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GitHubGitHub

GitHub Availability Report: July 2023

An availability report for GitHub in July 2023, detailing one incident that caused degraded performance across GitHub services.

8/9/2023
DuolingoDuolingo

Do some languages have 100 words for snow?

Exploring the truth behind the myth of languages having 100 words for snow.

8/9/2023
DuolingoDuolingo

Dreaming of travel? How language skills will make your holiday even better

The post discusses how language skills can enhance your travel experience.

8/9/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

How AI and foundation models improve email surveillance for banks

Utilizing AI and foundation models to enhance email surveillance for banks, improving fraud detection and prevention

8/8/2023
Google AIGoogle AI

AdaTape: Foundation model with adaptive computation and dynamic read-and-write

AdaTape is a Transformer-based model that utilizes adaptive computation and dynamic read-and-write mechanisms to adjust its behavior and computation budget based on the complexity of the input, providing an effective and efficient approach for improving performance on various tasks.

8/8/2023
DatabricksDatabricks

How to execute your operating model for Data and AI

Executing the operating model for Data and AI with Databricks

8/8/2023
DatabricksDatabricks

A New Partnership with Redox and How We Unlock Healthcare Data to Drive Advanced Analytics

Unlocking healthcare data for advanced analytics through a new partnership with Redox

8/8/2023
Modular AIModular AI

Modular: An easy introduction to MojošŸ”„ for Python programmers

An introduction to MojošŸ”„ for Python programmers

8/8/2023
ChromiumChromium

Smoothing out the scrolling experience in Chrome on Android

Improving the scrolling experience in Chrome on Android by reducing slow scrolling jank by 2x through filtering noise and reducing visual jumps in the content presented on screen.

8/8/2023
SalesforceSalesforce

What is Slack’s Secret for Enhancing Accessibility to Empower People with Disabilities?

The blog post explores Slack's approach to enhancing accessibility to empower people with disabilities.

8/8/2023
Cohere AICohere AI

Chaining Prompts for the Command Model

Exploring prompt-chaining patterns and their applications in the command model.

8/8/2023
Google AIGoogle AI

AdaTape: Foundation model with adaptive computation and dynamic read-and-write

AdaTape is a Transformer-based model that utilizes adaptive computation and elastic input sequences, providing an effective inductive bias and improved performance on standard tasks like image classification.

8/8/2023