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Snowflake opens chat-driven access to enterprise and third-party data

Published: November 13, 2024 19:29

Cortex-powered front end for easier access to insights across multiple sources Snowflake is set to preview a new platform it claims will help organizations build chatbots that can serve up data from its own analytics systems and those external to the cloud…

AWS opens cluster of 40K Trainium AI accelerators to researchers

Published: November 12, 2024 22:30

Throwing novel hardware at academia. It's a tale as old as time Amazon wants more people building applications and frameworks for its custom Trainium accelerators and is making up to 40,000 chips available to university researchers under a $110 million…

Fujitsu does not trust Post Office in use of Horizon data in future third-party prosecutions

Published: November 12, 2024 12:30

Europe boss also speaks of 'nervousness' in any extension to the use of the controversial, ageing system Fujitsu's Europe boss has told a public inquiry into the Post Office scandal — one of the widest miscarriages of justice in UK history — that the…

QNX 8 goes freeware – for non-commercial use

Published: November 11, 2024 18:30

It's not the first time the embedded microkernel OS has changed its terms Version 8 of the Software Development Platform for the QNX microkernel real-time OS has gone freeware – but there are some strings attached.…

When Windows Server 2025 is delivered like it's 1999, nobody gets to party

Published: November 11, 2024 09:30

What's the difference between a broken update system and a malware injection engine? Opinion  A seemingly simple, single mistake in metadata that auto-trashes a critical, major component in the Windows ecosystem sounds bad. And it is, in so many ways.…

Everything you need to know to start fine-tuning LLMs in the privacy of your home

Published: November 10, 2024 16:01

Got a modern Nvidia or AMD graphics card? Custom Llamas are only a few commands and a little data prep away Hands on  Large language models (LLMs) are remarkably effective at generating text and regurgitating information, but they're ultimately limited by…

Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs

Published: November 8, 2024 16:25

Affected business calls situation 'mindbogglingly dangerous' as sysadmins reminded to check backup and restore strategies Microsoft remains silent over Windows Server 2025 turning up in the guise of a security update earlier this week, much to the chagrin…

Watchdog finds AI tools can be used unlawfully to filter candidates by race, gender

Published: November 8, 2024 10:24

UK data regulator says some devs and providers are operating without a 'lawful basis' The UK's data protection watchdog finds that AI recruitment technologies can filter candidates according to protected characteristics including race, gender, and sexual…

Flanked by Palantir and AWS, Anthropic's Claude marches into US defense intelligence

Published: November 7, 2024 23:40

An emotionally-manipulable AI in the hands of the Pentagon and CIA? This'll surely end well Palantir has announced a partnership with Anthropic and Amazon Web Services to build a cloudy Claude platform suitable for the most secure of the US government's…

Killer app for AI is still years away, says industry analyst

Published: November 7, 2024 13:40

IT spend set to rise nonetheless and it's not all about wundertech Three is the magic number, or more specifically the amount of time in years before a killer app emerges that helps businesses more usefully use generative AI to drive meaingful producitivty…