In an exercise in dogfooding, I asked the GPT-4 large language model “What is retrieval-augmented generation?” using its Browse plug-in, which is one implementation of retrieval-augmented generation.This is what GPT-4 eventually told me, after I asked it to regenerate its answer: ----------------- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is an AI framework that significantly impacts the field of … [Read more...]
GitHub counts 20 million US software developers
GitHub’s Innovation Graph, a repository containing structured data files of public activity on GitHub, counts more than 20 million US software developers using the platform.Just-released findings incorporating data from Q3 2023 provide a comprehensive breakdown of global developer activity including top languages, numbers of users by country, and economy collaborators, GitHub said. GitHub released … [Read more...]
IBM to acquire application modernization assets from Advanced
IBM on Thursday said that it was acquiring application modernization assets from Advanced in an effort to enhance the mainframe application and data modernization services of its consulting business. Advanced, which is headquartered out of Birmingham, UK, provides mainframe modernization and OpenVMS and VME migration services.The assets and services acquired from Advanced are expected to … [Read more...]
New certification will determine whether a generative AI system is Fairly Trained
As creators and IP holders argue with generative AI companies over the correct protocol to use data for training generative AI systems, a new non-profit firm, Fairly Trained, is offering certifications to companies who train their generative AI models on “consented” data.“We believe consumers deserve to know which companies think creator consent is important and which don’t. So, we certify AI … [Read more...]
Running serverless .NET applications in AWS Lambda
The recent evolution of .NET has been fun to watch. Since .NET became an open-source platform, it has finally delivered on its cross-platform promise. At the same time, support for Linux has given it more traction in the cloud-native space, with the latest releases supporting container runtimes.Having cross-platform capabilities means that you can run .NET in any cloud, too. All you need is a … [Read more...]
Toad Data Studio manages SQL, NoSQL, and cloud databases
Systems management and security software provider Quest Software is shipping Toad Data Studio, a platform for streamlining database management in heterogeneous relational and NoSQL database environments.Announced January 17, Toad Data Studio allows users to manage nearly any database platform in their environment including cloud and on-premises sources and relational, NoSQL, and data warehouse … [Read more...]
How to implement a custom object mapper in C#
When working on applications, you will often need to convert one type to another. Object mapping is the process of mapping a source object to a destination object, where the types of the source and destination objects might differ.For example, you might need to create an instance of one class from an instance of another class, then copy the data from the source object to the destination object. … [Read more...]
Red Hat launches platform for building developer portals
Red Hat has unveiled the Red Hat Developer Hub, an enterprise-level internal developer platform (IDP) for building developer portals. The platform provides an opinionated framework and set of templates that will “reduce friction and frustration” for development teams, Red Hat said.Based on the Backstage open source Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project and accessible from a Red Hat … [Read more...]
Pinecone’s new serverless database may see few takers, analysts say
There might be few takers for Pinecone’s new serverless vector database, dubbed Pinecone Serverless, analysts believe.“Why set up and administer a separate database—even one with the advantages of serverless scalability—if you can get the same functionality from the database you are already using and in which you are already managing your data?”, said Doug Henschen, principal analyst at … [Read more...]
JFrog, AWS team up for machine learning in the cloud
Software supply chain provider JFrog is integrating with the Amazon SageMaker cloud-based machine learning platform to incorporate machine learning models into the software development lifecycle.The JFrog platform integration with Amazon SageMaker, available now, ensures artifacts produced by data scientists to develop machine learning applications are pulled from and saved in the JFrog … [Read more...]
Get started with Anaconda Python
No question about it, Python is a crucial part of modern data science. Convenient and powerful, Python connects data scientists and developers with a galaxy of tools and functionality, in convenient and programmatic ways.Still, those tools sometimes come with assembly required, sometimes a lot of it. Because Python is a general-purpose programming language, how it’s packaged and delivered doesn’t … [Read more...]
3 visions for the future of the Internet
The Internet may be the greatest creation of modern technology, and it is a work in progress. At the heart of its ongoing development are three different visions of what the Internet might become. In this article, we'll explore the three ideas guiding the technological and architectural future of the Internet: Web 3.0, Web3, and the semantic web.Web 3.0: The future of the InternetWeb 3.0 is … [Read more...]
Microsoft offers Copilot AI subscription
Microsoft has announced the availability of Copilot Pro, a subscription-based platform intended to deliver advanced features of its Copilot AI technology.Unveiled January 15, Copilot Pro offers capabilities to users wanting to “supercharge” their Copilot experience. Subscriptions can be purchased for $20 per month per person. Users get advanced help with writing, coding, designing, researching, or … [Read more...]
Microsoft Blazor adds SortableJS for drag-and-drop lists
SortableJS, a JavaScript library for creating reorderable drag-and-drop lists, has been wrapped into a component for Microsoft’s Blazor web application builder and renamed Blazor Sortable.A common feature for web application development, SortableJS supports touch devices and modern browsers, CSS animation, auto-scrolling, and smooth animations.Unveiled January 12, Blazor Sortable has been made … [Read more...]
SortableJS brings drag-and-drop lists to Microsoft Blazor
SortableJS, a JavaScript library for creating reorderable drag-and-drop lists, has been wrapped into a component for Microsoft’s Blazor web application builder and renamed Blazor Sortable.A common feature for web application development, SortableJS supports touch devices and modern browsers, CSS animation, auto-scrolling, and smooth animations.Unveiled January 12, Blazor Sortable has been made … [Read more...]
The state of the C++ developer ecosystem
Every year, JetBrains conducts the Developer Ecosystem Survey to capture the landscape of the developer community, and this year’s results are finally in. One of the biggest trends we spotted in the past year is wider AI usage among software developers, with a whopping 77% of them using ChatGPT for various work-related tasks. In other findings, Objective-C is on its last legs, Rust is more popular … [Read more...]
Do you need GPUs for generative AI systems?
Often, I catch on to trends by looking for common patterns in the questions reporters ask me. In many instances, they are much more in touch with the market than I am, and they are a good data point. Take the calls that I’ve been getting about what problems may arise if there is a graphics processing unit (GPU) shortage.First, if that does happen, it wouldn’t likely last long. Second, other … [Read more...]
AWS readying LLM-based debugger for databases to take on OpenAI
AWS researchers are working on developing a large language model-based debugger for databases in an effort to help enterprises solve performance issues in such systems.Dubbed Panda, the new debugging framework has been designed to work in a manner that is similar to a database engineer (DBE), the company wrote in a blog post, adding that troubleshooting performance issues in a database can be … [Read more...]
AWS is readying LLM-based debugger for databases to take on OpenAI
AWS researchers are working on developing a large language model-based debugger for databases in an effort to help enterprises solve performance issues in such systems.Dubbed Panda, the new debugging framework has been designed to work in a manner that is similar to a database engineer (DBE), the company wrote in a blog post, adding that troubleshooting performance issues in a database can be … [Read more...]
5 ways QA will evaluate the impact of new generative AI testing tools
In a recent article about upgrading continuous testing for generative AI, I asked how code generation tools, copilots, and other generative AI capabilities would impact quality assurance (QA) and continuous testing. As generative AI accelerated coding and software development, how would code testing and quality assurance keep up with the higher velocity?At that time, I suggested that QA engineers … [Read more...]
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