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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. So we augment with open source, he says. Right now, the company is using the French-built Mistral open source model. Open source models also offer companies more flexibility in when to upgrade.

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The Linux Foundation announces collective to enhance open source software security

Tech Republic Security

The newly formed Open Source Security Foundation includes titans in technology such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and more.

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Microsoft: This clever open-source technique helps to protect your privacy

Tech Republic Security

It's a difficult task, made easier by the open-source SmartNoise framework. Adding statistical noise to a data set can guarantee that there are no accidental information leaks.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. What is SONiC?

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AMD to cut 4% of workforce to prioritize AI chip expansion and rival Nvidia

Network World

Su attributed the recent revenue gains to orders from clients like Microsoft and Meta, with the latter now adopting AMD’s MI300X GPUs for internal workloads. Major clients like Microsoft and Meta too expanded their use of MI300X GPUs , with Microsoft using them for Copilot services and Meta deploying them for Llama models.

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SONiC pioneer Aviz Networks raises $17M for AI network management push

Network World

Networking software provider Aviz Networks today announced a $17 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth in open networking solutions and artificial intelligence capabilities. In the past year, Aviz Networks has seen solid progress, with the company reporting a 400% increase in revenue compared to the previous year.

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AI coding agents come with legal risk

CIO Business Intelligence

“Is that getting all borrowed from one source; are there multiple sources? While human-written code can also infringe on copyright or violate open-source licenses, the risk with AI-generated code is related to the data the AI is trained on, says Ilia Badeev, head of data science at Trevolution Group, a travel technology company.