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Intel unveils Xeon 6, Gaudi 3 AI accelerators with partners
Network Infrastructure

Intel unveils Xeon 6, Gaudi 3 AI accelerators with partners

Intel has unveiled Xeon 6 processors and Gaudi 3 AI accelerators, aiming to boost AI performance and efficiency. Industry giants like Dell and IBM back the launch.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Sep 2024

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Elastic launches AI ecosystem for faster RAG app development
AI Security

Elastic launches AI ecosystem for faster RAG app development

Elastic has unveiled its AI Ecosystem, aiming to accelerate the development of Retrieval Augmented Generation applications for enterprise developers.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Nov 2024
Red Hat unveils AI, edge & cloud upgrades in OpenShift 4.17
Virtualisation

Red Hat unveils AI, edge & cloud upgrades in OpenShift 4.17

Red Hat launches OpenShift 4.17 with AI, edge, cloud and security upgrades, enhancing hybrid cloud, model management, and edge computing capabilities.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Wed, 13th Nov 2024
Endor Labs launches AI model scoring system for security
Physical Security

Endor Labs launches AI model scoring system for security

Endor Labs launches Endor Scores for AI Models, enabling developers to evaluate the security and quality of open source AI models on Hugging Face.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 25th Oct 2024
Dell expands AI portfolio with new AMD-powered servers
Virtualisation

Dell expands AI portfolio with new AMD-powered servers

Dell Technologies has expanded its AI solutions portfolio with five new PowerEdge servers featuring AMD's latest EPYC processors, enhancing enterprise performance.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Oct 2024
Dell expands AI Factory with new AMD-powered servers
Network Infrastructure

Dell expands AI Factory with new AMD-powered servers

Dell Technologies is expanding its AI Factory with new PowerEdge servers powered by AMD's 5th Generation EPYC processors to boost enterprise AI adoption.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Oct 2024
Black Forest Lab upgrades FLUX.1 with NVIDIA TensorRT
Open source

Black Forest Lab upgrades FLUX.1 with NVIDIA TensorRT

Black Forest Lab has enhanced its FLUX.1 AI model suite with NVIDIA TensorRT, boosting performance by up to 20% for high-quality image generation.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Oct 2024
Teradata enhances AI with new BYO-LLM feature & NVIDIA tech
Data Analytics

Teradata enhances AI with new BYO-LLM feature & NVIDIA tech

Teradata unveils enhanced capabilities for VantageCloud Lake, enabling organisations to deploy generative AI via open LLMs, boosting efficiency and ROI.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Oct 2024
Elastic & Hugging Face collaborate to simplify GenAI development
Unified Communications

Elastic & Hugging Face collaborate to simplify GenAI development

Elastic has teamed up with Hugging Face to integrate its models into Elasticsearch's Open Inference API, streamlining generative AI development for developers.

By Melania Watson • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Sep 2024
Oracle introduces new AI agents to enhance business operations
Data Science

Oracle introduces new AI agents to enhance business operations

Oracle has rolled out new OCI Generative AI Agents, incorporating RAG capabilities and enhanced AI features, aiming to simplify AI applications in business operations.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Sep 2024
Oracle launches GenDev infrastructure to accelerate AI apps
Large Language Models

Oracle launches GenDev infrastructure to accelerate AI apps

Oracle unveils GenDev infrastructure to revolutionise AI app development, leveraging Oracle Database 23ai, Autonomous Database, and new affordable pricing plans.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Sep 2024
NVIDIA introduces compact Mistral-NeMo-Minitron-8B-Base
Small Language Models

NVIDIA introduces compact Mistral-NeMo-Minitron-8B-Base

NVIDIA launches the compact Mistral-NeMo-Minitron-8B-Base, combining pruning and distillation for high accuracy AI on RTX-powered workstations and edge devices.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2024
DataStax unveils major updates to AI platform at RAG++ event
Generative AI

DataStax unveils major updates to AI platform at RAG++ event

DataStax to reveal major GenAI platform updates at RAG++ in San Francisco, promising 100x faster RAG-powered app development with new tools and integrations.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Jun 2024
Cloudera using AI to boost data & analytics development
Data Science

Cloudera using AI to boost data & analytics development

Cloudera has unveiled three AI-driven assistants to speed up data and AI business apps, as 84% of Asia-Pacific firms embrace AI for business impact.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Jun 2024
AMD announces ambitious AI accelerator roadmap and annual update cycle
Network Infrastructure

AMD announces ambitious AI accelerator roadmap and annual update cycle

At Computex 2024, AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su unveiled an aggressive expansion of their Instinct accelerator roadmap, featuring the MI325X, MI350, and MI400 series aimed at revolutionising AI in data centres.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Jun 2024
NVIDIA explains how NIMs will revolutionise generative AI deployment
Unified Communications

NVIDIA explains how NIMs will revolutionise generative AI deployment

At COMPUTEX 2024, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has unveiled more details of the development building blocks they're calling NVIDIA NIMs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 4th Jun 2024
IBM unveils major Watson, AI & open source innovations
Firewalls

IBM unveils major Watson, AI & open source innovations

At IBM's annual THINK conference, major updates to the watsonx platform were announced, including new open-source AI models, tools, and data capabilities, set to redefine enterprise AI.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd May 2024

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