Ben Dickson - TechTalks https://bdtechtalks.com Technology solving problems... and creating new ones Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:44:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/bdtechtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-TechTalks-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ben Dickson - TechTalks https://bdtechtalks.com 32 32 99082954 How to turbocharge your product and market research with DeepSearch https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/23/how-to-turbocharge-your-product-and-market-research-with-deepsearch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-turbocharge-your-product-and-market-research-with-deepsearch https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/23/how-to-turbocharge-your-product-and-market-research-with-deepsearch/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:44:49 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24440 If you think in terms of the JBTD framework, Deep Search products can save you a ton of time and effort in finding new product and market opportunities.

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Are we at the cusp of a new era for artificial intelligence? https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/21/are-we-at-the-cusp-of-a-new-era-for-artificial-intelligence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-we-at-the-cusp-of-a-new-era-for-artificial-intelligence Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:50:14 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24412 The "Era of Experience" envisions AI's evolution beyond human data, emphasizing self-learning from real-world interactions. But challenges loom for this vision.

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What to know about o3 and o4-mini, OpenAI’s new reasoning models https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/17/openai-o3-o4-mini/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-o3-o4-mini https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/17/openai-o3-o4-mini/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:22:56 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24384 OpenAI's new reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, enhance problem-solving capabilities and tool use, making them more effective than their predecessors.

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GPT-4.1: OpenAI’s most confusing model https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/16/openai-gpt-41/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-gpt-41 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/16/openai-gpt-41/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:39:47 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24375 OpenAI's release of GPT-4.1 raises more questions than it answers, leaving developers puzzled and the model's actual value unclear amid confusing statements.

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How Google’s Agent2Agent can boost AI productivity through inter-agent communication https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/14/google-agent2agent-a2a/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-agent2agent-a2a Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:29:57 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24352 Google's new A2A framework lets different AI agents chat and work together seamlessly, breaking down silos and improving productivity across platforms.

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Demystifying vibe coding: Hype, reality, and why you still need to code https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/09/demystifying-vibe-coding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demystifying-vibe-coding Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:16:42 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24322 There is a lot of hype surrounding "vibe coding." But there is a darker reality to letting AI write your entire code and ignoring fundamental software skills.

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Under the hood: The Innovations powering DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/07/deepseek-innovations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deepseek-innovations https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/07/deepseek-innovations/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24275 Here is how DeepSeek models disrupted AI norms and revealed that outstanding performance and efficiency don’t require secrecy

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What to know about Meta’s Llama 4 model family https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/06/meta-llama-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meta-llama-4 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/06/meta-llama-4/#respond Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:13:14 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24257 Meta releases Llama 4, a potent suite of LLMs challenging rivals with innovative multimodal capabilities. Are they the future or just hype?

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Understanding OpenAI’s pivot to releasing open source models https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/02/openai-open-source-model/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-open-source-model https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/04/02/openai-open-source-model/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:22:54 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24242 OpenAI’s shift to an open language model signals vulnerability; the once-exclusive leader now grapples with competitive openness and market evolution.

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What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)? https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/31/model-context-protocol-mcp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=model-context-protocol-mcp Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:57:55 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24217 Model Context Protocol (MCP) simplifies LLM integration with external tools, enhancing AI agents' functionality and flexibility in various applications.

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What to know about Google Gemini 2.5 Pro https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/26/google-gemini-2-5-pro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-gemini-2-5-pro https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/26/google-gemini-2-5-pro/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:12:09 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24188 Gemini 2.5 Pro is a new reasoning model that excels in long-context tasks and benchmarks, revitalizing Google’s AI strategy against competitors like OpenAI.

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How Open-Sora 2.0 cuts the costs of AI video generation without sacrificing quality https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/24/open-sora-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-sora-2 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/24/open-sora-2/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:11:14 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24158 Open-Sora 2.0 cuts the costs of creating a bleeding edge text-to-video AI model by using the right data, architecture, and training regime.

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Google closes down on OpenAI with huge Gemini and Gemma 3 releases https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/19/google-gemma-3-gemini-features/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-gemma-3-gemini-features https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/19/google-gemma-3-gemini-features/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:16:02 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24132 Google has significantly improved its AI offerings with Gemini and Gemma 3, catching up with OpenAI and possibly setting the stage for a major takeover.

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How OpenAI is building its moat https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/17/openai-moat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-moat https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/17/openai-moat/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24097 With OpenAI's dominance of frontier large language models eroding, here is how the company is building its AI moat at the application and integration layers.

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What is Manus, the AI agent taking on OpenAI Deep Research https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/10/manus-ai-agent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manus-ai-agent https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/10/manus-ai-agent/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:02:31 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24064 Manus, a new AI agent platform, showcases task automation with language and reasoning models, sparking comparisons to DeepSeek. But there is more to the story than pretty demos.

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Alibaba’s QwQ-32B reasoning model matches DeepSeek-R1, outperforms OpenAI o1-mini https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/06/alibaba-qwq-32b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alibaba-qwq-32b https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/06/alibaba-qwq-32b/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:35:08 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24028 Alibaba's QwQ-32B is a new large reasoning model (LRM) with high performance on key benchmarks, improved efficiency and open-source access.

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Was GPT-4.5 a failure? https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/03/openai-gpt-4-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-gpt-4-5 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/03/openai-gpt-4-5/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=24000 GPT-4.5 was certainly underwhelming. But this doesn't mean that the huge amount of resources that went into it have gone to waste.

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Google releases Gemini Code Assist, free for all developers https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/27/google-gemini-code-assist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-gemini-code-assist https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/27/google-gemini-code-assist/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:12:24 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23975 Gemini Code Assist is a powerful AI coding assistant, available for free in Visual Studio Code and JetBrains to generate, explain, and debug code.

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What to know about Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic’s new frontier language model https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/24/claude-3-7-sonnet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claude-3-7-sonnet https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/24/claude-3-7-sonnet/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:28:56 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23944 Claude 3.7 Sonnet is an LLM that combines both general-purpose and reasoning tasks into a single model to take on the likes of o3, Grok 3, and DeepSeek-R1.

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o and o1 in software engineering, OpenAI study shows https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/24/claude-3-5-sonnet-outperforms-gpt-4o-and-o1-in-software-engineering-openai-study-shows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=claude-3-5-sonnet-outperforms-gpt-4o-and-o1-in-software-engineering-openai-study-shows https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/24/claude-3-5-sonnet-outperforms-gpt-4o-and-o1-in-software-engineering-openai-study-shows/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23928 A new OpenAI study reveals Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o and o1 on SWE-Lancer, a new benchmark simulating real-world software engineering tasks.

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Everything you need to know about Grok-3 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/20/what-is-grok-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-grok-3 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/20/what-is-grok-3/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:54:29 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23892 Grok-3 storms the AI scene, boasting superior capabilities and competitive benchmarks. Here's everything to know about this new LLM and LRM from xAI.

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Understanding LLM ensembles and mixture-of-agents (MoA) https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/17/llm-ensembels-mixture-of-agents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=llm-ensembels-mixture-of-agents https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/17/llm-ensembels-mixture-of-agents/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:10:21 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23864 LLM ensembles use the power of teamwork to improve the responses of models. Mixture-of-agents (MoA), a more advanced technique, takes ensembles to the next level.

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How looking differently at data can save your machine learning project https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/15/ml-product-management-data-analysis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ml-product-management-data-analysis https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/15/ml-product-management-data-analysis/#respond Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:00:26 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23845 We were about to shut down a machine learning project. Then we decided to take another look at the data...

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OpenAI reveals o3’s reasoning process to bridge gap with DeepSeek-R1 https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/12/openai-o3s-chain-of-thought/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-o3s-chain-of-thought https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/12/openai-o3s-chain-of-thought/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:13:19 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23814 o3-mini now shows a more detailed version of its chain-of-thought (CoT) trace.

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Demystifying DeepSeek-R1, the model that shocked the AI industry https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/10/demystifying-deepseek-r1-the-model-that-shocked-the-ai-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demystifying-deepseek-r1-the-model-that-shocked-the-ai-industry https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/10/demystifying-deepseek-r1-the-model-that-shocked-the-ai-industry/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:01:23 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23784 There is a lot of hype and confusion around DeepSeek-R1. Here is what you need to know about how this reasoning model works and what makes it special.

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What to know about OpenAI o3-mini https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/03/openai-o3-mini/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-o3-mini https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/02/03/openai-o3-mini/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23698 OpenAI's o3-mini is a game-changer—faster, cheaper, and smarter than o1, but it's also a bid to reclaim dominance amid DeepSeek's rising threat.

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The winners and losers of the DeepSeek-R1 shockwave https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/29/deepseek-r1-winners-losers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deepseek-r1-winners-losers https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/29/deepseek-r1-winners-losers/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:31:41 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23659 DeepSeek reshuffled the AI markets with the release of its R1 large reasoning model. Here is how OpenAI, Anthropic, and other players in the field are affected.

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How multiagent fine-tuning overcomes the data bottleneck of LLMs https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/27/llm-multiagent-fine-tuning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=llm-multiagent-fine-tuning https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/27/llm-multiagent-fine-tuning/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:03:28 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23636 Multiagent debate and fine-tuning can enable LLMs to create high-quality training data to improve themselves across different tasks.

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The growing rift between Microsoft and OpenAI https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/24/microsoft-openai-rivalry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-openai-rivalry https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/24/microsoft-openai-rivalry/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:09:32 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23612 Microsoft's growing independence from OpenAI signals a brewing rivalry. As the AI market evolves, the future of their partnership looks shaky.

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New training paradigm prevents machine learning models from learning spurious correlations https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/20/memorization-aware-training-machine-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorization-aware-training-machine-learning https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/20/memorization-aware-training-machine-learning/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:26:35 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23563 Meta researchers show how memorization-aware training can help machine learning models avoid developing dangerous biases.

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GEAR turbo-charges LLMs with advanced graph-based RAG capabilities https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/13/gear-graph-based-llm-rag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gear-graph-based-llm-rag https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/13/gear-graph-based-llm-rag/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:44:56 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23513 GEAR enhances RAG by automatically extracting triples and using beam search to create and iterate over graph representations from retrieved documents.

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RunFree Lite2: A versatile open-ear headphone for athletes and beyond https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/05/runfree-lite2-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=runfree-lite2-review https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/01/05/runfree-lite2-review/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2025 21:23:18 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23433 SoundPeats RunFree Lite2 is an affordable open-ear wireless headphone offering comfort, decent sound quality, dual-device connection, and 15-hour battery life.

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Augmentation-based jailbreaking reveals critical flaws in AI models https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/30/best-of-n-jailbreaking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-of-n-jailbreaking https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/30/best-of-n-jailbreaking/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23371 Best-of-N jailbreaking is a black-box attack that can circumvent the safeguards of frontier LLMs, including Claude, GPT-4o, and Gemini.

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Encoders make a strong comeback with ModernBERT https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/27/modernbert-llm-encoder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=modernbert-llm-encoder https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/27/modernbert-llm-encoder/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:15:52 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23343 ModernBERT combines the powers of encoder-based models with the latest techniques in making transformers more efficient.

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What to know about the alternatives to OpenAI o1 and o3 https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/23/openai-o1-o3-alternatives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openai-o1-o3-alternatives https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/23/openai-o1-o3-alternatives/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23304 OpenAI o1 and o3 are very effective at math, coding, and reasoning tasks. But they are not the only models that can reason.

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Tagry X08 review: Budget true wireless earbuds with great audio https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/22/tagry-x08-review-budget-true-wireless-earbuds-with-great-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagry-x08-review-budget-true-wireless-earbuds-with-great-audio https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/22/tagry-x08-review-budget-true-wireless-earbuds-with-great-audio/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:43:29 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23293 Tagry X08 true-wireless earbuds offer decent sound quality and convenience for $35, featuring a waterproof design, Bluetooth 5.3, and good battery life.

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These mistakes can ruin your machine learning project https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/19/machine-learning-projects-common-pitfalls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=machine-learning-projects-common-pitfalls https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/19/machine-learning-projects-common-pitfalls/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:45:51 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23264 Some hard-earned lessons from the trenches shipping machine learning products.

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Tokenformer is a Transformer model that scales more efficiently https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/16/tokenformer-model-transformer-alternative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokenformer-model-transformer-alternative https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/16/tokenformer-model-transformer-alternative/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23214 Tokenformer uses the attention mechanism exclusively to create a transformer architecture that can be scaled without training from scratch.

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LLMs don’t need all the attention layers, study shows https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/09/llm-attention-layer-pruning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=llm-attention-layer-pruning https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/09/llm-attention-layer-pruning/#respond Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23145 LLMs can shed a substantial portion of their attention layers without hurting their performance.

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How to choose metrics for your machine learning projects https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/06/how-to-choose-metrics-for-your-machine-learning-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-choose-metrics-for-your-machine-learning-projects https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/06/how-to-choose-metrics-for-your-machine-learning-projects/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:05:48 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23127 Think of business goals and interventions before determining your ML metrics.

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Nvidia’s Hymba is an efficient SLM that combines state-space models and transformers https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/02/nvidia-hymba-slm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nvidia-hymba-slm https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/02/nvidia-hymba-slm/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:58:52 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23072 Hymba integrates transformers and state-space models to reduce costs and increase speed while maintaining accuracy.

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OpenRock X are high-quality earbuds that athletes will enjoy https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/01/openrock-x-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openrock-x-review https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/12/01/openrock-x-review/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:14:05 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=23057 OpenRock X are sturdy and comfortable open-ear earbuds that are adjustable, have high-quality audio, and long battery life.

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How treating LLMs as “actors” can produce better results https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/25/llm-method-actors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=llm-method-actors https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/25/llm-method-actors/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:56:08 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22989 Think of LLMs as actors, prompts as scripts, and LLM outputs as performances.

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Self-Evolving Reward Learning aligns LLMs with less human feedback https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/18/self-evolving-reward-learning-aligns-llms-with-less-human-feedback/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-evolving-reward-learning-aligns-llms-with-less-human-feedback https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/18/self-evolving-reward-learning-aligns-llms-with-less-human-feedback/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:50:59 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22926 Large language models (LLMs) have internal world models that they can use to review their own answers and automatically label data to train reward models.

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SoundPEATS Air5 is an excellent AirPods alternative at half the price https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/17/soundpeats-air5-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soundpeats-air5-review https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/17/soundpeats-air5-review/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:24:20 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22911 SoundPEATS Air5 are sturdy and high-quality earbuds with noise cancelation that provide a great alternative to AirPods at competitive price.

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How to start with machine learning in your organization https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/14/first-machine-learning-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-machine-learning-project https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/14/first-machine-learning-project/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:30:12 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22883 Start with the low-hanging fruit to reduce friction and build trust in your organization in adopting machine learning across operations.

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Adversarial pop-ups trick AI agents into clicking malicious links https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/10/adversarial-popups-ai-agents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adversarial-popups-ai-agents https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/10/adversarial-popups-ai-agents/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:34:26 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22847 AI agents click on malicious popups that human users would easily avoid.

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New technique teaches LLMs to optimize their “thought” process https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/04/thinking-llms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thinking-llms https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/11/04/thinking-llms/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:59:40 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22774 Though Preference Optimization (TPO) teaches LLMs to generate logical thoughts before responding to queries.

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How ChatGPT Search affects the broader AI landscape https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/10/31/chatgpt-search/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chatgpt-search https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/10/31/chatgpt-search/#comments Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:22:10 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22740 ChatGPT can now search the web when generating its responses. This will have implications for OpenAI and other AI companies.

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Minimized RNNs offer a fast and efficient alternative to Transformers https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/10/28/minimized-rnn-vs-transformer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minimized-rnn-vs-transformer https://bdtechtalks.com/2024/10/28/minimized-rnn-vs-transformer/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:08:42 +0000 https://bdtechtalks.com/?p=22698 With a few changes, RNNs can be optimized for parallel training, making them competitive with Transformers while keeping them efficient.

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