Web scraping, or the automated extraction of data from websites, has emerged as a critical tool in today's digital-enabled era. Enabling businesses, researchers, and analysts to unlock important insights from a vast ocean of data, this article delves into the various techniques and ethical aspects involved in web scraping for social media platforms.
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Web scraping is an invaluable technique for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists, as it allows the automated extraction of data from websites to inform strategy and decision-making. This comprehensive guide highlights its importance, common practices, advanced techniques, challenges, and predicted future trends.
The guide emphasizes the use of mobile proxies during web scraping due to their…
Despite a meteoric rise buoyed by generative AI that has seen the company's value more than triple in a year, NVIDIA is now facing serious challenges that could disrupt its stability at the top of the semiconductor market. NVIDIA recently eclipsed Microsoft as the world's most valuable company, but now finds itself subject to two…
Large Language Models (LLMs) are pivotal for advancing machines' interactions with human language, performing tasks such as translation, summarization, and question-answering. However, evaluating their performance can be daunting due to the need for substantial computational resources.
A major issue encountered while evaluating LLMs is the significant cost of using large benchmark datasets. Conventional benchmarks like HELM…
LyzrCore debuted Lyzr Automata, a novel low-code framework aimed at streamlining complex workflows related to process automation. The system is innovative in that it incorporates a Human-in-Loop mechanism that allows users to guide digital agents' behavior with predetermined rules. These agents employ rule-based techniques to verify whether actions coincide with user-set parameters. This standout offering…
Israeli tech startup aiOla has launched Whisper-Medusa, a significant development in speech recognition tech relying on artificial intelligence (AI). Whisper-Medusa expands on the Whisper model developed by international AI research lab OpenAI and delivers a 50% boost to processing speed, pushing the boundaries of automatic speech recognition (ASR). Whisper-Medusa differs from the original Whisper in…
Researchers at MIT and the University of Washington have developed a method to effectively model human behavior, accounting for the computational constraints that limit our decision-making abilities. This model, known as the "inference budget," enables predictions of an individual’s future actions based on their past behaviors. This is particularly useful in AI development, allowing machines…
Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have developed a machine-learning accelerator that provides strong data protection while allowing massive AI models to run effectively on individual devices. The innovations applied in developing the chip help protect sensitive information such as health records or financial data against common cyber-attacks, without negatively affecting the…
Julie Shah ’04, SM ’06, PhD ’11 has been appointed as the new head of MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro). An MIT alumnus, Shah holds the prestigious role of H.N. Slater Professor in the department.
Shah's appointment is primarily due to her robust record of providing forward-thinking and cross-disciplinary leadership. Her contributions to robotics…
Data privacy and security have become significant concerns in today's digital era, especially with the increasing use of cloud services. Traditionally, encrypted data must be decrypted before processing, posing a potential security risk. Apple is introducing a solution to this problem with the open-source Swift package called swift-homomorphic-encryption. Homomorphic encryption allows computations on encrypted data…
Reinforcement learning (RL), a field that focuses on shaping agent decision-making through hypothesizing environment interactions, has the challenge of large data requirements and the complexities of incorporating sparse or non-existant rewards in real-world scenarios. Major challenges include data scarcity in embodied AI where agents are called to interact with physical environments, and the significant amount…