August 26, 2024
AI

How to Achieve Near Human-Level Performance in Chunking for RAGs

The costly yet powerful splitting technique for superior RAG retrieval Thuwarakesh Murallie · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 8 min read · 6 hours ago — Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich Good chunks make good RAGs. Chunking, embedding, and indexing are critical aspects of RAGs. A RAG app that uses the appropriate chunking technique performs well in terms of output quality and speed. When engineering an LLM pipeline, we use different strategies to split

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Thuwarakesh Murallie August 26, 2024

A Match Made in Yorktown Heights

3 min read Harry Goldstein is Editor in Chief of IEEE Spectrum. Carl De Torres is a longtime contributor to Spectrum and consultant to IBM. Winston Struye It pays to have friends in fascinating places. You need look no further than the cover of this issue and the article “IBM’s Big Bet on the Quantum-Centric Supercomputer” for evidence. The article by Ryan Mandelbaum, Antonio D. Córcoles, and Jay Gambetta came to us courtesy of the

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Harry Goldstein August 26, 2024

Accenture and AWS offer a way for companies to start their responsible AI journey

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As companies plan out their generative AI strategies with responsibility in mind, one of the sticking points is how to start. To help them, companies have begun releasing responsible AI platforms to guide decision-makers in approaching the technology.  Accenture and AWS are the latest companies to offer a way for companies to test their AI readiness

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Emilia David August 26, 2024
Robotics

MassRobotics resident startups have raised over $1B in seven years – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Numerous attendees met MassRobotics startups and partners at RoboSource earlier this month. Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — One measure of success for a robotics cluster is how much funding its member companies obtain. MassRobotics this month announced that resident startups have raised more than $1 billion since its founding in 2017. “This remarkable achievement underscores the vital role MassRobotics plays in accelerating robotics innovation, commercialization, and adoption of advanced technologies,” stated

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Eugene Demaitre August 26, 2024
Hardware

Nintendo confirms Direct for tomorrow and if the Switch successor will be unveiled

Nintendo has taken to its social media channels to announce its hosting a Nintendo Direct tomorrow with the an Indie World Showcase. The company also touched on a Switch successor. Nintendo took to its “Nintendo of America” X account to announce an Indie World Showcase will be hosted tomorrow, August 27 at 7am PT, and following that will be a Nintendo Direct that will last for approximately 40 minutes in total. Nintendo finished off its

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Jak Connor August 26, 2024

Erika Cruz Keeps Whirlpool’s Machines Spinning

4 min read Edd Gent is a Contributing Editor for IEEE Spectrum. Erika Cruz, an electrical engineer at Whirlpool, oversees the development of electromechanical components for the company’s washers and dryers. Estevan Velasquez Few devices are as crucial to people’s everyday lives as their household appliances. Electrical engineer Erika Cruz says it’s her mission to make sure they operate smoothly. Cruz helps design washing machines and dryers for Whirlpool, the multinational appliance manufacturer. Erika Cruz

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Edd Gent August 26, 2024
Hardware

AMD Radeon RX 8000 Benchmark Leak Teases Mid-Range RDNA 4 GPU Specs

For GPUs that will supposedly release within the next six months, AMD’s RDNA 4-based Radeon chips have had few leaks. We don’t know much, aside from that there will apparently only be two chips—Navi 44 and Navi 48—and that they will purportedly target the entry and mid-range gamer market, leaving the enthusiast tier for AMD’s competitors. We also have heard that they will radically improve ray-tracing speed for Radeons. Well, today we have an early

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Zak Killian August 26, 2024
AR/VR

Sony Introduces Soneium Blockchain to Power Web3

A subsidiary of the Sony Group, Sony Blockchain Solutions Labs, alongside Startale labs, has announced plans to develop a blockchain platform called Soneium. The vision? Connect Web3 with Web2 and make it easier and more accessible for people to start using blockchain technology that is ‘accessible, scalable, efficient, and solve genuine problems’. What is Soneium? Soneium is a Layer 2 solution for Ethereum, which improves the data processing speed and lowers the fee amount by

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Jason Newey August 26, 2024
Hardware

ACEMAGIC F2A 125H SFF PC Review: Mid-Range Meteor Lake at 65W

Compact computing systems have gained significant market share over the last decade. Improvements in the performance per watt metric of processors have enabled the replacement of bulky desktop PCs by ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) and small form-factor (SFF) machines. The Meteor Lake series of processors is the latest Intel offering to service this market. They have had a drawn-out launch since initial information was officially made available in September 2023. The tile-based chiplet configuration held together

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Ganesh T S August 26, 2024

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