Decoding OpenAI’s o1 family of large language models
OpenAI said its project Strawberry has graduated to a new family of large language models (LLMs) that the company has christened OpenAI o1. The new family of models, which also includes an o1-mini version for cost efficiency, according to the company,...
Life without Python’s ‘dead batteries’
This (half-)month in Python and elsewhere: Python’s “dead batteries” are about to be removed—and soon. Here’s how to live without them. Also, get started with Pillow for image processing, and find out how Python’s built-in enum module make...
New AI reporting regulations
The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that it is proposing detailed reporting requirements for advanced developers of artificial intelligence and cloud computing providers. In an era when artificial intelligence and cloud computing are driv...
Life without Python’s ‘dead batteries’
This (half-)month in Python and elsewhere: Python’s “dead batteries” are about to be removed—and soon. Here’s how to live without them. Also, get started with Pillow for image processing, and find out how Python’s built-in enum module make...
What’s in the cards for MariaDB?
K1 Investment Management, the new owner of MariaDB, sent a strong hint about what its future plans for the company may entail with the appointment of Rohit de Souza as the organization’s new CEO. While he now has the challenge of overseeing product ...
JFrog Platform adds runtime security for containers
With the introduction of JFrog Runtime, JFrog has added a component to its software supply chain security and devsecops platform to help users secure container-based applications in production. Introduced September 10, JFrog Runtime integrates with JF...
Microsoft moves .NET 9 to release candidate stage
Microsoft’s .NET 9 software development framework has reached the release candidate stage with featured enhancements to the WebSocket APIs. Additionally, the .NET MAUI Visual Studio Code extension has an added capability to horizontally align text. ...
Gemma explained: PaliGemma architecture
PaliGemma, a lightweight open vision-language model (VLM), is able to take both image and text inputs and produce a text response, adding an additional vision model to the BaseGemma model.
TensorFlow Lite is now LiteRT
TensorFlow Lite, now named LiteRT, is still the same high-performance runtime for on-device AI, but with an expanded vision to support models authored in PyTorch, JAX, and Keras.
Gemma explained: RecurrentGemma architecture
RecurrentGemma architecture showcases a hybrid model that mixes gated linear recurrences with local sliding window attention; a highly valuable feature when you're concerned about exhausting your LLM's context window.
Gemma explained: What’s new in Gemma 2
Gemma 2 is a new suite of open models that sets a new standard for performance and accessibility, outperforming popular models more than twice its size.
Gemma for Streaming ML with Dataflow
Use the Gemma language model to gauge customer sentiment, summarize conversations, and assist with crafting responses in near real-time with minimal latency.
