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Comment Re:Checkout localllama (Score 1) 192

by gobaudd (#65238397) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open-Source Local-Only AI Solutions?
https://freedomtechhq.com/ is probably going to use llama and make it easy for anyone to use locally. And we're doing a lot more than just local AI chat. We're also building a local-first end-to-end cloud with new apps for photos, files, etc - basically all the services people are used to that are personal first and should be private along with a Smart Speaker and other devices that will all use the local AI.

Mission and Vision - https://x.com/FreedomTechHQ/st...

Tech Overview - https://x.com/FreedomTechHQ/st...

Comment Freedom - new open-source, local AI startup (Score 1) 192

by gobaudd (#65238377) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open-Source Local-Only AI Solutions?
Local, open source AI is the only way to be free in the AI age.

Cloud AI can't be trusted - using it will be like being plugged into the Matrix.

This is why Freedom is building open source, local AI along with an end-to-end encrypted cloud https://freedomtechhq.com/

Mission and Vision - https://x.com/FreedomTechHQ/st...

Tech Overview - https://x.com/FreedomTechHQ/st...
Science

'Master Gene' Makes Mouse Brain Look More Human 121

Posted by Soulskill from the rats-of-nimh-become-real dept.
sciencehabit writes "Researchers have found a genetic mutation that causes mammalian neural tissue to expand and fold. When they mutated this gene in mice, the rodents developed brains that look more like ours (abstract). The discovery may help explain why humans evolved more elaborate brains than mice, and it could suggest ways to treat disorders such as autism and epilepsy that arise from abnormal neural development. The findings go against a common conception that 'dumber species will have different genes' for brain development than more intelligent species, Borrell says. He adds that the mechanism could help explain how New World monkeys, with their small, smooth brains, could have evolved from an ancestor with a bigger and more folded brain."
Google

Google Challenging Proposition 8 1475

Posted by kdawson from the not-being-evil dept.
theodp writes "Coming the day after it announced layoffs and office closures, Google's California Supreme Court filing arguing for the overturn of Proposition 8, which asks the Court not to harm its ability to recruit and retain employees, certainly could have been better timed. Google's support of same-sex marriage puts it on the same page with Dan'l Lewin, Microsoft's man in Silicon-Valley, who joined other tech leaders last October to denounce Prop 8 in a full-page newspaper ad. But oddly, Microsoft HR Chief Mike Murray cited religious beliefs for his decision to contribute $100,000 to 'Yes On 8', surprising coming from the guy who had been charged with diversity and sensitivity training during his ten-year Microsoft stint. "
Data Storage

Submission + - How Facebook Stores Billions of Photos (flowgram.com)

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David Gobaud
David Gobaud writes: "Jason Sobel, the manager of infrastructure engineering at Facebook, gave an interesting presentation titled Needle in a Haystack: Efficient Storage of Billions of Photos at Stanford for the Stanford ACM. Jason explains how Facebook efficiently stores ~6.5 billion images, in 4 or 5 sizes each, totaling ~30 billion files, and a total of 540 TB and serving 475,000 images per second at peak. The presentation is now online here in the form of a Flowgram."

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