Snowflake enters the LLM war with introduction of Arctic
With the new Large Language Model Arctic, Snowflake can help companies generate code and SQL.
In this way, Snowflake aims to compete with existing models. With the introduction of OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, a large market has emerged, but more and more alternatives are emerging that can substan... Read more
New features OpenAI for enterprise customers focus on cost management
OpenAI announced new features for enterprise customers, focusing on improved security and expanding the Assistants API. This component allows customers to customize and deploy models for their own use. In addition, the company is betting heavily on cost management features.
The Assistants API al... Read more
Databricks sees sales grow 70 percent in EMEA
Databricks has seen strong revenue growth in the EMEA region over the past year. Sales in this region increased 70 percent over the past 12 months, mainly due to increased business demand for AI solutions.
Databricks reports that sales increased by this percentage in the EMEA region. The main re... Read more
SAS wants to make AI models and AI modeling as accessible as possible
AI models sometimes have an almost mythical status. You can do a lot with them, but building and deploying them is no easy task. If it were up to SAS, that wouldn't be necessary at all. How does it want to achieve that? Some announcements during SAS Innovate shed light on this question.
Organiza... Read more
Google hints at breakthrough for LLMs with Infini-attention
Google researchers claim they've cracked the code to give large language models (LLMs) the literary equivalent of an endless appetite. Their latest paper unveils 'Infini-attention,' a technique that supposedly lets models munch on input of infinite length without getting indigestion from memory ove... Read more
Llama 3 available in a few weeks
Meta's new version of large language model (LLM) Llama will be available no later than May.
The company announced this on Meta AI Day in London. "Within the next month, actually less, hopefully in a very short period of time, we hope to start rolling out our new suite of next-generation foundati... Read more
Google Workspace expanded to include Google Vids and other AI tools
Google is adding an AI-powered video creation tool called Google Vids to Google Workspace. This tool assists users in creating short videos for a variety of applications. Based on user prompts, the tool suggests scripts, a visual style, voiceover and background music.
It also offers a choice of... Read more
CAST AI introduces cost-cutting solution AI Optimizer for Large Language Models
Kubernetes automation platform CAST AI introduces AI Optimizer, a service to reduce the expenses of deploying Large Language Models (LLMs). This tool integrates with any OpenAI-compatible API endpoint, automatically identifying the most efficient LLM among commercial vendors and open-source option... Read more
OpenAI trained GPT-4 on millions of hours of YouTube audio
OpenAI trained GPT-4 on one million hours of audio from YouTube videos. The AI giant did not ask Google's permission to do so. However, the latter did not object because the company itself uses YouTube to train its own LLMs.
In 2021, OpenAI lacked reliable English-language data available online ... Read more
Salesforce makes everyone a data expert with Einstein Copilot for Tableau
The beta release of Einstein Copilot for Tableau is now available. Users in all kinds of roles can receive AI help to dig into data.
Data analysts typically act as interpreters within an organization. A report or dashboard transforms data into a manageable shape for others to gain insights. With... Read more