Month: April 2025

Burning questions (and some answers) about Bluesky’s new verification system

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Bluesky’s launch of a verification system has raised a slew of questions among its user base, from who will be picked — and why — to what outside organizations might be involved and whether the self-verification process will end. TechCrunch has some answers. After a leak last week, Bluesky officially announced Monday the arrival of … Read more

Supercharge your LLM performance with Amazon SageMaker Large Model Inference container v15

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Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Amazon SageMaker Large Model Inference (LMI) container v15, powered by vLLM 0.8.4 with support for the vLLM V1 engine. This version now supports the latest open-source models, such as Meta’s Llama 4 models Scout and Maverick, Google’s Gemma 3, Alibaba’s Qwen, Mistral AI, DeepSeek-R, and many more. … Read more

COCOGEN Sets Few-Shot Benchmark in Entity and Argument Graph Tasks

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 COCOGEN: Representing Commonsense structures with code and 2.1 Converting (T,G) into Python code 2.2 Few-shot prompting for generating G 3 Evaluation and 3.1 Experimental setup 3.2 Script generation: PROSCRIPT 3.3 Entity state tracking: PROPARA 3.4 Argument graph generation: EXPLAGRAPHS 4 Analysis 5 Related work 6 Conclusion, Acknowledgments, … Read more

Accuracy evaluation framework for Amazon Q Business – Part 2

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In the first post of this series, we introduced a comprehensive evaluation framework for Amazon Q Business, a fully managed Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solution that uses your company’s proprietary data without the complexity of managing large language models (LLMs). The first post focused on selecting appropriate use cases, preparing data, and implementing metrics to … Read more

Study Shows Few-Shot Code Generation Outperforms Fine-Tuned Models

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 COCOGEN: Representing Commonsense structures with code and 2.1 Converting (T,G) into Python code 2.2 Few-shot prompting for generating G 3 Evaluation and 3.1 Experimental setup 3.2 Script generation: PROSCRIPT 3.3 Entity state tracking: PROPARA 3.4 Argument graph generation: EXPLAGRAPHS 4 Analysis 5 Related work 6 Conclusion, Acknowledgments, … Read more

Why Converting Graphs to Python Code Improves AI Reasoning

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 COCOGEN: Representing Commonsense structures with code and 2.1 Converting (T,G) into Python code 2.2 Few-shot prompting for generating G 3 Evaluation and 3.1 Experimental setup 3.2 Script generation: PROSCRIPT 3.3 Entity state tracking: PROPARA 3.4 Argument graph generation: EXPLAGRAPHS 4 Analysis 5 Related work 6 Conclusion, Acknowledgments, … Read more

AI Understands Commonsense Reasoning Better When It Thinks Like a Programmer

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:::info Authors: (1) Aman Madaan, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (amadaan@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Shuyan Zhou, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (shuyanzh@cs.cmu.edu); (3) Uri Alon, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (ualong@cs.cmu.edu); (4) Yiming Yang, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (yiming@cs.cmu.edu); (5) Graham Neubig, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, … Read more

Use Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing for cost and latency benefits

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In December, we announced the preview availability for Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing, which provides a single serverless endpoint to efficiently route requests between different foundation models within the same model family. To do this, Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing dynamically predicts the response quality of each model for a request and routes the request to … Read more

How Infosys improved accessibility for Event Knowledge using Amazon Nova Pro, Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Elemental Media Services

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This post is co-written with Saibal Samaddar, Tanushree Halder, and Lokesh Joshi from Infosys Consulting. Critical insights and expertise are concentrated among thought leaders and experts across the globe. Language barriers often hinder the distribution and comprehension of this knowledge during crucial encounters. Workshops, conferences, and training sessions serve as platforms for collaboration and knowledge … Read more

Google Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited plan

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Google Fi is launching a new Unlimited Essentials plan, costing $35 per month for one line. It’s now Google Fi’s most affordable plan, offering unlimited calls, text, and data, along with access to 30GB of high-speed data. As part of the change, Google Fi is renaming its Simply Unlimited plan to Unlimited Standard, which still … Read more

Best Practices for Integrating LLMs with Malware Analysis Tools

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:::info Authors: (1) Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534 Piraeus, Greece and Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece; (2) Fran Casino, Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece and Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; (3) Nikolaos Lykousas, … Read more

Model Performance and Pitfalls in Automated Malware Deobfuscation

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:::info Authors: (1) Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534 Piraeus, Greece and Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece; (2) Fran Casino, Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece and Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; (3) Nikolaos Lykousas, … Read more

AI Detectives and the Case of the Disguised Droppers

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:::info Authors: (1) Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534 Piraeus, Greece and Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece; (2) Fran Casino, Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece and Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; (3) Nikolaos Lykousas, … Read more

Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally

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Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video-creation app. Releasing globally, Edits will allow creators to do things like keep track of video ideas, get inspiration for new content, and create videos with effects and AI tools. The app is available on iOS and Android. All of the app’s features will … Read more

Instagram launches its CapCut clone, Edits

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Instagram has launched Edits, a video editing app that’s intended to rival the TikTok-linked equivalent CapCut. First announced in January, Edits is available for free from today on iOS and Android. Edits is described as a “video creation app designed for creators,” and includes tools for project management, tracking notes and ideas, and data on … Read more

Extracting Hidden Malware Payloads with AI-Powered LLMs

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:::info Authors: (1) Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534 Piraeus, Greece and Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece; (2) Fran Casino, Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece and Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; (3) Nikolaos Lykousas, … Read more

AVAX Surges 10.7% as Bullish Breakout Signals Strong Momentum

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Avalanche’s AVAX token has broken out of its multi-week correction phase, demonstrating remarkable strength despite ongoing geopolitical tensions affecting cryptocurrency markets. The broader market gauge, CoinDesk 20 Index (DLCS), has demonstrated exceptional bullish momentum, surging from 1403.33 to 1461.17 in the last 48 hours, representing a 4.12% gain, while the overall range spans 95.56 points … Read more

The Pros and Cons of LLMs in Cybersecurity Practice

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:::info Authors: (1) Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 18534 Piraeus, Greece and Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece; (2) Fran Casino, Information Management Systems Institute of Athena Research Centre, Greece and Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; (3) Nikolaos Lykousas, … Read more