UNDP and DFINITY Test Blockchain Solution for MSME Financing

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a partnership with the DFINITY Foundation. The collaboration, revealed on July 3rd, 2024, aims to leverage blockchain technology to implement the Universal Trusted Credentials (UTC) initiative. The UTC initiative, originally launched in cooperation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), seeks to create a framework that will … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Method

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Abstract and Introduction

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Experimental Details

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Appendix

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Conclusions and Limitations, Acknowledgements and References

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Related Work

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Zephyr: Direct Distillation of LM Alignment: Results and Ablations

:::info Authors: (1) Lewis Tunstall, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team (email: lewis@huggingface.co); (2) Edward Beeching, Equal contribution and The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (3) Nathan Lambert, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (4) Nazneen Rajani, The H4 (Helpful, Honest, Harmless, Huggy) Team; (5) Kashif Rasul, The H4 … Read more

Weight Distribution Estimation in Lower-Limb Exoskeletons via Deep Learning: Methods

:::info Authors: (1) Clement Lhos, Legs and Walking Lab of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA; (2) Emek Barıs¸ Kuc¸uktabak, Legs and Walking Lab of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA and Center for Robotics and Biosystems, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; (3) Lorenzo Vianello, Legs and Walking Lab of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, … Read more

Load Balancing For High Performance Computing Using Quantum Annealing: Quantum Annealing

:::info Authors: (1) Omer Rathore, Department of Physics, Durham University; (2) Alastair Basden, Department of Physics, Durham University; (3) Nicholas Chancellor, Department of Physics, Durham University and School of Computing, Newcastle University; (4) Halim Kusumaatmaja, Department of Physics, Durham University and Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh. ::: Table of … Read more

Lif3.com Partners With evmOS To Deploy Lif3 Chain First Layer-1 Solution With Curated DeFi Contracts

ROADTOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 2nd, 2024/Chainwire/–Lif3.com(LIF3/USD)(LIF3/USDt),the revolutionary omni-chain DeFi Layer-1 ecosystem that operates on Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Fantom through LayerZero bridging, is thrilled to announce its premier partnership with evmOS to launch the world’s first Layer-1 solution, “Lif3 Chain” designed for public permissionless use with curated contract deployment.  The partnership sets a … Read more

E Money Network Launches $2 MILLION RWA Grant Program To Spearhead RWA Ecosystem

BENGALURU, India, July 3rd, 2024/Chainwire/–E Money Network, a modular RWA blockchain, has launched the biggest RWA grant program in the crypto space, totaling $2 million, to enable RWA projects to build on their blockchain and accelerate the development of the RWA economy.  E Money Network’s Architecture Unlocks a World of Possibilities E Money Network is … Read more

The Hidden Costs of Neglecting Diversity Inclusion in AI Systems

:::info Authors: (1) Muneera Bano; (2) Didar Zowghi; (3) Vincenzo Gervasi; (4) Rifat Shams. ::: Table of Links Abstract, Impact Statement, and Introduction Defining Diversity and Inclusion in AI Research Motivation Research Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion and Future Work and References VI.DISCUSSION In this section we briefly discuss a few insights that are relevant in … Read more

Gamified Learning With An AI Board Game Tournament: Course Design

:::info Authors: (1) Ken Hasselmann, ECAM Brussels School of engineering, Brussels, Belgium and Universite libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; (2) Quentin Lurkin, ECAM Brussels School of engineering, Brussels, Belgium. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Course design Course assessment Conclusion, Software and Data, Acknowledgements, and References 2. Course design This section details the … Read more

Concrete Steps for Implementing Diversity and Inclusion in AI

:::info Authors: (1) Muneera Bano; (2) Didar Zowghi; (3) Vincenzo Gervasi; (4) Rifat Shams. ::: Table of Links Abstract, Impact Statement, and Introduction Defining Diversity and Inclusion in AI Research Motivation Research Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion and Future Work and References III. RESEARCH MOTIVATION The increasing prominence of AI systems in our everyday lives has … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: Ablation Studies

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: Conclusion and References

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: Performance Evaluation

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: Related Work

:::info (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work The … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: Abstract and Introduction

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: MegaDescriptor – Methodology

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

Defining Diversity and Inclusion in AI

:::info Authors: (1) Muneera Bano; (2) Didar Zowghi; (3) Vincenzo Gervasi; (4) Rifat Shams. ::: Table of Links Abstract, Impact Statement, and Introduction Defining Diversity and Inclusion in AI Research Motivation Research Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion and Future Work and References II. DEFINING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN AI Despite the acknowledged importance of diversity and … Read more

WildlifeDatasets: an Open-source Toolkit for Animal Re-identification: the WildlifeDatasets Toolkit

:::info Author: (1) Vojtech ˇ Cerm ˇ ak, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: cermavo3@fel.cvut.cz); (2) Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia & INRIA (Email: picekl@kky.zcu.cz/lpicek@inria.cz); (3) Luka´s Adam, Czech Technical University in Prague (Email: lukas.adam.cr@gmail.com); (4) Kostas Papafitsoros, Queen Mary University of London (Email: k.papafitsoros@qmul.ac.uk). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related work … Read more

AI for All: Operationalizing Diversity and Inclusion Requirements for AI Systems

:::info Authors: (1) Muneera Bano; (2) Didar Zowghi; (3) Vincenzo Gervasi; (4) Rifat Shams. ::: Table of Links Abstract, Impact Statement, and Introduction Defining Diversity and Inclusion in AI Research Motivation Research Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion and Future Work and References Abstract— As Artificial Intelligence (AI) permeates many aspects of society, it brings numerous advantages … Read more

Transforming Online Gambling And Community Engagement: Mpeppe (MPEPE) Unveils Strategic Innovations

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 2nd, 2024/Chainwire/–Mpeppe(MPEPE)is emerging as a transformative force, poised to redefine online gambling and community engagement. By going beyond mere financial transactions, Mpeppe (MPEPE) aims to build a vibrant, creative, and globally impactful community. This ambitious project embraces the spirit of soccer and integrates decentralized finance (DeFi) elements, driving positive change and creation … Read more