March 11, 2025
AI

Heatmaps for Time Series  | Towards Data Science

In 2015, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a highly effective series of heatmaps illustrating the impact of vaccines on infectious diseases in the United States. These visualizations showcased the power of blanket policies to drive widespread change. You can view the heatmaps here. Heatmaps are a versatile tool for data analysis. Their ability to facilitate comparative analysis, highlight temporal trends, and enable pattern recognition makes them invaluable for communicating complex information.  In this Quick

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Aaron Birnbaum and Matthew Makansi March 11, 2025
AI

How to Make Your LLM More Accurate with RAG & Fine-Tuning | Towards Data Science

Imagine studying a module at university for a semester. At the end, after an intensive learning phase, you take an exam – and you can recall the most important concepts without looking them up. Now imagine the second situation: You are asked a question about a new topic. You don’t know the answer straight away, so you pick up a book or browse a wiki to find the right information for the answer. These two

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Aaron Birnbaum and Matthew Makansi March 11, 2025
AR/VR

Anthropic’s stealth enterprise coup: How Claude 3.7 is becoming the coding agent of choice

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More While consumer attention has focused on the generative AI battles between OpenAI and Google, Anthropic has executed a disciplined enterprise strategy centered on coding — potentially the most valuable enterprise AI use case. The results are becoming increasingly clear: Claude is positioning itself as the LLM that matters most for businesses. The evidence? Anthropic’s Claude 3.7

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Matt Marshall March 11, 2025

Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’ | TechCrunch

Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his thoughts on how AI technology can help small businesses outperform their competition. In short, he told the crowd that AI was not the answer, in and of itself; it’s meant to serve as an aid that can help entrepreneurs by making it easier to get started growing their businesses and answering questions along the way. Cuban suggested that today’s entrepreneurs

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Sarah Perez March 11, 2025
Robotics

Muscles from the printer: Silicone that moves

Empa researchers are working on artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic, yet powerful structures using 3D printing. One day, these could be used in medicine or robotics — and anywhere else where things need to move at the touch of a button. Artificial muscles don’t just get robots moving: One day, they could support people at work or when

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Editor March 11, 2025
Hardware

ASUS Unveils Line Of Air Purifying Monitors Just In Time For Allergy Season

Have you ever been sitting at your desk wishing you had room for an air purifier alongside all of your computer gear? No? Me neither, but those who have serious hay fever or similar allergies to airborne allergens likely already have such a setup. In case you fall into that category and haven’t arranged for an air filter next to your workspace, ASUS has a new option for you: three monitors that integrate air ionizers.

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Zak Killian March 11, 2025
Robotics

Why OnRobot isn’t betting on turnkey robotic systems – The Robot Report

A robotic palletizer using the D:PLOY platform is an example of an off-the-shelf system that is pre-configured and available now. | Source: OnRobot In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, automation is no longer a luxury but a necessity. However, with various approaches available, choosing the right one can be daunting. The Robot Report spoke with James Taylor, chief commercial officer at end effector provider OnRobot, to discuss the benefits of “off-the-shelf automation.” How off-the-shelf automation is

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The Robot Report Staff March 11, 2025

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