Episode 478: Beware of the Llama
Software Defined Talk
Navigating Airline Pricing and Open Source AI Insights
This chapter examines the changing dynamics between premium and budget airlines, delving into their pricing strategies. It also covers Mark Zuckerberg's promotion of open source AI and the implications of Meta's LAMA model, highlighting the distinctions between free models and true open source.
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This week, we discuss Meta making Llama "open source," Microsoft (over)investing in AI, and AWS doing some spring cleaning. Plus, a lightning round and lamenting the end of Southwest Airlines' open seating.
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Rundown
- Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating
- Meta
- MSFT
- AWS Spring Cleaning
- CrowdStrike Follow Up
- Microsoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage
- Delta hires David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after outage
- 4,000 flights canceled. Had to manually reset 40,000 servers
- How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us
- Why the CrowdStrike bug hit banks hard
- Lighting Round
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