Cloud now top of the database $$ mountain, with @awscloud leading for the first time, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Huawei, Snowflake, and @MongoDB climbing, while legacy incumbents keep falling (relatively). https://
linkedin.com/posts/aronthal
_dbms-gartnerda-cloud-activity-7053713713870110720-xB1X/
… (I once wrote about this https://
infoworld.com/article/366923
0/the-cloud-ate-my-database.html
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AWS Leads Cloud Database Market as Legacy Players Decline
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Geoff Hinton Leaves Google Over AI Safety Concerns
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I flew to Toronto last week for a chat with Geoff Hinton, the venerable A.I. researcher who spent more than 50 years nurturing the idea at the heart of ChatGPT. He has left Google so that he can share his concerns that A.I. could cause serious harm:
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Hinton’s Move to Google: Toronto’s Coursera Deal Fallout
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Seems relevant to bring this up today: Hinton was originally pushed towards Google because Toronto was trying to stiff him on a profit sharing deal for a Coursera course. Well, I think he more than made up the money during his time at Google.
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Nvidia releases 2B GPT model trained on 1.1T tokens
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Somehow missed this but Nvidia has a 2B GPT model trained on… 1.1T tokens https://
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Amazon’s RDBMS Shift and Database Technology Evolution
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Well, Rick probably knows both worlds better than most and, given Amazon's shift away from RDBMS, it makes sense that he might feel strongly on the topic….
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Former Employee Clarifies Departure Reasons from Google
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Maybe I over-reacted. When I read it I thought it could easily be interpreted as implying that I left so that I could criticize Google and that is certainly not the case.
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FTC Scrutiny: Why Cutting AI Ethics Teams Is Risky
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<3 "It’s perhaps not the best time for firms to remove or fire personnel devoted to ethics and responsibility for AI and engineering. If the FTC comes calling and you want to convince us that you adequately assessed risks and mitigated harms, reductions might not be a good look."
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AI Godfather Leaves Google Warns of Dangers Ahead
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‘The Godfather of #AI’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead https://
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Cloud War for AI: Major Tech Giants Battle for Dominance
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The TL Podcast for April 30th, 2023: cloud war for AI is on https://
thetechnologyletter.com/the-posts/the-
tl-podcast-for-april-30th-2023-cloud-war-for-ai-is-on
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Meta AI showcases recent work at ICLR 2023 conference
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Want to see more on our recent work and how you can connect with Meta AI? You can see more on our ICLR 2023 page https://
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