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How data engineers should prepare for an AI world

January 29, 2024
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about how the AI revolution will diminish the role of data engineers. I don’t believe that’s the case — in fact, data expertise will be more critical than ever. However, data professionals will need to acquire new skills to help their organizations get the most from AI and enhance their career prospects for the future. AI unlocks the opportunity for…
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After Davos 2024: From AI hype to reality

January 29, 2024
AI was a major theme at Davos 2024. As reported by Fortune, more than two dozen sessions at the event focused directly on AI, covering everything from AI in education to AI regulation. A who’s who of AI was in attendance, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Inflection AI CEO…
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Google shows off Lumiere, a space-time diffusion model for realistic AI videos 

January 25, 2024
As more and more enterprises continue to double down on the power of generative AI, organizations are racing to build more competent offerings for them. Case in point: Lumiere, a space-time diffusion model proposed by researchers from Google, Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University to help with realistic video generation. The paper detailing the technology has just been published…
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Fixing AI made easy: RagaAI emerges from stealth with automated testing solution

January 24, 2024
As the demand for AI continues to grow, a new category of tools helping with development and deployment is coming to the scene. Case in point: RagaAI, a California-based startup offering a platform to test and fix AI, today emerged from stealth with $4.7 million seed funding from pi Ventures. Global investors Anorak Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, Arka Ventures, Mana Ventures and Exfinity Venture…
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Is OpenAI’s ‘moonshot’ to integrate democracy into AI tech more than PR? | The AI Beat

January 23, 2024
Last week, an OpenAI PR rep reached out by email to let me know the company had formed a new “Collective Alignment” team that would focus on “prototyping processes” that allow OpenAI to “incorporate public input to guide AI model behavior.” The goal? Nothing less than democratic AI governance — building on the work of ten recipients of OpenAI’s Democratic Inputs to AI grant…
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