Google rolls out cheaper AI model as industry scrutinizes costs
In addition to Flash-Lite, Google has made Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available after a developer preview in December and has…
Databricks acquires BladeBridge to aid data warehouse migrations
The acquisition of BladeBridge comes just after Databricks closed its $15 billion Series J financing round that saw new and…
Rust update fixes ‘forever’ compilation
In a second regression addressed by the 1.84.1 update, errors have been fixed for overlapping impls in incremental builds. A…
AWS tightens default security on Redshift
Amazon’s security improvements for its AWS Redshift managed data warehouse service are welcome additions, says an expert. Loris Degioanni, chief…
What you need to know about developing AI agents
“The success of AI agents requires a foundational platform to handle data integration, effective process automation, and unstructured data management,”…
Public cloud providers are missing the mark with AI
We’re already seeing the consequences. More enterprises are exploring alternative approaches, including private AI infrastructure and hybrid solutions. They’re finding…
Anthropic unveils new framework to block harmful content from AI models
“In our new paper, we describe a system based on Constitutional Classifiers that guards models against jailbreaks,” Anthropic said. “These…
Linux Foundation warns of US OFAC sanctions
Further, OFAC sanctions only reflect the US sanctions programs. Many other countries also have similar sanctions programs in place, including…
EU supports AI challenge to Silicon Valley and China
The European Union is backing a major AI initiative, OpenEuroLLM, in a bid to counter the dominance of Silicon Valley…
The DeepSeek lesson | InfoWorld
This isn’t open source versus closed source. Closed source software doesn’t try to take ownership of the data it touches.…