At the AI Blog, we are constantly amazed by the diversity and reach of our readership. To get a clearer picture of where our visitors are coming from, we’ve analyzed the data and mapped out the locations of our readers across North America. This was done with GPT-4o. The results are fascinating and show a …
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Much of early literacy education happens at home with caretakers reading books to young children. Prior research demonstrates how having dialogue with children during co-reading can develop critical reading readiness skills, but most adult readers are unsure if and how to lead effective conversations. We present ContextQ, a tablet-based reading application to unobtrusively present auto-generated …
In the world of online retail, creating high-quality product descriptions for millions of products is a crucial, but time-consuming task. Using machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to automate product description generation has the potential to save manual effort and transform the way ecommerce platforms operate. One of the main advantages of high-quality …
Developers seeking to leverage the power of machine learning (ML) on their PostgreSQL data often find themselves grappling with complex integrations and steep learning curves. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now bridges this gap, allowing you to tap into cutting-edge ML models and vector generation techniques offered by Vertex AI, directly within your SQL queries. Now, …
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This group of women was generated by Midjourney … it’s happening! Recently, Scarlett Johansson’s disapproval of an AI-generated voice similar to hers from the movie “Her” led to the removal of the “Sky” voice from ChatGPT. This incident raises intriguing questions about the future use of her voice in AI technology. The Unintended Consequence Johansson’s …
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Escaping the Cargo Cult: Exchanging blind faith for real-world outcomes In his February 2024 blog post, Technology is the Problem, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar presents a compelling argument: the stagnation in growth and progress over recent decades is largely attributable to a misalignment at every stage of the B2B SaaS value chain. Engineering, procurement, implementation, …
Phrases like “striking the post” and “direct free kick outside the 18” may seem foreign if you’re not a fan of football (for Americans, see: soccer). But for a football scout, it’s the daily lexicon of the job, representing crucial language that helps assess a player’s value to a team. And now, it’s also the …
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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models have emerged as a promising approach to enhance the capabilities of language models by incorporating external knowledge from large text corpora. However, despite their impressive performance in various natural language processing tasks, RAG models still face several limitations that need to be addressed. Naive RAG models face limitations such as …
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Meeting client timelines and quality standards is a long-standing challenge for Google Cloud Partners, especially when navigating large legacy codebases, unfamiliar languages, and multiple tools. Partner projects frequently involve code integration across multiple languages — including legacy ones — posing challenges for manual analysis and limiting the effectiveness of automation tools. Further, ensuring reliable error …
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We used Midjourney to create this image based on the image of Joaquin Phoenix in a poster for the movie “Her” – is that ethical? In the rapidly evolving world of AI, OpenAI recently faced a significant challenge: the removal of a voice named “Sky” from ChatGPT due to its striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson’s …
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