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Consumers don’t like AI, and it’s a big problem for advertisers

Consumers don’t like AI, and it’s a big problem for advertisers

Advertisers love talking about AI, but they face a big problem: consumers are suspicious of the tech and don't want to be bombarded with messaging about it.This issue was on full display at the Olympics, where Google face-planted with an ad for its Gemini AI tool. The "Dear Sydney" ad, which showed a dad using AI to help his daughter write a letter to her athlete idol, sparked widespread backlash, leading Google to pull the spot. In a statement, Google said it was trying to show AI's ability to enhance human creativity rather than replace it, but critics derided it…
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MTN, IHS Reopen Talks to Resolve Stand-Off on Governance Issues

MTN, IHS Reopen Talks to Resolve Stand-Off on Governance Issues

MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest wireless carrier by footprint, agreed to reopen talks with top continental tower operator IHS Holdings Ltd. in a bid to resolve governance issues that have placed a wedge between the companies for more than a year. MTN, which is IHS’s biggest shareholder, has sought voting rights in line with the 26% economic interest it owns in the tower company and wants more power to nominate board members, which IHS has pushed back on. Following a breakthrough in commercial talks that saw MTN and IHS renew tower leases of 26,000 sites across six African markets, negotiations…
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EclipseNETs: a differentiable description of irregular eclipse conditions

EclipseNETs: a differentiable description of irregular eclipse conditions

[Submitted on 9 Aug 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled EclipseNETs: a differentiable description of irregular eclipse conditions, by Giacomo Acciarini and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:In the field of spaceflight mechanics and astrodynamics, determining eclipse regions is a frequent and critical challenge. This determination impacts various factors, including the acceleration induced by solar radiation pressure, the spacecraft power input, and its thermal state all of which must be accounted for in various phases of the mission design. This study leverages recent advances in neural image processing to develop fully differentiable models of eclipse regions…
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Scientists find evidence of liquid water deep underneath the Martian surface

Scientists find evidence of liquid water deep underneath the Martian surface

Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere. The scientists have found evidence of liquid water deep in its outer crust, based on their analysis of data provided by NASA's Mars Insight Lander. Specifically, they analyzed four years' worth of ground motions recorded by the lander's seismometer. By looking at seismic velocities, or how fast seismic waves travel on the planet, they were able to determine the materials that the waves moved through. What they found was that Mars' mid-crust has fractured igneous rocks…
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RSL-BA: Rolling Shutter Line Bundle Adjustment

RSL-BA: Rolling Shutter Line Bundle Adjustment

arXiv:2408.05409v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The line is a prevalent element in man-made environments, inherently encoding spatial structural information, thus making it a more robust choice for feature representation in practical applications. Despite its apparent advantages, previous rolling shutter bundle adjustment (RSBA) methods have only supported sparse feature points, which lack robustness, particularly in degenerate environments. In this paper, we introduce the first rolling shutter line-based bundle adjustment solution, RSL-BA. Specifically, we initially establish the rolling shutter camera line projection theory utilizing Pl"ucker line parameterization. Subsequently, we derive a series of reprojection error formulations which are stable and efficient. Finally,…
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Airbnb’s ongoing battle with hotels for travelers has taken a noticeable turn

Airbnb’s ongoing battle with hotels for travelers has taken a noticeable turn

Hello there! The iPhone 16 isn't even out yet, but we're already hearing rumors about the iPhone 17 lineup. Apple is reportedly working on an "Air" model that has gotten the Ozempic treatment and slimmed down considerably.In today's big story, Airbnb said its struggles are tied to consumers spending less, but it's also because they're opting for hotels instead.What's on deck:But first, let's just book a hotel.If this was forwarded to you, sign up here.The big storyPlenty of vacancy iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI Airbnb took a noticeable step back in its ongoing battle with hotels.The short-term rental giant's stock is down…
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Investigating Instruction Tuning Large Language Models on Graphs

Investigating Instruction Tuning Large Language Models on Graphs

arXiv:2408.05457v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Inspired by the recent advancements of Large Language Models (LLMs) in NLP tasks, there's growing interest in applying LLMs to graph-related tasks. This study delves into the capabilities of instruction-following LLMs for engaging with real-world graphs, aiming to offer empirical insights into how LLMs can effectively interact with graphs and generalize across graph tasks. We begin by constructing a dataset designed for instruction tuning, which comprises a diverse collection of 79 graph-related tasks from academic and e-commerce domains, featuring 44,240 training instances and 18,960 test samples. Utilizing this benchmark, our initial investigation focuses on identifying…
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El precio del software libre para un programador

El precio del software libre para un programador

Este post se escribió el 16 de enero de 2015 y como entonces, 6 años después los razonamientos siguen siendo los mismos. A menudo mantenemos la relación (incluso en el mundillo de la informática) de Software Libre igual a GRATIS, oigo multitud de clientes que me comentan "Usa software libre que es gratis y así abaratamos". Por lo general la forma de discutir esto siempre comienza por Libre es distinto de GRATIS, y que viene de una mala traducción de la palabra FREE en Free Software, la denominación en inglés. Pero aún así, cuando pensamos en Software Libre, pensamos en…
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How Energy Trader Arnold Wound Up on Meta’s Board

How Energy Trader Arnold Wound Up on Meta’s Board

Billionaire philanthropist and former energy trader John Arnold was elected to the Meta board of directors in February 2024. In this interview for "Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein" at an event for law firm Baker Botts, Arnold outlines the challenges that the surging demand for artificial intelligence poses to the energy infrastructure. This interview was recorded May 3. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link lol
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