Author: Hunter
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What is Machine Learning (ML)?
In today’s digital age, we are surrounded by enormous amounts of data, from social media interactions to e-commerce transactions and medical records. Making sense of this data to derive meaningful insights is a significant challenge. Traditional programming methods often fall short when dealing with complex and dynamic datasets, making manual rule-based systems inefficient. For instance,… Read more
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OpenBMB Just Released MiniCPM-o 2.6: A New 8B Parameters, Any-to-Any Multimodal Model that can Understand Vision, Speech, and Language and Runs on Edge Devices
Artificial intelligence has made significant strides in recent years, but challenges remAIn in balancing computational efficiency and versatility. State-of-the-art multimodal models, such as GPT-4, often require substantial computational resources, limiting their use to high-end servers. This creates accessibility barriers and leaves edge devices like smartphones and tablets unable to leverage such technologies effectively. Additionally, real-time… Read more
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I test robot vacuums for a living, and this one has the most useful cleaning feature I’ve seen yet
Although the Narwal Flow does not have robotic limbs, it promises to be one of the best cleaners on the market this year. Read more
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Your APIs are a Security Risk: How to Secure Your Data in an Evolving Digital Landscape
Cloud computing and AI technologies have revolutionized how businesses operate. Both technologies provide higher levels of flexibility and scalability. Cloud-based infrastructures allow organizations to innovate faster. AI enables advanced data analysis and automation. But both technologies also introduce significant risk. A lot of this risk is due to the more data reliance at the network’s… Read more
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Four challenges with ERP vendor-led AI roadmaps and how to solve them
CIOs have a tough balance to strike: On one hand, they’re tasked with maintaining a large number of applications – research from Salesforce shows that in 2023 organizations were using 1,061 different applications – in varying stages of age, all the while maintaining interoperability and security and reducing overall spend. On the other hand, they must… Read more
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Meet VideoRAG: A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Framework Leveraging Video Content for Enhanced Query Responses
Video-based technologies have become essential tools for information retrieval and understanding complex concepts. Videos combine visual, temporal, and contextual data, providing a multimodal representation that surpasses static images and text. With the increasing popularity of video-sharing platforms and the vast repository of educational and informational videos available online, leveraging videos as knowledge sources offers unprecedented… Read more
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OpenAI’s agentic era begins: ChatGPT Tasks offers job scheduling, reminders and more
OpenAI will let some users schedule task reminders on ChatGPT, a sign the company may be readying itself to release an agent.Read More Read more
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Bridging the IT skills gap, Part 1: Assessing current strategies and introducing GenAI as a unified solution
With advanced technologies like AI transforming the business landscape, IT organizations are struggling to find the right talent to keep pace. The gap between emerging technological capabilities and workforce skills is widening, and traditional approaches — such as hiring specialized professionals or offering occasional training — are no longer sufficient as they often lack the… Read more
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You Have NASA to Thank for Wireless Headphones and Vacuum Cleaners
The space agency’s Spinoff project displays the countless everyday technologies that were spurred by space-related research. Read more
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OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R Review: Fast and Smooth
The OnePlus 13 sets the stage for a feisty battle for the smartphone crown in 2025. Read more