At Google Cloud Next this year, AI once again plays centre stage. Google Cloud is bringing the necessary updates to its existing LLM offerings within Vertex AI. For example, Gemini 1.5 Pro is in public preview effective immediately. On top of that, it is introducing Imagen 2.0 to generate images, a... Read more
7 days ago
Microsoft sees many opportunities for AI research and development in the UK and is now opening a dedicated AI hub in the heart of London for that purpose. The company earlier announced it would invest around 2.9 billion euros (2.5 billion British Pounds) in AI in the UK. According to recently ap... Read more
7 days ago
Microsoft has introduced a Windows driver that prevents users from changing default browser Edge in Windows 10 and 11 via third-party software or manual registry changes. The driver UCPD.sys, or User Choice Protection Driver, landed without notice among other February updates for Windows 10 (KB5... Read more
8 days ago
OpenAI has introduced tools that allow developers to fine-tune AI models more efficiently than before. On top of previous options through the fine-tuning API, the company now offers more ease of use as well. These tools should reduce the common problem of a high error rate during fine-tuning proces... Read more
11 days ago
Windows 11 Insider build 26100 includes a significantly faster Microsoft Store. The feature was not mentioned in the official announcement of this latest version. Build 26100 focuses mainly on bug fixes and other relatively minor improvements. For example, it was already possible to run Copilot ... Read more
12 days ago
DataStax, specializing in generative AI data stacks, has acquired the open-source visual framework Langflow. DataStax hopes the purchase will make it significantly easier for developers of all skill levels to create sophisticated generative AI tools, among other things by streamlining the developme... Read more
12 days ago
Enterprise organisations need cloud. They need cloud computing services to be fast to deploy, flexible to operate and robust to operate. But what all those attributes really come down to is the fact that businesses need cloud computing services that scale. Remy Vandepoel, technical cloud evangelist... Read more
12 days ago
Google is reportedly considering bringing premium features of its search engine into a paid subscription. So writes Financial Times based on sources. The features could fall under Google's One AI Premium subscription, which previously brought Gemini to Gmail and Docs. Gemini, for example, helps ... Read more
12 days ago
Cloudflare now allows developers to directly deploy AI applications from Hugging Face on their own platform. Using the Cloudflare Workers AI application, they can further distribute these applications wherever they wish. Cloudflare and Hugging Face announced their collaboration last year, but th... Read more
13 days ago
OpenAI now makes the basic version of ChatGPT accessible to everyone without creating an account. However, this version is more limited in functionality than with an account. The basic version of ChatGPT, which runs on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model, now allows anyone direct access without creating an a... Read more
14 days ago
