Image by Editor | ChatGPT   Contents# Introduction# Prerequisites# Installing Neo4j# Initial Setup and Configuration# Accessing the Neo4j Browser# Basic Cypher Commands# Next Steps# Conclusion # Introduction  Neo4j is a powerful database that works with connected data. Unlike traditional databases that use tables, Neo4j uses nodes and relationships. This setup makes it easy to explore complex links in data. Neo4j is popular for projects …

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Current AI benchmarks are struggling to keep pace with modern models. As helpful as they are to measure model performance on specific tasks, it can be hard to know if models trained on internet data are actually solving problems or just remembering answers they’ve already seen. As models reach closer to 100% on certain benchmarks, …

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Never miss a new edition of The Variable, our weekly newsletter featuring a top-notch selection of editors’ picks, deep dives, community news, and more. It’s tempting to think that what separates a successful machine learning project from a not-so-great one is a cutting-edge model, more computing power, or a few extra teammates. In reality, throwing more resources …

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Image by Author | ChatGPT   Contents# Introduction# The AI Advantage in Feature Engineering# The Solution: A 5-Node AI Analysis Pipeline# Building the Workflow: Step-by-Step Implementation# Technical Deep Dive: The Intelligence Engine# Testing with Different Scenarios# Next Steps: Scaling AI-Assisted Data Science# Conclusion # Introduction  Feature engineering gets called the ‘art’ of data science for good reason — experienced data scientists develop this intuition …

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Science Published 7 August 2025 Authors The Perch Team Our new Perch model helps conservationists analyze audio faster to protect endangered species, from Hawaiian honeycreepers to coral reefs. One of the ways scientists protect the health of our planet’s wild ecosystems is by using microphones (or underwater hydrophones) to collect vast amounts of audio dense …

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In Part 3.1 we started discussing how decomposes the time series data into trend, seasonality, and residual components, and as it is a smoothing-based technique, it means we need rough estimates of trend and seasonality for STL to perform smoothing. For that, we calculated a rough estimate of a trend by calculating it using the …

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Image by Author | Ideogram   Contents# Once Upon a Time…# Making Sense of Complex Data# Uncovering Insights: Pattern and Trend Discovery# Causing a Lasting Impression: Engagement and Impact# Driving Data-Driven Action: Decision Support# Wrapping Up # Once Upon a Time…  Data storytelling can be defined as the process of communicating insights from data through a compelling and structured narrative, turning raw …

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Acknowledgments Genie 3 was made possible due to key research and engineering contributions from Phil Ball, Jakob Bauer, Frank Belletti, Bethanie Brownfield, Ariel Ephrat, Shlomi Fruchter, Agrim Gupta, Kristian Holsheimer, Aleks Holynski, Jiri Hron, Christos Kaplanis, Marjorie Limont, Matt McGill, Yanko Oliveira, Jack Parker-Holder, Frank Perbet, Guy Scully, Jeremy Shar, Stephen Spencer, Omer Tov, Ruben …

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year, I wrote about my first 3-month manager experience. I shared some of the immediate changes I noticed, including more meetings, mentoring and coaching opportunities, a broader scope, and increased visibility into the behind-the-scenes work. Time flies, and I have now been a manager for a full year. It is a busy year as I …

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Image by Author | Canva   Contents# Introduction# What is Phoenix?# Step-by-Step Setup# Understanding Phoenix Traces & Metrics# Wrapping Up # Introduction  Traditional debugging with print() or logging works, but it’s slow and clunky with LLMs. Phoenix provides a timeline view of every step, prompt, and response inspection, error detection with retries, visibility into latency and costs, and a complete visual …

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