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AWS re:Invent: Text and Image Generative AI Embeddings Come to Amazon Titan

During the AWS re:Invent generative AI keynote, Amazon announced Bedrock support for Claude 2.1 and Llama 2 70B and more. After the AWS announcements yesterday about the Amazon Q chatbot for enterprise and powerful new chips for AI workloads, Vice President of Databases, Analytics and Machine Learning at AWS Swami . . . Read more

Amazon Launches New Generative AI Training Courses for Free

The ‘AI Ready’ initiative offers online classes for developers and other technical professionals as well as for high school and university students. On Nov. 20, Amazon revealed the “AI Ready” commitment, a set of courses, a scholarship and a collaboration with Code.org to promote generative artificial intelligence skills. Amazon wants . . . Read more

Top Big Data Tools for Java Developers in 2023

We cover some of the most popular big data tools for Java developers. Discover the best big data tools and what to look for. In the modern era of data-driven decision-making, the abundance of data generated every day has necessitated the development of robust tools for processing, analyzing and deriving . . . Read more

How to Use Data Governance for AI/ML Systems

Data governance plays a pivotal role in ensuring data is available, consistent, usable, trusted and secure. There are many challenges faced with maintaining data governance, and the ante is upped for systems such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. AI/ML systems function differently from traditional, fixed record systems. The objective . . . Read more

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo: Impact of Generative AI on the Human-Machine Relationship

Image: peshkova/Adobe Stock The 2023 Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo kicked off on October 16, with a hard focus on generative AI and how businesses can leverage the technology. TechRepublic attended a virtual event on Monday that was exclusive for the press, where Gartner Opening Keynote speakers and Distinguished VP Analysts Mary . . . Read more

Google Cloud Platform: What Is It, and Should You Use It?

This guide covers the Google Cloud Platform, its pros and cons and everything a business needs to know about its portfolio. Google Cloud Platform is a leading global cloud computing service provided by Google. From business-critical digital infrastructures to artificial intelligence and machine learning, compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking and . . . Read more

Why the Database Market Keeps Growing Bigger and Stronger

Image: Who is Danny/Adobe Stock Like any mature market, growth in the database market should be flattening; instead, it’s accelerating. Most of that growth is being gobbled up by cloud databases, but enterprises are spoiled for choice with hundreds of databases to choose from, cloud or otherwise. Decades into its . . . Read more

Cisco: Booming identity market driven by leadership awareness

Image: leowolfert 85% of IT decision-makers are prioritizing identity and access management investments more highly than other security solutions. This is according to the CISO Survival Guide by Cisco’s startup arm, Cisco Investments, with cybersecurity venture capital firms Forgepoint Capital, NightDragon and Team8. The guide, which explored the cybersecurity market . . . Read more

UK’s NCSC Warns Against Cybersecurity Attacks on AI

The National Cyber Security Centre provides details on prompt injection and data poisoning attacks so organizations using machine-learning models can mitigate the risks. Image: Michael Traitov/Adobe Stock Large language models used in artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT or Google Bard, are prone to different cybersecurity attacks, in particular prompt injection . . . Read more

How to Become a Data Scientist in 2023: A Cheat Sheet

The demand for data scientists is projected to grow by 36% from 2021 to 2031, according to data from The Bureau of Labor Statistics. Within this period, about 13,500 job openings will be available each year. This goes to show that data scientists are still in great demand in 2023. . . . Read more