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Deep-dive into DeepSeek (Practical AI #302) There is crazy hype and a lot of confusion related to DeepSeek's latest model DeepSeek R1. The products provided by DeepSeek (their version of a ChatGPT-like app) has exploded in popularity. However, ...

There is crazy hype and confusion related to DeepSeek R1. The apps provided by DeepSeek has exploded in popularity. Chris and Daniel cut through the hype to talk about the model, privacy, running DeepSeek models securely, and what this signals for open models in 2025.

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As cohost of @practicalai.bsky.social, I had long since abandoned X as a source for AI news, seeking items of interest from various other social media sources. Now I find myself coming to Bluesky first, so I hope a robust AI community springs up here. I like the good vibe and sense of acceptance.

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scikit-learn & data science you own with Yann & Guillaume from :probabl. (Practical AI #296) We are at GenAI saturation, so let's talk about scikit-learn, a long time favorite for data scientists building classifiers, time series analyzers, dimensionality reducers, and more! Scikit-learn is d...

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Mind the Gap: Foundation Models and the Covert Proliferation of Military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting Discussions regarding the dual use of foundation models and the risks they pose have overwhelmingly focused on a narrow set of use cases and national security directives-in particular, how AI may enab...

I extend an invitation to @ainowinstitute.bsky.social for Heidy Khlaaf and Sarah Myers West to come onto the Practical AI podcast to discuss their paper:

Mind the Gap: Foundation Models and the Covert Proliferation of Military Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting

arxiv.org/abs/2410.14831

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With the Practical AI podcast now on @bsky.app, maybe we could start with a conversation with @jay.bsky.team about how this platform approaches AI in its business strategy and technical stack?

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The Practical AI podcast is now on Bluesky! We will start off by announcing our upcoming episodes here, and see where the conversations lead us...