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Barking Up The Wrong GPTree: Building Better AI With A Cognitive Approach

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Artificial intelligence has dominated the headlines for several months due to the successes of large language models. This has prompted numerous debates about the possibility of, and timeline for, artificial general intelligence (AGI). Peter Voss has dedicated decades of his life to the pursuit of truly intelligent software through the approach of cognitive AI.

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mapGroupsWithState and.batch?

Waitingforcode

That's one of my recent surprises. While I have been exploring arbitrary stateful processing, hence the mapGroupsWithState among others, I mistakenly created a batch DataFrame and applied the mapping function on top of it. Turns out, it worked! Well, not really but I let you discover why in this blog post.

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How to reduce your Snowflake cost

Start Data Engineering

1. Introduction 2. Snowflake pricing and settings inheritance model 3. Strategies to reduce Snowflake cost 3.1. Quick wins by changing settings 3.1.1. Update warehouse settings 3.2. Analyze usage and optimize table data storage 3.2.1. Identify expensive queries and optimize them 3.2.1.1. Identify expensive queries with query_history 3.2.1.2. Optimize expensive queries 3.2.2.

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4 ELT Alternatives To Airbyte – How To Ingest Your Data

Seattle Data Guy

Getting data out of source systems and into a data warehouse or data lake is one of the first steps in making it usable by analysts and data scientists. The question is how will your team do that? Will they write custom data connectors, pay for a data connector out of the box or perhaps… Read more The post 4 ELT Alternatives To Airbyte – How To Ingest Your Data appeared first on Seattle Data Guy.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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What’s New in ArcGIS Pro 3.3

ArcGIS

Discover the exciting new features of ArcGIS Pro 3.3. From water flow modeling to direct PDF support, this release has it all. Read our blog to learn more.

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OutputModes in Apache Spark Structured Streaming - complementary notes

Waitingforcode

I wrote a blog post about OutputModes 6 (yes!) years ago and after reading it a few times, I realized it was not good enough to be a quick refresher. For that reason you can read about OutputModes for the second time here. Hopefully, this one will be a good try!

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Snowflake Cortex LLM Functions Moves to General Availability with New LLMs, Improved Retrieval and Enhanced AI Safety

Snowflake

Snowflake Cortex is a fully-managed service that enables access to industry-leading large language models (LLMs) is now generally available. You can use these LLMs in select regions directly via LLM Functions on Cortex so you can bring generative AI securely to your governed data. Your team can focus on building AI applications, while we handle model optimization and GPU infrastructure to deliver cost-effective performance.

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Join us at the Iceberg Summit 2024

Cloudera

Apache Iceberg is vital to the work we do and the experience that the Cloudera platform delivers to our customers. Iceberg, a high-performance open-source format for huge analytic tables, delivers the reliability and simplicity of SQL tables to big data while allowing for multiple engines like Spark, Flink, Trino, Presto, Hive, and Impala to work with the same tables, all at the same time.

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Robinhood Response to Receipt of Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Robinhood

Robinhood Markets,Inc.(Nasdaq:HOOD) today announced that RHC has received a Wells Notice from the SEC Staff Earlier today we announced Robinhood Crypto (RHC) has received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff indicating they will recommend that the Commission file an enforcement action. “After years of good faith attempts to work with the SEC for regulatory clarity including our well-known attempt to ‘come in and register,’ we are disappointed that the agency has

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Free AI Courses from NVIDIA: For All Levels

KDnuggets

Want to build cool AI applications? Start learning AI today with these free courses from NVIDIA.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Top 10 Startups in India – Everyone Should Know

Knowledge Hut

As of the beginning of January 2022, India has recognized more than 61,000 startups, thus having the 3rd largest startup ecosystem after the US and China. The government of India has an initiative called Startup India, whose sole purpose is to bring about startup culture and build an ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation. As a result, the startup ecosystem in India has emerged as a major growth engine for the country in the past few years and aims to become a global tech powerhouse.

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We’ll See You at the Gartner Data and Analytics Summit

Cloudera

The Gartner Data and Analytics Summit in London is quickly approaching on May 13 th to 15 th , and the Cloudera team is ready to hit the show floor! The theme of this year’s summit, “Generating Value Together: Creating Synergies between Data, Analytics & AI,” could not have come at a better time as we push forward on our AI and analytics journey together.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation with Data and AI: Announcing the 2024 Finalists of the Databricks Data Team Transformation Award

databricks

The Data Team Awards celebrates enterprise data teams' essential role in helping businesses across sectors face their most pressing challenges. With more than.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Essential Tools for Data Analysts

KDnuggets

Data analyst tools encompass programming languages, spreadsheets, BI, and big data tools. Here are 9ish tools that cover all the tasks of data analysts well.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Six Sigma Green Belt Project Examples & How to Execute?

Knowledge Hut

The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is an important step in becoming a master of the lean six sigma technique and leading improvement projects for a company. LSS Green Belts identify critical areas for improvement and play a key role in executing the necessary changes, based on the ideas and abilities learned throughout LSS Yellow Belt training.

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Gen AI Perspectives from Industry Leaders Shaping the Future

Snowflake

From its start with efficient batch processing with data warehouses for descriptive analytics, and the inclusion of streaming data in real time to build recommendations, we find ourselves at the forefront of a new stage of evolution: generative AI (gen AI). This generative powerhouse has fueled vertical integration, giving rise to industry-specific solutions that harness the full potential of generative capabilities and unlocked the imagination of many.

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Working with EMIT Hyperspectral Imagery in ArcGIS

ArcGIS

ArcGIS's capabilities for visualizing and analyzing EMIT hyperspectral imagery bridge the gap between NASA's science data and GIS users.

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Ollama Tutorial: Running LLMs Locally Made Super Simple

KDnuggets

Want to run large language models on your machine? Learn how to do so using Ollama in this quick tutorial.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Common Challenges Faced by First-Time Agile Organizations

Knowledge Hut

After much deliberation on whether Agile is right for your organization and fighting the demons of doubt, you decide to hire an Agile coach. Now that you are gearing up to reap the benefits of Agile, somewhere in the corner of your mind, there is still a doubt about whether your organization is ready for Agile. Implementing Agile for the first time can prove to be a herculean task.

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Snowflake’s Recertification Program: How to maintain your SnowPro status

Snowflake

There are more than 25,000 SnowPros in the Snowflake Certification community today. Earning and maintaining a SnowPro Certification shows a strategic commitment to expand your Snowflake knowledge and skills, and advance your career. As Snowflake continues to grow, the demand for Snowflake experience and expertise is also rapidly increasing. A recent survey of certified SnowPros indicated that: 68% received positive recognition for achieving the certification. 61% noted a greater demand for their

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What’s new in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro | May 2024

ArcGIS

Read a summary of the newest features, enhancements, and improvements in the ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro May Release.

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5 Free Stanford AI Courses

KDnuggets

Want to learn more about Artificial Intelligence? These five courses from Stanford will help you kickstart that journey.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Themes, Epics, and the Art of Writing User Stories

Knowledge Hut

User stories are as critical and essential in the Scrum world as the required documents in the traditional Waterfall world. Even if we try to avoid the controversial comparison, the need for both is unavoidable. Please note the Scrum guide doesn’t talk about the user stories or user stories examples. So, the very definition, scope, or constraints of user stories are open to interpretation and the subject to be improvised.

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How Healthcare and Life Sciences Organizations Are Accelerating Data, Apps and AI Strategy in the Data Cloud

Snowflake

Accelerate Healthcare and Life Sciences is a one-day virtual event, featuring technology and business leaders from Elevance Health, Ginkgo Bioworks, Datavant and more, to discover executive priorities, best practices and potential data and AI challenges that are top of mind for 2024. Why Attend Accelerate Healthcare and Life Sciences? Accelerate Healthcare and Life Sciences is on May 16, 2024, starting at 11 a.m.

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The Vital Role of Data Governance in Communications, Media and Entertainment

databricks

Discover the vital role of data governance in the communications, media, and entertainment industry. Learn how robust data governance enables personalized experiences, ensures AI transparency, and mitigates compliance risks. Explore how leading companies like Barilla and Anker are accelerating innovation through effective data governance strategies powered by Databricks' Unity Catalog.

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Using Groq Llama 3 70B Locally: Step by Step Guide

KDnuggets

Learn how to generate super fast responses in Jan AI and VSCode using Groq LPU Inference Engine.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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10 deadly myths of Agile and Scrum

Knowledge Hut

Agile and Scrum have been conquering the minds of engineers, managers especially from software industry, quite effectively since last few years. The impact is so much so that every software engineer thinks that if he/she is not working on an Agile or Scrum project, their career is stuck. It surely is, but so is the reality of this fact. Agile and Scrum have become so pervasive in our thought process that we, as engineers or managers or product owners do not stop to ask ourselves once if we reall

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Better See and Control Your Snowflake Spend with the Cost Management Interface, Now Generally Available

Snowflake

Snowflake is dedicated to providing customers with intuitive solutions that streamline their operations and drive success. As part of our ongoing commitment to helping customers in this way, we’re introducing updates to the Cost Management Interface to make managing Snowflake spend easier at an organization level and accessible to more roles. Snowsight: Your Centralized Console for Cost Management The Cost Management Interface in Snowsight (Snowflake’s web interface) is the centralized con

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Building High-Quality and Trusted Data Products with Databricks

databricks

Introduction Organizations aiming to become AI and data-driven often need to provide their internal teams with high-quality and trusted data products. Building.

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5 Steps to Learn AI for Free in 2024

KDnuggets

Master AI with these free courses from Harvard, Google, AWS, and more.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.