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Google Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim
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Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus Debate AI Chatbots
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LaMDA | Is google's AI sentient? | Full audio conversation between Blake Lemoine and LaMDA
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The REAL GENIUS of Steve Jobs (THIS Made Him EXCEPTIONAL!)
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Google's Deep Mind Explained! - Self Learning A.I.
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Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez - Kotlin: The Next Frontier in Metaprogramming
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Larry Ellison: Billionaire Samurai Warrior of Silicon Valley
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Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks Google, Apple and the NSA
Larry Ellison is America's third richest man. His company, Oracle, makes a widely-used database tha… Michael Levin Jul 21, 2019 104 views
What people think programming is vs. how it actually is
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Swampcast features Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun CEO
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What do programmers actually do?
I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actual… Michael Levin Dec 2, 2017 102 views
re:publica 2017 - Maciej Ceglowski: Notes from an Emergency
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Anthropic Introduces Web Search Functionality for Claude Models
Anthropic has announced the addition of web search capabilities to its Claude models, available via the Anthropic API. This update enables Claude to access current information from the web, allowing developers to create applications and AI agents that provide up-to-date insights.
By Daniel DominguezNeon Serverless Postgres Now Generally Available as an Azure Native Integration
Microsoft and Neon launch Neon Serverless Postgres, now generally available as a native Azure integration, offering developers an innovative, scalable, and cost-effective database solution. With automatic scaling, instant provisioning, and seamless integration, it's designed for enterprises and AI startups alike, enhancing workflows and enabling efficient database management within Azure.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Large Concept Models: A Paradigm Shift in AI Reasoning
Differently from LLMs, Large Concept Models (LCMs) use structured knowledge to grasp relationships between concepts, enhancing the decision-making process and providing a transparent reasoning audit trail. Using LCMs with LLMs can facilitate building AI systems that can analyze complex scenarios and effectively communicate insights, driving towards developing more reliable and explainable AI.
By Anidhya BhatnagarMeta Open Sources LlamaFirewall for AI Agent Combined Protection
LlamaFirewall is a security framework aimed at safeguarding AI agents against prompt injection, goal misalignment, and insecure code generation. It achieved over 90% efficacy in reducing attack success rates when evaluated on the AgentDojo benchmark. Additionally, developers can update its behavior by adding new security guardrails.
By Sergio De SimoneMeta Announces API and Protection Tools at First LlamaCon Event
At Meta's first-ever LlamaCon event, the company announced several new tools for building with their Llama AI models: a limited preview of the Llama API that allows developers to experiment with different models, and new Llama Protection Tools for securing AI applications.
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