When it comes to artificial intelligence and applying it to software development, it’s hard to discern between the hype and the reality of what can be done with it today. The presentation of AI in movies makes the technology seem scary and that in the not-too-distant future humans will be slaves to the machines. But … 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. Baskar Sridharan joins AWS as VP of AI/ML Services and Infrastructure He will be leading the team responsible for AI products such as Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock. … continue reading
To thrive in today’s competitive environment, enterprises must eliminate waste, accelerate their product time to market, and strive for continuous improvement. However, challenges such as work prioritization and understanding past performance issues can hinder an organization’s efforts to optimize efficiency. One common complaint from companies seeking greater efficiency is the difficulty in prioritizing innovation. Tasks … continue reading
The AI platform Dataiku is making it easier for customers to ensure they are complying with the EU AI Act, which is a regulatory framework for AI passed late last year, which companies will have 12 to 36 months to comply with. The new law classifies different AI use cases based on potential risk to … continue reading
Apache Pinot is an open-source analytics platform that utilizes an OLAP database to provide low-latency insights into large amounts of data. OLAP stands for Online Analytical Processing and is a method in which data from multiple sources can be used together, allowing companies to group data from websites, applications, internal systems, and more together for … continue reading
Anthropic has just released an update to its AI assistant Claude that will make it much more powerful, as the model now has the ability to interact with external tools and APIs. According to Anthropic, this will enable Claude to perform complex tasks, manipulate data, and provide more dynamic responses. For example, it can pull … continue reading
The Dynamic JVM language world – especially the CFML language – has been static for some time. A big change is afoot with the creation of BoxLang, and SD Times recently had the opportunity to speak with Luis Majano, CEO of Ortus Solutions, which has brought BoxLang – currently in an open beta that will … continue reading
Thirty-five years ago, a group of technologists came together to support an object-oriented GUI from HP called New Wave. Bill Hoffman recalls: “Back then, there weren’t a lot of folks familiar with OO development.” It turned out to be a longer run than he expected, because by showing they could shepherd projects along by bringing … continue reading
The CI/CD platform provider Harness has announced its plans to acquire the feature management company Split Software. By incorporating Split Software’s capabilities into its platform, Harness will be able to offer a software release platform where developers can not only release software, but run A/B tests and measure adoption of specific features. With the acquisition, … continue reading
OpenAI has formed a new Safety and Security Committee as it begins training its next frontier model. Over the next 90 days, the committee will begin evaluating the company’s current processes and safeguards. Then, it will share its findings with OpenAI’s Board, which will then share the updated recommendations publicly. The overall goal of the … continue reading
As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, using it safely while also increasing its workload is a critical concern. Traditional methods of training safe AI have focused on filtering training data or fine-tuning models post-training to mitigate risks. However, in late May, Anthropic created a detailed map of the inner workings of its Claude 3 … continue reading
AI company QX Lab AI has announced the launch of Ask QX Pro, which is a multimodal generative AI platform, designed specifically for use in European regions. It builds on the company’s existing platform, Ask QX, and adds multimodal capabilities such as text to image, image to text, document analysis, and text to code. This … continue reading
The Eclipse Foundation has just announced its largest release ever of Eclipse Temurin, which is an open source build of Java based on OpenJDK, otherwise known as Eclipse Adoptium. The new release supports 54 different platform and version combinations and five major versions of OpenJDK. According to the Eclipse Foundation, this flexibility highlights the organization’s … continue reading
GitHub has announced the second cohort of GitHub Accelerator, which is a program that funds and supports chosen open-source projects. Each project receives $400,000 in support, broken down into $40,000 in non-dilutive sponsorship funding from GitHub Sponsors and $350,000 in Microsoft benefits, such as Azure and OpenAI credits, free Copilot and GitHub projects, and connection … continue reading
