Over the past year, software companies have worked hard to incorporate generative AI into their products, doing whatever it takes to incorporate the latest technology and stay competitive. One software category that is particularly well-suited to being boosted by AI is low code, as that is already a market that has a goal of making things easier on developers. Just as low code lowered … [Read more...]
AWS launches SaaS Quick Launch for easier deployment of SaaS apps
AWS is making it easier for companies to deploy applications from the AWS Marketplace in their environment with the release of SaaS Quick Launch. According to AWS, this new capability will solve a previous challenge of deploying applications, which could require hours to set up permissions policies and cloud infrastructure. Manually configuring these also introduced the possibility of … [Read more...]
People on thPeople on the Move in Tech in Novembere Move in Tech in November
A number of companies have announced major changes to their executive leadership this month. Here are a couple of the moves across the industry this past month. OpenAI board replaced OpenAI went through some major changes this month. Over the course of just a couple days, Sam Altman was fired by the board, was hired at Microsoft along with OpenAI president Greg Brockman, and then … [Read more...]
Amazon SageMaker gets improved deployment experience, new inference capabilities, and more
During its AWS re:Invent event today, AWS announced several updates to Amazon SageMaker, which is a platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models. It introduced new features that are designed to improve the model deployment experience, including the introduction of new classes in the SageMaker Python SDK: ModelBuilder and SchemaBuilder. ModelBuilder, selects a … [Read more...]
PlanetScale Insights Anomalies introduces smart query monitoring
An update to PlanetScale called Insights Anomalies introduces smart query monitoring to detect slower-than-expected queries in databases. PlanetScale’s Insights Anomalies is designed to simplify the process of assessing a database’s health and troubleshooting issues, according to the company in a blog post. The primary goal is to offer a clear overview of the database’s status and to make the … [Read more...]
News from Amazon at AWS re:Invent 2023 Day 2
Amazon re:Invent continues today, and so does Amazon’s list of announcements. Here are some of the announcements the company made today at the event: Amazon Q AI assistant announced Amazon Q is a new generative AI-based assistant that is designed to help employees complete tasks related to their jobs. For example, it can help a developer build, deploy, and operate workloads, or help a call center … [Read more...]
Third-party vendor announcements from Day 2 of AWS re:Invent
Amazon re:Invent continues today, and a number of companies have made more announcements on Day 2 of the event. Here are a few highlights: New integrations between Cisco ThousandEyes and Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor This new integration will provide customers with even greater visibility into cloud deployments. They can use these insights to optimize their AWS instances and monitoring … [Read more...]
FusionAuth’s latest update improves scalability of its authentication platform
FusionAuth has announced that it has improved the scalability and performance of its platform, which allows developers to incorporate authentication into their applications. According to the company, the complexity of modern authentication methods can be a challenge for developers to deal with, and while there are many identity tools that can provide them with basic capabilities that can be worked … [Read more...]
Achieving a 360-degree Customer View with Custom Matching Strategies
There are many reasons why duplicate entries might end up in a database, and it’s important that companies have a way to deal with those to ensure their customer data is as accurate as possible. In Episode 5 of the SD Times Live! Microwebinar series of data verification, Tim Sidor, data quality analyst at data quality company Melissa, explained two different approaches that companies … [Read more...]
Microsoft releases Sharepoint Embedded for developing headless, API-only content apps
Microsoft released SharePoint Embedded into public preview to provide a new method for constructing custom content applications for enterprises and independent software vendors (ISVs). This feature allows the development of headless, API-only content apps that can integrate various management functionalities such as collaboration, security, and compliance into any application. These apps … [Read more...]
What Amazon announced at AWS re:Invent so far
AWS re:Invent kicked off today, and Amazon has already made a number of announcements, including product updates, performance improvements, and better integrations among services. Here are some highlights from the event so far: Cost Optimization Hub provides recommendations for cost saving This is a new section in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. It provides recommendations for … [Read more...]
News from third-party providers out of AWS re:Invent
AWS re:Invent kicked off today, and along with a number of announcements from Amazon itself, a number of third-party software providers also announced new integrations with AWS, partnerships, or other features that AWS customers can utilize. Here are a few highlights from the event: Salesforce and AWS expand partnership The two companies have been working together for a while now, and … [Read more...]
Microsoft releases Orca 2 to teach small language models how to reason
Orca 2 was released by Microsoft to explore the capabilities of smaller language models (LMs) with around 10 billion parameters or less. The model demonstrates that improved training signals and methods can enhance the reasoning abilities of smaller LMs to make them more on par with larger models. Compared to similar-sized models, including the original Orca, Orca 2 significantly … [Read more...]
Capital One open-sources new project for generating synthetic data
In the fast-paced world of machine learning, innovation requires utilizing data. However the reality for many companies is that data access and environmental controls which are vital to security can also add inefficiencies to the model development and testing life cycle. To overcome this challenge — and help others with it as well — Capital One is open-sourcing a new project called Synthetic … [Read more...]
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI as CEO, board to be replaced
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman have announced their return to OpenAI. Last Friday, the company’s board had unexpectedly fired Altman, and co-founder and president Brockman resigned upon learning the news. The two had been announced to be forming a new team at Microsoft, a company that has heavily invested in OpenAI. “i love openai, and everything i’ve done over the past few days has been in … [Read more...]
Canonical’s chiselled Ubuntu containers increase efficiency by only providing necessary components in images
Canonical has announced that its chiselled Ubuntu containers are now generally available. These are ultra-small OCI images that just deliver an application and its runtime dependencies, leaving out things like operating system-level packages, utilities, or libraries. According to Canoncial, not including unnecessary components in the final image reduces bloat, increases efficiency, and … [Read more...]
Neo4j announces partnership with AWS to reduce AI hallucinations
Neo4j entered into a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS in a collaboration that aims to enhance generative AI outcomes by combining knowledge graphs and native vector search. The goal is to reduce generative AI hallucinations, making results more accurate, transparent, and explainable. This partnership addresses a common challenge for developers working with LLMs, … [Read more...]
Industry responds to OpenAI’s leadership changes and what it could mean for future of AI
OpenAI has caused quite the stir over the weekend. On Friday, the board of directors fired CEO Sam Altman, leading to a cascade of events, including OpenAI trying to rehire him, co-founder and president Greg Brockman also resigning, Altman and Brockman joining Microsoft to lead up a new AI research team there, and over 500 of OpenAI’s 770 employees signing an open letter threatening to quit unless … [Read more...]
Sam Altman, Greg Brockman join new AI research team at Microsoft; OpenAI names another interim CEO; OpenAI staff sign letter calling for board to resign
The OpenAI board of directors made headlines on Friday when it suddenly removed Sam Altman, the CEO of the company, from his position. Over the weekend, there were several events that happened following the announcements. Board tries to get Altman back immediately Following the announcement of his removal, the OpenAI board very quickly started trying to get Altman to return to his position. … [Read more...]
Microsoft open sources Terminal Chat to enable community collaboration on AI chat feature
Microsoft announced that it is open-sourcing Terminal Chat and invites developers from the open-source community to engage with and contribute to the development of AI within a terminal application. This move aligns with the team’s desire to let users and developers shape the future of AI in the Windows Terminal, fostering a collaborative environment for innovation, according to the company in a … [Read more...]
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