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Well, I may have jinxed the weather last week, no sooner did I send out the last edition than the rain showed up! Anyway, let’s leave the weather behind and dive back into AI. The big question this week: can reinforcement learning actually give us AI that’s up to the job in cyber defence? Short answer: yes, but you know there’s always a catch or two. We’ll dig into all the twists and turns in the investigative piece below. But first, your probably wondering why this edition is going out now? So here's the thing: I wanted to see what happens if I send this out now instead of waiting until Friday. Will the open rates change? The only way to find out is to send it now.
Over in the academic corner, we’re taking a closer look at where reinforcement learning meets large language models. There’s a piece called Reinforcement Learning Meets Large Language Models: A Survey of Advancements and Applications Across the LLM Lifecycle, and we will dive into it. But first, let’s check out what’s been going on lately and do not forget to check out my second sponsorship:
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