Category: AI

  • Speeding up AI Inference using Google Cloud TPUs and GPUs

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    1. Customers like Osmos are using JetStream for LLM inference workloads, harnessing Google Cloud AI infrastructure for data transformation and automation. 2. JetStream offers a powerful, cost-efficient, open-source foundation for LLM inference, accelerating the development of AI applications in natural language processing. 3. MaxDiffusion provides high-performance diffusion model inference for computer vision, with implementations in…

  • Examining pictures and videos in BigQuery with Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision

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    – Organisations are generating unstructured data through various digital devices and platforms. – BigQuery integrations with Vertex AI are being used to interpret unstructured data and extract meaningful insights. – Multimodal generative AI capabilities are being used to analyze images and videos in BigQuery for various use cases. Organizations are now generating unstructured data in…

  • Google fully commits to generative AI at Google Cloud Next

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    – 30,000 people attended Google Cloud conference in Las Vegas all about generative AI – Google focused heavily on AI, but overlooked its core business of cloud infrastructure and platform – Implementation of generative AI may be challenging for many companies, especially those lacking clean data and digital transformation efforts. This week in Las Vegas,…

  • Exploring Gemma’s Performance on Google Cloud through a Deep Dive

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    1. Gemma is an open weights model family for developers to experiment with, adapt, and productionize on Google Cloud using PyTorch and JAX. 2. Gemma models can run on various platforms including laptops, workstations, Vertex AI, and GKE using Cloud GPUs or Cloud TPUs for training, fine-tuning, and inference. 3. Gemma models, such as Gemma…

  • 7 conversation starters to test out on OpenAI ChatGPT this weekend

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    – ChatGPT received a performance boost with the addition of GPT-4-Turbo – ChatGPT Plus subscribers can expect less verbose and more stylistic writing – Fun prompts to try with ChatGPT include time traveling, word games, and creating the perfect ice cream sundae OpenAI recently enhanced ChatGPT with the addition of GPT-4-Turbo, improving its reasoning and…

  • Vana is considering allowing users to rent out their Reddit data for training AI

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    – Data is the new oil in the generative AI boom, with big tech firms and startups licensing data from brokers. – Vana is a startup founded by Anna Kazlauskas and Art Abal that aims to allow users to sell their personal data for AI model training. – Vana has launched the Reddit Data DAO…

  • Comprehending natural language assistance in AlloyDB

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    1. Generative AI provides interactive, personalized experiences for customers without requiring specialized AI/ML expertise. 2. Operational data is crucial for grounding generative AI experiences in real enterprise applications and ensuring accuracy, relevancy, and security. 3. AlloyDB AI introduces natural language support, end-user access controls, NL2SQL primitives, and a parameterized secure view security model to help…

  • Older Samsung phones will finally receive Galaxy AI, with one small catch

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    – Older Samsung devices initially excluded from Galaxy AI upgrade – Samsung now planning to offer AI features to earlier models – Update with Galaxy AI features expected to roll out in early May Samsung initially promised to bring Galaxy AI features to newer devices, but did not commit to older models like the S22…

  • Amazon to Add Andrew Ng to Board as Company Focuses on AI, Departing MTV Exec McGrath to Resign

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    1. Andrew Ng, known for building AI at large tech companies, is joining Amazon’s board of directors. 2. Judy McGrath, a long-time TV executive, is stepping down as a director. 3. Amazon’s focus on AI innovation is highlighted by the appointment of Ng to the board to advance the company’s profile in the realm of…

  • Getting familiar with the SCaNN index in AlloyDB

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    – Vector databases, such as pgvector, have seen a surge in popularity for semantic search and generative AI experiences. Developers use vector search for various applications, including product recommendations and chatbot enhancement. – PostgreSQL is widely used by developers and pgvector is a popular extension for vector search. Support for the HNSW algorithm has been…