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Avoiding bad data is just as important in AI; it can open you to fines, lawsuits, and lost customers.
Banking on innovation: Engineering excellence in regulated financial services
Financial institutions face a balancing act between tech innovation and strict regulations. As customer expectations for improved user experience and demands from those tasked with enhancing features keep rising, engineering teams need to find a harmonious middle ground.
How self-supervised language revolutionized natural language processing and gen AI
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Community Products roadmap update, April 2025
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AI is not a linear process. To scale effectively, engineering leaders must account for varied edge cases, presenting a new set of challenges.
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Open-source AI: Are younger developers leading the way?
In March, over 1,000 developers and technologists gave us insights into what they think about open source and the role it plays with AI.
Using GenAI as a learning tool, not a crutch
AI is changing how we think about coding. While tools evolve, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity remain the essential skills for top developers.
From training to inference: The new role of web data in LLMs
Data has always been key to LLM success, but it's becoming key to inference-time performance as well.
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