Category: AI/ML News

Government investigators are gathering data to confirm what exactly cracked the windshield of a 737 Max aircraft at above 30,000 feet.

Reddit bills itself as “the most human place on the internet,” but the proliferation of artificial intelligence-generated content is threatening to squeeze some of the humanity out of the news-sharing forum.

As more companies quickly begin using gen AI, it’s important to avoid a big mistake that could impact its effectiveness: Proper onboarding. Companies spend time and money training new human workers to succeed, but when they use large language model (LLM) helpers, many treat them like simple tools that need no explanation. This isn’t just …

Read more “The teacher is the new engineer: Inside the rise of AI enablement and PromptOps”

Organizers say the “No Kings” protests drew more than 7 million people across 2,700 cities. The crowds included high-profile politicians, A-list celebrities, and more than a few creative inflatables.

Vector databases (DBs), once specialist research instruments, have become widely used infrastructure in just a few years. They power today’s semantic search, recommendation engines, anti-fraud measures and gen AI applications across industries. There are a deluge of options: PostgreSQL with pgvector, MySQL HeatWave, DuckDB VSS, SQLite VSS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus and several others. The riches …

Read more “Abstract or die: Why AI enterprises can’t afford rigid vector stacks”

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss the impacts of antifa’s designation as a domestic terrorist group as author Mark Bray faces new harassment from the far-right.

Google is adding a new feature for third-party developers building atop its Gemini AI models that rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and the growing array of Chinese open source options are unlikely to get anytime soon: grounding with Google Maps. This addition allows developers to connect Google’s Gemini AI models’ reasoning capabilities with live …

Read more “Developers can now add live Google Maps data to Gemini-powered AI app outputs”

This fall, The Home Depot cut prices on bedding, cutlery, rugs, and Milwaukee power tools. Here’s where to find the biggest deals.

Major AI companies are utilizing user conversations for training purposes, raising significant privacy concerns and underscoring the need for more transparent policies.

Anthropic launched a new capability on Thursday that allows its Claude AI assistant to tap into specialized expertise on demand, marking the company’s latest effort to make artificial intelligence more practical for enterprise workflows as it chases rival OpenAI in the intensifying competition over AI-powered software development. The feature, called Skills, enables users to create …

Read more “How Anthropic’s ‘Skills’ make Claude faster, cheaper, and more consistent for business workflows”