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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
ChromiumChromium

Towards HTTPS by default

The blogpost discusses the goal of enabling HTTPS-First Mode by default, including automatic upgrades to HTTPS, warning on insecure downloads, and expanding HTTPS-First Mode protections for different user groups.

8/16/2023
InstacartInstacart

The Next Era of Data at Instacart

A blogpost discussing the challenges of using data effectively at Instacart and the engineering initiative called 'Ground Truth' that aims to address these challenges by establishing robust data foundations and tools, with a focus on the next era of data at Instacart and the use of AI and LLMs to provide a richer self-serve experience with data.

8/16/2023
AWS MLAWS ML

Train self-supervised vision transformers on overhead imagery with Amazon SageMaker

Train self-supervised vision transformers on overhead imagery using Amazon SageMaker for aerial imagery model use cases.

8/16/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Generative AI essentials: what everyone needs to know about genAI

An introduction to generative AI, explaining what it is, how it works, and why it is considered a transformative technology.

8/16/2023
AWS MLAWS ML

How Thomson Reuters developed Open Arena, an enterprise-grade large language model playground, in under 6 weeks

A discussion on the development of Open Arena, an enterprise-grade large language model playground by Thomson Reuters Labs in collaboration with AWS, using AWS-managed services and Hugging Face Deep Learning Containers.

8/16/2023
DropboxDropbox

How we reduced the size of our JavaScript bundles by 33%

Reducing JavaScript bundle size by 33% through optimization techniques

8/16/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

Using GPT-4 for content moderation

Utilizing GPT-4's advanced capabilities for enhancing content moderation

8/15/2023
Google AIGoogle AI

STUDY: Socially aware temporally causal decoder recommender systems

The blogpost discusses a study on socially aware temporally causal decoder recommender systems, specifically focusing on a content recommender system for audiobooks in an educational setting that takes into account the social nature of reading.

8/15/2023
OpenAIOpenAI

Using GPT-4 for content moderation

Applying GPT-4 model to improve content moderation processes

8/15/2023
Google AIGoogle AI

STUDY: Socially aware temporally causal decoder recommender systems

The blogpost presents a content recommender system for audiobooks in an educational setting, leveraging machine learning to take into account the social nature of reading and help students find relevant and engaging content.

8/15/2023
AWS MLAWS ML

How Amazon Shopping uses Amazon Rekognition Content Moderation to review harmful images in product reviews

The blogpost explores how Amazon Shopping utilizes Amazon Rekognition Content Moderation to identify harmful images in product reviews.

8/15/2023
MIT AIMIT AI

AI models are powerful, but are they biologically plausible?

Exploring the link between astrocytes and the biological plausibility of AI models in a study merging neuroscience and machine learning.

8/15/2023