Follow ZDNet - Big On Data, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/zdnet23 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:51:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnzbm_t-hsyhMb1naedg1wr Economic theory is known to be constrained by a number of inefficiencies in its modeling. Salesforce researchers claim AI can help address that, leading to more robust economic policies.]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:28:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnzbm_t-hsyhMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmsNnSi0qB-9Zs0ohxaO6Yr Weather forecasts, too, are all about data and models these days. But balancing accuracy and viability is a fine act, especially on a global scale and when the stakes are high.]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:15:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmsNnSi0qB-9Zs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmldOOCfXxGPJVjH6qdYdAk Award-winning AI research? Check. Startup and enterprise experience? Check. Venture capital and Mark Benioff backing? Check. Is that enough for Richard Socher's you.com to take on Google?]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmldOOCfXxGPJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gn09UaHjGpOgeT5HJgy6HUf Data science roles are still "sexy" but not immune to the job market turmoil.]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:39:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gn09UaHjGpOgeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glP0FJkEuYMwJs0ohxaO6Yr Cloud security solutions are seeing growth and adoption. JupiterOne is using graphs to capitalize on this.]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:00:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glP0FJkEuYMwJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkJC4orvkyCK-zdsCmHakzH A brief history of recent advances in AI, what they mean, and why you should care -- or not.]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:49:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkJC4orvkyCK-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnBYSfYucNKwaCY3L745TL_ Ingesting loads of fine-grained data helps, but it's not enough to make fine-grained predictions. You need domain expertise too, and that's what AiDash is applying for its Disaster and Disruption Management System.]]> Thu, 26 May 2022 15:56:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnBYSfYucNKwaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gm-9-LaKBhPp-T5HJgy6HUf The EU AI Act may turn out to be one of the most influential legal frameworks in the world. Here is how, and why, the Mozilla Foundation is engaging with it, and how you can get involved too]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 14:04:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gm-9-LaKBhPp-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnFa5bhnUWayeT5HJgy6HUf After data privacy and GDPR, the EU wants to leave its mark on AI by regulating it with the EU AI Act. Here's what it is, what it means for the world at large, when it's expected to take effect, and what experts from the Mozilla Foundation have to say about it.]]> Thu, 12 May 2022 14:22:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnFa5bhnUWayeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkM2tEOwlhLQOzdsCmHakzH Modern agriculture was broken long before pandemics, wars, supply chain disruptions and fertilizer shortages. Regenerative agriculture can fix that, and data can help]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:17:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkM2tEOwlhLQOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glsp27yZ3rrG8b1naedg1wr LinkedIn embarked on an ambitious analysis of data from its nearly 800 million members worldwide to derive insights on the green transition. But while useful, the analysis comes with its blind spots, too.]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:43:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glsp27yZ3rrG8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmUbB_gI8T6BpVjH6qdYdAk Do AI language models really demonstrate intelligence? What about morality? Is it ok to tweak them, and if yes, who gets to do this, and how do the rest of us know?]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmUbB_gI8T6BpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnzoW4uYzN1maCY3L745TL_ Since I began covering the data and analytics space over a decade ago, it seems like everything has changed. Really, though, it's just a tech cycle repeating itself. Data is, and will be, a part of every such cycle.]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:17:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnzoW4uYzN1maCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glZU_Pdun5NjSlmFkX7M1Jw Looking back on the past six years, the headlines may have pivoted to cloud, AI, and the continuing saga of open source. But peer under the covers, and this shift in spotlight has not been away from data, but because of it.]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3glZU_Pdun5NjSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkNTZyC0Divl6CY3L745TL_ NVIDIA just announced Hopper, a new GPU architecture that promises significant performance improvements for AI workloads. We look under the hood to decipher whether the emphasis on Transformer AI models translates to a radical redesign, and look at the updates in the software stack.]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkNTZyC0Divl6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmIjYeG63KnPcb1naedg1wr Run:AI offers a virtualization layer for AI, aiming to facilitate AI infrastructure. It's seeing lots of traction and just raised a $75M Series C funding round. Here's how the evolution of the AI landscape has shaped its growth.]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmIjYeG63KnPcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnLUtXIOfEc211cWWor9YPv What if what you think you know about developer productivity and the value of software is off the mark, and that is hurting the quality of your software, the operation of your organization, as well as your bottomline?]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:16:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnLUtXIOfEc211cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkfmshjZHP7oZVjH6qdYdAk Cloud-native is the name of the game for application development. The creators of the Fluent Bit and Fluentd popular open-source projects for cloud-native observability are launching an offering aimed at the enterprise]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:00:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gkfmshjZHP7oZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnAiclr7rkbtilmFkX7M1Jw Maintaining compatibility with the de-facto market standard while reimplementing and extending it. It's easier said than done, but that's what Redpanda is doing, and it seems to be working.]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:00:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gnAiclr7rkbtilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmKJRolFQG21-T5HJgy6HUf Applications are proliferating, cloud complexity is exploding, and Kubernetes is prevailing as the foundation for application deployment in the cloud. That sounds like an optimization task ripe for machine learning, and StormForge is acting up on that.]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:00:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/8EG2IOvy3gmKJRolFQG21-T5HJgy6HUf