Daniel King

Oct 22, 2024 | databricks.com | Ahmed Bilal |Youngbin Kim |Ankit Mathur |Daniel King

Over the years, organizations have amassed a vast amount of unstructured text data—documents, reports, and emails—but extracting meaningful insights has remained a challenge. Large Language Models (LLMs) now offer a scalable way to analyze this data, with batch inference as the most efficient solution. However, many tools still focus on online inference, leaving a gap for better batch processing capabilities.

Sep 25, 2024 | databricks.com | Daniel King |Hanlin Tang |Patrick Wendell |Ahmed Bilal

We are excited to partner with Meta to launch the latest models in the Llama 3 series on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The small textual models in this Llama 3.2 release enable customers to build fast real-time systems, and the larger multi-modal models mark the first time the Llama models gain visual understanding. Both provide key components for customers on Databricks to build compound AI systems that enable data intelligence – connecting these models to their enterprise data.

May 8, 2024 | motherjones.com | Daniel King

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Mar 9, 2024 | cornwalllive.com | Daniel King

Parts of the Pool site run by the Heartlands Trust closed on January 31 after the National Lottery pulled its funding, claiming that the site was unsustainable, and as a result the trust then went into administration. Heartlands includes a number of businesses, which are still open, as well as over 100 houses and flats, including a mix of freehold and leasehold properties.

Dec 11, 2023 | baltimorepostexaminer.com | Daniel King

For the 2023 edition of Artscape, organizers thought it wise to stage the massive open-air festival towards the back of September. As perhaps could have been expected, terrible weather conditions led to the Saturday being called off, with Tropical Storm Ophelia reaping havoc in Maryland. Still, whenever the weather cleared to grey-but-dry skies, the streets erupted once more with crowds of people exploring Artscape.