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ICYMI: A backdoor in XZ, a popular open-source compression utility, highlights the risks of relying on open-source software maintained by small teams. Read more about the cyberattack here.
Appleâs new LLM, Ferret, could help Siri understand the user interfaces of mobile displays, potentially expanding the capabilities of Appleâs digital assistant.
Shoutout to Stack Overflow user cheese1756, who earned a Great Question badge by asking How do I ensure that whitespace is preserved in Markdown?.
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Learn more about the potential of AI inference with OpenVINO Notebooks.
Check out the previous podcast with Intel, where we talk with Raymond Lo about how hardware and software work together with AI.
Connect with Ria on LinkedIn or GitHub.
Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Kevin, who showed what they know about TypeError; Must use key word argument or key function in Python 3.x.
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A developer discovered a backdoor in XZ, a popular open-source compression utility. Read more about the cyberattack here.
A Microsoft technical report pinpoints 54 attributes of great software engineers.
A new report from The Economist lays out how AI is changing drug development.
Are you sick of hearing about AI? What topics or technologies would you rather hear us talk about? Email us at [email protected] or DM Ben here.
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You can find Jessica on LinkedIn.
We've published several posts, including this most recent one, about our attempt to shape an ethical approach to combining our community of knowledge and today's AI systems.
Check out this blog post that details some of the work we did to build our data platform.
Congrats to macfij on your lifeboat badge for answering the question: How can I do a CTRL + A and a CTRL + C?
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DBRX, an open, general-purpose LLM created by Databricks, reportedly outperforms GPT-3.5 and is competitive with Gemini 1.0 Pro.
Recent research found that large, complex LLMs use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge in response to a user prompt. These mechanisms can help researchers reveal what the model knows and potentially even correct false information it has stored.
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, whose downfall began in late 2022, was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud.
Find Michael on LinkedIn.
Find Cassidy on her website.
Stack Overflow user Bucket received a well-deserved Lifeboat badge for rescuing How to calculate decimal(x, y) max value in SQL Server from an ocean of ignorance.
Chapters (please note that these timestamps may not be exact):
00:00 Introduction and White Paper Discussion
02:01 Long Context Windows and Retrieval Augmented Generation
05:56 Models' Ability to Recall Relevant Information
07:18 Models' Creativity and Thinking Outside the Box
09:41 Advantages and Limitations of Models' Knowledge
15:09 Databricks' Open Language Model
22:25 Sam Bankman-Friedâs Sentence and the Effects on Crypto/Blockchain
31:28 Closing Remarks and Lifeboat Badge
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Small nations like Anguilla (.ai) and Tuvalu (.tv) are benefiting from their coveted domain names.
The US government is suing Apple for violation of antitrust laws, which could have a huge impact on devs, end users, and the whole ecosystem.
Reddit went public last week despite not being profitable since its launch in 2005.
How can you give feedback on a poorly reviewed PR? The Software Engineering Stack Exchange has ideas.
The four day work week is probably not the solution to our work-life balance problems.
AI-powered software development tools like Devon show promise, but their impact on code quality and maintainability remains an open question.
Shoutout to Robert, who earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining Square brackets in CSS.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:31 The Impact of Dot AI Domain Space
01:07 Antitrust Cases Against Apple
04:01 Vendor Lock-in and Apple's Ecosystem
05:08 Issues with Infotainment Systems and Apple Play
06:29 The Benefits and Challenges of a Four-Day Work Week
08:03 Providing Feedback on a Badly Reviewed PR
10:00 The Importance of Clear Expectations in Code Reviews
11:40 The Potential of AI Tools in Development
14:01 Reddit Going Public and the Future of Tech Companies
15:29 AI Tool Devon and the Challenges of Operationalizing AI Projects
21:22 Shoutout and Closing Remarks
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To learn more about the signs that indicate you may be paying more for your cloud computing that you should, check out DoITâs seven red flags guide.
Weâve spoken with DoiT on the podcast before about LLM hallucinations and the security threats that LLMs open.
DoiTâs sales pitch is simple: they provide technology and expertise to clients who want to use the cloud, free of charge, with the big cloud providers paying the bills.
Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Sravan K Ghantasala for their answer to How to sort file lines in Bash?
Find Joshua at joshuafox com.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Cloud Cost Control
01:08 Joshua Fox's Background
04:20 Understanding FinOps
06:17 The Importance of Good Architecture
08:18 Balancing Flexibility in Architecture
10:04 Surprise Costs and Dealing with Them
13:19 Bracing for Unexpected Cloud Costs
25:41 The Future of Cloud Cost Optimization
27:09 Closing Remarks
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Cribl is a data management platform. Check out their sandbox or explore their products.
Cribl Stream is their vendor-agnostic observability pipeline.
If youâre new to the term, the observability pipeline is a crucial component of the cloud-native world.
Connect with Nick on LinkedIn.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:23 The Data Landscape and Generative AI
06:08 Incumbents vs. Startups in the Data Space
07:46 Challenges of Data Storage and Exfiltration
09:38 Securing Large Warehouses of Data
12:21 Data Quality and ETL Pipelines
16:05 Measures of Data Quality for Gen AI
22:04 Criblâs Role in the Data and Observability Space
26:20 The Pros and Cons of Richer Observability Monitoring
28:11 Closing Remarks and Shoutout
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GitClear is a developer-friendly code review tool that aims to deliver higher developer satisfaction and faster releases. Check out their blog or find them on GitHub.
GitClearâs research focuses on how AI code-gen tools have impacted code quality (and not in a good way).
Find Bill on LinkedIn.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Background of the Research
06:09 Business Model of GitClear
09:46 Copy Pasted Code
10:26 Churn Code
12:21 Code Readability
14:12 Code Suggestions and Auto-Completion
16:34 Drop in Moved Code
23:18 Larger Token Windows
26:31 Improving Gen AI
28:46 Conclusion
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Node.jsÂź is an open-source JavaScript runtime environment.
Deno is an open-source JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Explore the quick start or check out Deno by example, a collection of annotated examples of how to use Deno.
JSR is an open-source package registry for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Keep up to date with Ryan on GitHub or his blog.
Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Squadrons, who earned a Great Question badge by asking for a Pure javascript method to wrap content in a div.
Chapters:
00:00: Introduction and Background
01:08: Creating Node.js
05:00: JavaScript on the Server Side
07:23: Impact of Node.js
09:18: Edge Function System
12:13: Protecting Against Malicious Use
16:02: JSR: Alternative to NPM
31:01: JSR and its Stage
34:20: Future of JavaScript
36:19: Closing and Shoutouts
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AI shops are now releasing LLMs optimized for RAG.
Turn a repo into a prompt for a long-context LLM.
Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search and discovery tool.
Good news for developers: Apple will not remove progressive web app support on iOS in the EU.
Basil Bourque earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining How to get full name of month from date in Java 8 while formatting.
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Stack Overflow has teamed up with Google Cloud to develop an APIâOverflow APIâto give Gemini, Googleâs AI model, access to Stack Overflow knowledge communities.
Learn how Ryanâs team is working toward socially responsible AI.
Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn.
Stack Overflow user verygoodsoftwarenotvirus earned a Great Question badge by asking something at least 87,000 people have also wondered: How can I get all keys from a JSON column in Postgres?.
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Check out Maximeâs three-part LLM course.
Part 1 âcovers essential knowledge about mathematics, Python, and neural networks.
Part 2 âfocuses on building the best possible LLMs using the latest techniques."
Part 3 âfocuses on creating LLM-based applications and deploying them.â
Read Maximeâs blog.
Follow Maxime on GitHub or LinkedIn.
Nikhil Wagh earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining how to Efficiently compare two sets in Python.
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Intuit shares more about their generative AI operating system (GenOS) in this Medium blog.
If you want to try out generative AI in MailChimp, sign up here.
Learn more about Intuit technology here.
Many thanks (and a Lifeboat badge) to Dherik for dropping an answer on cURL: how can I return 0 if status is 200?
Connect with Shivang on LinkedIn.
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Build GenAI applications faster and cheaper with a vector database like Pinecone.
New to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and other GenAI topics? Our guide is a good place to start.
Learn more about RAG and Pinecone.
Connect with Roie on GitHub or LinkedIn.
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Pinecone is a vector database that lets companies build GenAI applications faster for less cost.
Read our primer on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or explore RAG and Pinecone.
Follow Roie on GitHub or LinkedIn.
If you need a handy guide to whatâs what in the AI space, check out Stack Overflowâs Industry Guide to AI.
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SPONSORED BY INTEL
Ryan and Ben chat with Raymond Lo, AI software evangelist at Intel, about the AI PC, the software that powers AI breakthroughs, and optimizing hardware and software in unison to improve generative AI performance. Bonus: whatâs the difference between a GPU optimized for graphics and a VPU or NPU optimized for AI?
Episode notes
If youâre interested in trying any of the demos that Raymond talked about, check out Intelâs OpenVINO notebooks.
Learn more about Intelâs Edge AI resources here.
Raymond previously wrote about enhancing image and video resolution using OpenVINO.
You can reach out to Raymond Lo on LinkedIn.
Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner, Andrey Korneyev, for saving the question, How can I delete specific nodes from an XElement?
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Semaâs AI code monitor helps companies manage the risks and capture the benefits of AI in the software development lifecycle. Learn how it works here.
Connect with Matt on LinkedIn.
Erstwhile podcast cohost Cassidy Williams is the CTO of Contenda.
Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Jim, who earned a Stellar Question badge with Docker cannot start on Windows, a question (well, more of a statement) thatâs helped 1.1 million people and counting.
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Discussions are now taking place across all tags on Stack Overflow. Check out this one about why people keep proclaiming the death of PHP or this one on whether Jenkins is still the dominant player in the CI/CD space.
What would happen if you suddenly lost consciousness? The Philosophy Stack Exchange has thoughts.
Did knights wear glasses? Historical records donât really answer this question, but the History Stack Exchange does.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has deemed AI-generated robocalls illegal.
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Andrew has worked in many roles, including as Executive Manager at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he established and grew a platform engineering function that supported 7,000 engineers.
You can find him on LinkedIn here.
You can learn more about Compass, a developer experience platform, here.
Shout to Amelio for earning a stellar question badge and helping over six hundred thousand people with this gem: Getting the name of a variable as a string
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