April 1, 2024

Create an Agent with OpenAI Function Calling Capabilities

OpenAI Function Calling in 2024 Tianyi Li · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 15 min read · 1 day ago — Image generated by DALL·E 3 Authors: Tianyi Li, Selina Li · Introduction· What AI can do· Current challenges· How it works ∘ Four key concepts that may be confusing at first:· Step-by-Step Guide to Building an Agent ∘ Business Case: Development of a Farm Trip Assistant Agent ∘ Application Architecture: ∘ Pre-requisites:

Tianyi Li April 1, 2024

Never Alone: Tips and Tricks for Finding Busy Places in Second Life

Have you read? Editorial: Why Second Life Is the Perfect Model of a Mature, Fully Evolved Virtual World for Newer Social VR Platforms to Emulate (in case any of you were wondering why I still bother to write about 20-year-old Second Life when there are so many other, newer metaverse platforms out there I could cover on my blog). Vanity Fair (foreground, in the red party dress, waving her hands in the air like she

Ryan Schultz April 1, 2024

Exclusive: Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing

Footage obtained by TechCrunch shows the catastrophic ending that Astra’s Rocket 3.0 suffered during prelaunch testing in March 2020. The explosion, which occurred at Alaska’s Pacific Spaceport Complex, was simply reported as an “anomaly” at the time, an industry term for pretty much any issue that deviates from the expected outcome. “I can confirm we had an anomaly on the launch pad,” Alaska Aerospace CEO Mark Lester told local reporters at the time. “We are

Aria Alamalhodaei April 1, 2024

Ethereum Dencun Upgrade: Everything You Need to Know | HackerNoon

by Akash34mApril 1st, 2024 Too Long; Didn’t Read The Ethereum Dencun upgrade is one of the most important and awaited upgrades of the Ethereum network in 2024 and is poised to bring along with it mighty features like proto-dank sharding and more that will act like a boon for the network.

Akash April 1, 2024

Why Trump’s digital media company is different from other money-losing startups | TechCrunch

Former president Donald Trump’s digital media company is losing money, and lots of it. But why is that any different from other “startups,” which often struggle to post a profit for years, if they ever do? There are a couple reasons. First, as a recap: Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) recently merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp. in a SPAC, the ill-starred financial instrument that, more often than not, represents a last-ditch option for

Devin Coldewey April 1, 2024

The Coming Copyright Reckoning for Generative AI

Courts are preparing to decide whether generative AI violates copyright—let’s talk about what that really means Stephanie Kirmer · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 14 min read · 8 hours ago — Photo by Annelies Geneyn on Unsplash Copyright law in America is a complicated thing. Those of us who are not lawyers understandably find it difficult to suss out what it really means, and what it does and doesn’t protect. Data scientists

Stephanie Kirmer April 1, 2024

Apple researchers develop AI that can ‘see’ and understand screen context

Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Apple researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can understand ambiguous references to on-screen entities as well as conversational and background context, enabling more natural interactions with voice assistants, according to a paper published on Friday. The system, called ReALM (Reference

Michael Nuñez April 1, 2024

How (Not) to Cheat with Data Visualizations

A guide that is a little bit different… Michal Szudejko · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 17 min read · 8 hours ago — Source: image generated by the author in ChatGPT. Not so long ago, I published a post on data visualization using KNIME. In the opening story, I used the example of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The movie shows, among others, how complicated data can be presented effectively using visualizations.

Michal Szudejko April 1, 2024

Learn startup best practices with Fidelity and others at Early Stage 2024 | TechCrunch

At Early Stage in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024, TechCrunch will gather some of the startup world’s leading companies — but our partners provide more than just financial support. Their presence at Early Stage gives new and prospective founders the tools, knowledge and community they need to build a successful startup. At 10:05 a.m., Fidelity will present “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” So if you’re preparing to

Cindy Zackney April 1, 2024

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Terraform Industries converts electricity and air into synthetic natural gas for the first time | TechCrunch

The modern world is dependent on a vast network for extracting, processing, transporting and ultimately consuming hydrocarbons like crude oil and natural gas. But these resources come with a cost: they’re finite, difficult to extract and take carbon dioxide out of the ground and release it into the air. Instead of reducing humanity’s dependence on hydrocarbons — which is impossible or undesirable or both, depending on who you ask — Terraform Industries’ solution is to