Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

Within 24 hours of the release, community members began porting the algorithm to popular local AI libraries like MLX for ...

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language ...

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises ...
The Financial Times

Walmart wins patents to give algorithms more sway over prices

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Walmart has won patents that will give machine learning and other automated processes more sway over prices, ...
Hackaday

Slug Algorithm For On-GPU Rendering Of Fonts With Bézier Curves Now In Public Domain

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves ...