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The Price of Intelligence, Deepfakes, and More
by Mark Russinovich , Ahmed Salem , Santiago Zanella-Béguelin , and Yonatan Zunger Three risks inherent in LLMs. ... so our approach can never be based on eliminating them [hallucination, prompt injection, and jailbreaks]; rather, we should apply strategies of “defense in depth” to mitigate them, and when building and using these systems, do so on the assumption that they will sometimes fail in these directions.
An Analysis of the Impact of Gold Open Access Publications in Computer Science
Scientific publishing has changed significantly in recent years. Two important changes are the increase in volume and the move to open access (OA).17,20 The latter often requires authors to pay a publishing fee, introducing new commercial opportunities and attracting new publishers. Some of these new publishers have been branded as predatory21 because they are viewed to be exploiting the OA model without following the best practices to ensure scientific quality.
La lucha por la vivienda en España (2009-2019): desde la calle a las instituciones
La lucha por la vivienda en España (2009-2019): desde la calle a las instituciones Autores: Eva Álvarez de Andrés, Barry Smyth Localización: Revista invi, ISSN-e 0718-8358, ISSN 0718-1299, Vol. 34, Nº. 97, 2019, págs.
Ten Short Films From Emerging Irish Talent Awarded Funding From Screen Ireland
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to announce that ten new short films have been awarded funding as part of the 2023 round of Focus Shorts, the agency’s cornerstone short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for the cinema. €600,000 is being invested in the production of these original short films, with each film receiving €60,000.
Ten short films from emerging Irish talent awarded funding as part of Screen Ireland’s flagship Focus Shorts scheme
Ten short films from emerging Irish talent awarded funding as part of Screen Ireland’s flagship Focus Shorts scheme Posted: 21st September 2023 Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to announce that ten new short films have been awarded funding as part of the 2023 round of Focus Shorts, the agency's cornerstone short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for the cinema.
The fading impact of lockdowns: A data analysis of the effectiveness of Covid-19 travel restrictions during different pandemic phases
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract As countries struggled with SARS-COV2 outbreaks at the beginning of 2021, many citizens found themselves in yet another period of increasing travel restrictions, if not a strict lockdown. At the same time there was concern that further restrictions would prove to be less effective due to a range of reasons including increasing pandemic fatigue or the lack of appropriate supports.
Fact Check: Analyzing Financial Events from Multilingual News Sources
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How recreational marathon runners hit the wall: A large-scale data analysis of late-race pacing collapse in the marathon
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Barry Smyth Barry Smyth Published: May 19, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251513 Figures Abstract Introduction In the marathon, how runners pace and fuel their race can have a major impact on race outcome.
Fitness tracker data could predict your marathon performance - new research
Eliud Kipchoge last year became the first athlete to run a marathon in after much training and careful preparation. Regardless of whether you’re aiming for a new world record or you just want to achieve a respectable time for your age, if you’re training for a marathon you might well want to know what you’re on course to accomplish. There are so many different equations claiming to predict marathon performance.
Computer scientist studying marathon times of runners around the world concludes to win the race you should start slow
Scientists studying the human body say we’re made to run. Our big toes, springy tendons and sweat glands reveal an evolutionary past when humans outran their prey, and rival carnivores, to secure protein for growing brains. As modern humans, we are still drawn to running, even if most of us are rather bad at it. In 2015, more than half a million people voluntarily laced up their sneakers for a grueling 26.2-mile (42.2 kilometer) marathon race to the finish line.
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