5 Must-Use AI Agents, Radioactive Data, Companies Hiring Data Scientists, and the First ODSC Europe Sessions

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4 min readJun 13, 2024

Top 5 AI Agents You Should Be Using Right Now

Let’s explore the five most popular AI agents currently leading the market, their unique features, capabilities, and how they can be used.

Data is Radioactive: When it’s an Asset and When it’s a Liability

Much like radioactive substances, data holds immense potential for creating positive change and innovation. However, it also carries inherent risks that must be carefully managed.

Podcast: How AI will Impact the News with Noah Giansiracusa

Over this wide-ranging discussion, Noah Giansiracusa delves into the benefits and drawbacks of AI as it relates to the creation and dissemination of news.

How is Generative AI Transforming Healthcare Provider’s Engagement With EHR and EMR Systems?

Generative AI enables healthcare practitioners to leverage data-driven insights and develop more individualized care plans. Here’s how.

From Prototyping Jupyter to Deploying Data Apps with Dash AG Grid

Explore the power of Dash AG Grid in a Jupyter Notebook environment for enhanced data visualization and analysis — efficient data handling, advanced filtering capabilities, and dynamic charting.

Industry, Opinion, Career Advice

12 Companies Hiring Data Scientists and AI Professionals — Summer 2024

Even among layoffs in tech, these companies hiring data scientists are looking for new individuals to bring their AI expertise to the table.

Dive deep into the world of data science and AI at ODSC West 2024 this October in the heart of the AI boom! Learn from top industry experts about the latest advancements in generative AI, LLMs, AI for Robotics, machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and more.

Register now for 75% off!

Data Science & AI News

ODSC’s AI Weekly Recap: Week of June 7th

This week’s AI Weekly Recap is all about the Hitachi/Microsoft partnership, NVIDIA’s moves toward autonomous machines, and alarms being raised over AI risks. Sign up here to get this as a newsletter every Friday morning.

OpenAI and DeepMind Employees Raise Alarms of AI Risks

A group of current and former employees from AI companies have raised alarms over the potential risks posed by emerging AI technologies.

Hitachi and Microsoft Announce Strategic Partnership with Generative AI

Hitachi and Microsoft have announced a projected multibillion-dollar collaboration over the next three years to drive innovation through generative AI.

NVIDIA Making Moves Toward AI-Powered Autonomous Machines

Major robotics firms have confirmed that they are using the NVIDIA Isaac Robotics Platform as the company pushes toward autonomous machines.

ODSC Highlights

Get Excited for ODSC West 2024 With Virtual Highlights from Last Year

Still unsure about ODSC West 2024? Check out some video highlights from last year’s event including sessions on LLMs in data analytics, time series modeling, and plenty more.

Announcing the First Sessions for ODSC Europe 2024

Featuring sessions related to data visualization, generative AI, and open-source AI tools, these are some of the engaging sessions coming to ODSC Europe this September.

Upcoming ODSC Webinars and In-Person Meetups — June 2024

Every month, ODSC has free-to-all community offerings to learn more about AI and data science and connect with others in the field. Here’s what’s coming up soon.

New Podcast Episode: Strategies for Implementing AI Governance and AI Risk Management with Beatrice Botti

Join us for a discussion on the key pillars of strong AI governance and how responsible AI practices can differentiate products and brands, demystify legal frameworks, and explain why data and AI governance are crucial for organizational success. Spotify | SoundCloud | Apple

Video of the Week: If We Want AI to be Interpretable, We Need to Measure Interpretability
In this insightful talk, Jordan Boyd-Graber, PhD, explores the necessity of measuring interpretability in AI. He introduces two novel metrics for both unsupervised and supervised AI methods. Learn about the “intruder” interpretability metric for topic models and a multi-armed bandit approach to optimize explanations in question-answering systems.

Upcoming Webinars and Meetups:

Hybrid Intelligence: Accelerating End-to-End Financial Processing and Reporting with Pre-Trained and Custom ML Models

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

Speed and accuracy of processing and reporting are paramount in the financial services industry, yet the sector has been slow to fully embrace emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to significantly enhance these processes. This webinar introduces an innovative approach to overcoming these obstacles.

Getting in the Weeds with Time-Series Databases for AI

Tue, Jun 25, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

Engineers and developers often face hurdles when merging various platforms to capture real-time data effectively. Setting up infrastructure, managing data flows, and cost-effective scaling solutions are frequent challenges. In this webinar, we will go over how to effectively integrate the features of a time series database, such as InfluxDB 3.0, and other tools like Bytewax to develop powerful, AI-driven applications.

ODSC Data Science Meetup — Hosted by Cleanlab

Weds, July 17, 2024 5:30 PM — 8:30 PM PDT — San Francisco

​Join us for an evening dedicated to the world of data and artificial intelligence! This event is an opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals in a relaxed atmosphere.

​We are excited to feature a talk by our CEO, Curtis Northcutt, Curtis will delve into innovative approaches for handling label noise in machine learning datasets and showcase real-world applications of these techniques.

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