PrismML debuts 1-bit LLM in bid to free AI from the cloud
AI + ML PrismML debuts energy-sipping 1-bit LLM in bid to free AI from the cloud Bonsai 8B model is competitive with other 8B models but 14x smaller and 5x more…
Search
Founder finds Azure startup credits don't apply to Claude
…Takuya Tominaga, founder and CEO of Leach, a generative AI startup based in Tokyo, discovered the unexpected bill following some experimentation with Claude. The problem is that Microsoft's documentation conflicts with…
Digital sovereignty isn't just a buzzword – it's the future
…Such schemes include Microsoft's EU Data Boundary , AWS European Sovereign Cloud , and Google Cloud Sovereign Cloud . Europeans aren't buying it. They're becoming increasingly skeptical of US hyperscalers' "sovereign cloud…
Microsoft's GitHub suspends Copilot account sign-ups
…AWS reportedly lost business to Google Cloud last year due to inability to meet AI demand. And Microsoft Azure has been having capacity troubles recently. GitHub too has been struggling with availability…
Ex-Microsoft engineer blames Azure problems on talent exodus
PaaS + IaaS Ex-Microsoft engineer believes Azure problems stem from talent exodus The cloud service's woes reflect a crisis made worse by AI – under-investment in people In 2024, federal cybersecurity…
Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access
Software Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code OPINION Time and again…
Spark creator Matei Zaharia bags ACM Prize in Computing
…It is available from the leading cloud providers and data platforms such as Snowflake and Cloudera. In an interview with The Register , Zaharia described how he developed the new approach to distributed…
Oracle AI obsession could mean higher prices, worse support
…The deal for OpenAI alone is set to be worth about $300 billion over five years. Widespread reports of layoffs affecting thousands of staff came as investor concerns grew over how Oracle…
Claude Code routines promise mildly clever cron jobs
…The AI biz on Tuesday introduced a cloud service called routines that allows customers to run Claude Code automations on the company's infrastructure, which hasn't been all that reliable lately…
Users complain of UK Azure capacity problems
…Like full full." Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users Read more Our reader's firm spends millions of pounds per year on Azure, but says there…