Cost and model complexity remain barriers to enterprise AI, IBM finds

Cost and model complexity remain barriers to enterprise AI, IBM finds

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More There is no one large language model (LLM) to rule them all, at least not according to enterprise IT leaders surveyed by IBM. That finding is part of a new report released today by the IBM Institute for Business Value, titled “The CEO’s Guide to Generative AI: AI Model Optimization.” The report is based on a survey of U.S.-based executives collaborating with Oxford Economics. According to IBM, the report aims to provide CEOs with actionable insights to make informed decisions about…
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Navigating The Tech Job Hunt: Insights From Startup Strategies

Navigating The Tech Job Hunt: Insights From Startup Strategies

Transitioning into the tech industry from a nontechnical background can be challenging. However, by learning from the startup world, you can navigate your job search more effectively. Startup founders excel in building trust, networking and personal branding — skills that are directly applicable to job hunting. Here’s how you can leverage these strategies to find the right job in a tech company. 1. Building trust: The foundation of fundraising and job hunting In the startup ecosystem, angel investors value trust immensely. They invest based on their confidence in the entrepreneur, often built through personal connections and credibility. Similarly, as a…
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Embedding Space Selection for Detecting Memorization and Fingerprinting in Generative Models

Embedding Space Selection for Detecting Memorization and Fingerprinting in Generative Models

arXiv:2407.21159v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, generative models such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Diffusion Models have become cornerstone technologies, driving innovation in diverse fields from art creation to healthcare. Despite their potential, these models face the significant challenge of data memorization, which poses risks to privacy and the integrity of generated content. Among various metrics of memorization detection, our study delves into the memorization scores calculated from encoder layer embeddings, which involves measuring distances between samples in the embedding spaces. Particularly, we find that the memorization scores calculated from layer embeddings…
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AI Safety in Practice: Enhancing Adversarial Robustness in Multimodal Image Captioning

AI Safety in Practice: Enhancing Adversarial Robustness in Multimodal Image Captioning

arXiv:2407.21174v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal machine learning models that combine visual and textual data are increasingly being deployed in critical applications, raising significant safety and security concerns due to their vulnerability to adversarial attacks. This paper presents an effective strategy to enhance the robustness of multimodal image captioning models against such attacks. By leveraging the Fast Gradient Sign Method (FGSM) to generate adversarial examples and incorporating adversarial training techniques, we demonstrate improved model robustness on two benchmark datasets: Flickr8k and COCO. Our findings indicate that selectively training only the text decoder of the multimodal architecture shows performance comparable to…
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APTNESS: Incorporating Appraisal Theory and Emotion Support Strategies for Empathetic Response Generation

APTNESS: Incorporating Appraisal Theory and Emotion Support Strategies for Empathetic Response Generation

arXiv:2407.21048v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Empathetic response generation is designed to comprehend the emotions of others and select the most appropriate strategies to assist them in resolving emotional challenges. Empathy can be categorized into cognitive empathy and affective empathy. The former pertains to the ability to understand and discern the emotional issues and situations of others, while the latter involves the capacity to provide comfort. To enhance one's empathetic abilities, it is essential to develop both these aspects. Therefore, we develop an innovative framework that combines retrieval augmentation and emotional support strategy integration. Our framework starts with the introduction of…
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We asked Mark Cuban how he’s going to disrupt Big Pharma. He said it’s pretty straightforward, actually.

We asked Mark Cuban how he’s going to disrupt Big Pharma. He said it’s pretty straightforward, actually.

In early 2022, Cuban founded Cost Plus Drugs, a discount pill-mailing service that promised to take some of the bloat out of America's pharmaceutical system by delivering drugs to consumers at lower, more transparent price points.Here's how it works: Cost Plus Drugs, as the name implies, gets drugs directly from manufacturers, cutting out the pharmaceutical middlemen and their extra costs. You pay a 15% markup to Cost Plus Drugs, plus a fixed $5 for labor on each medication and $5 for shipping. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty Images Typically, drug pricing is clear as mudTake Viagra, for example. How much will a…
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OpenAI vows to provide the US government early access to its next AI model

OpenAI vows to provide the US government early access to its next AI model

OpenAI will give the US AI Safety Institute early access to its next model as part of its safety efforts, Sam Altman has revealed in a tweet. Apparently, the company has been working with the consortium "to push forward the science of AI evaluations." The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has formally established the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute earlier this year, though Vice President Kamala Harris announced it back in 2023 at the UK AI Safety Summit. Based on the NIST's description of the consortium, it's meant "to develop science-based and empirically backed guidelines and standards for AI…
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Sybill’s AI reads customer behavior to automate sales workflows

Sybill’s AI reads customer behavior to automate sales workflows

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Enterprises want to accelerate their sales, but more often than not, the reps responsible for talking to customers and converting them are bogged down with tedious administrative tasks. Today, Sybill, a startup solving this problem with a novel AI assistant, announced it has raised $11 million in Series A funding from Greycroft, Neotribe Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures and Uncorrelated Ventures. While there are plenty of vendors that operate in the coveted “conversation intelligence” space, allowing account executives to automate tasks and better…
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