Much of the search system scaling work led to infrastructure creation of things like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, protocol buffers, and other things.
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Scaling Search Index from Millions to Billions of Pages
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As our search traffic grew, we were desperately trying to avoid melting every Tuesday around noon (peak traffic for the week), while simultaneously improving the service. Making the index bigger (30M->70M->200M->500M->1B pages and beyond in a short span), …
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Perplexity iOS 17 Support and Feature Updates Coming Soon
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Redefining Open Source for Large Language Models
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We keep talking about "open source" in the world of AI, but it's not clear how open source applies to LLMs. Just as we did when cloud upended "distribution" of software, now we need to be sure we're clear what "software" means in open source. https://
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Teaching Code Reading Skills in the Age of AI Coding Tools
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1st, I agree no going back & exciting times re tools like Copilot in #AI assisted coding (& more). Means we must teach people to READ code. Reading someone else's code takes more skill than writing your own, a.k.a., the tapper-listener experiment: bit.ly/3Z65MDf #SkillUp bottomblaster (@botblastcap) Absolutely. Code reviewing > code writing nowadays. — https://nitter.net/botblastcap/status/1698913774655443120#m
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Cleve Moler Wins ICIAM Industry Prize for MATLAB Innovation
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Congrats to Cleve Moler, MathWorks Co-Founder, for winning the ICIAM Industry Prize 2023 at the 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Tokyo Cleve's work on @MATLAB has transformed math and computation tools #ICIAM2023 #Mathematics #MATLAB
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AI-Powered Cotton Pest Detection App Trains 300+ Farmers
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We partnered with Spectrum Cottfibres LLP and @WeAreLDC to train 300+ farmers in Bopapu village, Wardha and Hivara village, Yavatmal in Maharashtra. We focused on instructing them how to install pheromone traps and monitor PBW and ABW infestations using our Cotton Ace app.
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Cotton Ace App Trains 200 Farmers Pink Bollworm Detection
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We trained over 200 farmers on effectively using our Cotton Ace app to monitor pink bollworm (PBW) and American bollworm (ABW) infestations during a Pink Bollworm awareness campaign (Jagruti Campaign) in partnership with Welspun Foundation and @WeAreLDC in Wardha, Maharashtra.
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Epic and Microsoft Expand Partnership for Generative AI in EHR
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Epic, Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate generative AI Epic and Microsoft announced on Tuesday an expanded collaboration focused on integrating generative artificial intelligence tools in the vendor’s electronic health records system. https://
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Tech Companies Discontinuing Essential Formats Users Depend On
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true, I hate how they're always getting rid of formats we all rely on