AI
“Barfing” code, RAG stacks and other AI lessons from LinkedIn
"For product experiences that tolerate such a level of errors, building with generative AI is refreshingly straightforward. But it also creates unattainable expectations..."
LLMs
Adobe’s new generative AI model won’t give you an image of Donald Trump or Taylor Swift
Adobe uses a "multi-layered, continuous review and moderation approach to block and remove content that violates Adobe’s policies"
AI
AI is helping hyperscalers “burn” customer money: In the real world, CIOs, spies fret
Alphabet CEO: We see "clear paths to AI monetization". GCHQ Chief Data Scientist: Beware "automation bias"
AI
Alan Turing Institute says UK’s national security decision makers need training on AI's limits
Could politicians really confuse AI's probablistic outcomes with the truth?
SAP
SAP CEO name drops Jensen to give Q1 numbers an AI gloss
Cloud revenue – broken out for the first time – accounted for €3.9 billion
AI
Mona Lisa rapping: Microsoft’s new AI spins up convincing talking heads
"While acknowledging the possibility of misuse, it's imperative to recognize the substantial positive potential of our technique"
observabiity
Grafana cofounder says community looking for flexibility, not demanding AI...yet
“Our approach right now is to sort of look at how AI can elevate a junior SRE to a more experienced SRE..."
News
Windows 11 refresh, "AI PCs" drive a sales boost -- and optimism.
"The current PC installed base is larger and older than ever..."
News
NVIDIA datacentre chief to Europe: GPUs are coming, but have you got the power?
Schneider urges youngsters to think firmware and electronics skills instead of LLMs and data science
AI
Synthetic focus groups and RAG in the contact centre: Bayer, Verizon, WPP on their AI deployments
"You can create a consumer, a brand strategist, a brand marketer, client, encoded with actual ground truth data, then critique the content that's been generated by the system with agents playing off against each other."
AI
“Scant evidence” – Google’s AI chemistry claims were very misleading
AI discovered 2.2m new "materials" said DeepMind. Chemistry professors investigated, found hallucinations, repetition, known crystals.
AI
Google Distributed Cloud: AI, on-premises, without the drama?
"Because we manage the stack remotely, our customers generally get concerned about what data is getting in between the two environments. So we built a tool for you..."