Compute to data: using blockchain to decentralize data science and AI with the Ocean Protocol
The conflict between access to data and data sovereignty is key to understanding how AI works, and moving it forward. The Ocean Protocol Foundation wants to help resolve that conflict, by introducing a way of letting AI work with data without giving up control.
Read More →Scientific fact-checking using AI language models: COVID-19 research and beyond
Fact or fiction? That's not always an easy question to answer. Incomplete knowledge, context and bias typically come into play. In the nascent domain of scientific fact checking, things are complicated.
Read More →AI chips in 2020: Nvidia and the challengers
Now that the dust from Nvidia's unveiling of its new Ampere AI chip has settled, let's take a look at the AI chip market behind the scenes and away from the spotlight
Read More →GoodData and Visa: A common data-driven future?
From user, to partner and investor. That's not a very common scenario for software vendors, especially if the user-cum-partner-investor is someone like Visa. GoodData is evolving more than its relationship with select users.
Read More →Open source observability, meet data transformation: Grafana 7.0 promises to connect, unify, and visualize all your data
Grafana Labs sets the bar for open source observability with Grafana 7.0: more developer friendly, more data sources, data transformation, and growth in the cloud and on premise
Read More →Open source database ScyllaDB 4.0 promises Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB drop-in replacement
ScyllaDB has made a name for itself as a fast drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra. Now it ups the ante, offering Amazon DynamoDB compatibility and new features, promising superior performance, lower total cost of ownership and no vendor lock-in
Read More →A Gmail for databases: CockroachDB aims for the top, stocks up with $86.6M new funding
Stay-at-home means more remote work and more online business globally. Global business online means a global database makes more sense, and Cockroach DB is making a play for a bigger piece of a growing pie
Read More →Knowledge Graphs power scientific research and business use cases. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 19, April / March 2020
Is there life after COVID-19? Of course there is, even though it may be quite different, and it may be hard to get there. But there’s one thing in common in the “before” and “after” pictures: science and technology as the cornerstones of modern society, for better or worse. We have argued before that Knowledge Graph […]
Read More →Open source PostgreSQL on steroids: Swarm64 database acceleration software for performance improvement and analytics
Take the 4th most popular database in the world. Make it run 20 times faster, lower costs by 70%, use it for analytics, time series, and data warehousing workloads. This is what Swarm64 database acceleration software promises
Read More →Optimizing hardware infrastructure with data and AI: Granulate scores $12 million Series A funding
How does boosting hardware performance between 20% and 80% sound? This is what startup Granulate promises.
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