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Pandas DataFrame Copy Function with Examples

Introduction In this article, we will cover how to use the Pandas Copy function to copy DataFrames along with syntax and examples. Syntax of Pandas Copy Function | pandas.DataFrame.copy The Pandas Copy  function is part of the DataFrame class and follows a simple syntax: DataFrame.copy(deep=True) deep :  This parameter specifies whether to create a deep copy or a shallow copy of the DataFrame. By default, it is set to True for a deep copy. Example – 1: Copy Pandas DataFrame […]

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Add Logging and Notification Messages to Flask Web Projects

After implementing the main functionality of a web project, you may find that your app is rough around the edges. Often, this boils down to the user experience (UX) of your project. For example, when you send a form, you don’t receive a success message, although everything worked fine. You want to build an immersive experience, but wrong URLs display unwelcoming error messages. Luckily, you can get valuable information from Flask through logging. As an admin of a web project, […]

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Research Focus: Week of December 18, 2023

Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. NEW RESEARCH NASerEx: Optimizing Early Exits via AutoML for Scalable Efficient Inference in Big Image Streams Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are essentially stacked transformation functions (layers) that generate progressively complex features/encoding. This makes them universal approximators and allows for unprecedented success in complex tasks. This inferential effectiveness comes at  

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How many CPU cores can you actually use in parallel?

When you’re running a CPU-intensive parallel program, you often want to have a thread or process pool sized by the number of CPU cores on your machine. Fewer threads and you’re not taking advantage of all the cores, more than that and your program will start running slower as multiple threads compete for the same core. Or that’s the theory, anyway. So how do you check how many cores your computer has? And is this actually good advice? It turns […]

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Stanford Students’ PIGEON AI Outperforms Humans in Geolocation Challenge

In a groundbreaking project named Predicting Image Geolocations (PIGEON), three Stanford graduate students have demonstrated the remarkable geolocation capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The project, initially designed to identify locations on Google Street View, showcased AI’s potential to accurately determine the origin of personal photos it had never encountered before. Inspired by their shared enthusiasm for the online game GeoGuessr, the trio—Michal Skreta, Silas Alberti, and Lukas Haas—sought to develop an AI player capable of outperforming human participants in geolocating […]

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Python Basics Exercises: Reading and Writing Files

Files play a key role in computing, as they store and transfer data. You likely come across numerous files on a daily basis. In Python Basics: Reading and Writing Files, you dove into the world of file manipulation using Python. In this video course, you’ll practice: Differentiating between text and binary files Using character encodings and line endings Manipulating file objects in Python Reading and writing character data with different file modes Using open(), Path.open(), and the with statement Leveraging […]

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UK’s Alan Turing Institute Urges Red Lines for Generative AI in National Security

The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for artificial intelligence, has issued a call for the government to establish clear boundaries on the use of generative AI, particularly in situations where the technology could make irreversible decisions without direct human oversight. In a report published on Friday night, the institute expressed concerns about the current unreliability and error-proneness of generative AI tools, cautioning against their use in high-stakes national security contexts. The report emphasized the potential risks associated with […]

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AI Frontiers: A deep dive into deep learning with Ashley Llorens and Chris Bishop

[MUSIC FADES]  So, Chris, you have recently published a new textbook on deep learning, maybe the new definitive textbook on deep learning. Time will tell. So, of course, I want to get into that. But first, I’d like to dive right into a few philosophical questions. In the preface of the book, you make reference to the massive scale of state-of-the-art language models, generative models comprising on the order of a trillion learnable parameters. How well do you think we […]

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Enhance Your Flask Web Project With a Database

Adding a database to your Flask project comes with many advantages. By connecting a database, you’ll be able to store user information, monitor user interactions, and maintain dynamic site content. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a robust understanding of how to connect your Flask app to a database and how to leverage this connection to expand your project’s capabilities. Prerequisites You’ll gain the most value from this tutorial if you’ve already created one or more Flask web […]

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Grok vs. ChatGPT: Musk’s xAI Chatbot Shines in News Reporting

Elon Musk’s venture, xAI, has brought Grok into the limelight, challenging the narrative that dismissed it as a mere playful endeavor. Described as “rebellious” and equipped to tackle “spicy questions,” Grok was initially exclusive to a select group of beta users. However, Musk has now expanded access, offering it to anyone subscribing to a $16 per month premium plan on X. Upon testing, Grok demonstrated a notable strength in real-time news summarization. In comparison to counterparts like ChatGPT and Bard […]

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