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New Techniques for Donor Profiling and Audience Modeling

NonProfit PRO

Here are some techniques to help any organization use data to create new models, audiences, and pools of targeted prospects that look just like their best donors. We know that more targeted and relevant marketing drives higher response rates and engagement, and to get more targeted and relevant, you need great data.

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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

Ars Technica

On Thursday, Inception Labs released Mercury Coder , a new AI language model that uses diffusion techniques to generate text faster than conventional models. Traditional large language models build text from left to right, one token at a time. They use a technique called " autoregression."

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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Ars Technica

Leading artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta are turning to a process called distillation in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt. Read full article Comments

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What Are Foundation Models?

NVIDIA AI Blog

Like the prolific jazz trumpeter and composer, researchers have been generating AI models at a feverish pace, exploring new architectures and use cases. In a 2021 paper, researchers reported that foundation models are finding a wide array of uses. Earlier neural networks were narrowly tuned for specific tasks. See chart below.)

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New technique helps LLMs rein in CoT lengths, optimizing reasoning without exploding compute costs

VentureBeat

Carnegie Mellon University researchers propose a new LLM training technique that gives developers more control over chain-of-thought length. Read More

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Using Dropout Regularization in PyTorch Models

Machine Learning Mastery

Dropout is a simple and powerful regularization technique for neural networks and deep learning models. In this post, you will discover the Dropout regularization technique and how to apply it to your models in PyTorch models.

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Data Modeling Techniques for the Post-Modern Data Stack

Towards Data Science

A set of generic techniques and principles to design a robust, cost-efficient, and scalable data model for your post-modern data stack. Continue reading on Towards Data Science »