Hosting a Static Website Using Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Hosting a Static Website Using Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Microsoft's cloud storage solution for contemporary data storage scenarios is the Azure Storage platform. For a range of cloud-based data items, Azure Storage provides highly accessible, massively scalable, robust, and secure storage. Anywhere in the globe may access Azure Storage data objects using HTTP or HTTPS.All kinds of data are stored in Azure storage. Its primary purpose is to provide easy access to storage for both structured and unstructured data. Your static website may be quickly uploaded to Microsoft Azure, where you can establish access control and share the URL with anybody to see your website. In this article I…
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Busy soundscapes of seagrass meadows and the animals that live there revealed in new recordings – podcast

Busy soundscapes of seagrass meadows and the animals that live there revealed in new recordings – podcast

Seagrass, a marine plant that flowers underwater, has lots of environmental benefits – from storing carbon to preventing coastal erosion. This 3D habitat is often a haven for wildlife but, with so many seagrass restoration projects now happening globally, success can be hard to quantify. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to Isabel Key, a marine ecologist at the University of Edinburgh in the UK, about her work recording the soundscape of Scottish seagrass meadows to uncover more about the creatures living within them. She also explains how this is the first step in the development…
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Uniform Transformation: Refining Latent Representation in Variational Autoencoders

Uniform Transformation: Refining Latent Representation in Variational Autoencoders

arXiv:2407.02681v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Irregular distribution in latent space causes posterior collapse, misalignment between posterior and prior, and ill-sampling problem in Variational Autoencoders (VAEs). In this paper, we introduce a novel adaptable three-stage Uniform Transformation (UT) module -- Gaussian Kernel Density Estimation (G-KDE) clustering, non-parametric Gaussian Mixture (GM) Modeling, and Probability Integral Transform (PIT) -- to address irregular latent distributions. By reconfiguring irregular distributions into a uniform distribution in the latent space, our approach significantly enhances the disentanglement and interpretability of latent representations, overcoming the limitation of traditional VAE models in capturing complex data structures. Empirical evaluations demonstrated the…
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Baltimore gave young parents $1,000 a month. Participants used the money to pay bills and secure stable housing.

Baltimore gave young parents $1,000 a month. Participants used the money to pay bills and secure stable housing.

For some Baltimore families, basic income helped pay the bills: rent, groceries, healthcare, childcare, and car payments. For others, it provided the support they needed to maintain stable jobs.The Baltimore Young Families Success Fund, with research by research firm Abt Global, released its interim results in June for a guaranteed basic income pilot which began in August 2022 and is set to end this month. It gave 130 parents between the ages of 18 and 24 $1,000 cash each month to spend as they choose, with no strings attached.After one year of receiving payments, participants were more likely to have…
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Spectral Graph Reasoning Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification

Spectral Graph Reasoning Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification

[Submitted on 2 Jul 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Spectral Graph Reasoning Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification, by Huiling Wang View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved remarkable performance in hyperspectral image (HSI) classification over the last few years. Despite the progress that has been made, rich and informative spectral information of HSI has been largely underutilized by existing methods which employ convolutional kernels with limited size of receptive field in the spectral domain. To address this issue, we propose a spectral graph reasoning network (SGR) learning framework comprising two crucial modules: 1) a…
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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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