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6 Ways for Optimizing RAG Performance: Imagine AI that learns and adapts in real-time, integrating vast knowledge for precise, context-aware responses. This is becoming reality with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)! Retrieval-augmented generation integrates search functions with generative models, boosting response accuracy and contextual understanding with external data. The power of retrieval-augmented generation systems lies in precise retrieval execution. By curating and ranking documents strategically, organizations not only enhance response quality but also build robust RAG architectures, and elevate conversational standards.
Gen AI is Here to Stay: But What is Gen AI Actually Capable Of? Generative AI, or Gen AI, isn’t just about mimicking data – it’s a revolution in machine creation. This subfield of artificial intelligence empowers machines to learn from vast datasets and craft entirely new content, from text and music to lifelike imagery. But questions linger: What are the true extents of its capabilities? What is generative AI actually capable of? Join us as we tackle the endless potential of Gen AI, exploring its impact on various industries. This journey extends beyond mere imitation, leading us towards a future brimming with potential.
Data Governance: The Importance of Reliability and Accuracy of Information: Today, data is the foundation of strategic decisions, operational efficiency, and the creation of innovative products and services. As the amount of data grows, the challenge for organizations lies in ensuring it is reliable and accurate. Regulatory efforts, such as the pending Artificial Intelligence Act by the European Union, emphasize secure and ethical data use. A well-governed data infrastructure prevents misuse and ensures data integrity, supporting AI initiatives.
AI Advancements: New Frontiers with Apple, Meta, and Ethical Challenges: AI is swiftly revolutionizing our world, with substantial progress brought by leading technology corporations. Apple and Meta have recently unveiled groundbreaking developments, underscoring the widespread influence of artificial intelligence in our everyday experiences. Despite the thrilling advancements in AI, there is an emphasis on the ethical implications and responsibilities associated with these technological innovations.
Physical AI: Robots Turn Data into Physical Action:“The next wave of AI is here. Robotics, powered by physical AI, will revolutionize industries,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia. Currently, AI is changing the game in various industries and our everyday lives. One particularly transformative area that is emerging is Physical AI. This field merges AI with physical systems, allowing machines to interact with and manipulate the physical world in ways that were once only seen in sci-fi movies. From robotics to smart materials and autonomous vehicles, Physical AI is set to redefine how we interact with technology and our environment!
From Idea to Impact: Building Value-Driven Data Products: Data products are known to create value by facilitating business goals. They ensure this by enhancing the access to data and improving the utility of data. Creating successful data products could play a crucial role in solving today’s business problems. Let’s journey through key aspects that can improve the probability of success of the data products we create. Today, organizations cannot overstate the value of facts, analytics and insights. Equally important are fundamentals such as having a customer focus, measuring the impact of our data products and enabling customers to acknowledge the value our data products add to their core business.
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Generative AI is Coming to the Emergency Room. Stethoscopes, thermometers, and cardiac monitoring machines are go-to technologies in hospital emergency departments—and now you can add generative AI to the list. Augmedix, a San Francisco-based company that provides AI-powered medical documentation tools, today announced a partnership with Emergency Services Inc. that will bring a version of the company’s technology created specifically for the chaos of the emergency room environment to seven Ohio facilities and over 50 doctors. Using proprietary LLMs as well as Google Cloud’s MedLM’s suite of medically tuned models, Augmedix Go ED is designed to capture conversations between physicians and ER patients via Bluetooth and draft medical notes almost instantaneously. The technology will take over a task previously performed by emergency room doctors as they rushed between patients and, hopefully, curb the administrative overload that’s causing them to quit.
Meta Drops AI Bombshell: Multi-token Prediction Models Now Open for Research. Meta has thrown down the gauntlet in the race for more efficient artificial intelligence. The tech giant released pre-trained models on Wednesday that leverage a novel multi-token prediction approach, potentially changing how large language models (LLMs) are developed and deployed.
Figma Pauses its New AI Feature after Apple Controversy. This week, Figma CEO Dylan Field said the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature after it was accused of “heavily” training the tool on existing apps. The feature aimed to jumpstart the design process by generating UI layouts and components from text prompts. However, it was faced criticism after it mimicked the layout of Apple’s Weather app.
New AI Training Technique Is Drastically Faster, Says Google. Google’s DeepMind researchers have unveiled a new method to accelerate AI training. This significantly reduces the computational resources and time needed to do the work. This approach to the energy-intensive process could make AI development both faster and cheaper, according to a recent research paper. And that could be good news for the environment. “Our approach—multimodal contrastive learning with joint example selection (JEST)—surpasses state-of-the-art models with up to 13 times fewer iterations and 10 times less computation,” the study said.
NATO Takes on AI as the Next Great Theater of War. AI has become the next great domain in the theater of war. And NATO allies have made it a top priority as they look to bolster the alliance’s collective defense. A summit in Washington, D.C., next week will focus on safeguarding NATO in an increasingly hostile geopolitical sphere. The global consequences of the war in Ukraine have been far-reaching, and the deepening divides between the West and top authoritarian adversaries has had an effect on everything from defense to trade. At the core of how NATO is looking to safeguard itself in challenging times is change in AI technology.
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Data2030 Summit 2024: Navigate the New AI Era with Transformative Data Management!
We’re excited to welcome you to the 9th edition of the annual Data 2030 Summit! An event bringing together Nordic data management leaders, data enthusiasts, and innovators. A brand new edition, with a new format and focus, scheduled for September 25th and 26th in Stockholm!
This year’s summit features fresh content, navigating the new AI Era with Transformative Data Management. We’ve redesigned the event to include an additional day. Roundtable discussions on both days, pre-event workshops, and more sessions to capture the essence of today’s data management challenges. And showcase how organizations are tackling them. With 30+ international speakers and interactive panels, this summit is a must-attend for all CDOs and data practitioners. Ideal for those in Information Management, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Enterprise Architecture, and DataOps. If you are working with these topics, this summit is set to be incredibly beneficial for you.
Data Innovation Summit ANZ 2024 – 17th October 2024, Melbourne
The Data Innovation Summit is the largest and the most influential annual Data and AI event represented across several regions. It brings together the most innovative minds, enterprise practitioners, technology providers, start-up innovators and academics. They work with Data Science, Big Data, ML, AI, Data Management, Data Engineering, IoT and Analytics. All in one place to discuss ways to accelerate AI-driven transformation throughout companies, industries and public organizations.
The Data Innovation Summit ANZ edition addresses all elements of data-driven and AI-innovative business: data, people, processes and technology. The event is both business and technical, practical and inspirational, realistic and futuristic. Educational and exciting, regional and global, live and digital. General and niched, inspiring and influential. It showcases some of the best data-driven innovative projects, products, business ideas and technologies. All presented by some of the most advanced and innovative organizations in the world.
Nordic Data Science & Machine Learning Summit 2024: Transform Your AI Vision into Reality and Value!
Since its inception in 2016, the annual Nordic Data Science and Machine Learning (NDSML) Summit has been the premier event. An event where AI innovation meets enterprise-scale implementation. Held on October 23rd & 24th, 2024, at Sergel Hub, Stockholm, this year’s summit brings a fresh focus on the latest trends. Trends in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. Dive into three dedicated tracks! Strategy & Organization, ML and MLOps, and Infrastructure & Engineering, each designed to address the current and future challenges in AI deployment.
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