With the growing popularity of artificial intelligence technology over the past year, critics have begun to highlight its numerous shortcomings. Concerns about its potential consequences peaked with OpenAI’s recent announcement of its $500 billion infrastructure investment for the Stargate Project. Critics have raised concerns about the possible implications of widespread AI adoption, including its environmental
The Rust programming language is moving into new areas, including enterprise data pipelines. While most of the industry relies on Python and Java for data processing, a growing number of companies are discovering that Rust’s combination of performance, safety and modern design makes it a game-changer for data-intensive workloads. The latest proof point comes from
Apple recently published a paper asking large reasoning models (LRMs) to solve some simple but lengthy algorithmic challenges, such as the Towers of Hanoi disc sorting puzzle. The models failed explosively. The models were able to solve the Towers of Hanoi challenge (in which discs are shifted across pegs according to simple rules) with three
Vishnu Kammari also contributed to this article. Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of modern business strategies, with many organizations actively integrating AI capabilities into their software and workflows. While enterprises are pushing forward with proofs of concept (PoCs), specialized expertise is often needed to turn these into production workloads, creating hurdles in
The data doesn’t lie: Developers, on average, are juggling 14 different vendor tools throughout the work day. They spent time and cognitive cycles switching back and forth between different interfaces, accounts and workflows just to get their work done. All that context switching creates inefficiencies, fragmentation and unnecessary complexity. Tool sprawl, manual rollbacks, slow testing
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This paulhibbitts Tue, 05/02/2023 – 03:00 Are you interested in leveraging Markdown for online content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown or HTML into multiple platforms (such as a content management system or learning management system)? The open source project Docsify-This, built
Tips for running virtual, in-person, and hybrid events rpaik Wed, 05/03/2023 – 03:00 Over the past few years, virtual events have thrived. In-person events are back now, but it’s important to keep in mind that virtual events didn’t just come out of nowhere. Many of us were actually doing a lot of different online events
New developments at Opensource.com admin Tue, 06/06/2023 – 13:30 You may have noticed that it’s been quiet here on Opensource.com lately. That’s because there’s a new project in the works, and while there aren’t many specific details to announce yet, there’s plenty to talk about. What better way to start than with the entire internet?
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project lmalivert Fri, 04/28/2023 – 03:00 Your open source project’s documentation is essential to your customers. Your target audience must understand the purpose of your project and how to use it, and documentation is what bridges that gap. A project is rarely ever truly done,
How I used guilt as a motivator for good its-surya Fri, 04/28/2023 – 03:00 Recently, I was asked by a friend and colleague if I were interested in speaking together at a conference. I was pleasantly surprised because I hadn’t contributed much to the project they were presenting, but I expressed interest. We met to