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Why public cloud providers are cutting egress fees
Enterprise IT sees these fees as arbitrary and annoying, and cloud providers are taking notice. However, it’s not all about customer goodwill.
Securing Azure Kubernetes with Falco
The open-source cloud-native runtime security tool is now a graduated CNCF project. Is it time to use it in your Kubernetes applications?
OutSystems unveils no-code AI Agent Builder
Tool for OutSystems Developer Cloud allows users to build AI agents using models from Azure OpenAI or Amazon Bedrock without any coding.
DBOS Cloud overturns database-on-OS conventions for speed
Postgres pioneer Mike Stonebraker and Spark creator Matei Zaharia have cofounded a venture whose main product is a database-oriented operating system or DBOS — a high-performance distributed database that runs OS services on top.
Why your generative AI systems are stupid
Generative AI systems for business are alarmingly inaccurate. Data needs some serious attention to avoid wrong info, bias, or legal trouble.
How AI has already changed coding forever
AI coding tools such as Amazon CodeWhisperer and GitHub Copilot boost the productivity of pro and novice developers alike. They’re only the beginning.
Make the most of GPUs for machine learning applications
Developing AI and machine learning applications requires plenty of GPUs. Should you run them on-premises or in the cloud?
Are the different public clouds really that different?
Cloud providers are becoming commoditized, so you have to be careful to determine where the best value lies.
Netlify AI analyzes failed deployments
AI-enabled deploy assist in Netlify’s Composable Web Platform diagnoses deployment failures and build errors and suggests fixes.
Kubernetes is (not) a cost optimization problem
Everyone seems to agree that Kubernetes is too expensive to run. The problem is the way we build applications.
Cloudflare announces Firewall for AI
Firewall for AI will analyze user prompts to large language models to identify attempts to extract data or otherwise exploit a model, Cloudflare said.
Why we need both cloud engineers and cloud architects
Let’s clear up the confusion around the semantics of these critical roles. They offer a combo of strategic vision and on-the-ground development skills.
The open source problem
Software freedom. User freedom. Why do we have to choose? Licensing hasn’t kept pace with the reality of software in the cloud and AI.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI alleging breach of founding agreement
The lawsuit could hold far reaching implications for Microsoft’s use of GPT-4 and other upcoming models in its products.
Couchbase Server and Capella to gain vector support
Couchbase is working to provide vector similarity search and retrieval-augmented generation capabilities in its database offerings before May.
Questioning cloud’s environmental impact
Cloud can be a green technology, but not without significant planning and up-front work that most enterprises are reluctant to fund.
Stack Overflow opens API to Google’s Gemini
Overflow API will allow the generative AI model to mine the Stack Overflow knowledge base when providing coding assistance to developers in Google Cloud.
Google delivers Gemini LLM support to BigQuery data warehouse
BigQuery’s update will make it easier to prepare data for AI with speech-to-text and document processing.