Upbound’s managed Crossplane offering enables auto-scaling of control planes
Upbound, the creator of the open source project Crossplane, has announced managed control planes (MCP) for the project. This means that Crossplane can auto-scale as more resources are added, major and minor upgrades of core components are handled in the background, and automatic snapshots are made for backup purposes. Platform operators can also do things … continue reading
Charmed Kubeflow 1.7 adds support for serverless ML workloads
Canonical, the publishers of the Ubuntu operating system, have announced the latest version of Charmed Kubeflow, its open-source MLOps platform. Charmed Kubeflow 1.7 adds the ability to run serverless ML workloads, which increases developer productivity by reducing routine tasks and handling infrastructure for them. Another win for developers is that new dashboards will improve user … continue reading
Google outlines four principles for responsible AI
With all the uptake over AI technology like GPT over the past several months, many are thinking about the ethical responsibility in AI development. According to Google, responsible AI means not just avoiding risks, but also finding ways to improve people’s lives and address social and scientific problems, as these new technologies have applications in … continue reading
Twilio’s newest solution enables use of more complete customer data profiles
Customer engagement company Twilio has announced the launch of Segment Unify, which is an identity resolution solution. It enables companies to merge the history of each of their customers into a single profile. They can sync these profiles to their data warehouse and other customer experience tools, while Segment Unify remains the source of truth … continue reading
What’s new in generative AI: GPT-4 | ChatGPT conversation history bug | ChatGPT plugins
Since our last roundup, lots of new things have been happening around GPT and ChatGPT, and in particular OpenAI, the creator of the technology, has unveiled many new offerings. Here are some of the highlights surrounding these new AI technologies from the past few weeks. GPT-4 launches Perhaps the biggest news was OpenAI unveiling GPT-4, … continue reading
Buildkite adds native Kubernetes support in latest update
The CI/CD platform Buildkite has announced its first quarterly release of the year. With this release, the company announced the Kubernetes agent stack, bringing native Kubernetes support to the platform. Users can now run Buildkite CI/CD agents on Kubernetes, where they can take advantage of the expertise of their platform teams and see increased flexibility. … continue reading
How to level up your low-code game
At the end of 2022, Gartner made the prediction that in 2023, low-code spending would increase by 20%. This may seem like a bold claim, considering that lately it seems that all organizations want to do is cut, cut, cut. But when you think about the promise of low-code, and being able to do more … continue reading
Report: The major challenges for development teams in 2023
Finding developers with the right set of skills for the job will continue to be a major challenge for businesses in 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor is estimating that there will be a shortage of 85.2 million developers by 2030, and over a third of respondents to Reveal’s latest survey on development struggles said … continue reading
Jetpack Compose adds native support for vertical and horizontal paging
The Android development team has announced several new features in version 1.4 of the UI toolkit Jetpack Compose. First, there is now support for vertical and horizontal paging. This enables users to flip through content with a page flip animation, as if they were actually reading a physical book or magazine. Previously in order to … continue reading
GitHub Copilot X brings chat functionality to improve coding experience
GitHub announced a major upgrade to Copilot, its AI-assisted development tool. Now in public preview, GitHub Copilot X utilizes the new GPT-4 model, adds chat and voice capabilities, and brings Copilot to the command line, pull requests, and docs. “With AI available at every step, we can fundamentally redefine developer productivity. We are reducing boilerplate … continue reading
NVIDIA goes all in on AI, shares progress at GTC
NVIDIA is doubling down on AI, and generative AI in particular, with CEO Jensen Huang placing a big emphasis on the advancements in the company during his keynote address during GTC this week. “The warp drive engine is accelerated computing, and the energy source is AI,” Huang said. “The impressive capabilities of generative AI have … continue reading
AWS Clean Rooms enables analysis of data from multiple entities
Amazon is attempting to make it easier to analyze data while preserving privacy. It has announced the release of AWS Clean Rooms, which allows multiple parties to pull in their collective data and analyze it. According to Amazon, there are many reasons why different parties would need to do this. For example, in marketing, brands, … continue reading
