use of artificial intelligence to fake Biden's voice in the robocall before the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire sparked controversy.