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Text Labeling and Image Resolution with the Monkey Chat Vision Model and DigitalOcean+Paperspace GPUs 🐒

Text Labeling and Image Resolution with the Monkey Chat Vision Model and DigitalOcean+Paperspace GPUs 🐒

Vision-language models are among the advanced artificial intelligence AI systems designed to understand and process visual and textual data together. These models are known to combine the capabilities of computer vision and natural language processing tasks. The models are trained to interpret images and generate descriptions about the image, enabling a range of applications such … Read More

How to update Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10

How to update Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10

Ubuntu 24.10 marks 20 years since the first version of Ubuntu (4.10 “Warty Warthog”) was released in October 2004. I joined the Ubuntu train at 5.10 “Breezy Badger” but it was Ubuntu 6.06 which caused the biggest stir. You see, this was the first Long Term Support (LTS) Ubuntu release and it garnered plenty of … Read More

Microsoft Cuts Off Azure OpenAI Access for Chinese Developers

Microsoft Cuts Off Azure OpenAI Access for Chinese Developers

Microsoft is preparing to stop providing its Azure OpenAI Service for individual developers in mainland China. Starting October 21, the service will no longer be available to non-enterprise customers, driven by increasing regulatory demands from the Chinese government. With this move, developers will no longer be able to use OpenAI tools in China through Azure, … Read More

The IoT World Also Needs Ecological Awareness

The IoT World Also Needs Ecological Awareness

By Volkhard Beyer and Dirk Mayer Microelectronics support the fight against climate change and for a better environment; for example, by intelligently controlling drive units, ensuring optimal operation of energy systems, and monitoring the resource requirements of production processes. Unfortunately, however, the ICT sector itself is one of the fastest-growing emitters of greenhouse gases and … Read More

Components, Features, and Practical Applications

Components, Features, and Practical Applications

Introduction Over the last few years, a growing interest has been in testing the adversarial robustness of natural language processing (NLP) models. The research in this area covers new techniques for generating adversarial examples and defending against them. Comparing these attacks directly is challenging because they are evaluated on different data and victim models. Replicating … Read More

Phison U18 in a Solid Offering

Phison U18 in a Solid Offering

Sabrent’s lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company’s tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their … Read More

DataStax Announces New AI Development Platform, Built with NVIDIA AI

DataStax Announces New AI Development Platform, Built with NVIDIA AI

As enterprises increasingly adopt AI technologies, they face a complex challenge of efficiently developing, securing, and continuously improving AI applications to leverage their data assets. They need a unified, end-to-end solution that simplifies AI development, enhances security, and enables continuous optimization, allowing organizations to harness the full potential of their data for AI-driven innovation.  This … Read More

Departing ISS astronaut finds time for stunning night shot

Departing ISS astronaut finds time for stunning night shot

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is preparing to fly home aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at the end of the seven-month Crew-8 mission, but he recently found time to snap an incredible night shot featuring the Nile River, the Nile Delta, Cairo, and beyond. “Moonlight illuminates Cairo and the Mediterranean on a mostly clear night,” … Read More