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Vectoring Languages
Recent breakthroughs in large language models (LLM) have stirred up global attention, and the research has been accelerating non-stop since then. Philosophers and psychologists have also been researching the structure of language for decades, but they are having a hard time finding a theory that directly benefits from the breakthroughs of LLMs. In this article, we propose a novel structure of language that reflects well on the mechanisms behind language models and go on to show that this structure is also better at capturing the diverse nature of language compared to previous methods. An analogy of linear algebra is adapted to strengthen the basis of this perspective. We further argue about the difference between this perspective and the design philosophy for current language models. Lastly, we discuss how this perspective can lead us to research directions that may accelerate the improvements of science fastest.
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Abortion chatbot Charley helps women end their pregnancies: 'Let's get started'
For those women who are considering terminating their pregnancies, a new chatbot called Charley aims to help them start the process of getting an abortion. The chatbot, which launched on Sept. 12, is available on Charley's website, greeting visitors with the message, "Need an abortion? On its website, Charley is described as "designed by abortion experts, made for abortion seekers." One of its co-founders is Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood. Richards "oversees legal, political, and policy matters and leads fundraising efforts" for Charley, according to the chatbot's website. Another co-founder is Tom Subak, former chief strategy officer at Planned Parenthood. A new chatbot called Charley aims to help women start the process of getting an abortion. Charley isn't an app -- it lives online, on its own website. While individuals can freely visit the site, the company is also seeking medical providers who will agree to embed the chatbot directly on their own websites, "to meet abortion seekers wherever they are online," said Nicole Cushman, Charley's New York-based content manager, in an interview with Fox News Digital. Cushman, who has held leadership positions at Planned Parenthood, said the idea for the chatbot came about after Roe v. Wade was overturned -- with the goal of "improving people's online search experience." "Our research showed that people were turning primarily to Google for information about abortion options in the post-Roe landscape, and that it was very challenging for abortion seekers to connect to available options," she said. People "were ending up in an endless Google loop." "This was particularly the case if they were living in a state with an abortion ban or restriction -- they were ending up in an endless Google loop." One of Charley's co-founders is Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood. The company is seeking medical providers who will agree to embed the chatbot directly on their own websites. Charley's creators envisioned a "simple, effective way to pull together information from a range of sources" and "cut through the confusion," Cushman told Fox News Digital. Unlike large language models like ChatGPT, Charley doesn't allow people to type questions. Instead, the chatbot uses a "decision tree" format that guides visitors through a series of pre-written prompts, including the desired type of abortion and the date of their last menstrual period. It also asks for a zip code to determine the specific abortion laws in the visitor's state of residence. 'PRO-LIFE GENERATION IS ALIVE AND WELL' AS FURIOUS FIGHT FOR THE UNBORN CONTINUES For example, when Fox News Digital entered a zip code in Ohio, the response was: "Currently, abortion care is legal in Ohio, but only up to 22 weeks.
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ChatGPT is finding itself everywhere, now in houses of worship
A New York Rabbi recently went viral for delivering a sermon written by ChatGPT to his congregation, causing many to question the humanity in such an act. Think of ChatGPT as a far more sophisticated version of Google. It's an AI language model designed to generate human-like responses to various questions, from recipes to historical context to computer code and much more in mere seconds. CLICK TO GET KURT'S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO'S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER It's surpassed the million-user marker in about a week of its introduction. For context, it took companies like Facebook several months to achieve the same success.
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NESTANets: Stable, accurate and efficient neural networks for analysis-sparse inverse problems
Neyra-Nesterenko, Maksym, Adcock, Ben
Solving inverse problems is a fundamental component of science, engineering and mathematics. With the advent of deep learning, deep neural networks have significant potential to outperform existing state-of-the-art, model-based methods for solving inverse problems. However, it is known that current data-driven approaches face several key issues, notably hallucinations, instabilities and unpredictable generalization, with potential impact in critical tasks such as medical imaging. This raises the key question of whether or not one can construct deep neural networks for inverse problems with explicit stability and accuracy guarantees. In this work, we present a novel construction of accurate, stable and efficient neural networks for inverse problems with general analysis-sparse models, termed NESTANets. To construct the network, we first unroll NESTA, an accelerated first-order method for convex optimization. The slow convergence of this method leads to deep networks with low efficiency. Therefore, to obtain shallow, and consequently more efficient, networks we combine NESTA with a novel restart scheme. We then use compressed sensing techniques to demonstrate accuracy and stability. We showcase this approach in the case of Fourier imaging, and verify its stability and performance via a series of numerical experiments. The key impact of this work is demonstrating the construction of efficient neural networks based on unrolling with guaranteed stability and accuracy.
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Intermedix buys WPC Healthcare to boost machine learning
Intermedix Corp., the Nashville-based developer of cloud-based clinical and financial analytics technology, has acquired Brentwood, Tennessee-based WPC Healthcare in a move it says will improve its data science offerings. "Data science and machine learning are the future of healthcare," said Joel Portice, CEO of Intermedix, in a statement, adding that WPC will help Intermedix better assist customers in managing care and optimizing their revenue cycles. Intermedix helps more than 15,000 healthcare providers assess clinical, operational, utilization and financial metrics as they work to improve quality and efficiency. WPC Healthcare's machine learning and predictive analytics technology will bolster those capabilities, he said. The company's data science team will join the business analysts and data scientists from Intermedix at the company's innovation lab in Nashville.