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The newsletter of the Royal Statistical Society’s Data Science and AI Section

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March 2024
Well, I don't know about you, but February was a bit of a blur even with the extra day -- we should be used to it now I guess -- certainly less confusing than Julius Caesar's 445 day long 'year of confusion' in 46 B.C. ... Progress of sorts! Definitely time to lose ourselves in some some thought provoking AI and Data Science reading materials!

February 2024
Well, we've made it through January... continuing violence in the Middle East and Ukraine, depressingly ineffective politics set against a backdrop of dramatically fluctuating temperatures (at least in the UK)... Definitely time to lose ourselves in some thought provoking AI and Data Science reading materials!

January 2024
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great festive period catching up with friends and family and are suitably energised for 2024... or not! Either way, how about easing gently into January with some thought provoking AI and Data Science reading materials...

December 2023
Well, we've seen snow for the first time in a while in the UK... winter coat and big jumper definitely required! High time to curl up in the warm with some thought provoking AI and Data Science reading materials...

November 2023
Well, the clocks have recently changed in the UK -- a sure sign of darker nights and colder weather... so high time to curl up with some thought provoking AI and Data Science reading materials!

October 2023
Well, we had a great week of sunshine in early September in the UK -- but with the mornings increasingly dark and the temperature dropping it feels like summer is now officially over... So high time for some in depth AI commentary. Don't miss out on more generative AI fun and games in the middle section!

September 2023
I hope you have been enjoying the summer... we've had the world's hottest July ever, although sadly this seems to have translated into rain for the UK... At least we’ve had the World Athletics Championships for inspiration... But high time for some in depth data science commentary -- a bumper issue this time after our month off! Don't miss out on more generative AI fun and games in the middle section!

July 2023
July in the UK... when the shorts properly come out (sun or not...) and 'Test Match Special' becomes the soundtrack to the summer... hopefully plenty of time to catch up on the data science and AI developments of the last month. Don't miss out on more generative AI fun and games in the middle section!

June 2023
One final bank holiday in the rear-view mirror and June is here… and hopefully some warmer weather. We're mixing things up this month and having an Open Source special… we still have our regular sections on bias and ethics and generative AI but then focus on recent developments in the open source community, specifically focusing on LLM… if you're curious about finetuning your own 30 billion parameter large language model on one gpu, don't miss this!

May 2023
Another month flies by and May is here... and this year in the UK, May is richly blessed with Bank Holidays so... hopefully plenty of time to catch up on the data science and AI developments of the last month. Don't miss out on more generative AI fun and games in the middle section!

April 2023
March is finished... and I may be mistaken but it feels slightly less cold and wet and the daffodils are out so... spring must be here!... Time to celebrate with a wrap up of data science developments in the last month. Don't miss out on GPT4 excitement in the middle section!

March 2023
February may technically be the shortest month but it certainly can feel long… I think I sensed a slight brightening in the morning light but I may have been mistaken… Maybe time for a bit of distraction with a wrap up of data science developments in the last month. Don’t miss out on more ChatGPT fun and games in the middle section!

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