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Artificial Intelligence
Articles on AI in the cloud: workloads, cost, data residency and operations for IT and business decision-makers.
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Claude Code now runs Alibaba’s Qwen too
cloudmagazin classifies Qwen3.8-Max: Anthropic-compatible API, Claude Code integration, mixed benchmarks, and the hosting question for the Max class.
Opus 5 on Bedrock: ZDR Is the Real Clou
Opus 5 is on AWS - over Bedrock and the Claude Platform. The decisive default for DACH: Zero Data Retention …
Antares: Open-Weight SLMs Find CVE Files
Antares 350M/1B: open-weight SLMs locate CVE files in the repo. Local, Apache 2.0, VLoc Bench - file-triage without cloud obligation.
When AI Agents Travel: Data Residency as an Operating Problem
Every agent jump into a different region is a compliance event. Data residency governs the operating model-not just the server …
When AI Answers Replace Rankings
Users no longer ask Google; they ask AI. For SaaS providers, it will soon matter whether they appear in the …
Nadella’s Paradox: Why AI Users Pay Twice
Nadella's Reverse Information Paradox highlights real AI lock-in risks. How intelligence exhaust impacts data sovereignty for mid-sized firms.
Soofi S: Sovereign Doesn’t Mean Superior
Soofi S leads in German benchmarks and maintains speed in long-context tasks, but Qwen3.5 outperforms in reasoning. A technical performance …
AI Integration Goes Enterprise-Grade: Model Context Protocol…
The Model Context Protocol is now under Linux Foundation governance with Apache 2.0 licensing and a predictable lifecycle. What this …
Midjourney’s Body Scanner is a Compute Problem
Cloud instead of clinic: Midjourney's full-body scanner stands and falls with image reconstruction in the computing cluster.
AWS removes the agent underlay, the hook remains
AWS consolidates agent development into Toolkit and AgentCore, saving developers weeks of infrastructure work.
Cursor Cloud-Agents: Coden, even when the laptop is shut down
Cursor executes coding agents in the cloud that continue running even with a closed laptop. What this means for DevOps …
Frontier model offline by official order: The architecture lesson
Anthropic shuts down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide. What the regulatory halt teaches cloud teams about model abstraction and …
Disaggregated Inference: Why AWS and Cerebras Are Splitting with the GPU
Cloud inference is being broken down: AWS and Cerebras are separating prefill and decode onto their own chips.
When AI Writes 80% of the Code, Who Checks It?
Claude Fable 5 brings the Mythos class into enterprise use. What this means for code reviews, inference costs, and governance.
Kubernetes as the Default OS for AI: Cluster as a Compliance Issue
Gartner predicts 80% platform adoption to occur by the end of 2026. What was known as DevEx in 2022 is …
Apple Divides AI Inference: Device vs. Cloud
Apple separates on-device and cloud AI at WWDC 2026: 12 GB RAM as the edge gate, private cloud compute for …
If the AI Bill Blows Up the Cloud Budget
FinOps for AI workloads: Gemini's batch mode halves token prices, AWS Inferentia reduces GPU load. Multi-cloud strategies are cutting AI …
Artificial Intelligence Is No Longer a Playground for the IT Channel
31 percent of IT service providers in the DACH region are working with AI-driven technology, according to the GTIA, more …
Sovereign AI as Infrastructure: Open Source Decides Sovereignty
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly becoming a strategic infrastructure for businesses. In conversation with Alexander Hendorf, AI consultant and open-source expert, …
Qumulo and Cisco activate idle GPUs
Only 5 percent average GPU utilization: Qumulo and Cisco’s Cloud AI Accelerator taps into unused capacity-here’s what DACH teams gain.
Cloud-native matures: What Knative and Kubernetes 1.34 mean for AI workloads
Knative has graduated, and Kubernetes 1.34 brings production-ready AI hardware scheduling to life-here’s what the latest cloud-native maturity means for…
FinOps Sees Everything, But Can’t Do Anything: Why Cloud Waste Isn’t Decreasing
Despite FinOps, 25 to 35 percent of cloud waste persists everywhere-and the figure isn’t dropping.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1: AI workloads and the sovereignty question in your own data center
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings AI workloads in-house to your data center: GPU support, 500-node clusters, and sovereignty-why the licensing …
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