How to Secure Docker Containers with Best Practices

Image by Author | Canva   Docker containers simplify the development and deployment of applications, but they also introduce security challenges. This tutorial will walk you through five essential best practices to secure your Docker containers effectively.   Prerequisites  To follow along: You should have Docker installed. You should be comfortable with Docker commands for … Read more

Text Summarization with DistillBart Model

import functools import pprint import re   import torch from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM     class AdvancedTextSummarizer:     def __init__(self, model_name=“sshleifer/distilbart-cnn-12-6”, quantize=False):         “”“Initialize the advanced summarizer with additional features.           Args:             model_name (str): Name of the pre-trained model to use             quantize (bool): Whether to quantize the model for faster inference         ““”         self.device = “cuda” if … Read more

Statistical Methods for Evaluating LLM Performance

Statistical Methods for Evaluating LLM PerformanceImage by Author | Ideogram Introduction The large language model (LLM) has become a cornerstone of many AI applications. As businesses increasingly rely on LLM tools for tasks ranging from customer support to content generation, understanding how these models work and ensuring their quality has never been more important. In … Read more

OpenAI and Google call for US government action to secure AI lead

OpenAI and Google are each urging the US government to take decisive action to secure the nation’s AI leadership. “As America’s world-leading AI sector approaches AGI, with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) determined to overtake us by 2030, the Trump Administration’s new AI Action Plan can ensure that American-led AI built on democratic principles continues … Read more

This AI Paper Introduces BD3-LMs: A Hybrid Approach Combining Autoregressive and Diffusion Models for Scalable and Efficient Text Generation

Traditional language models rely on autoregressive approaches, which generate text sequentially, ensuring high-quality outputs at the expense of slow inference speeds. In contrast, diffusion models, initially developed for image and video generation, have gained attention in text generation due to their potential for parallelized generation and improved controllability. However, existing diffusion models struggle with fixed-length … Read more

Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Releases OLMo 32B: A Fully Open Model to Beat GPT 3.5 and GPT-4o mini on a Suite of Multi-Skill Benchmarks

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era of large language models (LLMs) capable of understanding and generating human-like text. However, the proprietary nature of many of these models poses challenges for accessibility, collaboration, and transparency within the research community. Additionally, the substantial computational resources required to train such models … Read more