Researchers suggest that using “synthetic” data, created by AI systems to train LLMs, could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models and a collapse over time
In April this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked during … Lindsay Clark / The Register : AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output Tech Xplore : Using AI to train AI: Model colla...
SAP reports Q2 cloud revenue up 25% YoY to €4.15B, revenue up 10% YoY to €8.29B, a €918M net profit, and says a “restructuring” will affect ~10,000 jobs
In the second quarter, SAP's strong cloud momentum continued. Lindsay Clark / The Register : Now as many as 10,000 SAP jobs to be hit by restructure Sonja Wind / Bloomberg : SAP Shares Jump After AI D...
Databricks plans to acquire Tabular, a data management startup that helps companies optimize data stored in the Apache Iceberg format and others, for $1B+
We are excited to announce that we have agreed to acquire Tabular … Lindsay Clark / The Register : Databricks' $1B Tabular buy raises questions around table format wars Tabular : Tabular is joining Da...
Cloud data management startup Rubrik files for a NYSE IPO under the symbol RBRK, reporting a net loss of $354M on revenue of $628M for the year ended January 31
We are on a mission to secure the world’s data. Cyberattacks are inevitable. Kyle Alspach / CRN : Rubrik Files IPO Plans, Reports $784 Million In ARR Lindsay Clark / The Register : Rubrik files to ...
Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Plus: The GOP releases the moral idiocy … Happy Friday. Oliver Darcy / CNN : Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform's future into uncertainty Stephen Warwick / iMore : Is Twitter ...
UK government publishes the contracts National Health Service signed with Microsoft, Google, Faculty, and Palantir to create a COVID-19 datastore
Lindsay Clark / The Register :