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GitHubGitHub

How GitHub Copilot is getting better at understanding your code

Improving GitHub Copilot's understanding of code through Fill-in-the-Middle paradigm and advanced retrieval algorithms.

5/17/2023
GitHubGitHub

Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot

Understanding the experience of GitHub Copilot developers working with OpenAI's large language model and its impact on the development of Copilot

5/17/2023
MIT AIMIT AI

Joining the battle against health care bias

Leo Anthony Celi encourages the health care industry to address bias in the gathering and analysis of clinical data for diverse populations.

5/16/2023
DropboxDropbox

Investigating the impact of HTTP3 on network latency for search

Analyzing the effects of implementing HTTP3 on search network latency

5/16/2023
Stability AIStability AI

Advocating for Open Models in AI Oversight: Stability AI's Letter to the United States Senate

Stability AI's letter to the United States Senate advocates for open models in AI oversight, highlighting how openness and transparency can improve safety, foster competition, and democratize access to AI tools.

5/16/2023
MetaMeta

Building and deploying MySQL Raft at Meta

The blogpost discusses the implementation and deployment of MySQL Raft at Meta as a replacement for their existing MySQL semisynchronous databases, highlighting the simplification of operations and improved safety provided by Raft.

5/16/2023
GitHubGitHub

Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues

Details of GitHub's recent availability incidents and their mitigation efforts

5/16/2023
Cohere AICohere AI

Introducing LLM University — Your Go-To Learning Resource for NLP🎓

Discover LLM University, a comprehensive learning resource for NLP covering the fundamentals of LLMs to advanced topics including generative AI.

5/16/2023
Fly.ioFly.io

Playing Traffic Cop with Fly-Replay

The blog post explains how to use the Fly Replay header in the Fly.io platform to replay an HTTP request somewhere else, either in a different region, on a specific app, or on specific VMs.

5/15/2023
SpotifySpotify

Fleet Management at Spotify (Part 3): Fleet-wide Refactoring

This blogpost discusses the tools and techniques used for fleet-wide refactoring of code across thousands of Git repos at Spotify.

5/15/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Capital One’s data-centric solutions to banking business challenges

Capital One's data-centric approach to solving business challenges through AI and ML, focusing on data quality, real-time intelligent experiences, and diagnostics for model performance.

5/12/2023
Fly.ioFly.io

The JavaScript Ecosystem is Delightfully Weird

The blog post explores the unique and unconventional aspects of the JavaScript ecosystem, including transpilers, non-standardized languages like TypeScript and JSX, and the latest innovation of React Server Components, showcasing the delightful weirdness and continuous evolution of JavaScript.

5/11/2023