Tag: innovation

  • Cloud Blog: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/new-proxy-adapter-eases-cassandra-to-spanner-migration/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey Feedly Summary: Cassandra, a key-value NoSQL database, is prized for its speed and scalability, and used broadly for  applications that require rapid data retrieval and storage such as caching, session management, and real-time analytics. Its simple key-value pair structure…

  • Hacker News: Launch HN: Regatta Storage (YC F24) – Turn S3 into a local-like, POSIX cloud fs

    Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42174204 Source: Hacker News Title: Launch HN: Regatta Storage (YC F24) – Turn S3 into a local-like, POSIX cloud fs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Regatta Storage introduces a cloud file system designed for optimal scalability and performance, aligning closely with the evolving needs of data-intensive applications. This innovation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Jack Clark

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/18/jack-clark/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Jack Clark Feedly Summary: The main innovation here is just using more data. Specifically, Qwen2.5 Coder is a continuation of an earlier Qwen 2.5 model. The original Qwen 2.5 model was trained on 18 trillion tokens spread across a variety of languages and tasks (e.g, writing,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-gemini 0.4

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/18/llm-gemini-04/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-gemini 0.4 Feedly Summary: llm-gemini 0.4 New release of my llm-gemini plugin, adding support for asynchronous models (see LLM 0.18), plus the new gemini-exp-1114 model (currently at the top of the Chatbot Arena) and a -o json_object 1 option to force JSON output. I also released llm-claude-3…

  • Slashdot: Google, Microsoft Are Spending Massively on AI, Quarterly Earnings Show

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/18/0022217/google-microsoft-are-spending-massively-on-ai-quarterly-earnings-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google, Microsoft Are Spending Massively on AI, Quarterly Earnings Show Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Alphabet and Microsoft’s significant financial performance and growth driven by their investments in AI technology. Both companies have reported increased revenues, partly due to the demand for AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: LLM 0.18

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/17/llm-018/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: LLM 0.18 Feedly Summary: LLM 0.18 New release of LLM. The big new feature is asynchronous model support – you can now use supported models in async Python code like this: import llm model = llm.get_async_model(“gpt-4o") async for chunk in model.prompt( "Five surprising names for a pet…

  • Slashdot: AI Lab PleIAs Releases Fully Open Dataset, as AMD, Ai2 Release Open AI Models

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/16/0326222/ai-lab-pleias-releases-fully-open-dataset-as-amd-ai2-release-open-ai-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Lab PleIAs Releases Fully Open Dataset, as AMD, Ai2 Release Open AI Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines PleIAs’ commitment to open training for large language models (LLMs) through the release of Common Corpus, highlighting the significance of open data for LLM…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: NuExtract 1.5

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/16/nuextract-15/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: NuExtract 1.5 Feedly Summary: NuExtract 1.5 Structured extraction – where an LLM helps turn unstructured text (or image content) into structured data – remains one of the most directly useful applications of LLMs. NuExtract is a family of small models directly trained for this purpose, and released…

  • Hacker News: Thoughtworks Technology Radar Oct 2024 – From Coding Assistance to AI Evolution

    Source URL: https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/11/thoughtworks-tech-radar-oct-2024/ Source: Hacker News Title: Thoughtworks Technology Radar Oct 2024 – From Coding Assistance to AI Evolution Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Thoughtworks’ Technology Radar Volume 31 emphasizes the dominance of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) and their responsible integration into software development. It highlights the need…

  • Hacker News: Artificial Intelligence for Quantum Computing

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09131 Source: Hacker News Title: Artificial Intelligence for Quantum Computing Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing (QC), outlining how AI techniques can address scaling challenges within QC. This cross-disciplinary approach highlights the potential for AI to revolutionize the…