October 2, 2024

AI

Can Transformers Solve Everything?

Looking into the math and the data reveals that transformers are both overused and underused. Harys Dalvi · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 13 min read · 2 days ago — Transformers are best known for their applications in natural language processing. They were originally designed for translating between languages,[1] and are now most famous for their use in large language models like ChatGPT (generative pretrained transformer). But since their introduction, transformers have

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Software

How The Cryptocurrency Market Is Valued | HackerNoon

The crypto market has emerged as a powerful force in the world’s financial market despite its volatility and numerous regulatory challenges. Over the past decade, digital currencies have been on the rise, and their prices have been mostly determined by some factors like market, technology, and management. This article takes you through an understanding of how cryptocurrency is valued vis a vis the tools that are employed in the valuation process. Market Capitalization and Its

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Software

15 Ways to do Better Memecoin Spaces on X | HackerNoon

A few years ago, if you wanted to understand memecoin communities, you had to join their individual Telegram groups. In 2024, they went “mainstream” on X, formerly Twitter, developing their own communities and creating memecoin crossover communities on one of the largest social media platforms. Why have they gravitated to X? If you check the size of the audience, the answer is clear. On March 18, X posted a series of tweets to illuminate the

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Software

ARCHIV3: Poland’s Second-Largest Bank Chooses Aleph Zero To Tokenize Historical Art | HackerNoon

ZUG, Switzerland, October 2nd, 2024/Chainwire/–Poland’s second-largest bank, Pekao S.A., used the Aleph Zero L1 blockchain to tokenize and preserve internationally renowned Polish artworks. Bank Pekao, Aleph Zero, and Degen House are proud to announce the launch of Archiv3, a project to tokenize and preserve Polish cultural heritage on the Aleph Zero blockchain, with digital reproductions securely stored in the Arctic World Archive (AWA). This initiative combines blockchain technology with a commitment to cultural preservation, ensuring

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Apparate: Early-Exit Models for ML Latency and Throughput Optimization – Comparisons | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Yinwei Dai, Princeton University (Equal contributions); (2) Rui Pan, Princeton University (Equal contributions); (3) Anand Iyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; (4) Ravi Netravali, Georgia Institute of Technology. Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and Motivation and 2.1 Model Serving Platforms 2.2 Early-Exit Models 2.3 Challenges 3 Design 3.1 Preparing Models with Early Exits 3.2 Accuracy-Aware Threshold Tuning 3.3 Latency-Focused Ramp Adjustments 4 Implementation 5 Evaluation and 5.1 Methodology 5.2 Overall

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Software

Mario Duarte, Former Snowflake Cybersecurity Leader, Joins Aembit As CISO | HackerNoon

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, October 2nd, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–Aembit, the non-human IAM company, today announced the appointment of Mario Duarte as chief information security officer (CISO). Duarte, formerly head of security at Snowflake, joins Aembit with a deep commitment to address pressing gaps in non-human identity security. Duarte’s journey in cybersecurity began with a passion for penetration testing, sparked by the 1980s cult classic film WarGames. He started his career in red teaming, later expanding his expertise into

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Robotics

Dexory brings in $80M to support global expansion – The Robot Report

Dexory’s three founders, Andrei Danescu, Oana Jinga, and Adrian Negoita with the company’s data collection robot. | Source: Dexory Dexory Tuesday announced it closed an $80 million Series B funding round. The robotics and data intelligence company said the funding will support an expansion of its AI-powered features across its DexoryView platform. The Central London-based company also plans to grow its global team and accelerate the deployment of its autonomous robots. Its technology is already at work

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AI

Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) For Beginners

End-to-end Project Implementation Prasad Mahamulkar · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 19 min read · Aug 29, 2024 — Image created by the author Developing, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production can be challenging and complex. This is where Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) comes into play. MLOps is a set of practices that automate and simplify machine learning (ML) workflows and deployments. In this article, I will be sharing some basic

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