Experience of tuning Llama3 405B on AMD MI300x
Open-source models are becoming more voluminous, so the need for reliable infrastructure for large-scale AI training is higher than ever today. Recently, our company…
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Adapting fuzzing to find vulnerabilities
Fuzzing is a very popular software testing technique using random input data. There are a huge number of materials on the web about how to find software defects using…
Access to multiple Kubernetes pods via TCP protocol and a single external IP
In the Amvera cloud, microservices and user databases run in a Kubernetes cluster. To access applications, it is usually sufficient to use the nginx ingress controller,…
How to choose a case fan for a PC: 5 interesting models from 120 to 360 mm
15 years ago, users and manufacturers did not think much about good computer cooling. There was one 120 mm fan in the front of the system unit, which barely pushed cool…
The Intelligence Age. Translation of Sam Altman's essay
Yesterday, Sam Altman published a note on his website titled "The Intelligence Age," in which the CEO of OpenAI discusses the future of artificial intelligence and the…
How to improve the security risk assessment process in 4 steps
Hello, tekkix! My name is Irina, I am an information security analyst at Avito. In this article, I share our experience and my personal impressions of building the information…
Encrypt this, encrypt that, or LLM under lock and key
Hello, dear readers of tekkix. The more I delve into LLM, the more I am convinced that they have now taken, if not the most important, then certainly one of the very…
Detection of DGA domains or a test task for the position of intern ML-engineer
In this article, we will consider a simple task that is used by one company as a test task for interns for the position of ML-engineer.
Sovereign AI, honor killings, and R&D deficit. Where is the Indian economy heading today?
We continue to talk about the successes and failures of the independent Indian economy. In the previous article, we showed what happened to the country's economy from…
New modular laptop from MNT Research: what kind of device is it and what are its capabilities
Hello, tekkix residents. This is Viktor Sergeev from MTS Digital. At the beginning of 2024, the modular laptop MNT Pocket Reform from MNT Research, which we have already…
To the collection of BGP vulnerabilities — how the Kirin attack works
Over the years of the protocol's existence, many vulnerabilities have been identified in it. And recently, a group of researchers found a new one. We explain what this…
Unusual beast: Desktop2 graphical shell for MS-DOS
Hello, tekkix! This is Anton Komarov from MTS Digital. Today, a bit of nostalgia again - let's talk about Desktop2.
Improving robot navigation using neural potential field
Hello everyone! My name is Alexey Staroverov, I am a research fellow in the "Embodied agents" group at AIRI. My scientific interests mainly include reinforcement learning…
Goodbye, ChromeOS: a long journey to Linux with a homemade Suzy-Q cable and BIOS firmware
Hello, tekkix! This is Kirill from MTS Digital. After I managed to teach the Chromebook to boot from a flash drive, which I talked about in the post "Chromebook: life…
Kiisu — a board compatible with Flipper Zero
It all started when I forgot the key to the gate to the yard and remembered my last year's idea to make something similar to Flipper, but more compact, so that I could…
Configuring DHCPv6 and SLAAC in IPv6 networks
With the development of the internet and the exhaustion of the IPv4 address space, the transition to IPv6 becomes necessary. IPv6 expands the number of available addresses…
Feelings on outsourcing or why knights should fear large language models
Marshall McLuhan in his famous book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man argued that every new medium is an extension of man. The telephone, for example, became…
What is AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2, and how does it increase fps in games even on weak PCs and laptops
Each year, the range of "real" hardware innovations in computer technology becomes increasingly scarce. They are being replaced by software and AI-based innovations.…
