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GraphRAG auto-tuning provides rapid adaptation to new domains
| Alonso Guevara Fernández, Katy Smith, Joshua Bradley, Darren Edge, Ha Trinh, Sarah Smith, Ben Cutler, Steven Truitt, and Jonathan Larson
GraphRAG uses LLM-generated knowledge graphs to substantially improve complex Q&A over retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Discover automatic tuning of GraphRAG for new datasets, making it more accurate and relevant.
In the news | NHS
Futuristic 3D Holoportation Consultations To Bring Specialist Treatment To Remote Parts Of Scotland
Ground-breaking technology aiming to bring specialist treatment to the most remote parts of Scotland, without the need for travel, has received high praise from patients during successful trials in Glasgow. The West of Scotland Innovation Hub, hosted by NHS Greater…
In the news | Zacks
Microsoft (MSFT) Keen on Building Subsea Data Center Network
Microsoft (MSFT) recently labelled its Northern Isles experiment a success, as the subsea data center was found to be cost and energy efficient as well as reliable. The tech giant retrieved its submerged data center for analysis from the seafloor…
In the news | DataCenter Knowledge
Microsoft Finds Underwater Data Centers Practical
Underwater data centers are a go, Microsoft said Monday, a couple months after its researchers pulled their experimental sealed capsule of a data center out of the ocean off the shores of Orkney Islands, in Scotland, where it had been…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably
Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval launched the final phase of a years-long effort that proved the concept of underwater…
Putting the cloud under the sea with Ben Cutler
Episode 40, September 5, 2018 - In today’s podcast we find out a bit about what else the Special Projects team is up to, and then we hear all about Project Natick and how Ben and his team conceived of,…
In the news | CNBC
Microsoft sunk a massive data center in the ocean to boost internet speeds
Microsoft sunk the 40-foot long vessel off the coast of Scotland. The data center contains 12 racks of computers with a total of 864 servers. Microsoft said it can hold data and process information for up to five years without…
In the news | DailyMail.UK
Microsoft’s underwater cloud: First subsea datacenter is launched off the coast of Scotland, and could one day improve your internet speeds
Microsoft is testing a shipping-container-sized datacenter that will provide cloud services from the bottom of the ocean. The years-long ‘Project Natick’ effort recently moved into its second phase of development, with a prototype deployed to the seafloor near Scotland’s Orkney…
In the news | ComputerWorld
Microsoft tests underwater data center
The company is testing underwater data centers with an eye to reducing data latency for the many users who live close to the sea and also to enable rapid deployment of a data center.