Knowledge is not power but the potential for power. Power is the application of knowledge.
Big Four banks’ worst nightmare dominates Senate hearing
The Big Four bank CEOs would have been extremely unhappy on Friday as they monitored the Canberra hearing of the Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia.
https://citizensparty.org.au/media-releases/big-four-banks-worst-nightmare-dominates-senate-hearing
No Regrets
David Vought posts online: “I never tested, never took a shot, work in an underground mine in very close proximity to others who all took it. They have been off at least 2 to 3 times each since and I’m still turning up. I’m in my later 50s, they’re all 20s to 40. Crazy hey. The manager knows now as I told him to check the leave taken the last 3 years compared to the 5 of us who didn’t play the game. It can’t be denied at my pit anyway. 98% jabbed, record sickies and not looking like slowing down.”
Get Knocked Down Six Times – Get Up Seven
Root Cause of Tinnitus
One commenter added a B12 deficiency can also cause it.
That Is Exactly What I Said!
GenAI is highly inaccurate for business use — and getting more opaque
As generative AI platforms ingest greater oceans of data and get connected to more and more corporate databases, researchers are sounding an alarm: the tools are highly inaccurate and becoming more inscrutable.
Large language models (LLMs), the algorithmic platforms on which generative AI (genAI) tools like ChatGPT are built, are highly inaccurate when connected to corporate databases and becoming less transparent, according to two studies. LLMs (also known as foundation models) such as GPT, LLaMA, and DALL-E emerged over the past year and have transformed artificial intelligence (AI), giving many of the companies experimenting with them a boost in productivity and efficiency. But those benefits come with a heavy dollop of uncertainty.
To assess transparency, Stanford brought together a team that included researchers from MIT and Princeton to design a scoring system called the Foundation Model Transparency Index (FMTI). It evaluates 100 different aspects or indicators of transparency, including how a company builds a foundation model, how it works, and how it is used downstream.
The Stanford study evaluated 10 LLMs and found the mean transparency score was just 37%. LLaMA scored highest, with a transparency rating of 52%; it was followed by GPT-4 and PaLM 2, which scored 48% and 47%, respectively.
“If you don’t have transparency, regulators can’t even pose the right questions, let alone take action in these areas,” Bommasani said.
Meanwhile, almost all senior bosses (95%) believe genAI tools are regularly used by employees, with more than half (53%) saying it is now driving certain business departments, according to a separate survey by cybersecurity and antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab. That study found 59% of executives now expressing deep concerns about genAI-related security risks that could jeopardize sensitive company information and lead to a loss of control of core business functions.
“Much like BYOD, genAI offers massive productivity benefits to businesses, but while our findings reveal that boardroom executives are clearly acknowledging its presence in their organizations, the extent of its use and purpose are shrouded in mystery,” David Emm, Kaspersky’s principal security researcher, said in a statement.
…return accurate responses to most basic business queries just 22% of the time. And for intermediate and expert-level queries, accuracy plummeted to 0%.
Dogs and Cats
Egg vs Just Egg
A tragedy for those who eat the JUST Egg and comical for those of us who read ingredients.
Don’t You Dare Tell Me…
