KDnuggets

JULY 23, 2024

This collection of tutorials from our sister site Statology center on data visualization. Learn more about visualizing your data right here.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Imagine having an assistant who’s always at your fingertips, ready to help at any moment. That’s what an AI agent offers. Unlike your human assistant, who needs coffee breaks and rest, an AI agent is tireless, working around the clock to support you. Need to schedule a meeting at the last minute? Done. Looking […] The post How to Build Autonomous AI Agents Using OpenAGI?

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JULY 23, 2024

I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The AI Platforms: Ventana Research Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Stable diffusion is a powerful (generative model) tool to create high-quality images from noise. Stable diffusion consists of two steps: a forward diffusion process and a reverse diffusion process. In the forward diffusion process, noise is progressively added to an image, effectively degrading its quality. This step is crucial for training the model, as […] The post What is the Reverse Diffusion Process?

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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

As a digital transformation leader and former CIO, I carry a healthy dose of paranoia. Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Is the organization transforming fast enough? Are stakeholders struggling or unhappy?

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Recent software and hardware advancements have opened up exciting possibilities, making running large language models (LLMs) on personal computers feasible. One fantastic tool that makes this easier is LM Studio. In this article, we’ll dive into how to run an LLM locally using LM Studio. We’ll walk through the essential steps, explore potential challenges, […] The post How to Run LLM Locally Using LM Studio?

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Imagine being a medical student needing to visualize complex anatomical structures or a data scientist creating interactive 3D models. PyVista offers the precision and interactivity required to make these tasks engaging and insightful. We’ll start by exploring PyVista’s features and installation, then create stunning human anatomy visualizations, such as the brain, chest, and whole […] The post How to Use PyVista for Interactive 3D Medical Visualizations appeared f

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

There are not many organizations that can take a hit on net profit due to monstrous restructuring costs, yet at the same time raise their operating profit projections for 2025, but SAP is one of them, according to its latest quarterly results released this week. The move to an all-in AI strategy appears to be paying off, with SAP CEO Christian Klein telling financial analysts on a recent earnings call that “AI had a direct impact on our bookings.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Imagine if your virtual assistant could understand and anticipate your needs perfectly. This vision is becoming a reality with advancements in large language models (LLMs). However, to tailor these models to specific tasks, fine-tuning is essential. Think of it as sculpting a rough block into a precise masterpiece. MonsterAPI simplifies this process, making fine-tuning […] The post How to Fine-Tune Large Language Models with MonsterAPI appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

The IT industry has a long history of vendors exaggerating the functionality of their products, and it’s certainly happening in the current AI hype cycle. Now, even user companies appear to be overstating their AI capabilities, potentially leading to major headaches. IT leaders at organizations considering AI are under major pressure — from boards, other executives, and the market itself — to roll out major AI initiatives.

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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

Testing

Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction In an era where information is at our fingertips, the ability to ask a question and receive a precise answer has become crucial. Imagine having a system that understands the intricacies of language and delivers accurate responses to your queries in an instant. This article explores how to build such a powerful question-answer model […] The post Creating a QA Model with Universal Sentence Encoder and WikiQA appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Modeling Analytics Machine Learning 290

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

The state of Karnataka — home to India’s tech hub Bangalore — is facing pushback over proposals affecting the private sector, including a contentious plan to control the hiring of people from other Indian states. Last week, the state government said it would enforce up to 100% reservation for state natives in private-sector jobs. Following widespread outrage on social media, officials temporarily paused the plan.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction The introduction of the original transformers paved the way for the current Large Language Models. Similarly, after the introduction of the transformer model, the vision transformer (ViT) was introduced. Like the transformers which excel at understanding text and generating text given a response, vision transformer models were developed to understand images and provide information […] The post How to Perform Computer Vision Tasks with Florence-2 appeared first on Analytics Vid

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Generative AI (genAI) will drive transformation across industries in the coming year. Leaders have a profound responsibility not only to harness AI’s potential but also to navigate its ethical complexities with foresight, diligence, and transparency. I have the opportunity to speak with CIOs and others at the forefront of AI very frequently via my podcast Inspired Execution.

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ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

Reporting

Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction Have you ever participated in a Kaggle competition? Have you ever wondered what it takes to win one or to become a Kaggle Grandmaster? H2O.ai’s Senior Data Scientist, Nikhil Kumar Mishra, recently achieved the Kaggle Grandmaster title with his 5th Gold in competitions. He spoke to Analytics Vidhya following the win to share with […] The post Nikhil Mishra’s Journey to Becoming a Kaggle Grandmaster appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Gen AI has become a priority tool across all industries for all types of companies, where up to 40% have a budget or related gen AI initiatives, and 30% believe this technology is disruptive to the business, according to recent data from IDC. But it’s still early days since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022. So large corporations are still being put to the test with their implementing processes.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction In our previous article about LangChain Document Loaders, we explored how LangChain’s document loaders facilitate loading various file types and data sources into an LLM application. Can we send the data to the LLM now? Not so fast. LLMs have limits on context window size in terms of token numbers, so any data more […] The post 7 Ways to Employ LangChain Text Splitters for Enhanced Data Processing appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

La perturbación generalizada causada por el reciente fallo del software CrowdStrike, que provocó una interrupción mundial de los sistemas Windows , ha conmocionado a la comunidad informática. Para los CIO, el suceso es un duro recordatorio de los riesgos inherentes a la dependencia excesiva de un único proveedor, especialmente en la nube. El incidente, en el que los sistemas informáticos se bloqueaban y mostraban la infame ‘Pantalla Azul de la Muerte’, puso de manifiesto las vulnerabilidades de

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Strategy

Depict Data Studio

JULY 23, 2024

A couple months ago, I recorded a podcast about Big A and little a accessibility. Today, it’s live! You can listen here: [link] This is a short listen (15 min) with some techniques that are hopefully super obvious if you’ve been following my work for a while. It’s also a good one to forward to colleagues who are just learning about dataviz and accessibility.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Al iniciar un programa de transformación, cuando la organización y el equipo que lo gestiona están centrados en los grandes proyectos de la iniciativa, se suelen descuidar algunos aspectos esenciales para el éxito futuro de esta acción. Y, como en todo, un buen comienzo ayuda a garantizar un gran final. Los siguientes ejemplos reflejan algunas experiencias que suelen suceder en los primeros 30 días desde que se estrena el plan.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Oracle on July 18 agreed to pay some of its customers a total of $115 million to settle accusations of violating users’ privacy contrary to federal statutes as well as the law in California and Florida. Plaintiffs had argued that Oracle was facing far greater financial penalties (“likely more than a billion dollars”) had the case gone to trial. The agreement, which has to be approved by Judge Richard Seeborg on August 8, also requires Oracle to “not capture certain complained-of electronic commu

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike initiated a series of computer system outages across the world on Friday, July 19, disrupting nearly every industry and sowing chaos at airports, financial institutions, and healthcare systems, among others. At issue was a flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon, the company’s popular endpoint detection and response (EDR) platform, which crashed Windows machines and sent them into an endless reboot cycle, taking down servers and rendering ‘blue screens of death’ on d

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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