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MBZUAI fellowship puts Emiratis at forefront of AI research

A new fellowship programme for Emirati postdoctoral researchers and academic leaders who incorporate artificial intelligence into their research has selected its first recipient. Dr Mohamed Almarei has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Ruwwad AI Scholars (RAIS) Fellowship from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial…

MBZUAI fellowship puts Emiratis at forefront of AI research

A new fellowship programme for Emirati postdoctoral researchers and academic leaders who incorporate artificial intelligence into their research has selected its first recipient. Dr Mohamed Almarei has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Ruwwad AI Scholars (RAIS) Fellowship from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial…

AI's risks are no reason for panic

“Nobody knows anything,” the screenwriter William Goldman famously said of the movie business. Much the same can be said today for artificial intelligence, a technology that’s moving fast, destination…

  • AI risks are debated among experts, not universally accepted
  • Grim scenarios challenged by technical analyses
  • Diverse viewpoints highlight need for nuanced understanding

🌱 Touch Grass API: AI-Powered Missions to Get You Outside

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What if AI could help you spend less time looking at a screen and more time enjoying the world outside?

  • Touch Grass API uses AI to inspire outdoor activities
  • Java-based project with Spring Boot and Ollama integration
  • Encourages users to disconnect from screens and spend time outdoors

Your AI API bill can double overnight and you won't know until the invoice. Here's a 20-line fix.

I run a swarm of AI agents that call LLM APIs all day. One night a retry loop went haywire and burned through 3 days of budget in two hours. I didn't find out until the invoice email the next morning. That's the problem with API spend: there's no dashboard that pings you the moment something goes wrong. You have to go look for it.

  • Most people discover API spend increase only after receiving the invoice.
  • Reporter experienced a bug causing AI agents to exhaust budget in two hours.
  • Python script alerts via Slack or Discord when spending exceeds configured threshold.

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