Tag: tech industry
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Hacker News: Cash App migrated 400TB of data to PlanetScale’s cloud
Source URL: https://planetscale.com/case-studies/cash-app Source: Hacker News Title: Cash App migrated 400TB of data to PlanetScale’s cloud Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a detailed overview of Cash App’s migration from self-hosted Vitess clusters to PlanetScale’s managed database solution. This transition enhanced operational efficiency, performance, and compliance while addressing the…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: SmolLM2
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/2/smollm2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: SmolLM2 Feedly Summary: SmolLM2 New from Loubna Ben Allal and her research team at Hugging Face: SmolLM2 is a family of compact language models available in three size: 135M, 360M, and 1.7B parameters. They are capable of solving a wide range of tasks while being lightweight enough…
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Hacker News: Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company’s new code is created by AI
Source URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earnings-q3-2024-new-code-created-by-ai-2024-10 Source: Hacker News Title: Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company’s new code is created by AI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is heavily integrating AI into its coding processes, with over 25% of new code generated by AI models. CEO Sundar Pichai emphasizes…
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Hacker News: GenAI’s dirty secret: It’s set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/genai_dirty_secret/ Source: Hacker News Title: GenAI’s dirty secret: It’s set to create a mountainous increase in e-waste Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research highlights a significant environmental challenge posed by the rapid growth of generative AI (GenAI), projecting a staggering increase in e-waste generated by AI servers. This…
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The Register: With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/sk_hynix_q3_24/ Source: The Register Title: With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply Feedly Summary: How embarrassing for Samsung SK hynix posted on Wednesday what it called its “highest revenue since its foundation" for Q3 2024 as it pledged to continue minuting more AI chips.… AI Summary and Description:…
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Hacker News: How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance
Source URL: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/tech-coup-new-book-shows-how-unchecked-power-companies-destabilizing-governance Source: Hacker News Title: How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text revolves around Marietje Schaake’s book, “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley,” which highlights the growing power of tech companies and their implications for democracy.…
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The Register: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/gary_marcus_ai_interview/ Source: The Register Title: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley Feedly Summary: ‘I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale’ Interview Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University and serial entrepreneur, is the author of several books, the…