When you gaze into the AI, the AI also gazes into you
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Fri-yay indeed. We sigh, as humans spool up to take a break, while the semi-sentient machines continue writing their poetry in their air-conditioned underground data-center homes. In my column this week, I spent a bit
Read moreYou don’t need hosted LLMs, do you?
A comparison of self-hosted LLMs and OpenAI: cost, text generation quality, development speed, and privacy.Image generated by Stable DiffusionDuring the LLM hype, you can find a lot of articles like “Fine-tune your Private LLaMA/Falcon/Another Popular LLM”, “Train Your Own Private ChatGPT”, “How to Create a Local LLM” and others.At the same time,
Read moreThe Art of LangSmithing
A guide to testing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM calls for production using LangSmith.Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreStartup founders should care more about Serve Robotics’ listing
We love mergers and acquisitions here at TechCrunch. We even kind of like reverse mergers. But this latest development in the robotics industry sure has us excited! Delivery robots maker Serve Robotics is going public via a reverse merger with a blank-check company, and it raised $30 million just before
Read moreThe Civil Rights Movement comes to venture capital
For the last year and a half, there is only one point I’ve sought to make with my venture coverage: that the industry is not separate from sociopolitical context. That the tech industry and its backers are not separate from the economic fabric of this nation and the mores of
Read moreWhy ORMs Are Not Always the Way To Go
Photo by Alain Bouchard on UnsplashFor many, using an Object Relational Mapper (ORM), like hibernate in Java, has become almost automatic. While ORMs are incredibly powerful and useful tools, their use should be carefully considered in certain contexts. In this article, we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of ORMs
Read moreByteDance again looks to TikTok to promote its other social app, Lemon8
TikTok appears to be working on an integration with Lemon8, another social app owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, according to new findings from product intelligence firm Watchful.ai. The apparent new partnership sees TikTok developing a feature that would allow users to sync their Lemon8 posts to TikTok, then
Read moreBaldur’s Gate 3 early review: Modern fantasy
First, the basics. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a Dungeons & Dragons game through and through, but you don’t need to be familiar with that world or those systems to enjoy it. It’s a dense roleplaying adventure that alternates between an old-school isometric view and close-up, voice-acted cut scenes, offering players
Read moreOrthogonal Thinking in Frontend Engineering
Exploring out-of-the-box ideas to enhance software development productivityContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAlberta dental plan administrator paid ransomware gang after attack
An agency that administers dental benefit plans for Alberta’s disabled children, seniors and low-income residents has paid the 8base ransomware gang an undisclosed amount of money after the crooks showed they had deleted the data the group stole in a recent attack. The independent not-for-profit Alberta Dental Services Corp. said
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