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Unlocking AI Opportunities in Australia

Federal treasurer emphasizes need to address impact of AI on labor market in book with former NBN CEO, urging balance for worker benefit. 'Changing Jobs: The Fair Go in the New Machine Age' explores implications of rapid technological change for Australian workers.

Optimizing AI Workflows with Strands Agents SDK and Arize AX

Agentic AI applications based on large language models are unpredictable, leading to challenges like hidden failure modes and tool integration complexity. Arize AX helps organizations trace and evaluate AI agent tasks to ensure correctness and trustworthiness in agentic workflows.

In Memoriam: Margaret Boden

Margaret Boden, a cognitive scientist, delved into consciousness arising from biochemical interactions in the brain. She led the School of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Sussex, shaping the careers of prominent AI researchers.

Ofqual Boss Stands Firm

Ofqual's Ian Bauckham defends data on extra time in A-levels and GCSEs, clarifying misunderstood statistics. Bauckham blames misinterpretation, not errors, for the controversy surrounding the withdrawn information.

Modernizing Spring Boot with Amazon Q Developer CLI

Organizations can streamline legacy application containerization with automated tools, enhancing developer productivity and accelerating time-to-market. Amazon Q Developer CLI automates tasks, enhances understanding, and connects to external tools for smoother modernization processes.

Synthetic Data Generation with PyTorch for ML Regression

A neural network can generate synthetic data for machine learning regression, allowing for prediction of structured data. Using PyTorch, complex neural networks can approximate any continuous function, simplifying the process of creating training and test data.