30 AI & Data Science Articles form July

Using data from high-resolution satellite images. USC researchers say have developed an AI model that they say accurately predicts where a wildfire will go next

A Look Under the Hood of Scopus AI: Elsevier’s search tool for scholarly testing

Bayesian Thinking in Modern Data Science

When AI makes a fatal mistake, who’s to blame? Air Force Secretary weighs morality and reality

An AutoML Framework Designed to Synthesize End-to-End Multimodal Machine Learning ML Pipelines Efficiently 

Tracking AI-Related Activities in the Private Sector 

A collection of tutorials focused on visualizing data

Could TTT models replace transformers to become the next frontier in generative AI? 

US spy satellite agency rethinks its relationship with Space Force

AI definitions: Algorithms

Direct, specific instructions for computers created by a human through coding that tells the computer how to perform a task. This set of rules has a finite number of steps that instruct the computer how to perform a task. More specifically, it is code that follows the algorithmic logic of “if”, “then”, and “else.”   

Do LLMs need a strong model of the world to get past its limitations? This author argues that isn’t the issue.

How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed

Big Data Analytics in 2025: Top Trends to Watc

A Look at the technology & hardware that make spy satellites work 

The US military will award a $3 billion contract for AI-driven geospatial intelligence this fall

“For every ML model that you consider deploying, make sure that your data scientists provide you with a full view of its potential business value”

Tools every data scientist should know: A practical guide

AI Definitions — Agents

Unlike AI prompts requiring user conversations, AI agents work in the background. Users provide a goal (from researching competitors to buying a car) and the agent acts independently, generating task list and starting to work. The industry is working toward a goal of agents operating independently. More AI definitions here:  

“Trump’s allies are drafting a sweeping AI executive order that would launch a series of “Manhattan Projects” to develop military technology

AI model harnesses physics to autocorrect remote sensing data

10 GitHub Repositories to Master Data Science 

A Graph Reinforcement Learning-Based Handover Strategy for Low Earth Orbit Satellites under Power Grid Scenarios

AI definition: Digital Twin

This means replicating the physical in a virtual environment. The twin might be a copy of us or the objects around us, such as a video avatar of a person or a statistical model of a complex phenomenon...  

15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

“What do we need from a probabilistic programming language to support Bayesian workflow?”

Certifications that can boost your data science career in 2024

The case for decentralized data scientists 

AI Definitions: Retrieval augmented generation (RAG)

This coding technique instructs the bot to cross-check its answer with what is published elsewhere, essentially helping the AI to self-fact-check. RAG lets companies “ground” AI models in their own data, ensuring that results come from documents within the company.    

Satellite Images Show Expansion of Suspected Chinese Spy Bases in Cuba

Artificial intelligence can speed-sort satellite photos

Helping nonexperts build advanced generative AI models

Why AI systems like ChatGPT are so good at some tasks and so bad at others

Researchers say they have created a machine learning algorithm that processes satellite data to more accurately & efficiently predict space weather conditions caused by solar activity