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Month: July 2023

Gilbane Advisor 7-19-23 — LLM recursion subversion, truthy tech

July 19, 2023 /

This week we feature articles by Amber Case, and Ilia Shumailov, Zakhar Shumaylov, Yiren Zhao, Yarin Gal, Nicolas Papernot, & Ross Anderson.

Additional reading comes from Raiza Martin & Steven Johnson, Jerry Liu, Sara Fischer, and Nikhil Simha.

News comes from Adobe, CrafterCMS, and Bloomreach.

👉 It’s time for our annual summer break. Our next issue will be published on September 6. I hope you all have a pleasant, and not-too-hot-or-rainy, August.

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Opinion / Analysis

The curse of recursion: Training on generated data makes models forget

Training on generated data is an iffy proposition at best, yet it is also difficult to avoid, or even detect. This is not an unknown problem, but is certainly under-appreciated. This paper argues that the problem is unavoidable and explains why. There is lots of math but the narrative is well written, making the paper useful even for the math-squeamish. (28 min)

“Model Collapse is a degenerative process affecting generations of learned generative models, where generated data end up polluting the training set of the next generation of models; being trained on polluted data, they then mis-perceive reality.”…

Abstract: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493v2 Full PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.17493v2.pdf

How to identify “Truthy” tech trends

Amber Case provides an entertaining, and at least mostly true, analysis of truthiness in tech. It’s also likely that most of us know multiple people who would benefit from reading it. (8 min)

https://caseorganic.medium.com/how-to-identify-truthy-tech-trends-70f553c5a445

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Content technology news

Adobe Firefly supports prompts in over 100 languages

Users can now generate high-quality images, create text effects, streamline workflows and improve productivity in their language of choice.
https://firefly.adobe.com

CrafterCMS release version 4.1

The updated CMS includes several new content authoring features for creating content-centric digital experiences, and a switch to OpenSearch.
https://craftercms.com

Bloomreach supports OAuth 2.0 authentication

Businesses have the ability to integrate Bloomreach Engagement with third-party applications that require OAuth through webhooks.
https://www.bloomreach.com/en/news/2023/bloomreach-now-supports-frictionless-integrations-with-third-party-applications-requiring-oauth-2.0-authentication-method

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Adobe Firefly supports prompts in over 100 languages

July 12, 2023 /

Adobe announced the global expansion of Firefly, Adobe’s family of creative generative AI models, to support text prompts in over 100 languages, enabling users to generate images and text effects using their native languages in the standalone Firefly web service. The service will also be localized in 20 languages with versions in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese available now.

Firefly has been integrated into Photoshop, Express,  and Illustrator, helping customers build their creative confidence by removing the barriers between imagination and blank page, and bringing more precision, power, speed and ease directly into Creative Cloud applications and workflows.

Firefly for Enterprise is designed to be commercially safe and Adobe plans to enable businesses to custom train Firefly with their own branded assets, generating content in the brand’s unique style and brand language. The new company-wide offering enables every employee across an organization, at any creative skill level, to use Firefly to generate on-brand, ready-to-share content that can be edited in Express or Creative Cloud. Enterprises also have the opportunity to obtain an IP indemnity from Adobe for content generated by certain Firefly-powered workflows.

https://firefly.adobe.com

Gilbane Advisor 7-12-23 — AI Metaphors, intranet design

July 12, 2023 /

This week we feature an article by Boaz Barak.

Additional reading comes from Anna Kaley, Maria Rosala, Kara Pernice & Patty Caya, Rachel Andrew, Tom Davenport & Maryam Alavi, and Dean Allemang.

News comes from Brightspot, dtSearch, Databricks, and Snowflake.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index

Opinion / Analysis

Metaphors for AI, and why I don’t like them

Boaz Barak finds metaphors very useful tools for facilitating understanding, but as Dennett ‘intuition pumps’ that leave out complicating detail. Barak is concerned that the use of metaphors to explain AI is leading to “over-interpretation”. In this excellent piece he looks at the ‘stochastic parrot’, ‘blurry JPEG of the web’, and other AI metaphors to make his case for caution. (13 min)

https://windowsontheory.org/2023/06/28/metaphors-for-ai-and-why-i-dont-like-them/

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Content technology news

dtSearch updates enterprise products

dtSearch enterprise and developer product line searches terabytes across online and offline data; products can run on premises or the cloud.
https://www.dtsearch.com

Brightspot integrates OpenAI

Content creators can leverage AI-assisted suggestions for headlines, subheadlines and full body text to expedite the content-creation process.
https://www.brightspot.com/cms-resources/tag/artificial-intelligence

Databricks announces LakehouseIQ

LakehouseIQ is a knowledge engine using generative AI to provide useful, contextual answers to natural language questions from all approved employees.
https://www.databricks.com/blog/introducing-lakehouseiq-ai-powered-engine-uniquely-understands-your-business

Snowflake unveils large language model to extract data from documents

Document AI leverages Snowflake’s first-party large language model to unlock deeper insights from unstructured data in documents.
https://www.snowflake.com/news/snowflake-unveils-new-large-language-model-to-extract-deeper-insights-from-documents-while-continuing-to-advance-platform-speed-and-performance/

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CrafterCMS release Version 4.1

July 11, 2023 /

CrafterCMS, an open-source headless CMS for enterprises, announced the general release of version 4.1. The new release includes three major new capabilities: 1) a new content authoring Dashboard, 2) an improved Sidebar in the content authoring experience, and 3) a switch to OpenSearch as the embedded search engine both for the content authoring experience, and for building personalized digital experiences and other search-driven content applications via the CrafterCMS Search APIs. OpenSearch replaces Elasticsearch as the built-in search engine for CrafterCMS going forward.

With version 4.1, CrafterCMS provides enterprises with a modern headless CMS for their composable digital experience platform (DXP). Pre-built plug-ins, integrations and blueprints from the CrafterCMS Marketplace may be used by administrators to compose tailored authoring experiences for a variety of content management use cases, and by content creators to compose engaging digital experiences for end users through an drag-and-drop user interface. CrafterCMS also provides a Git-based content repository and support for DevContentOps.

CrafterCMS version 4.1 community edition is available immediately for free download under the GPL v3 open-source license, and the enterprise edition is available for customers and certified partners through the CrafterCMS customer support portal.

https://craftercms.com

Brightspot CMS integrates OpenAI

July 6, 2023 /

Brightspot CMS, a content management system for global organizations to deliver digital experiences, announced a seamless integration with OpenAI, enabling organizations to elevate their content creation and personalization efforts. This integration helps content authors, editors, marketers and communications professionals to produce high-quality content that resonates with their target audiences. With the integration of OpenAI into Brightspot CMS, content creators can leverage AI-assisted suggestions for headlines, subheadlines and full body text, enabling them to expedite the content-creation process and meet tight deadlines.

OpenAI’s content-generation capabilities empower users to create variations of their content, ensuring that the right message reaches the right audience at the right time. With natural language queries and a search function that yields answers content creators can swiftly access and utilize specific database information, reducing time spent on manual searches. By automating the search and interpretation process, OpenAI’s tools free up content creators to focus on creativity, accelerating productivity and improving output quality.

https://www.brightspot.com/ai

Bloomreach supports OAuth 2.0 authentication

July 6, 2023 /

Bloomreach, provider of a Commerce Experience Cloud, announced the support of Open Authorization (OAuth) 2.0 authentication for webhooks, an industry standard protocol for authentication that enables third-party applications to access a user’s data without sharing their credentials. Businesses will now have the ability to integrate Bloomreach Engagement with third-party applications that require OAuth through webhooks, safely connecting real-time data in and out Bloomreach and boosting marketing personalization without the need to switch platforms.

The use of webhooks plays a crucial role in facilitating real-time data synchronization and triggering actions across multiple marketing channels. By leveraging webhooks effectively, marketers can deliver personalized, timely, and consistent experiences across touchpoints, to improve customer engagement and satisfaction. As marketers deliver these enhanced experiences, the OAuth 2.0 authentication method for webhooks maintains the security and integrity of the exchanged data. By enabling controlled access to protected resources, it mitigates the risk of unauthorized access and data breaches.

OAuth 2.0 authentication via webhooks opens the door for brands to frictionlessly integrate Bloomreach Engagement with third-party platforms and applications in their tech stack that require this authentication method. This includes Microsoft Azure, Commercetools, Criteo Marketing, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Listrak, and Talkdesk, among others.

https://www.bloomreach.com/en/news/2023/bloomreach-now-supports-frictionless-integrations-with-third-party-applications-requiring-oauth-2.0-authentication-method

dtSearch updates enterprise products

July 6, 2023 /

dtSearch announced the release of version 2023.01 and beta release of version 2023.02 of its enterprise and developer product line for instantly searching terabytes of online and offline data. The product line’s proprietary document filters cover popular “Office” formats, website data, databases, compression formats, and emails with attachments. dtSearch products can run either “on premises” at organizations or in a cloud environment such as on Azure or AWS.

  • The release adds a new search results display for dtSearch’s enterprise products.
  • The beta adds sample code demonstrating use of the dtSearch Engine in an ASP.NET Core application running in a Windows (NanoServer) or Linux Docker container.
  • The beta adds sample code demonstrating use of the dtSearch Engine in an ASP.NET Core application running in a Windows or Linux Docker container.
  • The beta also adds sample code demonstrating how to build NuGet packages to deploy the dtSearch Engine with associated dependencies including ICU, CMAP files, stemming rules, and the external file parsers.

https://www.dtsearch.com

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