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The IBM-Meta AI Alliance Promotes Safe and Open AI Progress
IBM and Meta have co-launched a massive industry-academic-government alliance to shepherd AI development. The new group has united under the AI Alliance banner to promote responsible innovation in AI. Historically, techn Read more…
Altman’s Back As Questions Swirl Around Project Q-Star
Sam Altman’s wild weekend had a happy ending, as he reclaimed his CEO position at OpenAI earlier this week. But questions over the whole ordeal remain as rumors of a powerful new AI capability developed at OpenAI calle Read more…
SDV: A Generative Model for Creating Synthetic Data
Getting access to the right data in the right amounts remains a major obstacle for a range of digital endeavors, from developing AI models to testing software applications. If you find yourself short of valuable tabular Read more…
Berners-Lee Startup Seeks Disruption of the Current Web 2.0 Big Data Paradigm
Tim Berners-Lee’s legacy as the creator of the World Wide Web is firmly cemented in history. But as the Internet strayed away from its early egalitarian roots towards something much more big and corporate, Berners-Lee Read more…
Meet Raluca Ada Popa, a 2023 Datanami Person to Watch
The ready availability of cloud computing on the one hand and the explosion of data on the other has thrust data security into the limelight as it has never been before. One of the world's foremost experts in applied cry Read more…
News In Brief
Biden’s Executive Order on AI and Data Privacy Gets Mostly Favorable Reactions
As expected, President Joe Biden today issued an executive order on the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and the protection of sensitive data. Technology leaders reacted in a mostly favorable manner to the order, Read more…
DSPy Puts ‘Programming Over Prompting’ in AI Model Development
If you’re tired of writing endless prompts for large language models, you might be interested in DSPy, a new framework from Stanford University that aims to enable programmers to work with foundational models by using Read more…
Python Finally Comes to Excel
Excel-maker Microsoft and Anaconda, a key distributor of Python tools, unveiled a collaboration this week that will see Python integrated with Excel. The new Anaconda Python Distribution in Excel, which is currently i Read more…
Big Data Career Notes: August 2023 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
Inside Pandata, the New Open-Source Analytics Stack Backed by Anaconda
Anaconda made some news yesterday when it announced support for Pandata, a new open-source stack. But just what is Pandata, and should it be on your big data radar? According to the Pandata GitHub page, Pandata is a c Read more…
This Just In
Dec 7, 2023 |
Dec. 7, 2023 — Intel Labs is showcasing some of its most significant and industry-first AI innovations at NeurIPS 2023 — the leading global event for developers, researchers, and academic professionals focused on AI and computer-vision technologies. Read more…
Nov 30, 2023 |
Nov. 30, 2023 — David Tench, the 2023 Grace Hopper postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), describes discovering his fellowship opportunity as a “Goldilocks moment.”
After years in academia spent developing a very theoretical but powerful algorithm to tackle the analysis of enormous scientific datasets, he was looking for a place where he could match theory with real-world, large-scale science. Read more…
Nov 27, 2023 |
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 27, 2023 — Today marks the official launch of Jais Climate, the world’s first bilingual large language model (LLM) dedicated to climate and sustainability. Read more…
Nov 17, 2023 |
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 17, 2023 — In 2021, Esri, a global leader in location intelligence, released ArcGIS Platform, a geospatial platform as a service (PaaS) for developers to integrate location capabilities into their apps, business systems, and products. Read more…
Nov 9, 2023 |
REDLANDS, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 — Organizations in national, state, and local governments; architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors; and more are implementing 3D workflows for everything from asset monitoring to risk analysis. Read more…
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