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GCP – GenOps: learning from the world of microservices and traditional DevOps
Who is supposed to manage generative AI applications? While AI-related ownership often lands with data teams, we’re seeing requirements specific to generative AI applications that have distinct differences from those of a data and AI team, and at times more similarities with a DevOps team. This blog post explores these similarities and differences, and considers […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20240808
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL announces Amazon RDS Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20240808. We recommend that you upgrade to this version to fix known security vulnerabilities and bugs in prior versions of MySQL. Learn more about the bug fixes and patches in this version in the Amazon RDS User Guide. Amazon RDS Extended […]
AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Windows Server 2022 in service-managed fleets
Today, AWS announces support for running Windows Server 2022 on workers in service-managed fleets in AWS Deadline Cloud. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated 2D/3D graphics and visual effects for films, TV shows, commercials, games, and industrial design. Now you can build pipelines for 3D […]
AWS – Announcing Validation API for AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions announces a new Validation API for your AWS Step Functions workflows. The Validation API enables you to perform semantic checks on your workflows as you author them, helping you find syntactical errors sooner, shortening development cycles. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating virtually any AWS service to […]
GCP – A developer’s guide to getting started with Imagen 3 on Vertex AI
Over the past few months, early users put Imagen 3 on Vertex AI through its paces and shared valuable insights with us. It’s clear that users want an AI model that generates stunning visuals and empowers your practical creative applications. We’ve used their feedback to identify three common themes: Demand for unparalleled quality across diverse […]
AWS – AWS AppConfig now provides deletion protection for additional guardrails
Customers can now enable deletion protection on AWS AppConfig resources, including Configuration Profiles and Environments. AWS AppConfig helps engineers move faster and resolve issues more quickly with managed feature flags and dynamic configuration. However, deleting any configuration data, for application hygiene or compliance reasons, should always be done very carefully to avoid unexpected behavior. With […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Graviton3 (C7g, M7g, R7g, R7gd) instances
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports AWS Graviton3 instances, which deliver up to 25% better performance over Graviton2-based instances. The new instance types are compute optimized (C7g), general purpose (M7g), and memory optimized (R7g, R7gd) instances. You can update your domain to the new instances seamlessly through the OpenSearch Service console or APIs. AWS Graviton3 processors […]
GCP – Magic partners with Google Cloud to train frontier-scale LLMs
More than half of the world’s generative AI startups, including more than 90% of generative AI unicorns, are building on Google Cloud — utilizing our trusted infrastructure, a variety of hardware systems, the Vertex AI platform, and much more. These startups are building the next generation of AI applications, models, and tooling that will be […]
AWS – Research and Engineering Studio on AWS Version 2024.08 now available
Today we’re excited to announce Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS Version 2024.08. This release adds new features such as Amazon S3 bucket mountpoints for Linux, allows creation of custom user roles and permission profiles, and offers the ability to adjust the list of Amazon EC2 instances available to launch as virtual desktops. Amazon […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports Llama 3.1 405B, 70B, and 8B
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases securely connects foundation models (FMs) to internal company data sources for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to deliver relevant, context-specific, and accurate responses. Meta’s Llama 3.1 family of foundation models (405B, 70B, and 8B) is now generally available on Knowledge Bases. Llama 3.1 is the next generation of state-of-the-art models from Meta, supporting […]