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Forward-looking enterprises have to be aware of emerging artificial intelligence technologies. Get the latest on AI technologies such as NLP, bots, machine learning, deep learning and open source AI tools.
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11 Apr 2025
GenAI vendor Writer releases agentic platform for business
The platform is geared for business users, the vendor's primary targets. However, it must compete with bigger tech companies' agentic tools. Continue Reading
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10 Apr 2025
With Llama 4, Meta ups stakes in open model race
Models in the new Llama 4 family compete with open source offerings, most notably from Chinese upstart DeepSeek. Continue Reading
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10 Apr 2025
Antitrust fix elusive as Google set to face remedies trial
Divesting Chrome, ending search engine agreements and increasing data access are some of the remedies proposed by the Justice Department to fix Google's monopoly in online search. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Apr 2025
AI adoption in networks is the norm despite its infancy
AI adoption has become the norm in enterprise networking, but the industry hasn't yet reached a consensus on standard use cases. Continue Reading
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Video
10 Apr 2025
How to use GitHub Copilot tutorial
Want to quickly learn how to develop advanced applications without writing a line of code? This GitHub Copilot tutorial shows how to start with the popular AI coding assistant. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2025
Google intros agent building tools and an agent protocol
The tech giant introduced a new agent development kit. It also introduced enhanced reasoning capabilities and new features for its multimodal models. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2025
Google enters new era of AI for data with launch of agents
Agentic AI applications for data engineering and data science along with a new underlying knowledge engine aim to make data management and analytics easier and more efficient. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2025
New AI-powered tools from Dremio target data discovery
With relevant data key to developing accurate AI and analytics applications, the data lakehouse specialist's latest features target making data faster and easier to find. Continue Reading
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Podcast
08 Apr 2025
Siemens follows the path of industrial AI
The global tech conglomerate has adapted generative AI technology to create intelligent systems to control machines. Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 Apr 2025
Agentic AI reality check: 5 blind spots for organizations
An analyst warns that, amid the hype around agentic AI, organizations risk overlooking hidden costs, ethical challenges and workforce readiness. Continue Reading
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03 Apr 2025
Anthropic brings AI to students with Claude for Education
The initiative is unsurprising, especially since students and employers have been pushing for more AI tools. However, it fails to address some issues. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2025
A technical guide to agentic AI workflows
Implemented correctly, agentic AI workflows can make business process management more responsive, flexible and autonomous. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2025
A look at OpenAI's $40B funding and $300B valuation
While the amount investors promised shows the potential for the ChatGPT maker in the AI market, concerns about the vendor's profitability could keep it from seeing the full amount. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2025
Informatica adds to Claire lineup of GenAI capabilities
New copilots for data integration and iPaaS highlight the vendor's Spring 2025 release, along with a tool aimed at simplifying access to unstructured data to fuel AI development. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2025
Amazon aims at AI agents with Nova Act for browser use
The vendor introduces a new model and SDK that developers can use to build AI agents to complete tasks on the web. But it's not the first -- or even the second -- to do so. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Mar 2025
How does the bag-of-words model work in NLP?
It's no easy task to teach a machine learning system the complexity of human language. Bag-of-words models can help by turning text into numerical representations. Continue Reading
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28 Mar 2025
ChatGPT vs. GPT: How are they different?
Although the terms ChatGPT and GPT are both used to talk about generative pre-trained transformers, there are significant technical differences to consider. Continue Reading
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28 Mar 2025
Anthropic's early lawsuit win pushes courts forward on fair use
The judge's ruling shows the complexity of bringing a lawsuit against model providers and the need for clarity on fair use in the age of generative AI. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Mar 2025
When to use prompt engineering vs. fine-tuning
Understanding the pros and cons of each method can help your organization get more out of its generative AI systems. Continue Reading
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27 Mar 2025
AWS boosts Q in QuickSight with AI-powered scenario analysis
Driven by customer feedback, the BI platform now enables nontechnical and expert users alike to model data and perform deep analytics using generative AI-fueled natural language. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Mar 2025
What is IT automation? A complete guide for IT teams
IT automation is the use of instructions to create a clear, consistent and repeatable process that replaces an IT professional's manual work in data centers and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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27 Mar 2025
Advantages and disadvantages of AI explained
Is AI good or bad? AI will benefit society, according to experts, but only with the correct guidelines in place and a solid understanding of what AI systems can and cannot do. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2025
AI model race heats up with OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek releases
The GenAI race intensifies with rapid model releases from LLM players, but enterprises are less focused on incremental upgrades and more interested in agentic AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Mar 2025
AI existential risk: Is AI a threat to humanity?
What should enterprises make of the recent warnings about AI's threat to humanity? AI experts and ethicists offer opinions and practical advice for managing AI risk. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2025
Databricks partners with Anthropic to aid GenAI development
With the Claude line of models natively available in the Data Intelligence Platform, developers can securely combine data and AI models to build agents and other applications. Continue Reading
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25 Mar 2025
GitHub Copilot vs. ChatGPT: How do they compare?
Copilot and ChatGPT are generative AI tools that can help coders be more productive. Learn about their strengths and weaknesses, as well as alternative coding assistants. Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Mar 2025
AWS developing high-performing autonomous AI agents
The cloud giant is deeply invested in generative AI. It has focused on adapting the Amazon Q assistant for what it calls 'high-performing agentic enterprise applications.' Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2025
OpenAI targets customer service with new audio models
The models build on GPT-4o and 4o mini architecture. With it, developers can control tone so that contact center agents can effectively help customers on the other end of the call. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2025
Google, OpenAI target state laws in AI action plan
The federal government is developing plans for AI policy in the U.S. Stakeholders want a federal policy preempting state laws as a top strategic priority. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2025
Does using DeepSeek create security risks?
The Chinese AI chatbot, despite its efficiency and customizability, raises serious concerns about data privacy, censorship and security vulnerabilities for business users. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
21 Mar 2025
A developer's guide to thrive vs. AI in coding
Will AI replace software developers? No, if humans focus on what they can do best and AI can't: experienced analysis, imagination and creativity. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Explore real-world use cases for multimodal generative AI
Multimodal generative AI can integrate and interpret multiple data types within a single model, offering enterprises a new way to improve everyday business processes. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Mar 2025
What is neural radiance field (NeRF)?
Neural radiance fields (NeRFs) use deep learning to turn 2D images of objects or scenes into detailed 3D representations by encoding the entire scene into an artificial neural network. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Mar 2025
Understanding the role of temperature settings in AI output
Learn how adjusting the temperature settings in AI tools can help you strike a balance between reliability and innovation. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Domo unveils agentic AI toolkit to simplify development
Agent Catalyst provides users with a four-step process for developing agentic applications, including selecting an LLM and connecting it to relevant proprietary data. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
DBT Labs launches AI copilot to boost developer efficiency
The assistant includes features such as autogenerated documentation and testing to relieve developers and engineers of repetitive tasks and free them up for more innovative work. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2025
3 types of deepfake detection technology and how they work
Think you're talking to your boss on Zoom? You might want to think again. Deepfake technology has already cost enterprises millions of dollars. Here's how to fight fire with fire. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Cloudflare unveils tools for safeguarding AI deployment
The cybersecurity vendor's new suite helps businesses, developers and content creators deploy AI technology at scale safely and securely. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Oracle launches new AI Agent Studio in Fusion suite
The studio is designed for Oracle customers that already have most of their data situated in the Fusion suite. It includes new libraries and a trust and security framework. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Mar 2025
12 prompt engineering best practices and tips
Asking the right questions is crucial for effective generative AI use. Learn 12 tips for writing clear, useful prompts, including mistakes to avoid and advice for image generation. Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2025
Coalesce acquires data catalog upstart to aid transformation
After raising $50 million in venture capital funding in 2024, the startup acquired CastorDoc to add AI-powered data catalog capabilities to its data preparation platform. Continue Reading
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18 Mar 2025
Nvidia aims at agents, physical AI with reasoning models
The AI hardware and software vendor launched Llama Nemotron, a family of open source models for agentic AI. It also introduced Cosmos Reason. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Mar 2025
6 AI nurse robots that are changing healthcare
AI nurse robots like AIREC, Moxi, PARO, Pepper, TUG and XENEX are transforming healthcare. Discover how they assist with nursing tasks and help address staffing shortages. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Mar 2025
Data quality in AI: 9 common issues and best practices
Building a useful, reliable AI system requires trustworthy, well-managed data. Here's how to find and fix data issues that can drag down AI projects. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2025
Baidu's low-priced new AI models bring questions about cost
The Chinese tech vendor said its reasoning model matches DeepSeek's performance, at half the price. It's unclear how much the vendor spent to build it. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Mar 2025
What is Gemma? Google's open sourced AI model explained
Gemma is a collection of lightweight open source generative AI models designed mainly for developers and researchers. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2025
AWS unifies analytics and AI development in SageMaker
In a move that brings previously disparate analytics and AI development tasks together in one environment with data management, Unified Studio is now generally available. Continue Reading
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Definition
13 Mar 2025
What is GenAI? Generative AI explained
Generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, uses sophisticated algorithms to organize large, complex data sets into meaningful clusters of information in order to create new content, including text, images and audio, in response to a query or prompt. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2025
Google's Gemma 3 can run on a single TPU or GPU
Google says the new models are user-friendly, tailored for edge devices and cost-effective. Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Mar 2025
What is task automation?
Task automation uses technology to perform repetitive or routine tasks automatically, improving efficiency, minimizing mistakes and reducing errors. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2025
Vast Data targets secure, speedy agentic AI development
The vendor is furthering its expansion into AI development with features such as vector search and event streaming aimed at enabling users to build and maintain agents. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2025
OpenAI rides agentic wave, intros new agent-building tools
The vendor's new Responses API includes various tools such as web search, file search and computer use that developers can use to build agentic applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Mar 2025
Why small language models are on the rise
Small language models challenge the 'bigger is better' AI myth -- but can they fully replace their larger counterparts? Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Mar 2025
How the legal profession can benefit from AI technology
Lawyers can benefit from AI technology in many ways, but they must be careful to double-check briefs and other documents they create with generative AI. Continue Reading
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10 Mar 2025
New Databricks tools tackle lingering GenAI accuracy issues
Features such as centralized model governance and real-time monitoring aim to improve the accuracy of outputs so that enterprises can confidently scale beyond experimentation. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Mar 2025
GANs vs. VAEs: What is the best generative AI approach?
The use of generative AI is taking off across industries. Two popular approaches are GANs, which are used to generate multimedia, and VAEs, used more for signal analysis. Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Mar 2025
How RAG unlocks the power of enterprise data
An industry analyst's perspective on how retrieval-augmented generation can enhance LLM accuracy, reduce hallucinations and scale AI adoption. Continue Reading
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07 Mar 2025
Mistral tries to differentiate itself with new OCR API
The new tool enables the vendor to target specific use cases for its multimodal model. It also aims to help enterprises that want to self-host due to privacy concerns. Continue Reading
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06 Mar 2025
Google aims to renew leadership in search with AI Mode
The cloud vendor's new AI Mode expands on AI Overviews with advanced reasoning, thinking and multimodal capabilities. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2025
Solving specific problems driving enterprise adoption of AI
When weighing the benefits and risks of deploying AI at scale, whether the tools solve specific problems can accelerate deployment, Sisense CEO Ariel Katz says. Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Mar 2025
What is lemmatization?
Lemmatization is the process of grouping together different inflected forms of the same word. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Mar 2025
How and why to create synthetic data with generative AI
The data required to train and maintain models is often sparse or inaccessible. Fortunately, generative AI can create synthetic data to supplement real-world data. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2025
Qdrant update adds security measures for AI development
The vector database specialist's update includes features that enable secure AI development such as role-based access control and an API for managing cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2025
GPT-4.5 explained: Everything you need to know
GPT-4.5, OpenAI's latest model, enhances natural conversation and emotional intelligence. It supports content generation, multilingual proficiency and more. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2025
JFrog integrates with Hugging Face, Nvidia; intros JFrog ML
The partnership aims to give developers a clearer guide on safe models. It also aims to ensure enterprise-grade safety and security with the deployment of open models. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that uses natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2025
DeepSeek intensifies U.S.-China race for AI supremacy
While U.S. AI vendors still have the upper hand, China has made big gains in AI technology even with U.S. export controls on AI chips and new tariffs on Chinese goods. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is Google AI?
Google AI, formerly known as Google Research, is Google's artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) branch for its AI applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is a private research laboratory that aims to develop and direct artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that benefit humanity as a whole. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
AI startup Anthropic raises $3.5 billion
The startup's valuation and technology continue to put it in direct competition with OpenAI. However, like OpenAI, it faces integration challenges from enterprises. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
CNN vs. GAN: How are they different?
Convolutional neural networks and generative adversarial networks are both deep learning models but differ in how they work and are used. Learn the ins and outs of CNNs and GANs. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
Generative AI ethics: 11 biggest concerns and risks
As adoption and use cases grow, generative AI is upending business models and driving ethical issues such as misinformation, brand integrity and job displacement to the forefront. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
12 top resources to build an ethical AI framework
Examine the standards, tools and techniques available to help navigate the nuances and complexities in establishing a generative AI ethics framework that supports responsible AI. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
Alation unveils AI agents plus SDK for agentic development
The data catalog vendor's new agents for documentation and data quality monitoring represent innovation among metadata management vendors and could force competitors to respond. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
Teradata unveils vector store to fuel AI development
The longtime data management and analytics vendor's new feature will enable developers to discover the relevant data needed to train business-specific generative AI applications. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2025
Compare AI agents vs. RPA: Key differences and overlap
Choosing the right automation strategy isn't just about efficiency -- businesses need to consider adaptability and reliability too. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2025
OpenAI GPT-4.5, Alexa+ and the move to wiser AI systems
With GPT-4.5 and Alexa+, generative AI systems are moving beyond just being LLM chatbots. Instead, they incorporate better human understanding and can perform tasks for humans. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2025
Gemini vs. ChatGPT: What's the difference?
ChatGPT took the early lead among AI-generated chatbots before Google answered with Gemini. While ChatGPT and Gemini perform similar tasks, there are differences. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Feb 2025
What is quantum in physics and computing?
A quantum, the singular form of quanta, is the smallest discrete unit of any physical entity. For example, a quantum of light is a photon, and a quantum of electricity is an electron. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2025
Snowflake adds OpenAI models with Microsoft integration
In a move that adds more model choices for AI developers, models including GPT-4o are now natively available in Cortex AI alongside models from Anthropic, Meta, Mistral and others. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2025
Google boosts AlloyDB with added vector search capabilities
New features address the accuracy and performance of the in-database vector searches that discover relevant data for feeding and training AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2025
IBM to buy open source data platform and AI vendor DataStax
The tech giant looks to the Astra DB creator to strengthen its Watsonx family of AI products. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2025
Apple and the bullish AI investment trend
The iPhone maker's plans have been in the works for a while, but they speak to a larger trend in spending on technology internationally and in the U.S. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Feb 2025
What are diffusion models?
Diffusion models are a category of generative AI that excels at creating images, audio, video and other types of data by using a two-step process: forward diffusion and reverse diffusion. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2025
12 AI conferences to attend in 2025
Stay up to date on the latest trends in AI, and further your understanding of the technology, by attending one of these industry events either in person or virtually. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2025
Reltio adds real-time data delivery to fuel fast decisions
The vendor's new Lightspeed Data Delivery Network can be used to feed customer recommendation engines and other applications that need data instantaneously to fuel actions. Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Feb 2025
Good data strategy is needed for GenAI
While AI has improved and evolved, one thing remains constant: the need for good training data. This will help organizations grow and remain competitive. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2025
Anthropic intros hybrid reasoning model Claude 3.7 Sonnet
The model can perform both generic LLM and reasoning tasks. It is optimized for business use. The vendor also introduced an agent for generating code. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2025
Compare Semantic Kernel vs. LangChain for AI development
Building a new application with generative AI? Compare two popular frameworks to decide which is best for your project. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2025
Couchbase integrates with Nvidia NIM to aid AI development
By joining its Capella AI Model Services environment for AI development with Nvidia's microservices suite, the database vendor aims to make building and managing AI apps easier. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Feb 2025
What is an autoregressive model?
An autoregressive model is a category of machine learning models in which algorithms predict future data based on a series of their own past data. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Feb 2025
What is a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network?
A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) is a neural network architecture that dramatically improves the performance and explainability of physics, mathematics and analytics models. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils world AI model for video games
The new type of foundation model is similar to Nvidia Cosmos. While it makes for a better gaming experience, it's also applicable to enterprises. Continue Reading
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18 Feb 2025
XAI's Grok-3 highlights openness and transparency concerns
The AI startup's new Grok model has 10 times more compute power than the previous generation. XAI also introduced reasoning capabilities that it says surpass reasoning models. Continue Reading
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18 Feb 2025
Run Llama LLMs on your laptop with Hugging Face and Python
How hard is it to run a large language model within a Python program? With a little help from PyTorch and the Hugging Face API, it's not hard at all. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Feb 2025
Google Gemini 2.0 explained: Everything you need to know
Google Gemini 2.0, announced in December 2024, will enhance generative AI with multimodal capabilities and agentic AI features, integrating across Google services. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Feb 2025
What is a reasoning engine?
A reasoning engine is an iterative software system that mimics human problem-solving capabilities, making inferences or reaching conclusions based on rules, logic and established facts or data. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
Confluent, Databricks partner to simplify AI development
With a new integration, joint customers can more easily access real-time streaming data to develop, deploy and maintain trusted AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
Compare generative AI vs. LLMs: Differences and use cases
While large language models like ChatGPT grab headlines, the generative AI landscape is far more diverse, spanning models that are changing how we create images, audio and video. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
History of generative AI innovations spans 9 decades
The dominance of Nvidia chips, emerging technologies like agentic and embodied AI, and knockoffs of ChatGPT are among the latest milestones powering GenAI's business future. Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2025
Thomson Reuters win not telling of other AI fair use lawsuits
A judge rules in favor of the media company. However, the decision will likely not significantly affect generative AI lawsuits still waiting for a court ruling. Continue Reading
