Snowflake releases open source Arctic 128 Experts MoE for business

Geeky Gadgets— The development team at Snowflake has introduced a new large language model named Arctic, specifically designed for enterprise applications. This artificial intelligent (AI) model is distinguished by its focus on business-to-business (B2B) usage rather than consumer applications, addressing the high costs and resource demands associated with developing custom large language models (LMS) for enterprise use. […]

TechSpot—Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.0 source code and floppy images through an open-source license. Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. Working in partnership with IBM and "in the spirit of open innovation," the company has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 under an MIT license.Read Entire Article

Geeky Gadgets—Apple release new open source AI models for on device processing. In a significant move towards enhancing privacy and processing efficiency, Apple has introduced a series of open source large language models (LLMs) known as OpenELM. These models are uniquely designed to operate directly on devices, diverging from the traditional reliance on cloud-based computations. This shift not only promises to improve user privacy by processing data […]

Ars Technica—Microsoft open-sources infamously weird, RAM-hungry MS-DOS 4.00 release. DOS 4.00 was supposed to add multitasking to the OS, but it was not to be.