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Google’s Massive New Language Model Can Explain Jokes

Nearly two years ago, OpenAI’s 175 billion-parameter GPT-3 language model opened the world’s eyes to what large language models (LLMs) could accomplish with relatively little input, sensibly answering questions, tran Read more…

Data Integrity Firm Highlights High-Risk Wildfire Areas in Texas

Increasingly brutal and early wildfire seasons have regularly devastated arid regions of the United States, annually burning millions of acres of land and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. Predicting these a Read more…

Can We Trust AI — and Is That Even the Right Question?

AI is becoming more ubiquitous, from everyday voice assistants and online shopping to healthcare and workplace management — but can we trust it? That question was the headline of a panel called “Can We Trust AI?” d Read more…

Report: Despite Cloud Growth, Clear Skies Ahead for Hardware Spending

Cloud technologies are increasingly ubiquitous in business environments, with more and more previously on-prem services being delivered via cloud services rather than purchased hardware — particularly in support of rem Read more…

Domain Codex Releases Domain Intelligence Search Engine

There are hundreds of millions of registered domain names in the world, with tens of millions of new domains registered every year. Meaningfully combing through these domain names — and the data associated with them � Read more…

Virta Health’s AI-Powered Coach Helps Patients Fight Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes afflicts tens of millions of Americans, with the disease inflicting severe impediments or even death on many — particularly in the wake of Covid, which is exacerbated by the condition. San Francisco-bas Read more…

Software AG to Acquire StreamSets

Veteran German enterprise software company Software AG — coming up on its 55th anniversary — is bringing another company into its fold: San Francisco-based StreamSets, which has been offering an enterprise-grade data Read more…

Redpanda Nabs $50M Series B for Data Streaming

San Fran-headquartered Redpanda Data is a relative newcomer to the scene, having only been founded (at the time, as “Vectorized”) in 2019. The rename came courtesy of its core product, itself called Redpanda: a data Read more…

Databricks Releases Lakehouse for Financial Services

Databricks first launched its lakehouse architecture in 2017, combining elements of data warehouses, data lakes, and streaming data analytics in a move that has paid off—literally and figuratively—in ensuing years as Read more…

Harvard’s New Data Storage Is to Dye For, Avoids DNA Storage Pitfalls

The explosion in data collection has led to challenges in storing enormous amounts of data. This is particularly true for archival data, with many popular methods of data storage—such as optical disks—having relative Read more…

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