In the heart of San Francisco, the future of transportation is unfolding. Over the past month, the city's streets have become a testing ground for autonomous taxis. We now find ourselves at a pivotal intersection of technology and transportation. Software engineering visionaries know that embracing … [Read more...]
If It’s Free, You’re the Product: The New Data Trade in Generative AI
Several billion-dollar tech companies lose money every year. For example, Snap and Uber made billion-dollar losses between them last year. What do companies like these have in common? They have vast amounts of data, and in today's digital era, data has become a commodity more valuable than … [Read more...]
Will Generative AI Mean the End of Debugging Forums?
Recent reports have highlighted significant drops in traffic for, the popular programmer question-and-answer site, Stack Overflow. The finger of blame is being pointed squarely at AI chatbots like ChatGPT and GitHub's CoPilot. Stack Overflow's Decline According to SimilarWeb, Stack … [Read more...]
Last Month in AI: LLM Privacy, Piracy, Personalization & Open Source
As the sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov once said, "today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact," and with the ongoing AI arms race, this quote rings truer than ever. Over the last few weeks, we've seen pirated and leaked large language models being tweaked to create personal AIs, Boston Dynamics … [Read more...]
March of the Machines: Last Month in AI
As Bill Gates puts it, the age of AI has indeed begun, and it's a wild time to be a tech exec. ChatGPT has catapulted AI into the global consciousness and every large organization is racing to manage risks and capture opportunities. AI's advancements, in March alone, are quickly changing how we … [Read more...]