As the AI hype cycle stalls out with Gartner throwing it at the "peak of inflated expectations," it's a good time to revisit what the actual "iPhone moment" was. And, more clearly, what it was not—the launch of the original iPhone in 2007.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Auditors in Finance?
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Can An Auditor Be Replaced By AI?
#AI #AIio #BigData #ML #NLU #Futureofwork @TunstallAsc @StrategyFintech @TamaraMcCleary @TerenceLeungSF @psb_dc @thomaspower @vinod1975 @ylecun http://
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Every doubles audience to 90K readers, launches new products
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I’m also incredibly excited about @Every
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Specialists vs Generalists: When Task-Specific Models Outperform GPT
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There are instances where “doing well on one specific task” is better than being “a generalist”. GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are generalists. They perform reasonably well on many language tasks without having to adapt them to any of those tasks, but their performances are limited in
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OpenAI Launches GPT-3.5 Turbo Fine-tuning Capabilities
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We've just launched fine-tuning for GPT-3.5 Turbo! Fine-tuning lets you train the model on your company's data and run it at scale. Early tests have shown that fine-tuned GPT-3.5 Turbo can match or exceed GPT-4 on narrow tasks: https://
openai.com/blog/gpt-3-5-t
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Satya Nadella: Early AI Leads Don’t Matter for Microsoft
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had to think of this Satya comment that was published yesterday 'As far as I’m concerned, early leads in technology don’t matter.' https://
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Building Organizational Resilience During Times of Disruption
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Author and thought leader, Helen Yu writes, "Disruptions, challenges, and changes have become the new norm. In the face of such uncertainty, companies need to cultivate resilience to thrive." Read more of her thoughts on cultivating resiliency: http://
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Over a Third of Global Office Desks Remain Empty Weekly
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kinda figured the percentage would have been higher than 36% https://
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VMware announces Private AI and multicloud innovations at VMexplore
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VMware announced exciting innovations at #vmexplore today. It takes #multicloud and #AI to a new height, and helps companies balance among Choice, Cost, Performance and Compliance. I am most excited about the Private AI.
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OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 and the Rise of Diffusion Models
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In April 2021, OpenAI announced DALL·E 2 https://
openai.com/dall-e-2 and detailed their transition toward using diffusion models. It felt like the dream was coming true! You could prompt it for a photo of a cat wearing a red hat, and get a cat wearing a red hat!
