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“There is no one model to rule every scenario”: GitHub will now let developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
GitHub Copilot is going multi-model, with the company unveiling a raft of new options for developers to draw from. Developers will now have the option of using Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, o1-preview, and o1-mini. They can either go with Copilot’s default, or toggle between models during a conversation with Copilot Chat about the…
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Apple Upgrades M2 and M3 MacBook Air With 16GB RAM In Base Models With No Price Hikes
Apple today unveiled its much-awaited MacBook Pro with M4 processors. Alongside the M4 MacBook Pro release, Apple also announced that the MacBook Air lineup now starts with 16GB RAM, doubling the previous 8GB RAM. The best part is this boost in the RAM doesn’t come with a price hike. The MacBook Pro lineup still starts at $999. This change applies…
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New AWS and Box collaboration brings AI models to enterprise content
Content management platform Box and AWS have announced an expanded strategic partnership to make leading AI models available directly through Box AI. Available now, Box Enterprise Plus customers can use Amazon Bedrock within Box AI to build new applications using Anthropic’s Claude and Amazon Titan foundation models. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service designed to equip customers with a…
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This new AI jailbreaking technique lets hackers crack models in just three interactions
A new jailbreaking technique could be used by threat actors to gradually bypass safety guardrails in popular LLMs to draw them into generating harmful content, a new report warns. The ‘Deceptive Delight’ technique, exposed by researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, was able elicit unsafe responses from models in just three interactions. The approach involves embedding unsafe or restricted…
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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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Microsoft blocks Windows 11 24H2 on two ASUS models due to crashes
Microsoft is warning of Windows crashing with the blue screen of death on some ASUS laptop models when trying to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system, Windows 11 version 24H2. Microsoft acknowledged the problem in a bulletin late last week, noting that it impacts ASUS X415KA and X515KA laptop models. The technology giant explained that it is working with the laptop…
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Where to preorder Amazon’s first color Kindle and purchase other new models
Earlier this week, Amazon refreshed its entire Kindle lineup while adding a new color model to the mix. The updated entry-level Kindle ($109.99) and Kindle Paperwhite ($159.99) are available now, while the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition and updated Kindle Scribe will launch on October 30th and December 4th, respectively. We’ve yet to fully test Amazon’s latest e-readers, but we came…
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Proofpoint touts the benefits of having smaller models in its cybersecurity tools
Proofpoint is focused on having smaller, more efficient AI models to power the company’s cybersecurity tools, according to execs at Proofpoint Protect London 2024. Daniel Rapp, VP of AI at Proofpoint, described the firm’s concerns on stage for the opening keynote, saying that one of the challenges it is facing is how to reduce the size of its models for…
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We Tested 14 Pro-Style Ranges. Here Are the 3 Best Models of 2024.
The market for pro-style ranges has been dominated for years by brands like KitchenAid, Thermador, Viking, and Wolf. But recently we’ve seen a new subclass emerge from such brands as ZLine, bringing pro-style ranges to consumers at a more reasonable price, often with 30-inch models under $3,000. In our tests, a ZLine range performed better than some of its more…
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With genAI models, size matters (and smaller may be better) – Computerworld
Brown described data scientists as unicorns right now — rare and often demanding the pay of a mythical creature, as well. “And rightly so,” he said. Most organizations can only employ a handful of data scientists at best, whether due to a scarcity of qualified talent or the cost of employing them, “which creates bottlenecks when it comes to effectively…
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