Tag: Google

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/opinion_open_washing/ Source: Hacker News Title: The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critiques the phenomenon of “open washing,” particularly in the context of Meta’s Llama 3 language model, which is inaccurately portrayed as open source.…

Cloud Blog: AI Hypercomputer software updates: Faster training and inference, a new resource hub, and more

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/updates-to-ai-hypercomputer-software-stack/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI Hypercomputer software updates: Faster training and inference, a new resource hub, and more Feedly Summary: The potential of AI has never been greater, and infrastructure plays a foundational role in driving it forward. AI Hypercomputer is our supercomputing architecture based on performance-optimized hardware, open software, and flexible…

The Register: The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/opinion_open_washing/ Source: The Register Title: The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source Feedly Summary: Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone Opinion If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s AI large language model (LLM) Llama 3 is open source.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Cloud Blog: BigQuery’s AI-assisted data preparation is now in preview

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-ai-driven-bigquery-data-preparation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: BigQuery’s AI-assisted data preparation is now in preview Feedly Summary: In today’s data-driven world, the ability to efficiently transform raw data into actionable insights is paramount. However, data preparation and cleaning is often a significant challenge. Reducing this time and efficiently transforming raw data into insights is crucial…

Schneier on Security: Watermark for LLM-Generated Text

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/watermark-for-llm-generated-text.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Watermark for LLM-Generated Text Feedly Summary: Researchers at Google have developed a watermark for LLM-generated text. The basics are pretty obvious: the LLM chooses between tokens partly based on a cryptographic key, and someone with knowledge of the key can detect those choices. What makes this hard…

Hacker News: Eartho: Open-Source, Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Sign-In

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Source URL: https://github.com/eartho-group/eartho Source: Hacker News Title: Eartho: Open-Source, Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Sign-In Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Eartho is an open-source authentication solution that emphasizes user privacy by acting as a layer between users and major authentication providers like Google and Facebook. This unique setup not only protects user…

The Register: European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/eu_dc_power/ Source: The Register Title: European datacenter energy consumption set to triple by end of decade Feedly Summary: McKinsey warns an additional 25GW of mostly green energy will be needed Datacenter power consumption across Europe could roughly triple by the end of the decade, driven by mass adoption of everyone’s favorite tech trend:…

The Register: Google Cloud burst by 12-hour outage in Germany

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/google_cloud_frankfurt_outage/ Source: The Register Title: Google Cloud burst by 12-hour outage in Germany Feedly Summary: Inconvenient power failure and cooling issue struck one zone, but the pain was widespread Google Cloud apologized on Thursday after its europe-west3 region – located in Frankfurt, Germany – experienced an outage lasting half a day.… AI Summary…

Slashdot: Google Photos Will Soon Show You If an Image Was Edited With AI

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