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April 28, 2025

Hey folks! Letā€™s get into Big Data and AI crazinessā€¦

In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?

  • šŸ§ AI vs Human Intelligence: Can Machines Think Like Us?

  • šŸ 10 Python One-Liners for Machine Learning Modeling

  • šŸ’¬A 100% Local and Free Alternative to Manus AI

  • šŸ§ A breakdown of memory in Agentic Systems

  • šŸš€ Elon Muskā€™s xAI in talks to raise $20 billion

  • šŸ¤–China's Huawei Develops New AI Chip, Seeking to Match Nvidia

  •  šŸ’” AI Tutorial:Swap any object in a video using Kling AI

  • šŸ¤– AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout

LittleHorse is a Java open-source platform designed to orchestrate distributed systems, addressing the challenges related to state management and the coordination of microservices, external APIs, and human tasks. It allows developers to define workflows programmatically using languages such as Java, Go, Python, C#, .NET; eliminating the need for specialized DSLs. The key capabilities include real-time observability, automated error recovery with retries, event-driven coordination, User Task integration, and developer SDKs.

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The purpose of this article will be exploring the core dissimilarities with respect to and also similarities in human and artificial intelligence, capabilities, inadequacies, and the philosophical and ethical dilemmas that crop up when machines begin to show the creaking ways of human cognition.

Building machine learning models is an undertaking which is now within everyoneā€™s reach. All it takes is some knowledge of the fundamentals of this area of artificial intelligence (AI) along with some programming skills. For constructing machine learning models programmatically, elegantly, and compactly, Python is usually a first choice today.

Manus AI kicked off an entire ecosystem of general AI agents capable of turning thoughts into actions. It's impressive and powerful, but with a $200 monthly subscription and closed-source code, not everyone can access or customize this technology.

Today, Iā€™m not going to explain that all over again, but I am revisiting a diagram I shared back then. It broke down the different ā€œcomponentsā€ youā€™ll typically find in an Agentic System. Looking at it now, it still holds up - and itā€™s a pretty handy way to visualize how all the moving parts fit together.

HubSpotā€™s AI-powered ecosystem presents a global opportunity projected to reach $10.2 billion by 2028. To capitalize on that growth potential, we are opening our platform more, starting with expanded APIs, customizable app UI, and tools that better support a unified data strategy.

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ’» Data Tools, Libraries

TmuxAI (Website)

TmuxAI is an AI-powered assistant for the terminal that works alongside users in a tmux window. It observes and understands the content of tmux panes to provide assistance without users changing their workflow or interrupting terminal sessions.

Magnitude (GitHub Repo)

Magnitude is an AI-native testing framework for web apps. It uses visual AI agents to provide end-to-end testing, allowing it to adapt to any changes.

AI News:

Elon Muskā€™s xAI Holdings is reportedly negotiating a major funding round with investors. Bloomberg says the target is around $20 billion, but the final number could be higher. The raise would push xAIā€™s valuation past $120 billion. Last month, xAI merged with Muskā€™s X platform in an $80 billion all-stock deal.

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Huawei's new Ascend 910D AI chip could be more powerful than Nvidia's H100, a popular chip used for AI training. It is still in early development and still needs to be tested to assess performance. The company will receive its first batch of samples of the processor as soon as late May.

Waymo's long-term business plans include the possibility of personal ownership. The company recently expanded testing to Japan and plans to introduce robotaxis in Austin this summer. Waymo previously floated the idea of selling self-driving cars when it made a deal with Chrysler in 2018 to build self-driving Pacifica minivans. Tesla also aims to release a personal self-driving car - it announced at an event last year that the Cybercab will be available by 2026 for $30,000.

Adobe and LinkedIn have announced a partnership that will combine their identity verification and content validation tools into one shared platform, under a new "Verified on LinkedIn" program.

Baidu just unveiled two upgraded, lower-cost ERNIE AI models and new tools at its Create 2025 event ā€” and publicly took aim at rival DeepSeek during the conference.ERNIE 4.5 Turbo costs just 11c / million input tokens, an 80% price reduction from its predecessor and operating at 0.2% of GPT-4.5's cost.

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AI Tutorial

Swap any object in a video using Kling AI

  1. Go to Kling AI and sign in.

  2. Choose Video, then select Multi-Elements to swap, add, or remove objects.

  3. Upload a video (max 5 seconds) and click the object you want to replace.

  4. You can fine-tune the selection by clicking around the object. When you're done, click Confirm.

  5. Upload your object image and type your prompt: 'Swap [x] from [@Video] with [x] from [@Image]'

  6. Click Generate, wait a few seconds, check the video, and then download it.

šŸ”„Top AI tools to increase productivity: 

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  3. pre.dev accelerates idea to development.

  4. AskGPT extension enhances web browsers by providing AI-powered summaries and insights directly on web pages.

  5. Editby - Create content for your blog, newspaper, newsletter, press notes, social networks etc. with AI.

  6. Data Analyst AI connects Google Analytics with ChatGPT, delivering AI-powered eCommerce insights and automated weekly reports.

  7. Videotok - Create viral TikToks and Reels from text to Video with AI

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