Explore the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. From AI ethics to real-world applications, this category delivers insights that matter for today and tomorrow.
IBM today announced the release of Granite 4.0, the newest generation of its homemade family of open source large language models (LLMs) designed to balance high performance with lower memory and cost requirements. Despite being one of the oldest active…
Talk of AI is inescapable. It’s often the main topic of discussion at board and executive meetings, at corporate retreats, and in the media. A record 58% of S&P 500 companies mentioned AI in their second-quarter earnings calls, according to…
You’ve loaded your dataset and the distribution plots look rough.
When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure the English in his application was pitch-perfect. So he turned to ChatGPT. He was surprised to see that in addition to…
Selecting the right model is one of the most critical decisions in any machine learning project.
On Thursday, I published a story about the police-tech giant Flock Safety selling its drones to the private sector to track shoplifters. Keith Kauffman, a former police chief who now leads Flock’s drone efforts, described the ideal scenario: A security…
Usually shrouded in mystery at first glance, Python decorators are, at their core, functions wrapped around other functions to provide extra functionality without altering the key logic in the function being “decorated”.
Generative AI has enabled the production of child sexual abuse images to skyrocket. Now the leading investigator of child exploitation in the US is experimenting with using AI to distinguish AI-generated images from material depicting real victims, according to a…
Choosing the right text representation is a critical first step in any natural language processing (NLP) project.
Once reserved for police departments, Flock Safety is now offering its drones for private-sector security, the company announced today, including for businesses intent on curbing shoplifting. Companies in the US can now place Flock’s drone docking stations on their premises.…