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IBM just launched powerful new open source AI models – here’s what you need to know
IBM has launched the latest versions of its Granite AI models, claiming they match or surpass everything else currently available on the market. The new models are open source, released under the Apache 2.0 license, and the Granite 3.0 8B and 2B language models in particular are being pitched as ‘workhorse’ models for tasks such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG),…
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IBM has reportedly laid off thousands – Computerworld
IBM spokesperson Sarah Minkel emailed a rather vague statement to Computerworld that seemed to confirm the layoffs: “Early this year, IBM disclosed a workforce rebalancing charge that would represent a very low single digit percentage of IBM’s global workforce, and we still expect to exit 2024 at roughly the same level of employment as we entered with.” The Register did…
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IBM on Future Cybersecurity: Passkeys, Deepfakes, Quantum Computing
“The internet will be a lot safer in five years than it is today, thanks to technological advances that address common problems at scale.” This prediction by Chris Hockings, CTO of IBM Asia Pacific, might seem a bit ambitious given that AI-powered cybercrime is growing at an exponential rate, deepfake technology is enhancing social engineering attacks, and the power of…
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