Researchers propose a self-distillation fix for ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in LLMs

A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve “catastrophic forgetting,” a limitation that often complicates repeated model updates in enterprise deployments. Researchers at MIT, the Improbable AI Lab, and ETH Zurich have introduced a fine-tuning method designed to let models learn new tasks while preserving previously acquired capabilities. To prevent degrading existing capabilities, many organizations isolate…

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Go 1.26 unleashes performance-boosting Green Tea GC

Go 1.26 has been released. The latest version of the Google-built programming language enables the higher performing Green Tea garbage collector (GC) by default. It also introduces a change to generic types that simplifies the implementation of complex data structures. Introduced February 10, Go 1.26 can be downloaded from go.dev. The Green Tea GC, included…

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How neoclouds meet the demands of AI workloads

Neoclouds are specialized clouds devoted to the wildly dynamic world of artificial intelligence, currently experiencing explosive 35.9% annual growth. Built from the ground up to meet AI’s significant computational demands, neoclouds first emerged several years ago. Dozens of providers have arrived since then, with CoreWeave, Crusoe, Llambda, Nebius, and Vultr among the neocloud leaders. The…

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Reactive state management with JavaScript Signals

Signals is a simple idea with massive power. In one fell swoop, Signals provides reactivity while keeping state simple, even in large applications. That’s why the Signals pattern has been adopted for inclusion in Solid, Svelte, and Angular. This article introduces Signals and demonstrates its fresh approach to state management, bringing new life to the…

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Microsoft unveils first preview of .NET 11

Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 1, a planned update to the cross-platform software development platform that features JIT performance improvements, faster compression, CoreCLR support onWebAssembly, and a host of other capabilities. Unveiled February 10,  the preview can be downloaded from dotnet.microsoft.com. Improvements cover areas ranging from the runtime and libraries to the SDK, the…

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