The Register · Sat 7 Nov

Saturday 7 November

Fireworks says you’re wasting money on AI unless you’re using all the models

AI-generated summary Fireworks AI VP Rob Ferguson explains that using a portfolio of models and automated routing through Nexus and its API helps reduce costs and improve utilization. Ferguson also notes that caching rates and data retention policies impact overall expenses while platforms like Microsoft help handle sensitive workloads.

PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem

AI-generated summary The 2.15 release of PyTorch introduces a rewritten backend for Nvidia's Collective Communications Library to improve fault diagnosis and recovery when multiple GPUs work together. The updated software includes a flight recorder to capture operations after failures occur, along with support for Nvidia's next-generation Blackwell GPUs and parallel processing improvements for Apple gear.