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Impact of AI data center buildout

Impact of AI data center buildout   Oracle already had a lot of contracts around the Gulf, and it also had a strong business relationship with one of China’s most important A.I. companies, ByteDance. Oracle was the U.S. cloud provider for the U.S. division of ByteDance’s TikTok, storing and securing the data of the app’s 100 million American users.  ...  In late 2022, ByteDance acknowledged that its employees had accessed the I.P. addresses of two American tech reporters. (ByteDance said it fired the people involved and tightened its protocols so that it could never happen again.)  ...  With the Biden plan dead, Oracle was free to operate its data center complex in Malaysia as it saw fit. By the end of June, the facility was on track to become the second-biggest in the world. Oracle doesn’t release the names of its customers there, but by studying its output, an independent A.I. research firm, SemiAnalysis, determined that the facility was feeding most of its co...
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China's ByteDance

China's ByteDance TikTok is only a fraction of ByteDance’s massive business portfolio, accounting for roughly 15% to 20% of its total global revenue. The remaining 80% to 85% of ByteDance’s revenue comes from "other things".  ByteDance generated $186 billion in total revenue, making it the largest social media conglomerate in the world by revenue, even surpassing Meta. What ByteDance Owns Besides TikTok 1. Core Chinese Platforms (The Primary Revenue Engines) Douyin : Chinese version of TikTok. Far more advanced in social commerce . Users can buy groceries, book hotel rooms, and order food delivery directly inside the app.    Toutiao : A highly popular AI-driven news and content aggregation platform in China.  Xigua Video & Huoshan : Complementary video streaming platforms in China focusing on mid-form content and live streaming. 2. Global AI and Productivity Software CapCut : The world's most popular free mobile video editing app. Integrates with TikTok and monet...
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OCI vs AWS

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs  Amazon Web Services (AWS) Choose OCI for these reasons: Cost and Pricing Compute and Storage: OCI is 30% to 50% cheaper.   Data Egress: OCI gifts the first 10 TB/mth of outbound internet data transfer for free, whereas AWS charges for outbound data traffic.  Pricing Structure: OCI has identical pricing across the globe, while AWS charges different prices depending on region.  Database and Enterprise Workloads Oracle Integration: OCI is purpose-built to run Oracle Database, Exadata, and Oracle E-Business Suite at significantly lower total cost and higher transaction throughput (30–50% faster) than AWS.  Licensing: OCI applies a 1:1 core licensing factor for Oracle Bring Your Own License (BYOL), compared to the 2:1 penalty ratio often enforced by AWS and Azure.  Infrastructure and Performance Noisy Neighbors: OCI uses isolated network virtualization architecture to reduce performance interference from other ten...
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Adoption of AI

 Adoption of AI Advice: 1) Not trust AI 100% to do everything 2) LLM not run workflow 3) Sandbox it 4) Log everything 5) Least privilege 6) Start slow with using AI 7) AI sucks at math 8) Time stamp tool 9) Shell mcp 10) Galileo AI to add guardrails
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AI in Computer Security

 AI in Computer Security Well written reports about new AI tests in computer security: https://www.cybergym.io/
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AI Environment

AI Environment   I was asked how to create an environment for AI that would I do for a business firm that is not a software firm. Thought it was a great question faced by many people.  This blog entry is an attempt to answer that question: Option 1 1) Get and Install  Docker    Download Docker.    A different option from a Docker container is an Edera container. ( https://edera.dev/ )  2) Create Docker Container ( Sandbox ) with Config file    The safest and easiest way to isolate your AI is running Ollama in a Docker container .     Why Docker?  Docker creates a strict security sandbox. The AI cannot see or touch the host computer's files unless you explicitly map a specific folder to it.  You can configure the Docker container with a restricted network bridge, preventing the AI from reaching the internet or sensitive company servers.      A suggested Docker config file is below.   ...
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