Large language models (LLMs) have made significant strides in handling multiple modalities and tasks, but they still need to improve their ability to process diverse inputs and perform a wide range of tasks effectively. The primary challenge lies in developing a single neural network capable of handling a broad spectrum of tasks and modalities while…
This work was made possible by the contributions of: Ankush Gupta, Nick Pezzotti, Pavel Khrushkov, Tobenna Peter Igwe, Kazuya Kawakami, Mateusz Malinowski, Jacob Kelly, Yan Wu, Xinyu Wang, Abhishek Sharma, Ali Razavi, Eric Lau, Serena Zhang, Brendan Shillingford, Yelin Kim, Eleni Shaw, Signe Nørly, Andeep Toor, Irina Blok, Gregory Shaw, Pen Li, Scott Wisdom, Aren…
OpenVLA: A 7B-Parameter Open-Source VLA Setting New State-of-the-Art for Robot Manipulation Policies
A major weakness of current robotic manipulation policies is their inability to generalize beyond their training data. While these policies, trained for specific skills or language instructions, can adapt to new conditions like different object positions or lighting, they often fail when faced with scene distractors or new objects, and need help to follow unseen…
Building a programming language from scratch in a few hours Trees: The Hierarchical Heart of Computer Science. Source: Jeremy Bishop on UnsplashThe world is full of programming languages with all kinds of different use cases. Most of these languages, though, are built for very general purposes — sometimes, we may want to design a language…
What is the Vendor Reconciliation Process in Accounts Payable Vendor reconciliation is a critical practice in accounts payable to ensure the completeness and accuracy of vendor payments. Before making payments to vendors, it"s essential to check that the vendor bills the company the correct amount. Accounts payable teams must reconcile payments regularly to avoid double-processing…
Did you know that processing an expense report for an overnight hotel stay can take up to 20 minutes and cost an average of $58? According to a GBTA report, out-of-pocket costs an employee has paid expense reports contains errors or missing information, costing an additional $52 and 18 minutes to correct each. Now consider…
Introduction to Account Reconciliation Account reconciliation is the critical process of comparing your general ledger with internal and external sources. Each balance should match its corresponding entry in the general ledger for any source. Matching and validating entries would mean data consolidation across sub-ledgers, vendor invoices, bank statements, receipts, and account receivables to ensure timely…
It is abundantly clear today that the procurement team or function of any business needs to play a strategic role rather than an operational role. Procurement teams delivering a strategic role report (2.4X) higher ROI than teams without. In this article, we’ll delve into 5 key elements that most procurement strategies would benefit from. What…
Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, implementing effective purchase order management can make a significant difference in your operations. In this blog, we'll walk through what purchase order management is, why it is important, how to implement it effectively, how to automate it using technology. What is Purchase Order…
Welcome, Firebase enthusiasts! Today, we’re venturing into the realm of serverless computing that can be integrated with AI using Python language to explore the wonders of cloud functions with Python, specifically with Firebase Cloud Functions. These functions offer a seamless way to execute code in response to various triggers, all without the hassle of managing…