Author: Awais

Generative AI is everywhere on social feeds right now, from LinkedIn influencers claiming it’s going to be the end of marketing as we know it, to genuinely interesting use cases for copy creation, data visualization and beyond. But there’s a tension in that ubiquity. While marketers are keen to make the most of generative AI to save time and increase efficiency, it does not align with what consumers actually want to see on social media. Our 2026 Social Media Content Strategy Report highlights that while marketers are focused on producing AI-generated content, consumers report that they’re looking for more human-generated…

[Submitted on 26 Sep 2025 (v1), last revised 17 Mar 2026 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled ERGO: Efficient High-Resolution Visual Understanding for Vision-Language Models, by Jewon Lee and 7 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Efficient processing of high-resolution images is crucial for real-world vision-language applications. However, existing Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) incur substantial computational overhead due to the large number of vision tokens. With the advent of “thinking with images” models, reasoning now extends beyond text to the visual domain. This capability motivates our two-stage “coarse-to-fine” reasoning pipeline: first, a downsampled image is analyzed…

Google is cleaning up outdated requirements in Google Ads, reflecting how legacy ad formats have evolved into newer, more automated products. What’s happening. As of March 17th, Google discontinued multiple ad format policies, including those related to form ads, image quality, responsive ads, and text ads. What changed. These requirements are being removed because the original formats have transitioned into newer campaign types and ad experiences, making the old policy frameworks no longer relevant. Why we care. This update simplifies the policy landscape in Google Ads, reducing confusion around outdated requirements tied to legacy formats. What advertisers should do. Advertisers…

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about moving to HTTPS, explaining why the process of making a site secure is actually a major undertaking that can have a negative impact on rankings. Loss Of Top 3 Google Rankings A person asked on Reddit why they lost their top 3 rankings in Google after making their site secure with HTTPS. They also replaced their old WordPress theme and updated their content. They explained their situation and asked for advice: “We have a 15 year old financial website hosted with godaddy deluxe plan, suddenly disappeared in google after moving https. We replaced…

When everyone around you is declaring that AI is making and breaking businesses overnight, it’s hard not to feel like you need to adapt now—or risk getting left behind. And by all means, build with AI. Just don’t forget to protect your business against the risks that come with it, like sensitive data ending up where it shouldn’t, harmful content reaching your customers, or bad actors manipulating your AI workflows.AI-generated content isn’t the only thing that needs screening. User-generated content can carry the same risks. Without a check in place, that content can move downstream unchallenged and create the kind…

What I loved: I’ve been skeptical of Quince’s forays into more serious kitchen wares (maybe I was just tired of all the podcast advertising), but these knives impressed me. They slid through pork chops and tomatoes with that buttery smoothness I mentioned above, and passed the paper test both before and after cutting through piles of meat and vegetables.At just $100 they have both a Pakkawood handle and a Damascus steel blade (I didn’t find this contributed to the sharpness, it just looks cool, with those signature waves apparent in the metal). They’re made from Japanese steel, but in a…

It’s the start of March Madness and college basketball enthusiasts around the country are rejoicing. Although picking the perfect March Madness bracket is nearly impossible, millions of people complete the legendary ritual each year and tune into the live games. The famous NCAA tournament draws in die-hard fans and bandwagon supporters alike. And what would March Madness be without brands getting in on the hype? Last year, almost all of the ad spots during the men and women’s tournaments were quickly picked up, with total ad spend breaking away above $1 billion in past years. The impressive investments mean the…

[Submitted on 11 Jun 2024 (v1), last revised 17 Mar 2026 (this version, v4)] View a PDF of the paper titled LLAMAFUZZ: Large Language Model Enhanced Greybox Fuzzing, by Hongxiang Zhang and Yuyang Rong and Yifeng He and Hao Chen View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Greybox fuzzing has achieved success in revealing bugs and vulnerabilities in programs. However, randomized mutation strategies have limited the fuzzer’s performance on structured data. Specialized fuzzers can handle complex structured data, but require additional efforts in grammar and suffer from low throughput. In this paper, we explore the potential of utilizing the Large Language Model to…

Small publishers are seeing sharp traffic declines from AI search experiences, according to new data from thousands of global sites using Chartbeat analytics. The details. Publishers with 1,000 to 10,000 daily pageviews lost 60% of search referral traffic over two years, Chartbeat found. Mid-sized sites with 10,000 to 100,000 daily pageviews lost 47%. Large publishers with more than 100,000 daily pageviews were down 22%. Reality check. AI referrals aren’t replacing lost search traffic. Google Search pageviews fell 34% year over year. Google Discover dropped 15%. ChatGPT referrals rose 200% but still account for less than 1% of total traffic. Yes,…

that annoys me is the countless people online, in person, and even in my comments section saying “how AI will replace data scientists.” I find this frustrating because it often comes from people who aren’t working in the field, and it discourages those who would be great data scientists from pursuing this career path. Not to mention, I firmly disagree with this view and believe AI will not replace data scientists, at least definitely not within the next decade.  And this is coming from someone who has worked in this field for 5 years across a range of companies, and…