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OpenAI’s latest AI text generator GPT-3 amazes early adopters
Artificial intelligence research outfit OpenAI Inc. recently made the latest version of its GPT-3 general-purpose natural language processing model available in private beta, and its capabilities are astounding early testers. GPT-3 is the third generation of OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer, which is general-purpose language algorithm that uses machine learning to translate text, answer questions and ...
Google is using its subsea cable network to detect earthquakes and tsunamis
Google LLC has been exploring the possibility of using its network of undersea cables to try to detect earthquakes as they happen in real time, with the goal of providing a better early warning system for communities threatened by tsunamis. In a blog post today, Google’s global networking engineers Valey Kamalov and Mattia Cantono explained ...
IBM and Verizon team up on 5G IoT tech for industry
IBM Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. said today they’re forming a new partnership that’s focused on creating 5G enabled “internet of things” technologies for the industrial sector. The companies said they will collaborate on technologies that can improve operations, enhance worker safety and optimize production quality, among other things. They’ll work together to deploy 5G ...
GitHub preserves its open-source software code deep in the arctic for future generations
GitHub Inc. said today it has delivered a copy of all of the open-source software code stored on its website to a data repository at the Arctic World Archive, which is a very long-term archival facility buried 250 meters deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain. The operation is part of the GitHub Archive ...
Amazon’s interactive, real-time livestreaming video service is now available
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today its Amazon Interactive Video Service that makes it easy to set up live and interactive video streams within web and mobile applications is now generally available. Amazon IVS is a fully managed service that makes it possible to set up a livestreaming channel via its main console or an ...
Google integrates its collaboration tools within G Suite to boost productivity
Looking to capitalize on the pandemic-driven hunger for easier online collaboration, Google LLC said today it’s updating its popular Gmail app for business users with some new integrations that effectively make it more of a communications tool. The Alphabet Inc. company said it’s incorporating some of its popular collaboration tools within the business version of ...
VMware makes its Cloud on AWS service more accessible
Virtualization software company VMware Inc. announced some new updates today that it says should make it easier and more affordable for enterprises to migrate and run their applications on the VMware Cloud on AWS hybrid cloud service. VMware Cloud on AWS is a hybrid cloud service that runs VMware’s software-defined data center stack in Amazon ...
Nasuni raises $40M and upgrades its cloud file storage platform
Cloud file storage company Nasuni Corp. said today it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding, plus an additional $15 million debt facility that brings its total amount raised to date to $169 million. The round was led by Family Offices, Venture Capital and Corporate Venture, with participation from Goldman Sachs, Telstra ...
API security startup Traceable exits stealth with $20M in funding
Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. exited stealth mode today armed with a $20 million Series A funding round from Unusual Ventures and BIG Labs. Traceable has created a security platform that tracks end-to-end application activity from the user and session all the way down to the code. It uses machine learning and distributed tracing technology ...
Google launches a new Center of Excellence for software providers
Google LLC today announced it’s launching a new center of excellence for independent software vendors to help them take better advantage of its cloud services. ISVs are coming under increasing pressure from their customers, who aren’t satisfied with simply running their applications in the cloud. While the cloud offers big benefits such as lower costs ...