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Mastering ML Responsibly with Sebastian Raschka

Sebastian Raschka, a pioneer in AI education, shares 13 key lessons for mastering machine learning: start simple, embrace change, and leverage large language models responsibly. His advice emphasizes patience, intuition, and staying focused to build a solid foundation in this rapidly evolving field.

Small Nuclear Reactors: A Solution for Extreme Weather?

Scientists stress need to cut CO2 emissions amid increasing severity of natural disasters. AI systems' energy demand set to soar, prompting interest in green solution of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) ordered by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta.

The Employees: Monumental Event Theatre

In London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, 'The Employees' explores human existence in a sci-fi dystopia on an orbiting spaceship. Based on Olga Ravn's novel, the immersive experience challenges traditional theatre norms with audience interaction and a mysterious bureaucratic power.

Mastering the Large Language Model

Learn to build LLMs with the LLM Scientist and Engineer course, covering architecture, tokenization, attention mechanisms, and sampling techniques. Pre-training models require massive datasets and careful curation for optimal performance.

Art for All: Breaking Barriers

NALA, founded by Benjamin Gulak ’22, disrupts the art world by connecting artists directly with buyers through a digital platform. The company aims to dismantle traditional gallery barriers, offering a larger pool of artwork and personalized recommendations.

Transforming the World with Algorithms and AI

Manish Raghavan at MIT aims to enhance AI for social good, tackling bias in hiring and improving medical decision-making algorithms. With a focus on societal impact, Raghavan's research seeks to address long-standing problems using algorithmic decision-making and AI.

Decoding NeRF: A 12-step Visual Journey

NeRF is a cutting-edge method for rendering 2D images from 3D scenes, using an overfitted MLP to compress scene information. It significantly reduces storage requirements and allows for image generation from any viewing direction.

Predicting AWS Network Traffic with GraphStorm

The AWS global backbone network enables reliable service delivery across 34 Regions, 600 CloudFront POPs, and more. AWS uses GML framework GraphStorm to predict and mitigate network congestion risks, addressing complex network management challenges.

AutoWise Companion: Empowering Informed Automotive Buyers

HCLTech's AutoWise Companion uses AI to simplify vehicle purchasing decisions for customers and improve data analysis for manufacturers. The solution extracts insights from diverse data sources, providing personalized recommendations and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Rolls-Royce's Bet on Small Modular Reactors

British firm leads push for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as faster, cost-effective alternative to large Hinkley Point C plant. SMRs offer quicker, cheaper construction compared to the delayed and expensive Hinkley project.

Novelists Slam Government for AI Theft

Kate Mosse and Richard Osman criticize Labour's plan allowing AI companies to mine artistic works, warning it could stifle creativity and amount to theft. Keir Starmer endorses a 50-point action plan to boost UK as an AI superpower, including changes to technology firms' use of copyrighted text and data.