Improve employee productivity using generative AI with Amazon Bedrock

The Employee Productivity GenAI Assistant Example is a practical AI-powered solution designed to streamline writing tasks, allowing teams to focus on creativity rather than repetitive content creation. Built on AWS technologies like AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon DynamoDB, this tool automates the creation of customizable templates and supports both text and image inputs. … Read more

Build a multimodal social media content generator using Amazon Bedrock

In today’s digital age, social media has revolutionized the way brands interact with their consumers, creating a need for dynamic and engaging content that resonates with their target audience. There’s growing competition for consumer attention in this space; content creators and influencers face constant challenges to produce new, engaging, and brand-consistent content. The challenges come … Read more

Elevate RAG for numerical analysis using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases

In the realm of generative artificial intelligence (AI), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a powerful technique, enabling foundation models (FMs) to use external knowledge sources for enhanced text generation. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing FMs from leading AI companies like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, … Read more

Fictitious Play for Mixed Strategy Equilibria in Mean Field Games: Numerical Experiments

:::info Authors: (1) Chengfeng Shen, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing; (2) Yifan Luo, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing; (3) Zhennan Zhou, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Model and 2.1 Optimal Stopping and Obstacle Problem 2.2 Mean Field Games with … Read more

Why California is suing ExxonMobil for ‘perpetuating the lie’ of plastic recycling

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that his office had launched an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries alleged role in causing a plastic pollution crisis on April 28th, 2022, in Playa Del Rey, California. | Photo: Getty Images California is going after ExxonMobil over what it calls a “campaign of deception” about … Read more

Meta is giving its metaverse avatars a glow-up

Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge Meta is overhauling its metaverse avatars, and you’ll be able to use them soon: the new look will be available on October 1st, the company announced at its Connect conference on Wednesday. The new avatars will be available on Meta Horizon OS (its VR operating system), as well … Read more

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving

Screenshot: YouTube OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving the company, she announced on Wednesday. “I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,” she wrote in a post on X. “For now, my primary focus is doing everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition, maintaining … Read more

What does Mark Zuckerberg’s shirt say?

Three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg’s big day was a flop. At his company’s annual developer conference – then called Facebook Connect – he unveiled his grand plans to turn his trillion dollar social network into “a metaverse company.” He changed the name of his company to Meta, and we braced for a world where we … Read more

Fictitious Play for Mixed Strategy Equilibria in Mean Field Games: Numerical Analysis

:::info Authors: (1) Chengfeng Shen, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing; (2) Yifan Luo, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing; (3) Zhennan Zhou, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Model and 2.1 Optimal Stopping and Obstacle Problem 2.2 Mean Field Games with … Read more

Bitcoin and Fractional Reserve: An Off-Chain Possibility?

Off-chain community governance raises delicate questions about the invisible forces operating behind supposedly decentralized communities. A rumor is circulating (or flanking) the blockchain: Coinbase might be issuing Bitcoin IOUs for BlackRock, which some believe could be manipulating the price off-chain. These theories raise concerns about how traditional actors can influence Bitcoin without directly relying on … Read more