'Western Qwen': IBM wows with Granite 4 LLM launch and hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture

The Qwen family from Alibaba remains a dense, decoder-only Transformer architecture, with no Mamba or SSM layers in its mainline models. However, experimental offshoots like Vamba-Qwen2-VL-7B show ...
InfoWorld

Using Microsoft’s Data API builder for Azure databases

Microsoft Azure is now so big it’s hard to keep on top of all its features, let alone drill down into its ever-growing line ...
InfoWorld

Bring your data to your code with Azure’s Data API Builder

One area where this process is obvious is Azure’s many different service APIs, which often give language- and ...
Computer Weekly

AI Workflows- Appian: Up the abstraction ladder (not down the rabbit hole)

To elevate AI up this abstraction ladder, the same needs to happen for the inputs it receives. We’ve seen this pattern before ...
BMJ Open

Understanding Canadian experiences of suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a pan-Canadian qualitative study

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic led to major disruptions in society across many spheres, including healthcare, the economy and social behaviours. While early predictions warned of an increased risk ...