The annual “Advent of Code” starts today, but the event is undergoing major changes this year. First, creator Eric Wastl has cut the number of puzzles from 25 to 12 to increase accessibility and reduce participant burnout. He also eliminating the leaderboard for similar reasons. Another big change, according to technology journalist David Cassel: The event explicitly urges users not to solve the puzzles with AI.

In technology we’re trying today:

• Today’s tutorial introduces the Hugging Face library for Python. It uses advanced models like GPT-2 to perform complex natural language processing (NLP) tasks at scale, according to TNS’ regular contributor Jessica Wachtel. Jessica walks developers through the initial setup using the transformers and torch libraries and shows how to build basic text analysis functionalities.
• TNS contributor Jack Wallen recently ran an experiment: He used the command-line AI tool Ollama to autonomously generate complex Python applications. He even created a a functional GUI. Jack walks readers through his experiment and shares what he learned about Ollama’s programming capabilities.

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