Meta’s Llama models get 350 million downloads – Computerworld
The recent 20 million downloads could be seen as an effect of the company’s Llama 3.1 update that included a 405 billion parameter model as well as 70 billion parameter…
Meta will use geothermal energy to run its data centers – Computerworld
Meta has signed an agreement with Sage Geosystems to purchase up to 150 megawatts of geothermal energy to power its US data centers. The first phase of the project is expected…
Character.ai founder to co-lead Gemini AI, says report – Computerworld
Google provided the startup with more funding in return for a non-exclusive license for its current LLM technology. Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas — with whom he cofounded Character.ai in…
Download our remote IT support tools enterprise buyer’s guide
From the editors of Computerworld, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT staff understand what the various remote IT support tools can do for their organizations and how to choose the…
Microsoft Office apps circumvent Mac security – Computerworld
What the researchers said Francesco Benvenuto, Sr. Vulnerability Researcher with Cisco Talos, wrote: “Microsoft appears to use the com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation entitlement for certain apps to support some kind of ‘plug-ins.’ According to Apple,…
Keeping up with the latest fixes – Computerworld
This month’s Patch Tuesday highlights three critical zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Windows PCs and requiring immediate patching — that is, identified as “patch now.” Some updates like those to Office and…
Microsoft rolls out Face Check selfie verification system – Computerworld
Microsoft’s Azure AI Vision Face API is used to power the face detection and recognition. The software can also conduct a “liveness” check, which helps prevent the use of a…
Microsoft warns of serious vulnerability in Office – Computerworld
Microsoft is urging all users of Office and Microsoft 365 to update the software as soon as possible, because hackers have started exploiting a serious vulnerability to access sensitive information…
Seeking DMA compliance, Apple gets to business – Computerworld
There are plenty of nuances to the guidance that might apply to you or your business, but the basic outcome is most developers will be paying less and developers of…
Apple’s instructions to its new Siri GenAI offering illustrate the GenAI challenge
Deep within Apple’s systems is a variety of instructions it has given to its GenAI Apple Intelligence mechanism. The screen captures of those instructions provide a peek into Apple’s efforts…