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Incoherent AGI Hype Spurs An Industrywide Pivot To Hybrid AI
  Originally published in Forbes Recently on The Dr. Data Show,...
The AI Paradox: More Humanlike Means Less Autonomous
  Originally published in Forbes The AI executives are at...
How To Overcome The Confidence-Killer That Destroys Most Predictive AI Projects
  Originally published in Forbes When Henry Castellanos first presented...
You Must Address These 4 Concerns To Deploy Predictive AI
 Originally published in Forbes Most predictive AI projects fail to launch into production. The...

Archive for August, 2023

Meta Launches Own AI Code-Writing Tool: Code Llama

 Originally posted in The Verge, Aug 24, 2023. Meta said Code Llama will make it easier to finish code. Meta has released a tool called Code Llama, built on top of its Llama 2 large language model, to generate new code and debug human-written work, the company said. Code Llama will use the same community license as

Predictive Analytics for the Call Center

 So, you just received your shiny new smart watch. You’ve read the accompanying instructions, and are about to begin using your new device. But alas-there’s a problem. It won’t turn on. So, you play around with it...

Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music

 Originally published in Meta, Aug 2, 2023. Imagine a professional musician being able to explore new compositions without having to play a single note on an instrument. Or a small business owner adding a soundtrack to their...

Leveraging Transformers to Improve Product Retrieval Results

 Originally published in Amazon Science, Aug 3, 2023. Assessing the absolute utility of query results, rather than just their relative utility, improves learning-to-rank models. When a customer clicks on an item in a list of product-search results,...

What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks

 Originally published in IEEE Spectrum, July 30, 2023.  Five conclusions from an automation expert fresh off a stint with the U.S. highway safety agency. In 2016, just weeks before the Autopilot in his Tesla drove Joshua Brown to...

Meta Plans AI-Powered Chatbots to Boost Social Media Numbers

 Originally published in Ars Technica, Aug 1, 2023.   Amid competition from TikTok, Meta looks to the next frontier of user engagement. Meta is reportedly developing a range of AI-powered chatbots with different personalities, a move aimed at...