PyTorch steps up to help handling larger than life models

Julia Schmidt -
PyTorch, a Python library for tensor computation and neural networks, is now available in version 1.4, bringing experimental distributed model parallel training...
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Optuna lures machine learning aficionados with lightweight approach to hyperparameter optimisation

Julia Schmidt -
Hyperparameter optimisation framework Optuna has seen some API stabilisation work and performance improvements making the now available version 1.0 ready for production.
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Google taps AppSheet to build out no-code cloud offering

Joe Fay -
Google’s Cloud arm has hoovered up five year old no-code development platform AppSheet, in what seems like an opener to a fight...
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AWS debuts AutoGluon to help devs get stuck into machine learning

Joe Fay -
AWS has quietly open sourced an open source tool kit it claims will “democratise” machine learning by removing much of the hand...
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TensorFlow 2.1 makes Keras play nice with TPUs

Julia Schmidt -
The TensorFlow team has finished work on version 2.1 of the numerical computation library, with the result offering Keras enhancements and improvements...
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Lyft drives ML platform Flyte into the open

Julia Schmidt -
Rideshare company Lyft has open sourced its orchestration engine Flyte, the secret sauce of its machine learning pipeline management.
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Facebook starts policing deepfakes – with room for improvement

Julia Schmidt -
Facebook has “strengthened” its policy towards manipulated media to combat misinformation by adding removal criteria for deepfakes and the like.
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Apache Kafka reaches 2.4 release with new partitioner in tow

Julia Schmidt -
The team behind the distributed streaming platform Apache Kafka has added the finishing touches to version 2.4, adding features like multiple consumer...
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Intel adds NLP to Deep Learning Reference Stack

Julia Schmidt -
Intel has released version 5.0 of its Deep Learning Reference Stack, adding natural language processing capabilities and some examples to the offering. 
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Intel burns $2bn to draw in Habana for AI silicon rollout

Joe Fay -
Intel has spent another $2bn to build out its AI processor portfolio, with the purchase of Israel-based startup Habana Labs.
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Eclipse Foundation shines a light on edge computing

Julia Schmidt -
After being in the works for a while, the Eclipse Foundation launched another special interest working group - this time, it’s for...
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Elastic bounces out Stack 7.5.0 release, looks ahead with Kibana Lens

Joe Fay -
Elastic has shipped what must surely be its last major release of the year in the shape of Elastic Stack 7.5.0.
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AWS launches quantum computing service for developers

Joe Fay -
AWS has made an early bid to dominate quantum computing with the launch of a managed platform that will allow developers to...
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TensorFlow RC sees Google nudging devs towards TPUs

Julia Schmidt -
A first release candidate of the soon to be finalised TensorFlow 2.1 is now available, giving those who can’t wait a chance...
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Julia 1.3 offers experimental approach to multi-threading

Julia Schmidt -
The team behind the Julia programming language has tied up a neat parcel of new language features and library changes and released...
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Google tells AI to explain itself

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Google has added Explainable AI services to its cloud platform, in an effort to make the decision making processes of machine learning models more...
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