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How the sport of rowing has changed since ‘The Boys in the Boat’ — and how it’s stayed the same

GeekWire

” On paper, the performance of the rowers at the center of the movie — and at the center of the bestselling book on which the movie is based — pales in comparison with current Olympic and world records. ” Could artificial intelligence generate the optimal shape? “They had that ‘swing.’

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Amazon unveils new AI features in quest to make Alexa ‘superhuman’

GeekWire

But from the start, the tech giant was clearly out to make a statement about artificial intelligence , attempting to counter the impression that it has fallen behind OpenAI and others in the field. “But with generative AI, it’s now within reach.” Amazon also showed this video to give a sense for the capabilities.

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Brains vs. bots in the newsroom: Can AI generate better story ideas than humans can?

GeekWire

GeekWire is relaunching its “Bot or Not” series today, exploring the line between human ingenuity and artificial intelligence, just as the new era of generative AI makes that line blurrier than ever. By comparison, the chatbots took subtle aspects of the prompts too far, seeing things as black-and-white.

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Volkswagen ID 4 review: electric chill

The Verge

Last year, when Volkswagen unveiled the ID 4 for the first time at an eerily empty, socially distanced event in Brooklyn, the company’s CEO for North America, Scott Keogh, warned me not to make the obvious comparisons to other EVs, like Tesla. VW subsidiary Porsche recently revealed its first all-electric sports car, the Taycan.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Their results demonstrate that using CC and social features derived from interaction records and network structure yields substantially improved prediction in comparison to using conventional classification and user profile features only. Given this variation, the interpretation of the results is quite challenging.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Biology

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: The show is called The Hacker Mind, and by listening to more than a few episodes, I think you know that I'm not talking about black hoodies rad music or expensive sports car. So it's almost like by pushing yourself and doing something harder than all these other tests become easier in comparison.