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A man lost 100 pounds and kept them off by making two simple lifestyle changes

A man lost 100 pounds and kept them off by making two simple lifestyle changes

When Benji Xavier struggled to find clothes that fit him on a shopping trip in August 2021, he decided things needed to change.Xavier, 28, based in New Jersey, had always struggled with his weight and spent many years trying fad diets that left him miserable."I lost weight, but it wasn't in the healthiest way. I was kind of falling victim to that toxic diet culture," he told Business Insider.He's not alone: the US diet industry was estimated to be valued at more than $70 billion in 2023. However, attitudes toward weight loss appear to be shifting. The rise of GLP-1s…
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Lasso Security sets new standard in LLM safety with Context-Based Access Controls

Lasso Security sets new standard in LLM safety with Context-Based Access Controls

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More To scale up large language models (LLMs) in support of long-term AI strategies, enterprises are relying on retrieval augmented generation (RAG) frameworks that need stronger contextual security to meet the skyrocketing demands for integration. Protecting RAGs requires contextual intelligence However, traditional RAG access control techniques aren’t designed to deliver contextual control. RAG’s lack of native access control poses a significant security risk to enterprises, as it could allow unauthorized users to access sensitive information.   Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) lacks the…
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SoftBank Unveils $3.4 Billion Buyback Ahead of Next Big AI Bet

SoftBank Unveils $3.4 Billion Buyback Ahead of Next Big AI Bet

SoftBank Group Corp. announced a buyback worth up to ¥500 billion ($3.4 billion), following a month of sharp selloffs and pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management to bolster its stock price.The Tokyo-based technology investor plans to buy up to 6.8% of its free-floating outstanding shares in the year to August 7, 2025, according to a release Wednesday. The announcement comes after Elliott built a sizable stake in SoftBank this year and had pushed for a $15 billion buyback, people familiar with the matter said in June. Source link lol
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Convergence rates of stochastic gradient method with independent sequences of step-size and momentum weight

Convergence rates of stochastic gradient method with independent sequences of step-size and momentum weight

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Source link lol
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X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform

X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform

X, whose top executives have long railed against advertisers who fled the platform amid concerns over hate speech, is now also suing them. X has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and several of its members, including Mars, Unilever and CVS Health, CEO Linda Yaccarino said in an shared on X.According to Yaccarino, the group engaged in an “illegal boycott” of X. “The consequence - perhaps the intent - of this boycott was to seek to deprive X’s users, be they sports fans, gamers, journalists, activists, parents or political and corporate leaders, of the…
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Privacy-Safe Iris Presentation Attack Detection

Privacy-Safe Iris Presentation Attack Detection

arXiv:2408.02750v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper proposes a framework for a privacy-safe iris presentation attack detection (PAD) method, designed solely with synthetically-generated, identity-leakage-free iris images. Once trained, the method is evaluated in a classical way using state-of-the-art iris PAD benchmarks. We designed two generative models for the synthesis of ISO/IEC 19794-6-compliant iris images. The first model synthesizes bona fide-looking samples. To avoid ``identity leakage,'' the generated samples that accidentally matched those used in the model's training were excluded. The second model synthesizes images of irises with textured contact lenses and is conditioned by a given contact lens brand to…
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Mark Cuban says the 2024 election is coming down to Ivy League insiders versus outsiders

Mark Cuban says the 2024 election is coming down to Ivy League insiders versus outsiders

The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be a smackdown between Ivy League insiders and outsiders, "Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban said on Tuesday."This is the public school kids vs the Ivy League and it shows in how they all act," Cuban wrote in an X post after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate on the same day.Former President Donald Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1968. His running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, graduated from The Ohio State University in 2009 and Yale Law School…
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A Framework for Fine-Tuning LLMs using Heterogeneous Feedback

A Framework for Fine-Tuning LLMs using Heterogeneous Feedback

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Source link lol
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Philippine Fintech GCash Still Eyeing IPO After MUFG Investment

Philippine Fintech GCash Still Eyeing IPO After MUFG Investment

The Philippines’ top mobile payments provider GCash is still keen on going public after its latest investment round pushed the fintech company’s valuation to $5 billion.“We recognize that the new round of investments further strengthens Mynt’s ability and position coming into an IPO,” Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. CEO Martha Sazon said Wednesday. Globe Fintech, or Mynt, is the parent of GCash and the entity that will do the initial public offering. Source link lol
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