Is AI going to upend the face of gambling? – AI News
23 May

Is AI going to upend the face of gambling? – AI News

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AI has made some – to put it mildly – big changes in our world in recent years, and although nobody can say for sure what it’s going to do next or what kind of impact it’s going to have on many aspects of our lives, people are eagerly looking out for those alterations (some with slight trepidation). What does it mean for those who love the buzz and thrill of the casino world? Precise predictions are, of course, challenging to make, but it’s likely that AI is going to make major alterations soon to the way the gambling world…
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Adobe Adds an AI-Powered Eraser to Lightroom
23 May

Adobe Adds an AI-Powered Eraser to Lightroom

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Photo bombing is dead. Adobe is adding an artificial-intelligence-powered Generative Remove feature to its Lightroom photo editor that makes it dead simple to zap out unwanted elements, like that annoying guy in the background. The new feature is in a public beta-testing phase, but it will work across the Lightroom ecosystem whether you're using the app on mobile, desktop, or web.Lightroom's Generative Remove uses Adobe's Firefly AI engine to smoothly replace unwanted elements. Simply paint over the area you want to remove and Lightroom will send that information to Adobe's Firefly servers, which then crunch the data and send it…
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RFK Jr. joins the meme-stock crowd — and plows $24,000 into GameStop in a show of support
23 May

RFK Jr. joins the meme-stock crowd — and plows $24,000 into GameStop in a show of support

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined the meme-stock movement — and shown he's serious by investing in GameStop.The political scion and presidential candidate threw his lot in with the "apes" in a X post this week and cheered on the retail investors seeking to level the playing field by reining in Wall Street. Kennedy also endorsed their calls for market transparency, stricter regulation and harsher penalties for bad behavior. "My administration will support the Ape retail rebellion and enact aggressive Wall Street reforms," he said.I’m very aware of what the average retail investor has been saying about the need for…
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Breaking Down Silos, Building Up Insights: Implementing a Data Fabric 
23 May

Breaking Down Silos, Building Up Insights: Implementing a Data Fabric 

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(amiak/Shutterstock) Data is the lifeblood of modern business, but for commercial-sized companies, managing and leveraging data can feel like navigating a maze. But what if there was a way to simplify the journey and unlock the full potential of a company’s data? Read on to learn how a data fabric can add value by maximizing the value of a company’s data infrastructure. Large, global enterprises have massive data teams set up to transfer and manage their data, using approaches like a data mesh. But commercial-sized companies are also dealing with more and more complex data landscapes, and finding that a…
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The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI
23 May

The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI

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Already facing scandal, the Washington Post's new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn around its dismal financial situation.As Semafor media industry editor Max Tani tweeted, Lewis told Post staffers today that the newspaper will be looking for ways to use AI in its reporting as it seeks to recoup some of the $77 million it lost last year."To speak candidly: We are in a hole, and we have been for some time," the CEO said, per an announcement. "This is all repairable, all doable, particularly if we do it…
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The Foundation Model Development Cheatsheet
23 May

The Foundation Model Development Cheatsheet

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The pace of foundation model releases and progress has continued to grow rapidly over the past few years, with many new models released from organizations of all kinds worldwide. In addition to releasing models themselves, it's also important to make the tools to create these models - large-scale training libraries, data processing and creation tooling, and more - widely available. In April 2023 we released the Pythia model suite, the first LLMs with a fully released and reproducible technical pipeline from start to finish. We are excited to see other organizations following suit, with the LLM360 project releasing Amber later…
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Data Machina #251
23 May

Data Machina #251

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Six Nerdy AI Activities for the Long W/E. I’ve just read that lots of AI engineers in the US are running the rate race, feeling burnout. Here in the European AI scene things are innately a bit more relaxed.Aah… A long bank holiday in London; so much stuff to do in this amazing city! But if you are feeling the AI FOMO kick and can’t survive a long weekend IRL, here are six AI activities for you:Generate comics with AI. I gave it a go, generated a few short comics, and having fun so far. The AI team at Bytedance…
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BeAble Capital invests €174K in Ecogranular’s wastewater treatment tech
23 May

BeAble Capital invests €174K in Ecogranular’s wastewater treatment tech

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Spanish private equity fund BeAble Capital has invested €174,000 in Ecogranular, a spin-off of the University of Granada, whose technology aims to transfer wastewater treatment, reducing the water footprint and operating expenses and raising the quality of our waters. One of the biggest challenges that cities face is to optimally manage wastewater treatment, minimising energy expenditure while reducing its impact on the environment.  Ecogranular has developed a new technology that, for the first time, allows granular biomass to be used continuously, which will greatly facilitate its implementation in water purification stations. The tech minimises the loss of biomass inside the…
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