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Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate this week’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, as well as the research firm’s annual predictions list.  “It is clear that no matter where we go, we cannot avoid the impact of AI,” Daryl Plummer, distinguished vice president  analyst, chief of research and Gartner Fellow told attendees. “AI is evolving as human use… Read more

Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon Elite platforms for automotive applications at its Snapdragon Summit event today.Read More Read more

More than 115,000 files related to UN Women included detailed financial disclosures from organizations around the world—and personal details and testimonials from vulnerable individuals. Read more

Users can spread newly generated images out, compare them to older ones, resize and reorder them at will, and even combine two with AI.Read More Read more

INE Security offers essential advice to protect digital assets and enhance security. As small businesses increasingly depend on digital technologies to operate and grow, the risks associated with cyber threats also escalate. INE Security, a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring… Read more

The generative AI market has expanded exponentially, yet many existing models still face limitations in adaptability, quality, and computational demands. Users often struggle to achieve high-quality output with limited resources, especially on consumer-grade hardware. Addressing these challenges requires solutions that are both powerful and adaptable for a wide range of users—from individual creators to large… Read more

Absolution, the latest book in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, begins with a mysterious alligator experiment that seems to have gone wrong. Read the first two chapters here. Read more

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a growing area of research focused on improving the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) by incorporating external knowledge sources. This approach involves two primary components: a retrieval module that finds relevant external information and a generation module that uses this information to produce accurate responses. RAG is particularly useful in… Read more

Alignment with human preferences has led to significant progress in producing honest, safe, and useful responses from Large Language Models (LLMs). Through this alignment process, the models are better equipped to comprehend and represent what humans think is suitable or important in their interactions. But, maintaining LLMs’ advancement in accordance with these inclinations is a… Read more

The name might be a mouthful, but these are the best earbuds I’ve ever heard under $100. Read more