The Go programming language is viewed by developers who build AI-powered applications and services as a strong platform for running those workloads. Nevertheless, Python is viewed by Go developers as the language to use when starting AI-powered work, according to a recent survey of Go developers.In the semi-annual Go Developer Survey for 2024, conducted in January and February by the Go team … [Read more...]
Synopsys aims to mitigate software supply chain risks
Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition, a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code.Announced April 9, Black Duck Supply Chain Edition is intended to address a rise in software supply chain attacks targeting vulnerable or maliciously altered open source and third-party components. … [Read more...]
Synopsys takes aim at software supply chain risks
Synopsys has introduced Black Duck Supply Chain Edition, a software composition analysis (SCA) package that helps organizations mitigate upstream risk in software supply chains, including from AI code.Announced April 9, Black Duck Supply Chain Edition is intended to address a rise in software supply chain attacks targeting vulnerable or maliciously altered … [Read more...]
Google unveils open source projects for generative AI
Google at Google Cloud Next 24 unveiled three open source projects for building and running generative AI models. The company also introduced new large language models to its MaxText project of JAX-built LLMs.The new LLM models in MaxText include Gemma, GPT-3, Llama 2, and Mistral, which are supported across both Google Cloud TPUs and Nvidia GPUs, the company said. The newly … [Read more...]
Teradata taps Anaconda to add Python, R packages to VantageCloud Lake
Teradata is partnering with Anaconda to add packages of popular programming languages Python and R to its multi-cloud analytics platform offering, VantageCloud Lake.The partnership will see Teradata integrate the packages from Anaconda’s repository into its self-service data analytics offering, ClearScape Analytics, which comes packaged inside VantageCloud Lake.The integration will allow … [Read more...]
Google updates Vertex AI with new LLM capabilities, agent builder feature
Google has added new large language models (LLMs) and a new agent builder feature to its AI and machine learning platform Vertex AI at its annual Google Cloud Next conference.The LLM include a public preview of the Gemini 1.5 Pro model, which has support for 1-million-token context.The expanded support for context allows native reasoning over enormous amounts of data specific to an input … [Read more...]
Gemini Code Assist debuts at Google Cloud Next 24
Google’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, has changed the name of its previously released Duet AI for Developers offering to Gemini Code Assist and added new features to make code generation easier.Gemini Code Assist is based on the Gemini 1.5 Pro model, Google’s most powerful generative AI model. Earlier in December, the company in a blog post had said that it would make its Gemini model … [Read more...]
Google’s Gemini Cloud Assist helps manage cloud apps
Google’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, at its annual Google Cloud Next conference has introduced Gemini Cloud Assist, an AI-powered assistant designed to help enterprise teams manage applications and networks in Google Cloud.Gemini Cloud Assist, now available in private preview, can be accessed through a chat interface in the Google Cloud console. It is powered by Google’s proprietary … [Read more...]
Google adds Gemini to databases to aid faster code development, migration
Google Cloud is adding capabilities driven by its proprietary large language model, Gemini to its database offerings, which include Bigtable, Spanner, Memorystore for Redis, Firestore, CloudSQL for MySQL, and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, the company announced at its annual Next conference.The Gemini-driven capabilities, which are currently in public preview, include SQL generation, and AI assistance in … [Read more...]
Build or buy: Is it really even a choice?
Charlie, a senior architect at a medium-sized software development organization, sat at his desk going over the specifications for the latest development project at his company. As he was taking a high-level look at how to break down the work for the first phase of the project, Janice, a hard-charging, early-career developer walked into his office.Janice doesn’t hesitate. “Hey—I see that our new … [Read more...]
Choosing the right GPU for AI, machine learning, and more
Chip manufacturers are producing a steady stream of new GPUs. While they bring new benefits to many different use cases, the number of GPU models available from each manufacturer can overwhelm developers working with machine learning workloads. To decide which GPU is right for your organization, a business and its developers must consider the costs of buying or renting the GPU to support the type … [Read more...]
ESG tools for cloud computing can be a distraction
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have gained significant traction recently. Giving yourself a ranking to prove your worth as a good citizen of the planet seems like a great idea.These tools are worth looking at, but the reality is they may be reporting a false positive. They don’t look at the total inefficiencies of the overall cloud architecture, only at specific tactical … [Read more...]
Parasoft unveils safety testing tool for C and C++ apps
Parasoft has launched a tool to enhance safety testing for C and C++ applications. The tool comes at a time when the two venerable programming languages have come under fire over safety concerns.Announced April 8, the C/C++test CT (Continous Testing) tool is intended to empower large developer teams to build reliable and dependable embedded systems. It provides a comprehensive solution for large … [Read more...]
PHP sinks in Tiobe language popularity index
PHP, long a popular server-side scripting language for web development, has dropped to its lowest position ever in the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, ranking 17th in the April 2024 edition of the index.When the Tiobe index started in 2001, PHP was about to become the standard language for building websites, said Paul Jansen, CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe. … [Read more...]
Rapid B2B integrations with Ballerina and Choreo
Many business processes involve communicating with external parties such as suppliers, logistics providers, insurance providers, and government institutions. Unlike internal communications, these inter-organizational communications usually have to follow various regulations and standards, and could introduce delays if one party doesn’t comply. Therefore, effective business-to-business (B2B) … [Read more...]
How to test large language models
There’s significant buzz and excitement around using AI copilots to reduce manual work, improving software developer productivity with code generators, and innovating with generative AI. The business opportunities are driving many development teams to build knowledge bases with vector databases and embed large language models (LLMs) into their applications.Some general use cases for building … [Read more...]
How to talk to machines: 10 secrets of prompt engineering
Just a few years ago, a prompt was something English teachers used for homework assignments, which filled up weekends and kept students inside on sunny days. Now it seems we’re all teachers, tasked with distributing perfect prompts that direct large language models to do our bidding. These prompts are also endowed with the power to ruin weekends, but it’s not the machines that are suffering.The … [Read more...]
Progress in AI requires thinking beyond LLMs
We need to have a frank conversation about large language models (LLMs). At their core, LLMs are nothing more than sophisticated memorization machines, capable of reasonable-sounding statements, but unable to understand fundamental truth. Importantly and despite the fervent hopes of many, they are far from delivering or even prefiguring artificial general intelligence (AGI). The hype surrounding … [Read more...]
Eclipse joins with industry groups to secure open source
The Eclipse Foundation announced that it is partnering with the Apache Software Foundation and other open source foundations to establish common specifications for secure software development based on existing open source best practices.In an April 2 blog post, Eclipse said that the goal of the initiative was to meet the challenges of cybersecurity in the open source ecosystem and demonstrate … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Azure AI Search updated with increased storage, vector index size
Microsoft has updated its Azure AI Search service to increase storage capacity and vector index size at no additional cost, a move it said will make it more economical for enterprises to run generative AI-based applications.Formerly known as Azure Cognitive Search, the Azure AI Search service connects external data stores containing un-indexed data with an application that sends queries or … [Read more...]
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