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Amazon unveils new chips for training and running AI models

TechCrunch

There’s a shortage of GPUs as the demand for generative AI, which is often trained and run on GPUs, grows. Nvidia’s best-performing chips are reportedly sold out until 2024.

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7 common IT training mistakes to avoid

CIO

It’s widely recognized that introducing IT teams to the latest technology, business, and security advancements is essential for maximum performance and productivity. Is your organization giving its teams the training they need to keep pace with the latest industry developments? Training technology is also rapidly advancing.

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How prioritizing training and mentorship retains talent

CIO

At Discover ® , on-the-job training and mentorship are key components of how Discover cultivates and nurtures talent from within. Hear from three different employees about the unique training programs and opportunities they’ve had to develop their careers at Discover. I want to continue to help others access those same opportunities.”

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Efficient continual pre-training LLMs for financial domains

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Large language models (LLMs) are generally trained on large publicly available datasets that are domain agnostic. For example, Meta’s Llama models are trained on datasets such as CommonCrawl , C4 , Wikipedia, and ArXiv. The resulting LLM outperforms LLMs trained on non-domain-specific datasets when tested on finance-specific tasks.

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How to Successfully Coach Your Sales Team to Drive Efficiency

Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps

To enable your team to perform at its best and increase sales efficiency, it’s important that you give them the training, knowledge and tools that they need to be successful. You can manage activities and processes but people need to be guided to reach their full potential. This means coaching.

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Adept, a startup training AI to use existing software and APIs, raises $350M

TechCrunch

The cash injection brings Adept’s total raised to $415 million, which co-founder and CEO David Luan says is being put toward productization, model training and headcount growth. Adept’s MVP, called ACT-1, can perform tasks like importing LinkedIn URLs into recruiting software, according to Forbes.

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7 ways CIOs can build a high-performance team

CIO

Many CIOs know that a high-performance team is usually greater than the sum of its parts, comprised of talent with highly complementary skills, a broader set of objectives than other teams, and fine-tuned approaches to collaboration and communication. That’s when a high-performance team takes shape.