IOP Publishing Launches Series of Open Access Journals Dedicated to Machine Learning and AI for the Sciences 

IOP Publishing (IOPP) launched a series of open access journals dedicated to the application and development of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for the sciences. The new multidisciplinary Machine Learning series will collectively cover applications of ML and AI across the physical sciences, engineering, biomedicine and health, and environmental and earth science. 

HPC News Bytes 20240715: AI Maturity ROI, OpenAI’s 5 Levels of AI, SoftBank Acquires Graphcore

Much has happened of late in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (5:55) run through of the news, including: survey commissioned by Vultr points to AI maturity ROI, OpenAI proposes five levels of AI based on capability, SoftBank ….

Qlik Releases Qlik Talend Cloud, Providing Reliable AI Foundations for the Modern Enterprise

Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the general availability of Qlik Talend Cloud, a comprehensive integrated solution designed to enhance data trust and accessibility for AI value creation at scale. Underpinned by trusted Qlik and Talend® technologies, trusted by some of the world’s largest brands, Qlik Talend Cloud is designed to facilitate responsible enterprise AI adoption. 

IT Pros Vote in Inaugural Brand Leader Survey Covering Enterprise Infrastructure for AI

IT Brand Pulse, a trusted source for research, data, and analysis about data center infrastructure, announced the results of the 2024 IT Brand Leader Survey covering Enterprise Infrastructure for AI. Generative AI is considered the biggest technology inflection point in human history with hundreds of billions of dollars already invested to create a new universe of hardware, software, systems, and services designed for enterprise AI.

Storj Acquires Leading AI Compute Provider, Valdi

Storj announced a new era in distributed cloud innovation with the acquisition of Valdi. Storj is a leader in distributed cloud object storage, disrupting the $100 billion cloud storage market, delivering up to 90% cost savings and 90% less carbon emissions for customers. Valdi is the leader in on-demand high performance cloud computing (GPUs) widely used for AI training and inference in data-intensive industries like technology, research and life-sciences.

Solo.io Announces Gloo AI Gateway to Address Growing Demand for AI-Driven Use Cases in Application Development 

Solo.io, a leading cloud-native application networking company, announced the release of Gloo AI Gateway, which is designed to meet the emerging use case of accelerating AI innovation.

The Tech Tracking 2024 Presidential Ad Campaigns

A new searchable database allows the public to examine groups running social media ads that mention U.S. presidential candidates, including secretly coordinated pages that are running identical videos or messages.  The project is supported by a grant and use of analytics software from Neo4j, a leading graph database and analytics company.

New Alluxio Enterprise AI Innovations Accelerate GPUs Anywhere with 97%+ GPU Utilization

Alluxio, the developer of the open-source data platform, announced the immediate availability of the latest enhancements in Alluxio Enterprise AI. Version 3.2 showcases the platform’s capability to utilize GPU resources universally, improvements in I/O performance, and competitive end-to-end performance with HPC storage.

AI Set to Save Professionals 12 Hours Per Week by 2029

Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI), a global content and technology company, released its 2024 Future of Professionals report, an annual survey of more than 2,200 professionals working across legal, tax, and risk & compliance fields globally.

GridGain Advances Its Unified Real-Time Data Platform to Help Enterprises Accelerate AI-Driven Data Processing

GridGain® announced version 9 of the GridGain Unified Real-Time Data Platform. Building on the proven multi-dimensional data processing and analytics capabilities of version 8, GridGain 9 delivers the most stable, resilient, and high-performant solution for ultra-low latency data applications, powering the extreme speed, scale, durability and reliability critical to modern enterprise use cases and AI.