June 11, 2024

AI

Introduction to Objective Bayesian Hypothesis Testing

How to derive posterior probabilities for hypotheses using default Bayes factors Ryan Burn · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 15 min read · 3 hours ago — Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital — where Cushny and Peebles conducted the hyoscine clinical trial [14] Hypothesis testing pervades statistical education and scientific research, and for good reason. Experiments are often initiated from a hypothesis or produce data that leads to a hypothesis. Consider, for example, this data

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Hardware

Qualcomm: Some Snapdragon X Elite Laptops Will Come with 5G Modems

One of Qualcomm’s indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon X laptops. To date, Qualcomm has won 23 laptop designs with its Snapdragon X Elite SoCs, and all of the

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Software

Tap to Earn : Telegram May Onboard The Next 10 Billion Crypto Users Before Solana | HackerNoon

Many crypto games aim to “onboard the next 1 billion users,” but is this feasible if users have to pay gas fees while playing and even pay to play? This alone deters new users from entering the crypto space. With over 100 million people playing tap-to-earn games currently, it appears that Telegram may have found a hack to onboard the next billion users into the crypto space effortlessly. More non-crypto natives have joined Telegram, and

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Robotics

3D-printed mini-actuators can move small soft robots, lock them into new shapes

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also demonstrated that this technique works with shape memory materials, allowing users to repeatedly lock the soft robots into a desired shape and return to the original shape as needed. “Soft robotics holds promise for many applications, but it is

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Can AI Call Its Own Bluffs? | HackerNoon

Hallucinations – those unexpected, fictional, or incorrect responses – are one of the key issues preventing the wider adoption of large language models (LLMs) in products. Unfortunately (for big companies), throwing more budget at the problem without making fundamental changes doesn’t make it go away: To improve upon that, OpenAI was the first to apply a procedure they called Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). where S is the oracle score, C is the LLM

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What we know about Apple’s on-device AI

It’s time to celebrate the incredible women leading the way in AI! Nominate your inspiring leaders for VentureBeat’s Women in AI Awards today before June 18. Learn More Following Microsoft Build and Google I/O, Apple was under a lot of pressure to show its on-device AI might at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2024. And as far as the demos are concerned, Apple has done a great job of integrating generative AI into the user experience

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Robotics

Leading tractor manufacturers hosting annual hacking week

Listen to this article The 2023 CyberTractor Challenge included a large number of participants. | Credit: CyberTractor Challenge This week, top tractor manufacturers in the United States, including John Deere, CNHI, and AGCO, will hold the annual CyberTractor Challenge. This event encourages college students to try to breach the security of both the firms’ cloud-based solutions and physical hardware such as tractors, smart tools, and different IoT devices. The CyberTractor Challenge is a five-day event

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