When Nikola Tesla predicted we’d have handheld phones that could display videos, photographs, and more, his musings seemed like a distant dream. Nearly 100 years later, smartphones are like an extra appendage for many of us. Digital fabrication engineers are now working toward expanding the display capabilities of other everyday objects. One avenue they’re exploring is […]

If 2022 marked the moment when generative AI’s disruptive potential first captured wide public attention, 2024 has been the year when questions about the legality of its underlying data have taken center stage for businesses eager to harness its power. The USA’s fair use doctrine, along with the implicit scholarly license that had long allowed […]

Have you ever wished you could create high-quality video ads without hiring an expensive production team? Video is everything in today’s fast-paced digital world. Aberdeen Group says video drives 49% faster revenue growth than non-video content. But if you’re like most small businesses or content creators, you probably don’t have the time, a big budget, or […]

Heico Sandee, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Smart Robotics. Smart Robotics offers technology and services designed to automate pick-and-place stations in fulfillment centers. The company provides user-friendly, reliable, and adaptable pick-and-place systems capable of handling a wide variety of items. What inspired you to co-found Smart Robotics back in 2015? What challenges in the […]

Data is not just an asset; it has become the lifeblood of businesses today, driving everything from daily decisions to long-term strategy, and is central to competitiveness and innovation. It’s no surprise that companies generate more data than ever before, from all sources. The surge in data generation and collection is exponential. In fact, IDC […]

Large language models can do impressive things, like write poetry or generate viable computer programs, even though these models are trained to predict words that come next in a piece of text. Such surprising capabilities can make it seem like the models are implicitly learning some general truths about the world. But that isn’t necessarily […]

Anthropic has recently unveiled major updates to its Claude AI model family. The announcement introduced an enhanced version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet and debuted a new Claude 3.5 Haiku model, marking substantial progress in both performance capabilities and cost efficiency. The release represents a strategic advancement in the AI landscape, particularly notable for its improvements […]

At the turn of the 20th century, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about the conditions and culture of Black people in Philadelphia, documenting also the racist attitudes and beliefs that pervaded the white society around them. He described how unequal outcomes in domains like health could be attributed not only to racist ideas, but to racism […]