Nvidia: World’s most valuable company under French antitrust fire

Nvidia: World’s most valuable company under French antitrust fire

Nvidia recently overtook Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company and is now in the crosshairs of French antitrust regulators. The French authority is preparing to charge Nvidia with anti-competitive practices as part of the EU’s commitment to maintaining checks and balances within the industry.  This development underscores the EU’s resolve to ensure fair competition and prevent market dominance from stifling innovation and consumer choice. Let’s recall Nvidia’s meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the tech industry. Founded in 1993, the US-based giant has grown from a graphics chip manufacturer to a leader in AI, data centres, and autonomous vehicles.…
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MentalAgora: A Gateway to Advanced Personalized Care in Mental Health through Multi-Agent Debating and Attribute Control

MentalAgora: A Gateway to Advanced Personalized Care in Mental Health through Multi-Agent Debating and Attribute Control

arXiv:2407.02736v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As mental health issues globally escalate, there is a tremendous need for advanced digital support systems. We introduce MentalAgora, a novel framework employing large language models enhanced by interaction between multiple agents for tailored mental health support. This framework operates through three stages: strategic debating, tailored counselor creation, and response generation, enabling the dynamic customization of responses based on individual user preferences and therapeutic needs. We conduct experiments utilizing a high-quality evaluation dataset TherapyTalk crafted with mental health professionals, shwoing that MentalAgora generates expert-aligned and user preference-enhanced responses. Our evaluations, including experiments and user studies,…
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Researcher Studying Married Men With AI Girlfriends

Researcher Studying Married Men With AI Girlfriends

A sociologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is studying the artificial intimacy afforded to humans by AI chatbots — including for people who have IRL marriages.In an interview with NPR, MIT researcher Sherry Turkle said that she's interested in "machines that say, 'I care about you, I love you, take care of me.'"Certain humans have long developed intimate connections with inanimate objects, with Turkle examining similar phenomena since the 1990s with interactive toys like Tamagotchis and Furbies. But recent advances have put intimate relationships with AI into overdrive.To Turkle's mind, the feelings people have for their AI companions present a curious…
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Advantech launches ROM-6881: Versatile SMARC 2.1 module

Advantech launches ROM-6881: Versatile SMARC 2.1 module

Advantech has introduced the ROM-6881, a versatile SMARC 2.1 computer-on-module featuring the RK3588 and RK3588J Rockchip chipsets. These modules boast eight-core processors with 6.0 TOPS of AI inference capability, making them ideal for complex tasks such as embedded vision.High-resolution video supportThe ROM-6881 computer-on-module supports high-resolution video with 8K at 30fps video encoding and 8K at 60fps decoding, ensuring efficient, high-quality display and resolution. This capability enhances edge IoT applications in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), medical fields, surveillance, robotics, and beyond.Powerful processor and AI capabilitiesPowered by the Rockchip flagship processor RK3588, the ROM-6881 features a robust configuration with eight processing cores…
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The best iPhone cases for 2024

The best iPhone cases for 2024

Your iPhone is likely your most used gadget on the regular, so it’s worth protecting your investment with a case. It’s understandable to want to show off the handset's sleek design, but the last thing anyone wants is for that shiny new iPhone to get a dent in its back or a crack in its screen. There are dozens of iPhone cases out there, and it may be tempting to just get whichever Amazon serves you first when you search for one. But not all iPhone cases are created equal: not only do you have to make sure the case…
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Free Database Hosting Providers

Free Database Hosting Providers

If you’re looking for free database hosting, several providers offer excellent services that cater to various needs. Here’s a comprehensive list of some top free database hosting providers, along with their key features and considerations. 1. DigitalOcean DigitalOcean is a popular cloud service provider known for its managed database solutions. It supports databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Key features include: Free $200 credit for new users. Automatic backups and snapshots. 99.99% uptime guarantee. End-to-end encryption. Easy scalability. DigitalOcean is an excellent choice for experienced users looking for robust and scalable database solutions【10†source】【12†source】. 2. Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
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6 tips from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on how to run a company and manage your team

6 tips from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on how to run a company and manage your team

Find balance in managing peopleAltman believes in "pushing people hard enough that they accomplish more than they thought they could, but not so hard they burn out," he wrote in a 2019 blog post.In a 2023 blog post, he added, "Do not let the org chart get in the way of people working productively together."Watch out for meeting creepAltman typically tries to limit the amount of his time spent on meetings or conferences, he wrote in a 2018 blog post, but acknowledges it's "critical that you keep enough space in your schedule to allow for chance encounters and exposure to…
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Large Scale Hierarchical Industrial Demand Time-Series Forecasting incorporating Sparsity

Large Scale Hierarchical Industrial Demand Time-Series Forecasting incorporating Sparsity

[Submitted on 2 Jul 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Large Scale Hierarchical Industrial Demand Time-Series Forecasting incorporating Sparsity, by Harshavardhan Kamarthi and 6 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Hierarchical time-series forecasting (HTSF) is an important problem for many real-world business applications where the goal is to simultaneously forecast multiple time-series that are related to each other via a hierarchical relation. Recent works, however, do not address two important challenges that are typically observed in many demand forecasting applications at large companies. First, many time-series at lower levels of the hierarchy have high sparsity i.e., they have…
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