The vector database Qdrant has developed a new vector-based hybrid search capability, BM42, which provides accurate and efficient retrieval for RAG applications. The name is a reference to BM25, which is a text based search that has been used as the standard in search engines for the last 40 years. According to Qdrant, the introduction … continue reading
A number of companies have announced major changes to their executive leadership last month. Here are a couple of the moves across the industry this past month. Anthony Griffin named chief architect of Hazelcast He has extensive experience building systems for financial institutions, such as Danske Bank, Nomura, HSBC, and others. Throughout his 25+ year … continue reading
A new report from CISA, the FBI, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) analyzed 172 critical OpenSSF projects and found that 52% of them contain code written in a memory-unsafe language. The report also found that 55% of the total lines of code for all projects were … continue reading
Elastic has just released a new tool called Playground that will enable users to experiment with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) more easily. RAG is a practice in which local data is added to an LLM, such as private company data or data that is more up-to-date than the LLMs training set. This allows it to give … continue reading
Earlier this week, the Eclipse Foundation announced the release of the Theia IDE, which is an open source IDE based on the Theia platform. “The release of Theia IDE represents a new milestone in the world of open source development tools,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation. “By combining flexibility, innovation, and … continue reading
Google has announced that developers now have access to a 2 million context window for Gemini Pro 1.5. For comparison, GPT-4o has a 128k context window. This context window length was first announced at Google I/O and accessible only through a waitlist, but now everyone has access. Longer context windows can lead to higher costs, … continue reading
Microsoft has released Fluid Framework 2, the latest version of its platform for building collaborative experiences across the Microsoft 365 suite. Fluid Framework 2 includes four major updates, the first of which is a new SharedTree Distributed Data Structure (DDS) that provides a programming interface for working with data. It supports many different data types, … continue reading
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is hoping to extend its longevity and attract new people into the free software movement by making improvements to its governance process, resulting in the addition of three new board members. Joining the board effective June 23, 2024 are John Gilmore, Christina Haralanova, and Maria Chiara Pievatolo. The board reviewed … continue reading
GitHub is taking a step forward to help companies improve supply chain security with the release of Artifact Attestations. This new feature allows GitHub users to verify the integrity of GitHub Actions artifacts before they choose to deploy them into their Kubernetes cluster. Artifacts in GitHub are files or collections of files that were created … continue reading
The API management platform Gravitee has announced a new solution, Federated API Management, which provides governance capabilities for companies using multiple API gateways and event brokers. According to the company, businesses today are often managing tens of thousands of APIs and different teams tend to use different API gateways as well. This leads to API … continue reading
Anthropic has announced new ways to interact with Claude that will facilitate better collaboration between users and the AI. Pro and Team customers can now save specific chats with Claude into a new feature called Projects, so that certain conversations live alongside other project information, such as style guides, codebases, interview transcripts, etc. “With Projects, … continue reading
Forrester is revealing its top 10 emerging technology trends for 2024, which is a list it puts together every year based on the trends its analysts are seeing. According to Brian Hopkins, VP of the emerging tech portfolio at Forrester, the evolution of AI agents is the most exciting development this year. AI agents are … continue reading
