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Optimizing the use of limited AI training acceleratorsPhoto by Roman Derrick Okello on UnsplashIn the ever-evolving landscape of AI development, nothing rings truer than the old saying (attributed to Heraclitus), “the only constant in life is change”. In the case of AI, it seems that change is indeed constant, but the pace of change is forever increasing. Staying relevant in these unique and exciting times amounts to an unprecedented test of the capacity of AI teams to consistently adapt and adjust their development…

Katherine Charles’ work days are relentless. She’s one of thousands of call center workers who help Americans find suitable health insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Charles spends all day on the phone, with only a six-minute daily allowance to use the bathroom. She also gets two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch period.Charles and her colleagues are currently in the midst of open enrollment, the period during which millions of Americans purchase, switch, or join ACA or Medicare health insurance…

Yellowstone’s grizzly bears have managed to stay just as fat over the years regardless of growing environmental stressors, according to new research. Fat is life for a bear; it needs lots of fat to make it through months-long winter hibernation and have healthy cubs. That’s why scientists monitoring the bears in and around Yellowstone National Park were happy to find plump grizzlies despite some of their major food sources dwindling.“We were kind of surprised,” says Frank van Manen, an ecologist with the US Geological…

As the world gets warmer and droughts grip cities from Madrid to Shanghai, it can seem like we’re headed for a Mad Max-style future where water is a scarce resource. We’re already starting to see a version of this as regular Californians make water cuts while movie stars use as much as they want. But what role, exactly, do the lifestyles of the rich and famous play in water shortages?Mississippi’s Water Crisis | Extreme EarthThat’s the question researchers set out to answer in a study published Monday in Nature…

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Residents of European nations look to burning firewood and wood pellets as gas shortage worsens amidst the Ukraine conflict. In the former Soviet republic of Moldova, Tudor Popescu, a resident of the capital Chisinau swings his axe down on a log before feeding the split wood into a stove to heat up his home. It is fall,…

A new wave of robots is arriving—and, in a world short of workers, business leaders are more eager to welcome them than ever.A combination of hard-pressed employers, technological leaps and improved cost effectiveness has fueled a rapid expansion of the world’s robot army. A half-million industrial robots were installed globally last year, according to data released Thursday by the trade group International Federation of Robotics—an all-time high exceeding the previous record, set in 2018, by 22%. The total…

Homeowners with low mortgage rates are balking at the prospect of selling their homes to borrow at much higher rates for their next homes, a development that could limit the supply of houses for sale for years to come.Housing inventory has risen from record lows earlier this year as more homes sit on the market longer. But the number of newly listed homes in the four weeks ended Sept. 11 fell 19% year-over-year, according to real-estate brokerage Redfin Corp. That is an indication that…