Top 5 Reranking Models to Improve RAG Results
If you have worked with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, you have probably seen this problem.
SQUIRE: Interactive UI Authoring via Slot QUery Intermediate REpresentations
Frontend developers create UI prototypes to evaluate alternatives, which is a time-consuming process of repeated iteration and refinement. Generative AI code assistants enable rapid prototyping simply by prompting through a chat interface rather than writing code. However, while this interaction gives developers flexibility since they can write any prompt they wish, it makes it challenging …
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Frontend Engineering at Palantir: Building a Backend-less Cross-Application API
About this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, …
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Stop Answering the Same Question Twice: Interval-Aware Caching for Druid at Netflix Scale
By Ben Sykes In a previous post, we described how Netflix uses Apache Druid to ingest millions of events per second and query trillions of rows, providing the real-time insights needed to ensure a high-quality experience for our members. Since that post, our scale has grown considerably. With our database holding over 10 trillion rows and …
Build AI-powered employee onboarding agents with Amazon Quick
Enterprises often struggle to onboard new team members at scale. Human resources (HR) teams spend time on manual tasks that delay productivity, such as processing documents to answering repeated questions about benefits and policies. For organizations with many new hires, these steps make it harder to keep onboarding consistent and compliant. Organizations lose substantial amounts …
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A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System
The Gulf’s water system is built with layers of backup, but it relies on continuous operation to hold.
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually improving accuracy. By combining neural networks with human-like symbolic reasoning, their system helps robots think more logically …
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Explainability is a must for older adults to trust AI, study shows
Voice-activated, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents must provide clear explanations for their suggestions, or older adults aren’t likely to trust them. That’s one of the main findings from a study by AI Caring on what older adults expect from explainable AI (XAI).
It is still possible to achieve more natural cinematic realism for videos with open source models vs proprietary models with even basic workflows | Z-Image-Turbo and LTX 2.3
Overview Z-Image Turbo and LTX 2.3 img2vid combo (also with Flux 2 Klein 9B for additional controls) are actually really strong together for maintaining natural looking styles that feel far more alive than even some shots I would get with Seedance 2.0. Initial Frames Z-Image Turbo after all these months, I find to still be …
Best Apple Watch Bands of 2026: Nike, Hermés, and More
We’ve been testing bands since the first Apple Watch launched in 2015. From silicone sports straps to leather bands, I’ve rounded up the best for every occasion.