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1. Artificial intelligence · Data & databases · Cloud & data centers

   OpenAI explains scaling storage for ChatGPT's huge user base

   OpenAI describes scaling Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching and Azure Cosmos DB. This delivers 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
2. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence · Data & databases

   DigitalOcean makes prompt caching generally available

   Prompt caching is now generally available on DigitalOcean Serverless Inference, cutting costs for repeated context by up to 90 percent. Time to first token also drops by up to 80 percent.

   Full story at digitalocean.com ↗
3. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases

   Amazon MWAA launches in Mexico region

   AWS now offers Amazon MWAA Provisioned environments in the Mexico (Central) Region. Customers can use this to run Apache Airflow workflows locally.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
4. Artificial intelligence · Data & databases

   ThinkingBox turns DB grading into RL rewards

   A new system called ThinkingBox converts database grading into reinforcement learning rewards. It is used for post-training improvement of AI agents.

   Full story at huggingface.co ↗

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