Consortium must assuage concerns about job loss due to AI
In response to -certainly not unwarranted- concerns about job loss due to the rise of AI, major technology companies have formed a consortium to prepare workers and organizations in the ICT sector for upcoming changes through upskilling and retraining. Cisco spearheaded the foundation of this aptly... Read more
LLMs from Hugging Face now deployable and distributable directly via Cloudflare
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
Supersimple drives ‘complex’ AI-native data analytics
Tallinn-headquartered AI-native data analytics platform company Supersimple is promising its platform will enable any user to explore data and answer complex questions, regardless of technical expertise. The company says its platform exists because data analytics tools need reinvention for the age ... Read more
Microsoft understands that AI is more than a Copilot button
Microsoft has once again shaken up its management. Pavan Davuluri, who has been heading the Surface division since September, now also heads the Windows team. The two divisions were separated last September after the previous head of both divisions suddenly left for Amazon. That these are now being... Read more
Microsoft Teams gets Copilot and other updated AI features
Microsoft Teams is getting new AI features to give users more insight into what they discussed during meetings and video calls. Copilot also helps compose and enhance chat messages. New features for hybrid video conferencing are coming as well.
Starting in May, Copilot will also provide informa... Read more
The AI shift from prompt engineering to flow engineering
The IT industry is busy working out how to develop, program with and exploit Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our enterprise applications. Key among the techniques being used to create, coalesce and connect AI is prompt engineering i.e. the process of designing detailed input formats (characters, wo... Read more
Vultr stacks AI/ML, cloud-native and inferencing; GenAI for all?
You may have never heard of Vultr. Still, this company is one to keep an eye on. It has built an interesting range of stacks, services and technologies. The goal? To get the most out of the underlying technology at the lowest cost and get the whole world working with GenAI. We spoke to Kevin Cochra... Read more
It is now possible to add AI to .NET apps within a few clicks
Smart Components allows developers to add AI features to existing .NET software.
Adding AI can take weeks of development time because developers have to focus on redesigning the UI or exploring machine learning and prompt engineering. Smart Components should change that. To this end, Microsoft h... Read more
Nvidia’s Latte3D turns text prompts into 3D images almost instantly
Nvidia has unveiled Latte3D, a tool that rapidly transforms text into high-quality 3D images. The objects it creates can be used in design processes, advertising, video games, virtual reality, landscaping and robotics.
“A year ago, it took an hour for AI models to generate 3D visuals of this q... Read more
AI in training: a coach who guides during the day and at night
Lepaya sees a role for AI in optimizing further training for employees. In an interview with Clemens Lechner, head of research and innovation at Lepaya, we discussed the benefits and limits of integrating AI into learning offerings.
AI is playing an increasing role in Lepaya's training programs... Read more