Open source isn’t going to save AI

by | Oct 7, 2024 | Cloud

“You don’t want AI only in the hands of a few companies.” Thus spake Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue, suggesting that open source will come to the rescue of AI. It’s a nice thought, but one that has exactly zero historical precedent. Yes, open source has become...

5 ways companies can use time series forecasting

by | Oct 7, 2024 | Cloud

Time series forecasting is a powerful machine learning method that leverages historical time-stamped data to predict future events and help reduce uncertainty from business conditions — for example, to accurately predict sales, inventory levels, and even manufacturing...

Node.js previews network inspection support

by | Oct 4, 2024 | Cloud

Node.js v20.18.0, a just-introduced update to the Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the popular asynchronous, event-driven JavaScript runtime, features experimental network inspection support. Introduced October 3, Node.js 20.18.0 enables users to inspect network...

Google ships Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B AI model

by | Oct 4, 2024 | Cloud

Google’s Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B AI model is now production-ready. The company said the stable release of Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B has the lowest cost per intelligence of any Gemini model. Availability was announced October 3. Developers can access gemini-1.5-flash-8B for free...