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5 ways AI is showing promise as a decision-maker

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs and others in the C-suite are already seeing payoffs from using AI to automate myriad types of business tasks and workflows. Now they’re eyeing a next-phase opportunity—relying on machine intelligence to handle complex decisions. “If you look at the advances we have seen in AI, with the large amounts of data that large language models can process, we can safely hand off various decisions to machines,” says Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO & SVP of IT at Freshworks.

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A Deep Dive into Qdrant, the Rust-Based Vector Database

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Vector Databases have become the go-to place for storing and indexing the representations of unstructured and structured data. These representations are the vector embeddings generated by the Embedding Models. The vector stores have become an integral part of developing apps with Deep Learning Models, especially the Large Language Models.

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Your Black Friday observability checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

Black Friday—and really, the entire Cyber Week—is a time when you want your applications running at peak performance without completely exhausting your operations teams. Observability solutions can help you achieve this goal, whether you’re a small team with a single product or a large team operating complex ecommerce applications.

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Decoding the Data-Driven Journey: Insights from Paisabazaar’s CEO 

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In this episode of Leading with Data, Kunal Jain engages in a conversation with Naveen Kukreja, CEO of Paisabazaar. Unveil the secrets behind Naveen’s remarkable career, from navigating the banking and financial services domains to pioneering data-centric strategies in India’s evolving digital landscape. Join us as we decode the transformative power of data in […] The post Decoding the Data-Driven Journey: Insights from Paisabazaar’s CEO appeared first on An

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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5 Free Courses to Master Generative AI

KDnuggets

Generative AI is an exciting and fast-moving area of research and application. Check out these 5 courses to get up to speed and stay ahead of the curve.

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7 steps for turning shadow IT into a competitive edge

CIO Business Intelligence

Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. But for a select few, the deeper challenges of departmental technologies being funded, procured, and managed without IT involvement are the missed opportunities to better engage and fulfill departmental technology needs.

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Enhancing Podcast Accessibility: A Guide to LLM Text Highlighting

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Imagine loving a podcast and wishing to remember the best bits, but it’s all sound, no text. What do you do? That’s where cool tools like LLMs and Audio-to-Text translators step in. They magically turn spoken words into written notes, letting you easily pick out the gems and create handy bullet points. So, your […] The post Enhancing Podcast Accessibility: A Guide to LLM Text Highlighting appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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A Comprehensive List of Resources to Master Large Language Models

KDnuggets

Large Language Models (LLMs) have now become an integral part of various applications. This article provides an extensive list of resources for anyone interested to dive into the world of LLMs.

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6 most underhyped technologies in IT — plus one that’s not dead yet

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI and, more specifically, ChatGPT captivated the corporate world in 2023, with board directors, CEOs, and other executives fawning (and sometimes fearing) the technology. Their enthusiasm is justified, with multiple studies finding that AI is delivering strong value and returns on investment. IBM, for one, found that the average ROI on enterprise-wide AI initiatives at 5.9% with best-in-class companies “reaping an enviable 13% ROI.

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Enhance query performance using AWS Glue Data Catalog column-level statistics

AWS Big Data

Today, we’re making available a new capability of AWS Glue Data Catalog that allows generating column-level statistics for AWS Glue tables. These statistics are now integrated with the cost-based optimizers (CBO) of Amazon Athena and Amazon Redshift Spectrum , resulting in improved query performance and potential cost savings. Data lakes are designed for storing vast amounts of raw, unstructured, or semi-structured data at a low cost, and organizations share those datasets across multiple depart

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil

Analytics Vidhya

In a surprising turn of events, Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, is poised to reclaim his position after a tumultuous boardroom coup that sent shockwaves through the company in last few days. The upheaval saw Altman ousted on Friday, only to witness an unexpected twist in the narrative. Altman’s Resurgence Amid Boardroom Chaos […] The post Altman is Back: OpenAI’s CEO Triumphs Over Boardroom Turmoil appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Tackle computer science problems using both fundamental and modern algorithms in machine learning

KDnuggets

Master algorithms, including deep learning like LSTMs, GRUs, RNNs, and Generative AI & LLMs such as ChatGPT, with Packt's 50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Most CIOs recognize the advantages of cloud, the global reach it provides, and the ease with which services can be scaled up and back down again. “Cloud is scalable IT infrastructure that enables organizations to respond quickly to market changes, support business growth, and minimize disruptions,” says Swati Shah, SVP and CIO of US markets at TransUnion, the Chicago-based IT services and consulting company.

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Why Do AI Startups Have High Failure Rates?

Smart Data Collective

AI technology has been one of the most disruptive technological changes of the past couple of years. One forecast reports that the market for AI will be worth over $594 billion by 2032. The growing number of people using AI services such as ChatGPT is a testament to how influential AI has become.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Elevate User Experience: Implementing OpenAI Assistant API for Interactive Chatbots

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction With the introduction of ChatGPT and the GPT 3 models by OpenAI, the world has shifted towards using AI-integrated applications. In all the day-to-day applications we use, from e-commerce to banking applications, AI embeds some parts of the application, particularly the Large Language Models. One among them is the OpenAI Assistant API, i.e., chatbots. […] The post Elevate User Experience: Implementing OpenAI Assistant API for Interactive Chatbots appeared first on Analytics Vi

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Create Stunning Data Viz in Seconds with ChatGPT

KDnuggets

Data scientists love it! See how ChatGPT creates jaw-dropping data viz with just a few words - it's almost unfair how easy it is.

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Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

CIO Business Intelligence

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. And like the Holy Grail, it has been elusive. But based on our work with companies from a range of industries, we think we may have figured out a way to do it that could work. In 2020, McKinsey surveyed 440 large companies about their “ developer velocity” — meaning the practices that best tap the full potential of development talent.

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Enhance monitoring and debugging for AWS Glue jobs using new job observability metrics

AWS Big Data

For any modern data-driven company, having smooth data integration pipelines is crucial. These pipelines pull data from various sources, transform it, and load it into destination systems for analytics and reporting. When running properly, it provides timely and trustworthy information. However, without vigilance, the varying data volumes, characteristics, and application behavior can cause data pipelines to become inefficient and problematic.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.

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Mastering the Art of Data Science Strategy: A Conversation with AI Visionary Vin Vashishta

Analytics Vidhya

Dive into the transformative world of data science with Analytics Vidhya’s groundbreaking series Leading With Data. In this exclusive interview from the series, Kunal Jain, CEO of Analytics Vidhya, engages in a riveting conversation with Vin Vashishta, a distinguished AI leader. Unveil the secrets of Vin’s journey, marked by a strategic shift from technical roles […] The post Mastering the Art of Data Science Strategy: A Conversation with AI Visionary Vin Vashishta appeared fir

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5 Free Courses to Master Machine Learning

KDnuggets

Are you excited to learn about and build machine learning models? Start learning today with these free machine learning courses.

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The $400 billion opportunity for AI in customer service

CIO Business Intelligence

Not all AI-powered customer service chatbots are created equal—or created well. Take AVA, the AI-infused customer support bot that AirAsia introduced in 2019. AVA racked up nearly as many customer complaints as case resolutions, forcing AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes to admit earlier this year that AVA was Southeast Asia’s “most hated AI chatbot.” AVA, of course, is not the only sad sack in the chatbot universe.

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How to build a successful talent management strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

Advanced organizations know their greatest assets are their employees. However, keeping employees happy and engaged can be challenging, especially when considering available resources and the need to meet other organizational goals. An organization is only as strong as its talent pool, so organizations have increasingly embraced talent management as a core component of their overarching strategy.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Beyond Q-Star: OpenAI’s AGI breakthrough possible with PPO

Analytics Vidhya

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) captivates the AI realm, symbolizing systems surpassing human capabilities. OpenAI, a pivotal AGI researcher, recently transitioned from Q* to focus on Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO). This shift signifies PPO’s prominence as OpenAI’s enduring favorite, echoing Peter Welinder’s anticipation: “Everyone reading up on Q-learning, Just wait until they hear about PPO.” In […] The post Beyond Q-Star: OpenAI’s AGI breakt

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How To Write Efficient Python Code: A Tutorial for Beginners

KDnuggets

Are you a programmer looking to get better at Python? Learn some of Python’s features that’ll help you write more elegant and Pythonic code.

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Generative AI’s most noble mission: Improving and saving lives

CIO Business Intelligence

Michael J. Fox says it perfectly: “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” That’s exactly how I feel. As a technology professional, seeing how artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI/large language models can improve and save lives makes me think about the significant difference this can have on families and communities worldwide–including mine.

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Level up your Kafka applications with schemas

IBM Big Data Hub

Apache Kafka is a well-known open-source event store and stream processing platform and has grown to become the de facto standard for data streaming. In this article, developer Michael Burgess provides an insight into the concept of schemas and schema management as a way to add value to your event-driven applications on the fully managed Kafka service, IBM Event Streams on IBM Cloud ® What is a schema?

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Entity Resolution: Your Guide to Deciding Whether to Build It or Buy It

Adding high-quality entity resolution capabilities to enterprise applications, services, data fabrics or data pipelines can be daunting and expensive. Organizations often invest millions of dollars and years of effort to achieve subpar results. This guide will walk you through the requirements and challenges of implementing entity resolution. By the end, you'll understand what to look for, the most common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid, and your options.

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Text-to-Image Revolution: Segmind’s SD-1B Model Emerges as the Fastest in the Game

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Segmind AI has proudly presented SSD-1B (Segmind Stable Diffusion 1B), a groundbreaking open-source text-to-image revolution of generative model. This lightning-fast model sets unprecedented speed, compact design, and high-quality visual outputs. Artificial intelligence has shown rapid strides in natural language processing and computer vision and has shown innovations that redefine the boundaries.

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Hardware-Accelerated AI for Windows Apps Using ONNX RT

KDnuggets

The Qualcomm AI Stack now supports ONNX RT and allows for hardware-accelerated AI in Windows on Snapdragon apps. Windows on Snapdragon is the next generation Windows platform, built on years of evolution in mobile compute.

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Air Force CDAIO Eileen Vidrine on leading top-flight AI operations

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is transforming the ways in which we do virtually everything. That includes how the United States fights wars, monitors threats, and safeguards the national defense. The role of AI has become so critical to military strategy and capability that the US Air and Space Forces appointed its first chief artificial intelligence officer this year.

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Introducing persistent buffering for Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion

AWS Big Data

Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion is a fully managed, serverless pipeline that delivers real-time log, metric, and trace data to Amazon OpenSearch Service domains and OpenSearch Serverless collections. Customers use Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion pipelines to ingest data from a variety of data sources, both pull-based and push-based. When ingesting data from pull-based sources, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon MSK using Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion, the source handles the data

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Scan to Success: How to Leverage QR Codes for Offline and Online Marketing Power

Speaker: Corey Daugherty, Head of Business Development at Flowcode & Georgette Malitsis, Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Flowcode

Let's explore the transformative power of QR codes in bridging offline and online marketing worlds. 📲 This new webinar featuring Corey Daugherty and Georgette Malitsis of Flowcode will dive into how innovative QR technology not only enhances traditional marketing strategies, but also drives meaningful customer engagement and analytics. Register today to gain practical knowledge on using QR codes to increase conversion rates, optimize customer journeys, and ultimately unlock a new realm o