Weekly Tech Talk ~ 13th May 2024
Our IT innovation blog is dedicated to providing you with the most up-to-date information and innovations from major corporations. In today’s fast-paced world, both individuals and organizations need to stay abreast of the latest technological developments.
The main purpose of our blog is to inform you about all the latest happenings in the IT industry, such as new products, software updates, and market trends.
Microsoft
Microsoft buys 48 acres in Hyderabad to build data centers. This latest acquisition will strengthen Microsoft’s regional network of data centers in Pune, Mumbai, and Chennai, which has operated for the past five years.
Microsoft’s “air gap” AI is a robot that processes confidential information. NSA and CIA documents should not be on ChatGPT, but this server is designed to run on an isolated government network.
Microsoft’s new Copilot AI features aim to “make everyone a fast engineer.” To improve AI prompts, Copilot for Microsoft 365 gets auto-completion, rewriting, and other features.
Artificial intelligence security is “unprecedented” due to the more widespread use of the technology, according to Microsoft’s security chief. RSA’s keynote presents a terrifying picture of more than a billion generations of AI users grappling with cutting-edge criminal strategies.
Microsoft’s new AI service is only for US spies. US intelligence services use Microsoft’s artificial intelligence system, which is disconnected from the Internet, to handle sensitive tasks.
Microsoft is rumored to be developing a grand AI model to compete with Google Gemini or GPT-4.
Apple
Apple is now developing an AI processor specifically for data centers. Like the Meta MTIA AI chip, the chip is more concerned with running AI models (making inferences than training them). Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Apple work closely together to design and manufacture these chips.
A better Siri is coming: An analysis of Apple’s AI initiatives. Apple has been working on artificial intelligence, although it hasn’t said anything about it yet.
Apple has introduced two new iPad models: the iPad Air with a powerful M2 chip and the newly updated iPad Pro with an OLED screen and curved M4 chip.
With Apple’s Ajax LLM, iOS 18’s Siri gets a major AI boost. Significant AI-related improvements are being made to several parts of Apple’s core system, led by Spotlight Search, Siri, and Safari.
Oracle
Oracle and Accenture have launched a new partnership to help clients accelerate the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the financial sector. The main goal is to help customers use GenAI to improve their data analysis and recommendation capabilities.
Oracle believes that the value of enterprise AI will be driven by vector search capabilities. Oracle claims their new tool delivers AI where the data is, not the other way around.
Other’s News
According to reports, OpenAI is developing a search function for ChatGPT, which could make Chat a serious competitor to Google Search.
Using Grok’s chat platform, X introduced a new AI-powered news feature called ‘Stories’, which provides news summaries based on platform conversations.
Stack Overflow bans users who edit their answers to protest an OpenAI settlement. Users are unhappy with how OpenAI uses their data.
Amazon is releasing a new Bedrock Studio tool that allows companies to collaborate on generative AI models, experiment with them, and ultimately build applications that leverage those models.
To democratize enterprise AI, Red Hat introduces InstructLab and RHEL AI.
Two of Google and Meta’s newest LLMs, Gemini and Llama 3, lay the foundation for their medically adapted language models. Both types are designed to help medical professionals perform a variety of tasks.
Google’s groundbreaking protein structure AI DeepMind can now model DNA. Demis Hassabis, the head of Google’s artificial intelligence department, claims that a major innovation in the AlphaFold program, which revolutionized protein research, could accelerate the creation of new drugs.
As this week’s weekly tech talk draws to a close, we hope that our examination of the most recent advancements in IT has been insightful and inspiring. Being on top of technological advancements is crucial for both professional and personal development in today’s fast-paced environment.
