Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are constructing datacentres in water-scarce regions worldwide, potentially exacerbating existing water scarcity issues. With support from Donald Trump, the tech giants plan to expand their operations, raising concerns about the impact on local populations.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of $1.5tn Medicare and Medicaid agency, suggests AI models may surpass human doctors. Oz emphasizes cost efficiency and patient preference for AI avatars in healthcare.
Bank of England warns of AI programs potentially manipulating markets for profit, citing risks in a report on autonomous systems. AI's ability to exploit opportunities raises concerns for banks and traders, according to the financial policy committee.
IEA predicts surge in AI energy needs, but downplays climate impact. By 2030, US data processing for AI may surpass energy use in heavy industries.
Catboost introduces a new method of calculating the Target Statistic for categorical variables, avoiding issues like sparsity and memory problems. By replacing one-hot encoding with a smoothed average, Catboost provides a practical solution for real-world tasks.
Organizations turn to synthetic data to navigate privacy regulations and data scarcity in AI development. Amazon Bedrock offers secure, compliant, and high-quality synthetic data generation for various industries, addressing challenges and unlocking the potential of data-driven processes.
Donald Trump signs executive orders to boost coal industry, sparking environmentalist backlash over impact on climate change. Environmentalists criticize move as regressive, claiming it will increase costs for consumers and hinder progress towards cleaner energy sources.
ML models need to run in a production environment, which may differ from the local machine. Docker containers help ensure models can run anywhere, improving reproducibility and collaboration for Data Scientists.
Transformer-based LLMs have advanced in tasks, but remain black boxes. Anthropic's new paper on circuit tracing aims to reveal LLMs' internal logic for interpretability.
Australian team revives US composer Alvin Lucier, sparking AI authorship debate. Eerie symphony plays without musicians, only a fragment of a performer remains.
Amazon Bedrock offers high-performing foundation models and end-to-end RAG workflows for creating accurate generative AI applications. Utilize S3 folder structures and metadata filtering for efficient data segmentation within a single knowledge base, ensuring proper access controls across different business units.
Amazon Bedrock now offers prompt caching with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Haiku and Claude 3.7 Sonnet models, reducing latency by up to 85% and costs by 90%. Mark specific portions of prompts to be cached, optimizing input token processing and maximizing cost savings.
Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) use AI to predict home values, but uncertainty can lead to costly mistakes. AVMU quantifies prediction reliability, aiding smarter decisions in real estate purchases.
NVIDIA highlights physical AI advancements during National Robotics Week, showcasing technologies shaping intelligent machines across industries. IEEE honors NVIDIA researchers for groundbreaking work in scalable robot learning, real-world reinforcement learning, and embodied AI.
John Hinkley compares AI to a piano in creative industries. Reform UK leaflet grumbles about bin collection, prompting nerdish suggestions.