SUMMARY: Target-based Grid Control Off-center 3rd Person Camera Paint Gun Undo-Redo Improved Visuals for Partial Copy/Paste Jetpack 2.0 …and much more! Hello, Engineers! Vertical Slice 1.2 is here and it brings another round of improvements to Space Engineers 2. This update introduces target-based ship controls, undo/redo for the paint gun, improved visuals for partial copy/paste, and an important improvement of jetpack boost mode. You’ll also find the new off-center third-person camera that gives you clearer visibility by keeping your character’s head to the side, so it doesn’t block your crosshair and target view. For ships, a similar vertical offset keeps your view unobstructed. And as always – there’s plenty more under the hood. Let’s take a look! Vertical Slice 1.2 Features Off-center 3rd Person Camera The new off-center third-person camera gives you better visibility and more control when piloting ships or moving on foot.  By default, the camera is set to the right side, but you can cycle between right, center, and left using ALT+V.  We’ve also lowered the minimum camera distance, making it easier to see in tight spaces without switching to first-person. Target-based Grid Control We’ve added target-based grid control to make flying ships feel more responsive...

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Back when I was in banking, I always looked forward to certain annual vendor meetings and reports. These key partners provided valuable insight into what was happening beyond the four walls of our institution. Their input was essential to helping us assess our market position and refine our strategy. Some of the most impactful reports were from BAI benchmarking, CSAT scores, Visa and Greenwich Associates. These sources tapped into our internal data and compared it with data from our industry peers – insights we couldn’t have accessed otherwise. That’s why I’m excited about Intelligent banking: The future ahead, a new piece of primary research from The Economist Impact and SAS. Based on a survey of more than 1,700 senior banking executives worldwide, plus comprehensive research and in-depth interviews, our new report identifies the most pressing trends and challenges facing the financial services industry over the next decade and explores how those priorities are shaping its future. A follow-up to Banking in 2035: Three possible futures, a popular report we released three years ago, our new report builds on that foundation with fresh data, diverse executive perspectives and even more real-world insights. This blog post recaps key highlights from the latest...

Photo by Irwan / Unsplash Life insurance companies rely on accurate medical underwriting to determine policy pricing and risk. These calculations come from specialized underwriting firms that analyze patients’ medical records in detail. As healthcare digitization has surged from 10% in 2010 to 96% in 2023, these firms now face overwhelming volumes of complex medical documents. One leading life settlement underwriter found their process breaking under new pressures. Their two-part workflow — an internal team classified documents before doctors reviewed them to calculate life expectancy — was struggling to keep up as their business grew and healthcare documentation became increasingly complex. Medical experts were spending more time sorting through documents instead of analyzing medical histories, creating a growing backlog and rising costs. This bottleneck threatened their competitive position in an industry projected to grow at twice its historical rate. With accurate underwriting directly impacting policy pricing, even small errors could lead to millions in losses. Now, as the medical industry simultaneously faces worsening workforce shortages, they needed a solution that could transform their document processing while maintaining the precision their business depends on.  This is a story of how they did it. When medical record volumes get...

Tomorrow, September 24, 2024, San Francisco will host one of the biggest global AI events of the year: the Chatbot Conference! Whether you’re passionate about artificial intelligence, curious about chatbots, or simply eager to connect with industry leaders, this conference is for you. This is more than just a conference; it’s your opportunity to explore how AI is transforming industries around the world. Here’s what you can look forward to: Inspiring Talks: Hear from AI innovators leading the way in technology and business. Interactive Workshops: Roll up your sleeves and create AI solutions that are ready for the real world. Networking Opportunities: Meet like-minded professionals, tech enthusiasts, and thought leaders who are driving the AI conversation. The event will feature everything from cutting-edge chatbot demos to hands-on AI development workshops. Discover how AI agents are evolving, and learn best practices from seasoned professionals. You’ll walk away with actionable insights and new connections. Explore the full agenda at the Chatbot Conference. This is your chance to take part in an event that will define the future of AI and chatbot technology. See you there! Together, let’s learn, collaborate, and be inspired.

ChatGPT Now Creates Beautiful, Downloadable, .PDF Reports: In a great leap forward for writers, ChatGPT is now able to auto-format the research it does for you into beautifully presentable, downloadable, .PDFs. Now available to ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro subscribers, the extremely helpful feature works with ChatGPT’s Deep Research. The tool is an AI agent that can be prompted to do extensive research on your behalf and come back with a well-researched report, complete with link citations. Observes Michael Nunez: The export feature enables users to “download comprehensive research reports with fully preserved formatting, tables, images, and clickable citations.” Writers and researchers, for example, will be able to prompt ChatGPT Deep Research to create an extremely informative and artfully produced .PDF that will be presented by ChatGPT as a finished report – or ebook. Bonus: The new export-to-.PDF feature works on both new reports and prior reports you’ve created with Deep Research. Subscribers to ChatGPT Enterprise and Education accounts are promised to see the new feature soon, according to Nunez. In other news and analysis on AI writing: *ChatGPT Now Connects to Your Data Library on OneDrive or SharePoint: Writers and researchers with a wealth of data stored on MS...

SUMMARY: Cargo Ships & Unknown Signals Overhaul New Prototech: Fusion Reactor Tons of Quality of Life Improvements Fieldwork Pack The Great Skin Hunt …and much more! Hello, Engineers! The Fieldwork update is here! We’ve improved PvE Encounters, including a full rework of Cargo Ship and Unknown Signal encounters. This update also adds the new Prototech Fusion Reactor, a Small Oxygen Tank, and a Large Grid Small Connector – along with a wide range of quality of life fixes and improvements. The Fieldwork Pack includes new decorative blocks with visuals ideal for building secret bunkers, mad scientist labs, mobile research outposts, and more. Perfect for engineers working off the grid. We’re bringing you all the important gameplay changes for free in our Fieldwork Update. PvE Encounters All the Cargo Ship encounters and all Unknown Signals have been overhauled. You do not need to start a new world to experience them. Cargo Ships Overhaul NPC Cargo Ships have been completely revamped and updated for a fresh new experience. These grids now make use of modern weapon systems, AI blocks, and communicate using Broadcast Controllers. They’re designed to sit between the simpler Unknown Signal encounters and the more dangerous Factorum threats – offering...

La capacitación de las organizaciones de la salud y ciencias biológicas públicas y privadas será crucial para impulsar innovaciones sanitarias confiables y mejorar la obtención de información para tomar decisiones acertadas en temas de salud pública para atender enfermedades que afectan a grupos poblacionales específicos, como el cáncer o los trastornos a la salud mental. Es necesario que desde todos los frentes de la sociedad se alce la voz tanto en fechas de conmemoración sobre la concientización de temas tan impactantes como la prevención y atención del cáncer o el cuidado de la salud mental, así como a lo largo de todo el año, toda vez que son temas de interés para toda la población y deben serlo para los gobiernos, las instituciones de salud, y para el sector empresarial. Dado que la IA está presente ya en casi todas las áreas del conocimiento humano, las ramas médicas no son la excepción. En SAS hemos identificado que con el análisis de datos y la IA es posible hacer predicciones específicas y acertadas tanto en la prevención del cáncer como en aquellos derivados de problemas de salud. Estamos seguros de que las instituciones públicas en la materia están en el momento...

Every month, financial teams race against time – reconciliations, approvals, and reports! The month-end close can often feel like Groundhog Day, with teams working overtime to process hundreds of invoices, match countless transactions, and catch any unusual entries before they become problems. Today’s businesses can’t afford to operate in monthly cycles anymore. That’s why Sage Intacct, one of the leading cloud financial management systems, has been incorporating AI features into their platform. With additions like Sage Copilot and GL Outlier Assistant, the company hopes to help finance teams break free from the monthly close trap and move toward continuous, real-time financial management. In this guide, I will take you through Sage’s different AI features and how to expand Sage’s AI capabilities.  Sage Intacct AI: Native features explained The future of accounting isn’t about faster monthly closes. The focus is gradually shifting to eliminating closing cycles. At least this has been the driving force behind Sage’s recent updates.  The aim is to have AI constantly monitor your financial data, catching issues before they become problems and automating routine tasks in real-time. More of continuous accounting rather than periodic sprints.  Let me walk you through Sage’s native AI...

OpenAI, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, xAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Google, Apple… all these companies are racing to build AGI by 2025, and once achieved, it will be replicated by dozens of others within weeks. The idea of creating a compressed knowledge base of humanity, extracting information, and iterating on outputs to optimize results is no longer revolutionary. Thousands of engineers worldwide can replicate what OpenAI has accomplished because it primarily involves scaling up Transformers — a model developed by Google, which itself was just an advancement of prior AI research. But what comes next? Workforce The next big shift: Every company on the planet will start replacing workloads with AGI wherever possible to maximize profit margins. Companies won’t hire as much because their existing employees will be 10x more productive with AI agents. Startups and New Companies Launching new startups — many of which are essentially databases with a layer of applications — will become nearly impossible. Why? Because SaaS is much more than just a product; it involves extensive behind-the-scenes deals, massive distribution networks, and an established customer base. Existing SaaS giants will dominate every corner of the industry, leveraging AGI to achieve 100x more efficient processes. New players will...