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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
InstacartInstacart

How Instacart Modernized the Prediction of Real Time Availability for Hundreds of Millions of Items…

This blog post discusses how Instacart modernized the prediction of real-time availability for hundreds of millions of items, addressing challenges such as interpretability, sparse data, business use case mismatch, and legacy infrastructure.

7/17/2023
InstacartInstacart

Zero-Downtime PostgreSQL Cutovers

The blogpost discusses how Instacart manages zero-downtime PostgreSQL cutovers using a Blue/Green approach with logical replication, and introduces a comprehensive tool called Zero Downtime Cutover (ZDC) that streamlines the process.

7/17/2023
Apple MLApple ML

NerfDiff: Single-image View Synthesis with NeRF-guided Distillation from 3D-aware Diffusion

A technical blogpost discussing NerfDiff, a novel approach for single-image view synthesis that improves upon existing methods in resolving uncertainties and producing detailed renderings.

7/17/2023
AWS MLAWS ML

Configure cross-account access of Amazon Redshift clusters in Amazon SageMaker Studio using VPC peering

Configuring cross-account access of Amazon Redshift clusters in Amazon SageMaker Studio using VPC peering for seamless machine learning development

7/17/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Snorkel AI and Together AI empower enterprises to build proprietary LLMs

Enabling organizations to build their own proprietary LLMs on their data through a strategic partnership between Snorkel AI and Together AI.

7/17/2023
MetaMeta

Bringing HDR video to Reels

Uploading HDR videos to Reels on Facebook and Instagram, with legible SDR UI elements and overlays.

7/17/2023
LyftLyft

Being first to market with rideshare on CarPlay and Android Auto

The blogpost discusses the cross-functional development process behind Lyft's launch of rideshare support for CarPlay and Android Auto, including partnerships with Apple and Google, design considerations for driver and rider safety, engineering challenges and iterations, user research and feedback, and future enhancements.

7/17/2023
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

Developing reliable AI tools for healthcare

An AI system, CoDoC, is proposed in a joint paper with Google Research in Nature Medicine to develop reliable AI tools for healthcare, specifically to determine when to defer to a clinician for accurate interpretation of medical images.

7/17/2023
GitHubGitHub

A developer’s guide to prompt engineering and LLMs

How to effectively use prompt engineering to build LLM-based applications, with insights from GitHub's approach.

7/17/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Snorkel Flow Summer 2023: faster, easier and more secure

Snorkel Flow Summer 2023: faster, easier, and more secure, with improved labeling functions, intelligent auto-suggest strategies, and streamlined annotation experiences.

7/14/2023
Berkeley AIBerkeley AI

Training Diffusion Models with <br> Reinforcement Learning

Exploring the intersection of training diffusion models with reinforcement learning

7/14/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Snorkel Flow Summer 2023: faster, easier and more secure

Introducing Snorkel Flow Summer 2023, a release that improves the application creation process, shortens the iteration loop, and enhances security certifications.

7/14/2023