Fresh off of the exciting Vesuvius Challenge news, the project just got a major new backer — Elon Musk. The Musk Foundation looks like it will be funding the next stage of the ancient text-deciphering contest:
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LangSmith Adds Token-Based Cost Tracking Feature
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Cost Tracking in LangSmith Looking for deeper insights into your spending patterns for your LLM application to avoid costly surprises? This is now doable in LangSmith with the addition of token-based cost tracking! You can drill down to view costs by project,
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AI Transforms Tax Analytics: Future of Financial Analysis
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While the future remains a mystery, there are moments when we can anticipate its shape. The field of #taxanalytics is currently undergoing tremendous changes, and it seems that #AI is ready to transform it completely. https://
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TL20 Rebalancing Reflects Technology Market Cycles
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The TL20 re-balances in the wake of market cycles For the latest rebalancing of The Technology Letter 20, the group of twenty great companies whose shares are worth considering, I’ve been focused to a greater degree than usual on the cycles of technology markets. Both the
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Weekly AI Podcast: Bard, Vision Pro, Tech Earnings
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We cover some big topics on this week’s podcast, including the latest noteworthy updates from Google Bard, the Apple Vision Pro launch, big tech earnings calls (it was a good week to own Meta’s stock), and how to evaluate Generative AI platform costs. And we also delve into the
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Huawei Prioritizes AI Chips Over Smartphone Production
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Huawei is slowing its phone production — despite becoming China's leader in smartphone sales. The reason? Prioritizing AI chips amid surging global demand. Quite a statement on where the tech giant sees the future of AI heading.
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Elon Musk’s credibility strategy through self-investment focus
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I’m not a representative for “tech folks”, and I meraly describe how I think Elon creates himself. He would not appear credible if he would invest into other companies than his own
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EU blocks successful robotic VC company deal citing smaller rivals concerns
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this is really strange reasoning: https://
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University funds interdisciplinary AI initiatives for societal benefit
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Really proud of the University putting its money where its mouth is in funding these interdisciplinary visions for an AI future that benefits citizens, science and society.
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Alibaba’s Quen-VL-Plus Matches GPT-4 Vision Capabilities
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Alibaba’s Quen-VL-Plus is quietly gaining ground on the top multimodal LLMs, with its vision capabilities matching/exceeding GPT-4. AI in China is seriously heating up, and it's not being talked about enough. Will share more of my findings soon.