GitHub is the best place to build software together. With GitHub, you can host and review code, manage projects, and build software alongside millions of developers. GitHub offers a variety of feature...

As AI systems become more capable, they will soon exceed expert skill levels in most domains and carry out as much productive activity as one of todays largest corporations. This calls for special tre...

In this blog post, the author shares their experience of how programming in Rust changed the way they design programs in other programming languages, especially in Python. They emphasize the importanc...

In this session on instrumentation in .net and Azure for cloud applications, the speaker emphasizes the importance of observability in a devops mindset. Without observability, production environments ...

Language models are being deployed for general problem solving, but can fall short in tasks requiring exploration or strategic lookahead. To address this, a new framework called Tree of Thoughts (ToT)...

The Alan Turing Institute and the AI council have failed to acknowledge the importance of large language models (LLMs) in the development of modern AI in the UK. Despite its flagship status, the insti...

The .NET team has released .NET 8 Preview 4 with new features and improvements. The release has a straightforward upgrade path for .NET 6 and 7 users. The release notes, installers, and binaries are a...

GraphQL is a powerful query language and runtime that efficiently fetches and manipulates data from APIs. This blog post explores the core concepts of GraphQL and how to implement it in Asp.Net Core. ...

Guidance programs improve the control of language models for better performance. They allow for interleaving generation, prompting, and logical control for a continuous flow. Using powerful language m...

The Senate Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law held a hearing on the oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI advancements can bring positive changes such a...

Entity functions allow for reading and updating small pieces of state, also known as durable entities. They provide a means of scaling out applications and are accessed via a unique identifier, the en...

The speaker, Jimmy Bogard, introduces himself and provides links to his social media and blog. He explains that he works as a consultant, building applications and systems for clients. He discusses a ...

This package is a React component that can be given a string of markdown that it’ll safely render to React elements. It allows passing plugins to change how markdown is transformed to React elements a...

Learn about safely using the contract, migrate, and expand pattern to make database schema changes without downtime and data loss. By deploying changes to two critical systems at once, such as your da...

In this blog post, we will dive into the world of Python variables. From memory to mutability, we will explore the fundamental concepts of Python variables in-depth. We will cover reference counting, ...

Python decorators are a crucial tool for any Python programmer seeking to improve code readability and maintainability. They let you extend the functionality of functions and methods elegantly, withou...

The speaker introduces themselves and discusses their company, vgw, a Perth-based startup turned non-startup. They explain that their talk is meant to cover topics for a new and diverse team, includin...

AI Test Kitchen is a platform that allows people to experience and provide feedback on Googles latest AI technologies. The goal of this initiative is to learn, improve, and innovate responsibly on AI ...

In a new research paper, OpenAI details a technique that uses its GPT-4 language model to write explanations for the behavior of neurons in its older GPT-2 model. This step forward for interpretabilit...

In this case study, Michał Bucholc explores how ING Bank Poland used the power of artificial intelligence to encourage clients to think about their financial future and visualize retirement. The Futur...