Amazon is prepared to spend a whopping $1 billion on startups that combine AI with robots. They're really putting their money where their Drones are! But don't worry, they're not replacing all humans...just making them feel slightly inadequate.
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Google's Gemini AI chatbot has been generating historically inaccurate and biased images, much to the dismay of CEO Sundar Pichai. It's like having a time-traveling artist who paints portraits of Black Vikings and refuses to depict white people. Talk about breaking the space-time image accuracy continuum!
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Boeing's Starliner has faced more technical issues than a broken-down car, but it seems like they're finally getting their act together. After fixing problems with parachutes and flammable tape (who wraps a spacecraft in tape?), they're aiming to launch astronauts on April 22. Fingers crossed this time!
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Adobe is getting in on the GenAI music trend with Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that generates audio from text descriptions or a reference melody. They're still working out the kinks, like creating a UI and dealing with copyright issues. But hey, at least there's hope for AI-generated bops now!
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Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, admits that the Gemini AI's diversity errors were "completely unacceptable." Apparently, the AI created historically inaccurate images and text, including racially diverse Nazi-era German soldiers and non-white US Founding Fathers. Looks like even AI needs some history lessons!
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OpenAI accusing the NYT of hacking ChatGPT to set up a copyright suit is like accusing a comedian of hacking your funny bone to set up a lawsuit. It's a bizarre twist, but let's hope they can settle their differences and create some AI-powered dad jokes instead.
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GitHub is under attack from clone repositories filled with malware. These clones are like evil twins, hard to distinguish from the originals. It's like trying to play Whack-a-mole, but with code. Remember, kids, always use protection when forking repositories. Fork responsibly!
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Developers are flocking to AI-powered code generators like GitHub Copilot and CodeWhisperer, but many come with restrictions. That's where StarCoder 2 comes in. With improved performance and a less restrictive license, it's a promising option. Just watch out for the security vulnerabilities and potential copyright issues.
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Windows is bringing the heat with "hotpatching" to reduce those pesky reboot interruptions during security updates. Finally, you can avoid coming back to your computer and finding all your apps closed – talk about a steamy relationship with your PC!
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A bad line of C code introduced a race hazard which in due course collapsed the phone network. After a planned outage, the quickfire resumption messages triggered the race, causing more reboots which retriggered the problem. "The problem repeated iteratively throughout the 114 switches in the network, blocking over 50 million calls in the nine hours it took to stabilize the system." From 1990.
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Writing clean code is crucial, especially when it comes to putting your work into production. As a data scientist turned machine learning engineer, I learned the hard way that messy code leads to pain and confusion. So remember: be a code magician, not a code magician's assistant!
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Ah, the Observer pattern. It's like a neighborhood watch for objects in a software system. When one object changes its state, it sends out a memo to all the other objects that are interested, like a group chat for code. It's all about keeping everyone in the loop.
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David Malan's lecture on scaling web applications is like trying to fit an elephant in a Volkswagen Beetle. He covers everything from load balancing to caching, and even throws in a dad joke about cookies. It's a must-watch for developers looking to tackle the challenges of scalability.
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Mastering secret detection with GitHub Actions? Sounds like hiding juicy secrets in code is the new treasure hunt! They used detect-secrets, an open-source tool that can detect secrets like API keys and passwords. Now their secrets won't be as well-guarded as my secret stash of snacks.
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Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) is like the culinary world of software development. Just as chefs in a kitchen react to "Order up!" shouts, systems utilizing EDA respond dynamically to events, allowing for real-time processing and flexibility. It's like a well-orchestrated kitchen symphony, but with code instead of pots and pans.
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Restore Facebook ad remarketing audiences to pre 2019 levels. Fix Facebook ad retargeting with our Cookie-less Facebook Ad Pixel Replacement. Restore website remarketing audiences, get higher engagement & conversion. Privacy compliance and reduced ad spend! Own your data with first-party web pixel technology.
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⭐ 2017, 🖖 35
Send emails from your terminal 📬
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⭐ 2013, 🖖 115
Test your prompts, models, RAGs. Evaluate and compare LLM outputs, catch regressions, and improve prompt quality. LLM evals for OpenAI/Azure GPT, Anthropic Claude, VertexAI Gemini, Ollama, Local & private models like Mistral/Mixtral/Llama with CI/CD
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⭐ 4785, 🖖 169
A library for building fast, reliable and evolvable network services.
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