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By embracing liquid cooling, AI powerhouse Supermicro enables 30% more computing power — with the same power budget

July 24, 2024
Charles Liang, CEO of Supermicro, predicts that “the AI revolution can be bigger than the industrial revolution,” and the astonishing growth of Supermicro just in the past year seems to bear out this prediction. Supermicro revenue grew by 200% year over year in the third fiscal quarter, and it’s expected to grow another 152% by the end of the year. Liang spoke at VB Transform 2024 about the…
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How Chevron is using gen AI to strike oil

July 24, 2024
Oil and gas operations generate an enormous amount of data — a seismic survey in New Mexico, for instance, can provide a file that is a petabyte all by itself.  “To turn that into an image that you can make a decision with is a 100 exaflop operation,” Bill Braun…
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AI’s new frontier: Hugging Face, Nvidia, and OpenAI lead charge in small language models

July 22, 2024
Three major players in artificial intelligence unveiled compact language models this week, signaling a major shift in the AI industry. Hugging Face, Nvidia in partnership with Mistral AI, and OpenAI have each released small language models (SLMs) that promise to democratize access to advanced natural language processing capabilities. This trend marks a significant departure from the race for…
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AI regulation in peril: Navigating uncertain times

July 22, 2024
The Supreme Court recently took a sledgehammer to federal agencies’ powers, as noted by Morning Brew. Less than a year ago, the drive for AI regulation was gaining significant momentum, marked by key milestones such as the AI Safety Summit in the U.K., the Biden…
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Groq’s open-source Llama AI model tops leaderboard, outperforming GPT-4o and Claude in function calling

July 19, 2024
Groq, an AI hardware startup, has released two open-source language models that outperform tech giants in specialized tool use capabilities. The new Llama-3-Groq-70B-Tool-Use model has claimed the top spot on the Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL), surpassing proprietary offerings from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. I’ve been leading a secret project for months … and the word is…
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OpenAI gives more control over ChatGPT Enterprise

July 19, 2024
OpenAI has released new enterprise control for customers using its ChatGPT Enterprise around compliance, data security and safely scaling access.  OpenAI’s new Enterprise Compliance API gives ChatGPT Enterprise users a record of time-stamped interactions for…
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4 ways SAP Labs is using gen AI to improve business (whether for gamers or guitarists)

July 17, 2024
“Generative AI is not just a technological advancement; it is a revolution that empowers businesses to transform data into actionable insights, driving unprecedented innovation and efficiency,” Yaad Oren, managing director of SAP Labs U.S. and global head of SAP BTP Innovation, told the audience at his keynote during VB Transform 2024. Oren’s keynote started with a strategic view of how SAP…
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