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16 Apr 2025
AI chip restrictions limit Nvidia H20 China exports
By Cliff SaranThe US government’s export controls have come into effect, limiting Nvidia’s ability to sell its H20 chip in China
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16 Apr 2025
Fibre fine but US tariffs to take hit on broadband equipment
By Joe O’HalloranAnalyst predicts effect of US tariffs on telecoms and communications industry, revealing probable winners and losers
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16 Apr 2025
Hammerspace vacuums $100 million in Series B to gear for IPO
By Tim McCarthyThe latest funding round doubles the prior Series A total with new and prior investors in Hammerspace to expand sales and marketing reach, but experts question IPO ambitions.
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09 May 2024
Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online
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08 May 2024
Databricks adds vector search, new LLM support to AI suite
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse pioneer is targeting model accuracy with the GA of vector search capabilities that help customers find the data needed to train advanced analytics applications.
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07 May 2024
Dremio adds text-to-SQL tool, new partnerships to fuel GenAI
By Eric AvidonThe latest update from the data lakehouse specialist includes text-to-SQL translation capabilities and new partnerships that help create an ecosystem for GenAI development.
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03 May 2024
Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonChair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee has written to the UK’s digital secretary about the government’s approach to generative AI, lamenting a lack of support for copyright holders and measures to ensure competition in AI markets
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02 May 2024
MongoDB launches tools for developing generative AI apps
By Eric AvidonThe database vendor's new capabilities include Atlas Stream Processing to enable real-time model updates and Atlas Search Nodes to handle advanced analytics workloads.
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02 May 2024
Oracle adds vector search capabilities to database platform
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant's update features capabilities aimed at enabling users to operationalize unstructured data as well as bring AI to their data to avoid duplication and isolation.
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01 May 2024
Google Cloud accelerates asteroid discovery for US-based non-profit
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle Cloud opens up about the work it is doing with a US-based planetary science non-profit to help map the solar system
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01 May 2024
Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMilitary technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target
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30 Apr 2024
MicroStrategy targets trusted AI with latest platform update
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's platform now includes capabilities aimed at helping customers trust NLP responses, as well as automate workflows from dashboards and third-party applications.
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30 Apr 2024
Tableau adds generative AI tools, tightens Databricks bond
By Eric AvidonThe analytics vendor's new features include a tool that enables customers to explore metrics using natural language as well as connectors that improve its link to Databricks.
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30 Apr 2024
TigerGraph unveils GenAI assistant, introduces new CEO
By Eric AvidonUnder the leadership of Hamid Azzawe, the graph database specialist's new copilot and platform update target new users beyond its historical base of academics and engineers.
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30 Apr 2024
Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonForeign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress
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29 Apr 2024
Case study: Seeing clearly with data at Specsavers
By Stephen PritchardHelen Mannion, director of global data and business transformation at high street opticians firm Specsavers, opens up about the importance of data to the organisation
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26 Apr 2024
Logi analytics suite to add new GenAI, SaaS capabilities
By Eric AvidonInsightsoftware, parent company of the embedded BI specialist, unveiled a new generative AI assistant and SaaS version of Symphony to enable efficiency and cost savings.
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26 Apr 2024
European Parliament approves platform worker directive
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe approval of the platform worker directive gives member states two years to incorporate its measures into their national legislation, which includes provisions on how to classify the employment of gig workers and deploy algorithmic decision-making at work
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24 Apr 2024
AtScale adds semantic layer support for AI, GenAI models
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new platform update centers around decision-making flexibility, collaboration and community, and includes a metadata hub along with support for advanced applications.
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24 Apr 2024
AI firm saves a million in shift to Pure FlashBlade shared storage
By Antony AdsheadAI consultancy Crater Labs spent vast amounts of time managing server-attached drives to ensure GPUs were saturated. A shift to all-flash Pure Storage slashed that to almost zero
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24 Apr 2024
Snowflake targets enterprise AI with launch of Arctic LLM
By Eric AvidonThe data cloud vendor's open source LLM was designed to excel at business-specific tasks, such as generating code and following instructions, to enable enterprise-grade development.
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23 Apr 2024
Enterprise AI: Free, premium or a bolt-on?
By Cliff SaranSaaS providers will have to offer AI in their product mix. But they need to make a huge upfront investment in AI infrastructure, which impacts revenue
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23 Apr 2024
Lords split over UK government approach to autonomous weapons
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDuring a debate on autonomous weapons systems, Lords expressed mixed opinions towards the UK government’s current position, including its reluctance to adopt a working definition and commit to international legal instruments controlling their use
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22 Apr 2024
NCSC announces PwC’s Richard Horne as CEO
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFormer PwC and Barclays cyber chief Richard Horne set to join UK’s National Cyber Security Centre as CEO
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19 Apr 2024
Tech companies operating with opacity in Israel-Palestine
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTech firms operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel are falling “woefully short” of their human rights responsibilities amid escalating devastation in Gaza, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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18 Apr 2024
TUC publishes legislative proposal to protect workers from AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonProposed bill for regulating artificial intelligence in the UK seeks to translate well-meaning principles and values into concrete rights and obligations that protect workers from systems that make ‘high-risk’ decisions about them
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17 Apr 2024
AI-fueled efficiency a focus for SAS analytics platform
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest product development plans include an AI assistant and prebuilt AI models that enable workers to be more productive as they explore and analyze data.
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Gleaning data insights with AI
By Aaron TanHong Kong-based Citic Telecom CPC has built a data platform that leverages large language models to generate insights and speed up data retrieval and analysis
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Making AI pervasive
By Aaron TanDBS Bank’s AI Industrialisation Programme has been instrumental in industrialising the use of data and artificial intelligence across its business, resulting in over S$370m of incremental economic benefits