It's getting pretty cold over here. Time to fire up all the GPUs and fine tune some big XGBoost models. @trainxgb
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Databricks Co-founders Speaking at Scaled ML 2026 Conference
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Databricks co-founders @matei_zaharia and @istoica05 will be speaking at #ScaledML 2026! This event brings together the creators behind systems like Apache Spark™, CUDA, TensorFlow, ImageNet, Tesla FSD, and more to explore large-scale learning, distributed systems, and next-generation AI hardware. Join us on January 29th: scaledml.org/
→ View original post on X — @reza_zadeh, 2026-01-20 20:10 UTC
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Hand Gesture Recognition Transforms Workspace Productivity
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What if your desk could understand your hand gestures? Carlo’s #SmarterSpaces project will test hand-pose detection on Metis to trigger intuitive “super commands”, like screenshots or OCR. A playful, powerful upgrade for the workspace. Follow along: https://
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HexRunner Sets Land Speed Record for Legged Robots
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#HexRunner, developed under DARPA’s FastRunner program, set a land speed record for untethered legged robots at 33 mph.#Robot #Robotech #Robotics #Tech #AI #artificialintelligent @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech… pic.twitter.com/SboLkVdqrU
— Amitav Bhattacharjee (@bamitav) 18 janvier 2026#HexRunner, developed under DARPA’s FastRunner program, set a land speed record for untethered legged robots at 33 mph. #Robot #Robotech #Robotics #Tech #AI #artificialintelligent @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech
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Speed Boosts Intelligence: Cerebras Scaling Law Insights
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speed => intelligence https://
cerebras.ai/blog/the-cereb
ras-scaling-law-faster-inference-is-smarter-ai
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4B Models Still Manageable for Laptop Inference
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ah i confused it w sdxl :/ anyway in grand scheme of things 4b is still in my mental category of small enough to run on laptop without thinking
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Big Tech partnerships and AI innovations reshape tech landscape
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Top stories in tech today: – Wikipedia inks deals with Big Tech
– Amazon’s data centers get copper from bacteria
– News Corp brings AI into the newsroom
– Tiny scanner detects allergens in minutes
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
tech.therundown.ai/p/wikipedia-in
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FlowSentry-Wake: Edge AI Detects Suspicious Motion in Smart Spaces
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Can a smart space understand suspicious movement? FlowSentry-Wake, a #SmarterSpaces project by Zijie Ning & Enmin Lin, will use optical flow + edge AI to spot stealthy motion — even crawling intruders. On-device. Low power. No cloud.#EdgeAI #SmartSecurity #ComputerVision
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TranslateGemma: Open Translation Models for 55 Languages
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TranslateGemma is our new collection of open translation models for edge devices built on our amazing Gemma 3 open model. They outperform models twice their size at translation tasks across 55 languages. Excited to see what people build with it! https://t.co/cWmKMFydsQ
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 16 janvier 2026TranslateGemma is our new collection of open translation models for edge devices built on our amazing Gemma 3 open model. They outperform models twice their size at translation tasks across 55 languages. Excited to see what people build with it!
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MotionFlow: Edge AI for Smart Home Activity Detection
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“Motion” isn’t enough. Project MotionFlow will use edge AI to detect activity — sitting, lying down, walking — and power smarter home automation for platforms like @Home_Assistant and @NodeRED . Local cameras. No cloud. Real context. https://
eu1.hubs.ly/H0qz-Lp0
#SmarterSpaces