Travel companies are integrating generative AI for virtual travel agents, enhancing customer experiences with personalized recommendations and efficient booking processes. Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock offer robust safeguards to mitigate risks and enable safe deployment of generative AI technologies, providing industry-leading safety protection and customization options for responsible AI pract...
Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, leads the fight against surveillance and data sharing. Organized Google walkouts in 2018 to protest state surveillance and sexual misconduct.
Proton, the secure email suite, transitions to a nonprofit foundation led by CEO Andy Yen. Foundation includes Sir Tim Berners-Lee, aims to prioritize people over profits.
AI is transforming drug discovery by helping scientists find cost-efficient molecules with desired properties. MIT's SPARROW algorithm streamlines synthesis planning, optimizing costs and experimental steps for new medicines, agrichemicals, and specialized materials.
AI-powered blood test predicts Parkinson's 7 years early, improving treatment research. Test could be available in NHS labs in 2 years.
AI Agent Capabilities Engineering Framework introduces a mental model for designing AI agents based on cognitive and behavioral sciences. The framework categorizes capabilities into Perceiving, Thinking, Doing, and Adapting, aiming to equip AI agents for complex tasks with human-like proficiency.
Runway introduces Gen-3 Alpha AI video synthesis model, rivaling OpenAI's Sora in quality and generating 10-second clips with improved consistency. Despite budget constraints, Runway impresses with visually stunning video creations from text prompts, showcasing significant advancements in visual fidelity.
Businesses can modernize document handling with intelligent automation on AWS, optimizing workflows and enhancing accuracy. AI can revolutionize financial processes by automatically extracting data from emails, reducing costs and improving efficiency.
80% of AI projects fail due to poor use cases or technical knowledge. Gen AI simplifies complexity, helping companies find valuable applications. "Paperclips & Friends" explores AI to tackle increasing customer support demands, highlighting the importance of measuring problem magnitude.
IMF report recommends fiscal policies to address AI carbon emissions. Generative AI advances at breakneck speed.
SoftBank is developing AI-powered "emotion-canceling" tech to alter angry customer voices for calmer calls with customer service. The project aims to reduce operator stress, with plans for launch by March 2026, sparking mixed reactions online.
Name entity recognition (NER) extracts entities from text, traditionally requiring fine-tuning. New large language models enable zero-shot NER, like Amazon Bedrock's LLMs, revolutionizing entity extraction.
McDonald’s ends AI chatbot drive-thru test after wrong order viral videos raise concerns. Over 100 US locations to remove automated order systems.
Africa's potential in AI and green jobs shines, but global support is crucial, says Prof Patrick Verkooijen, new Chancellor of University of Nairobi. With vast natural resources and a young population, Africa's promise is undeniable as it heads towards being home to one in four people globally by 2050.
Explaining data normalization and encoding for machine learning algorithms, including Euclidean distance computation. Demonstrates manual and programmatic methods, showcasing a general normalize-and-encode program in C#.