Cloud Computing

Agent Factory Recap: Reinforcement Learning and Fine-Tuning on TPUs

In our agent factory holiday special, Don McCasland and I were joined by Kyle Meggs, Senior Product Manager on the TPU Training Team at Google, to dive deep into the world of model fine tuning. We focused specifically on reinforcement learning (RL), and how Google’s own infrastructure of TPUs are designed to power these massive […]

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Introducing BigQuery managed and SQL-native inference for open models

BigQuery provides access to a variety of LLMs for text and embedding generation, including Google’s Gemini models, Google-managed models from partners like Anthropic and Mistral. Using Gemini models and Google-managed partner models in BigQuery is simple — just create the model with the foundation model name and run inference directly in SQL queries. Today, we

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Closing the Door on Net-NTLMv1: Releasing Rainbow Tables to Accelerate Protocol Deprecation

Written by: Nic Losby Introduction Mandiant is publicly releasing a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables to underscore the urgency of migrating away from this outdated protocol. Despite Net-NTLMv1 being deprecated and known to be insecure for over two decades—with cryptanalysis dating back to 1999—Mandiant consultants continue to identify its use in active environments. This

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Palo Alto Networks automates customer intelligence document creation with agentic design

For a global cybersecurity leader like Palo Alto Networks, a comprehensive understanding of each customer is critical for success. For every engagement the Palo Alto Networks pre-sales team has, the comprehensive understanding is centralized in an internal Document of Record (DOR), a vital asset that provides a 360-degree standardized view of the customer for sales

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