In today's edition:
💻Databases in 2024: A Year in Review
💻PostgreSQL Meets ScyllaDB’s Lightning Speed
🤖Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
🤖AI bots swarm Facebook and Instagram?
📉 OpenAI’s Opt-Out Tool Misses 2025 Deadline
💼 AI hiring surge hits record levels in 2024
🌏 Russia-China AI Collaboration
🤖 AI Tools to increase your productivity
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Databases in 2024: A Year in Review
This article looks at what happened in the world of databases over the last year. It covers licensing changes, the Databricks vs Snowflake gang war, DuckDB's entry into the zeitgeist as the default choice for running analytical queries on data, acquisitions, funding, dead projects, and more.
PostgreSQL Meets ScyllaDB’s Lightning Speed and Monstrous Scalability
We are dealing with 2.7 billion database rows, consisting of pricing and availability data for up to 1 year ahead…the problem is, this huge data and massive traffic need to be processed and updated in real time. Because even a few minutes of delay can lead to bad user experiences, like price mismatches, overbooking, and inconsistency
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
The GPT-4 barrier was comprehensively broken in 2024 - some of those models can run on consumer laptops. Last year saw prices crash thanks to competition and increased efficiency, with models developing more capabilities. A lot happened in the world of large language models last year - this article provides a review of the things researchers figured out in the last twelve months.
🤖 AI News:
🤖 Meta unveils AI personas on Facebook
Meta just announced its ambitious push into AI-generated profiles and characters, with plans to integrate these AI personas across Facebook and other platforms as part of a major engagement strategy.
OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025
Back in May, OpenAI said it was developing a tool to let creators specify how they want their works to be included in — or excluded from — its AI training data. But 7 months later, this feature has yet to see the light of day.
💼 AI hiring surge hits record levels in 2024
ZoomInfo just published new data on the state of AI in the workforce, revealing dramatic growth in AI-focused roles across industries and skill levels over the last several years. With a 200% increase in two years, the data paints a vivid picture of how AI technology is reshaping the workforce.
Putin orders Russian government and top bank to develop AI cooperation with China
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's government and the country's biggest bank, Sberbank, opens new tab, to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence. Putin's instructions were published on the Kremlin's website on Wednesday, three weeks after he announced that Russia would team up with BRICS partners and other countries to develop AI.
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Go to the Whisk home page and sign in with your Google account.
Choose one of three templates to generate your image:
A sticker creates a flat image similar to those found in messaging apps.
An enamel pin adds more depth to the image.
A plushie results in a three-dimensional image.
Whisk will automatically select an image for the style based on the template you choose.
Pick the image you want to use for the subject. You can either select one of the images provided on the page or upload your own.
Gemini will analyze the images for style and subject, then combine them to create a new image. If you don't like the result, you can change the subject and try again.
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