OpenAI today rolled out GPT-4o, its newest flagship model that is faster than GPT-4 yet maintains the same level of intelligence and builds on its voice, vision and text capabilities, according to the organization’s announcement. The new model takes understanding of images to a higher level. In its announcement, OpenAI gave this example: “You can … continue reading
The software industry is no longer functional. Last year alone saw over 28,000 new CVEs published, a record rise that perfectly illustrates the ongoing patching crisis facing security and development teams, which are under constant pressure to patch vulnerabilities or risk exposure. In the last 12 months, software vulnerabilities led to over 50 percent of … continue reading
OpenAI is sharing the first draft of its Model Spec, a document that specifies how models should behave in the OpenAI API and ChatGPT, to be used as guidelines for researchers and AI trainers who work on reinforcement learning from human feedback. The spec, according to OpenAI, is based on the organizations’ research into model behavior … continue reading
SurrealDB is a multi-model database that offers scalability and adaptability so that developers can fit it to their use cases. The project maintainers call it “the ultimate cloud database for tomorrow’s applications.” It reduces development time by eliminating the need for a lot of server-side components required by other databases. The database can also function … continue reading
In the ever-evolving landscape of software engineering, tools like GitHub Copilot are fundamentally changing how developers use Generative AI (GenAI) in coding. This shift is especially evident in the software testing realm, where AI-generated code is starting to impact customer environments significantly. It’s fascinating to observe how the software engineering world is transforming with the … continue reading
Data is often seen as the output of applications — but it’s so much more than that. Like code itself, data is a fundamental building block of the development process. It has the ability to drive application logic, improve user experience, and increase business value. Therefore, taking a data-first approach to software design is critical. … continue reading
Broadcom today announced that its Automic Automation solution is now available as Software as a Service (SaaS). Automic SaaS provides the same features as the market-leading Automic Automation on-premises solution with the added benefits of a service. With advanced workload automation and workflow orchestration capabilities, Automic SaaS will unify and simplify automation across mainframe, distributed, and … continue reading
At its annual Red Hat Summit event, the popular open source company made several announcements regarding its AI strategy. It expanded Red Hat Lightspeed to more products, revealed updates to OpenShift AI, launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI, and introduced Podman AI Lab. Red Hat Lightspeed expands to OpenShift and RHEL This generative AI … continue reading
Stack Overflow and OpenAI are announcing a partnership that will bolster each of their respective offerings. OpenAI will leverage Stack Overflow’s OverflowAPI to improve its models using content and feedback from Stack Overflow answers. According to the companies, it will only surface responses that have been vetted and deemed to be accurate. The goal is … continue reading
WSO2, the leader in digital transformation technology, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by EQT. “We are thrilled to partner with EQT as we embark on the next phase of WSO2’s journey,” said Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO and Founder of WSO2. “With EQT’s support and expertise, we are well-positioned … continue reading
GitHub has released two updates designed to help secure software supply chains. The company announced a public beta of Artifact Attestations for GitHub Actions, which makes it easier for companies to verify where software components came from, and announced that Dependabot can now be run as a GitHub Actions workflow. Artifact Attestation allows maintainers of … continue reading
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new pilot evaluation program, NIST GenAI, to help assess whether content — text, image, video, or audio — was generated by a human or AI. One of the goals of the study is to use the results to assist people in making these determinations … continue reading
