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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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News
19 Dec 2024
Boomi's Rivery acquisition aimed at AI, real-time analysis
With the purchase, the data integration specialist adds change data capture capabilities for AI and real-time analytics. Continue Reading
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Answer
19 Dec 2024
How bad is generative AI data leakage and how can you stop it?
Mismanaged training data, weak models, prompt injection attacks can all lead to data leakage in GenAI, with serious costs for companies. The good news? Risks can be mitigated. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Apr 2024
Google Cloud Next 24 recap: GenAI tools for enterprises
New products introduced at Google Cloud Next stand to provide enterprises with GenAI tools for analytics, data management, AI model building and more. Continue Reading
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17 Apr 2024
Lawmakers concerned about deepfake AI's election impact
Lawmakers want Congress to intervene and tackle AI manipulations that could affect U.S. elections. However, legislation has yet to advance to the House or Senate floor. Continue Reading
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17 Apr 2024
Looking closer at Microsoft's investment in UAE AI vendor G42
The tech giant will own a minor stake, and G42's LLM will be on Azure. The move helps the cloud provider expand globally and helps the U.S. court the UAE away from China. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Apr 2024
Foundation models explained: Everything you need to know
Foundation models are large-scale, adaptable AI models reshaping enterprise AI. They hold promise but face risks such as biases, security breaches and environmental impacts. Continue Reading
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16 Apr 2024
Zendesk users get generative AI infusion for customer service
Zendesk customers get their shot of GenAI, which comes in the form of agent tools, self-service workflow assistants and workforce management features. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2024
Adobe working to offer GenAI tools from OpenAI and others
The creative content software vendor previewed new video workflow tools in its video editing suite that let editors use video-generating tools from OpenAI and others. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Apr 2024
The role of generative AI in networking
As networks grow more complex, generative AI emerges as a tool that can help network teams with a wide range of tasks, such as writing scripts, documentation and incident response. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Apr 2024
Mixture-of-experts models explained: What you need to know
By combining specialized models to handle complex tasks, mixture-of-experts architectures can improve efficiency and accuracy for large language models and other AI systems. Continue Reading
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11 Apr 2024
Meta's new silicon shows a growing trend for AI hyperscalers
The new hardware highlights a growing trend of hyperscalers designing custom chips for internal use. This move will help vendors rely less on hardware providers such as Nvidia. Continue Reading
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10 Apr 2024
How Intel's new AI Gaudi 3 chip compares with Nvidia chips
The new chip matches the Nvidia H100 but lacks in performance compared with the Nvidia Blackwell. The vendor also introduced new edge computing offerings. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Apr 2024
internet
The internet, sometimes simply called 'the net,' is a worldwide system of interconnected computer networks and electronic devices that communicate with each other using an established set of protocols. Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2024
Google's updates in Vertex AI, Imagen 2 support GenAI apps
The cloud provider introduced updates to Vertex AI. It revealed its LLM family Gemini is now available in Vertex. Its image generating tool also has new capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2024
Google adds generative AI, video creation to Workspace
The tech giant strengthened its workplace productivity and collaboration platform with new artificial intelligence capabilities and the ability to create videos. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Apr 2024
Auto-GPT
Auto-GPT is an experimental, open source autonomous AI agent based on the GPT-4 language model. Continue Reading
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Podcast
08 Apr 2024
Musicians and the fight for fairness in the age of GenAI
Artists say generative AI systems are threatening their livelihoods. Jenn Anderson-Miller, CEO of music licensing company Audiosocket, has ideas about how to address the issue. Continue Reading
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04 Apr 2024
Dissecting the musicians' open letter to AI vendors
The letter attempts to play on public sympathy and move AI technology vendors to take some action toward fairness. It also brings up the question of data ownership. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2024
AI assistant from Tableau targets efficiency, deep analysis
The analytics vendor's copilot can recommend questions that might lead to otherwise undiscovered insights as well as understand follow-up questions that result in deep analysis. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2024
Edge AI startup reveals GenAI accelerator, $120M fundraise
The startup introduced a new GenAI accelerator for PCs and smart vehicles. The vendor's growth highlights the shift to training GenAI workloads from the cloud to the edge. Continue Reading
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01 Apr 2024
AWS, Google release contact center GenAI tools
AWS releases contact center workforce management features and post-call summaries powered by GenAI; Google previews its own for Contact Center AI Platform. Continue Reading
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News
28 Mar 2024
Microsoft intros new responsible AI tools in Azure Studio
The new tools address one of the barriers of adoption for enterprises looking to use generative AI technologies. They show Microsoft's thought process on government regulations. Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2024
Zoom spreads AI across collaboration services
Zoom's new AI-powered Workplace enters a market in which enterprises worry about the loss of data control in AI applications spreading across collaboration platforms. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2024
AI hardware vendors band together to challenge Nvidia
An industry group including Arm and Intel seeks to increase the number of options in the AI market and decrease developers' dependence on GPUs. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Mar 2024
AI, storage, infrastructure in focus at KubeCon Europe 2024
Takeaways at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 included the continued prevalence of AI in infrastructure and the increasing value of Kubernetes storage management. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2024
Talkdesk releases on-prem AI contact center automation suite
Contact center as a service users have a leg up on generative AI integrations because of the nature of cloud infrastructure, but on-premises customer service will get theirs. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2024
Writer Inc.'s new AI tool generates voice of marketers' content
As generative AI technology grows in marketing, personalized tools such as these help brands define their style. It makes sure what's generated is on brand with a company's message. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2024
Cisco releases Webex AI Assistant for office, contact center
Cisco brings AI Assistant for Webex to Enterprise Connect. Analysts break down the timing and potential for the new features available for office collaboration and contact center. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Mar 2024
model card in machine learning
A model card is a type of documentation that is created for, and provided with, machine learning models. Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Mar 2024
Security, bias risks inherent in GenAI black box models
Language models are stochastic models that generate output based on data upon which they have been trained. Often, these models are a closed black box. That leads to many problems. Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2024
Nvidia partners, customers drive AI into data centers
Nvidia and its partners are providing the tools and infrastructure to build and deploy AI applications that companies say could transform their businesses. Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2024
Nvidia unveils text-to-3D AI research project
The new model helps generate 3D images faster. It was trained on different animals and objects using the vendor's A100 GPU and prompts generated with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Mar 2024
digital thread
A digital thread is a data-driven communication framework that connects traditionally siloed elements in manufacturing processes and provides an integrated view of an asset throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Mar 2024
Clean data is the foundation of machine learning
Clean data is crucial to achieving accurate, consistent and thorough machine learning models. With the right prep techniques, teams can improve data quality and model outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2024
Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder amid Google-Apple news
DeepMind's cofounder will head a new division that focuses on Copilot. The move comes amid talk that Microsoft's rival's LLM might be incorporated into the iPhone. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Mar 2024
Deriving value from generative AI with the right use case
The technology will be valuable to tech vendors. For users, a return on investment will depend on the applications as well as whether enterprises choose to build or buy their models. Continue Reading
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Answer
19 Mar 2024
Use AI tools to simplify operations inside your data center
AI is a cornerstone technology that will be part of future-proofing the data center. It will control operations like cooling, network optimization and configuration management. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 Mar 2024
chain-of-thought prompting
Chain-of-thought prompting is a prompt engineering technique that aims to improve language models' performance on tasks requiring logic, calculation and decision-making by structuring the input prompt in a way that mimics human reasoning. Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2024
Nvidia unveils new AI Blackwell chip, microservices and more
The vendor launched a barrage of AI tech including faster chips in its new Blackwell infrastructure and new microservices that enable enterprises to create custom applications. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2024
Oracle adds generative AI tools to Fusion CX applications
The new tools are among 50 generative AI features Oracle released for several Fusion applications, from CX to HR and supply chain. Continue Reading
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13 Mar 2024
Cerebras introduces next-gen AI chip for GenAI training
The new accelerator is for training large AI models. It powers the startup's CS-3 supercomputer, which is designed to train models that are 10 times larger than GPT-4 and Gemini. Continue Reading
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13 Mar 2024
Zendesk to acquire AI customer service bot startup Ultimate
Zendesk continues its acquisition spree with plans to buy partner Ultimate, making way for more straightforward integration of virtual agents. Continue Reading
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13 Mar 2024
EU AI Act sets global standard for managing AI
The EU AI Act will come into force in 2024, meaning that global enterprise businesses will need to take steps toward compliance. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Mar 2024
The need for common sense in AI systems
Building explainable and trustworthy AI systems is paramount. To get there, computer scientists Ron Brachman and Hector Levesque suggest infusing common sense into AI development. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Mar 2024
How data poisoning attacks work
Generative AI brings business opportunities to the enterprise but also security risks. Learn about an evolving attack vector called data poisoning and how it works. Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2024
Dataiku intros GenAI cost monitoring tool: LLM Cost Guard
The tool lets customers be provider-agnostic and can integrate with models from providers like OpenAI, AWS and Anthropic. It watches for overruns and differentiates between costs. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2024
Meta intros two GPU training clusters for Llama 3
The Facebook parent company said the training clusters are part of its plans to grow its infrastructure and obtain 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs by the end of the year. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2024
Cohere tackles some generative AI challenges with Command-R
The startup's new large language model aims to address problems with factual accuracies in generative AI models. It also focuses on language problems, and cloud and API challenges. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2024
Elon Musk plans to take xAI chatbot Grok open source
The move comes nearly two weeks after the Tesla owner filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. It also comes as more vendors are providing open source options for enterprise users. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2024
Podcast: A look at SambaNova's open source AI strategy
Despite sometimes being seen as a direct competitor to Nvidia Systems, the AI hardware and software vendor tries to distinguish itself by focusing on training open source models. Continue Reading
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Answer
07 Mar 2024
How can AI help cloud storage security?
AI can improve cloud storage security through such uses as encryption, storage management and anomaly detection, but admins must consider risks as well. Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2024
Microsoft whistleblower, OpenAI, the NYT, and ethical AI
The vendor has filed a memorandum to dismiss some of the arguments The New York Times made in its copyright lawsuit. However, it now faces criticism from its own software engineer. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Mar 2024
Explore mitigation strategies for 10 LLM vulnerabilities
As large language models enter more enterprise environments, it's essential for organizations to understand the associated security risks and how to mitigate them. Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2024
Open letter promising better AI for the future lacks action
The letter initiated by venture capitalist Ron Conway and his investment firm SV Angel was signed by OpenAI and Google. It pledges a better future and benefits from the technology. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2024
What's next for Salesforce Einstein AI and Data Cloud
What's next for Salesforce as it builds Data Cloud and integrates it with Einstein AI? EVP and GM of both, Rahul Auradkar, explains what to expect. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2024
AI race surges as Anthropic intros Claude 3
The new models have a larger context window and multimodal capabilities. They reflect the new level of normal in generative AI and the myriad model choices for enterprises. Continue Reading
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01 Mar 2024
Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, OpenAI for breach of contract
The owner of X argues that OpenAI's CEO and Greg Brockman breached the original agreement the AI company was founded on through its partnership with Microsoft and release of GPT-4. Continue Reading
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29 Feb 2024
H2O.ai releases small language model: H2O-Danube-1.8B
The new model comes as the generative market continues to see the emergence of small language models. The models provide enterprises with better privacy and data controls. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Feb 2024
7 tech jobs IT pros can use to help the environment
Almost every job can be used to help save the planet, and that's true for IT roles as well. Learn how these seven business tech jobs can promote sustainability. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Feb 2024
Compare large language models vs. generative AI
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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Feature
28 Feb 2024
Autonomous AI agents: A progress report
Now in the early stages of development, AI agents using LLMs might one day number in the billions, operate networks of interconnected ecosystems and alter the commercial landscape. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Feb 2024
causal AI
Causal AI is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) designed to identify and understand the cause and effect of relationships across data. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2024
Intel, Nvidia aim latest systems-on-a-chip at AI workstations
Nvidia's RTX 500 and RTX 1000 GPUs are for the lightest mobile workstations. Intel's Core Ultra with a built-in GPU can handle many AI-powered tasks on the workhorse computers. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2024
SambaNova Systems intros Samba-1 generative AI model
The new model is aimed at enterprises wanting to use generative models without compromising privacy. It also uses the best open source model for a given application. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2024
Microsoft allies with OpenAI rival Mistral AI
The tech giant is investing in the open source startup. The partnership means Mistral's premium models, including its new model, Mistral Large, will be available on Azure. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2024
Podcast: 2024 the year of ROI for generative AI
Generative AI technologies are proliferating rapidly, but vendors and investors are looking to monetize AI models, a pivot from last year's innovative frenzy. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Feb 2024
How AI and cloud storage can work together
AI can help cloud storage providers with management, but challenges for users include vendor compatibility issues, lack of transparency in cost and privacy concerns. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2024
Stability AI adopts new architecture in Stable Diffusion 3
The new version of the image model uses a different architecture than previous versions. It comes in different sizes and has better spelling capabilities. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2024
Tableau launches Pulse, a GenAI-fueled insight generator
The tool, which monitors data for metric changes and uses natural language to alert users, is the longtime analytics vendor's first generally available GenAI capability. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2024
AI vendor finds opportunity amid AI computing problem
The GPU cloud provider recently raised $320 million. It has found an opportunity as more enterprises seek to run generative models and the demand for infrastructure is high. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Feb 2024
Pros and cons of facial recognition
While facial recognition can offer many security and authentication benefits, flawed or misused facial recognition systems can put consumers at risk. Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2024
Google releases new family of open models: Gemma
The cloud provider's new models compete with Meta's Llama 2 open source model. Google incorporates responsible AI standards that should appeal to enterprises. Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2024
Taste intelligence and AI vendor raises $25 million
Qloo raised $25 million in series C funding. Using machine learning, the vendor helps customers predict consumer tastes and makes it actionable through an API. Continue Reading
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Opinion
21 Feb 2024
AI news roundup: OpenAI video model, Nvidia chatbot and more
Explore last week's AI news highlights with analyst Mike Leone's roundup of top developments, including OpenAI's launch of video model Sora and Nvidia's locally running chatbot. Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Feb 2024
BERT language model
BERT language model is an open source machine learning framework for natural language processing (NLP). Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2024
OpenAI intros text-to-video model Sora, challenges rivals
Sora can generate video from text. OpenAI is red teaming the technology and admits it has some weaknesses. The release is a natural progression of the vendor's GenAI technology. Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2024
Google updates AI model Gemini, adds 1M context window
The cloud provider's 1.5 Pro model has the largest context window seen in the market. Despite its innovation, it still needs to show the applicability of its model for enterprises. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Feb 2024
Top business process modeling techniques with examples
Business process modeling techniques and tools provide a visual representation of processes that's crucial to effectively monitoring, improving and streamlining the flow of tasks. Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2024
Startup intros new platform for AI inferencing at the edge
The platform delivers 5G and GPU-based micro clouds to specific locations. It's for enterprises that want an on-premises deployment without having to own the physical data center. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Feb 2024
Improve AI security by red teaming large language models
Cyberattacks such as prompt injection pose significant security risks to LLMs, but implementing red teaming strategies can test models' resistance to various cyberthreats. Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2024
Otter.ai rolls out cross-platform Meeting GenAI
The vendor's new tools will appeal to users who access the application across different meeting platforms. However, it could face resistance from companies that use one platform. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2024
Pega GenAI Blueprint aims at application design processes
While the vendor's use of the technology is similar to others in the low-code market, its focus on design differentiates it. The platform enables collaboration. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Feb 2024
How to improve and optimize a business process, step by step
The processes that form the backbone of modern business operations require continuous improvement to stay effective and efficient. Here is a method for improving them. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Feb 2024
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
12 Feb 2024
robotic process automation (RPA)
Robotic process automation (RPA) is a technology that mimics the way humans interact with software to perform high-volume, repeatable tasks. Continue Reading
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Podcast
12 Feb 2024
Podcast: AI, hiring and the need for humans in the loop
An HR expert joins the 'Targeting AI' podcast to explain the need for humans in recruiting along with tech to help prevent algorithmic bias and why some laws don't go far enough. Continue Reading
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Definition
12 Feb 2024
spatial computing
Spatial computing broadly characterizes the processes and tools used to capture, process and interact with three-dimensional (3D) data. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Feb 2024
Manufacturing group uses AI for EHS safety compliance
To pinpoint risky and dangerous incidents in workplace environments without having to sift through thousands of data points, a manufacturing group turned to Benchmark Gensuite. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2024
Google turns Bard AI into Gemini, launches Gemini Advanced
The tech giant gave Bard a new name and introduced users to Ultra 1.0 through a new mobile app. It revealed changes to Duet AI and Cloud. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Feb 2024
The importance and limitations of open source AI models
Despite rising interest in more transparent, accessible AI, a scarcity of public training data and compute infrastructure presents significant hurdles for open source AI projects. Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2024
Meta will label AI-generated images on social platforms
The social media giant's decision to label AI-generated content is a good first step, some observers say, but does not eradicate the problem of disinformation in an election year. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Feb 2024
What is beauty tech? 10 trends shaping the cosmetics industry
Explore how beauty tech trends are reshaping the beauty industry. Explore new trends and the latest CES innovations, from virtual try-ons and 3D-printed makeup to AI skincare. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Feb 2024
AI, the 2024 U.S. election and the spread of disinformation
Generative technology-fueled deepfakes could interfere with the November election due to ease of use and power of the technology. The outlook for regulation seems dim. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Jan 2024
8 top generative AI tool categories for 2024
Need a generative AI-specific tool for your organization's development project? Explore the major categories these tools fall into and their capabilities. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jan 2024
2024 technology predictions around AI, Mojo and blockchain
Blockchain, AI, anti-competitive activity and the new programming language Mojo are sure to fill the headlines in 2024. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2024
Podcast: Sama responds to AI data labeling criticism
The data annotation and labeling vendor, which has faced criticism for its practices in Africa despite its social good mission, is out with a new platform to reduce model failure. Continue Reading
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Video
26 Jan 2024
Video guide to generative AI
Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize technology. Learn about popular interfaces such as ChatGPT, the future of generative AI and its effects on businesses. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2024
Google and Hugging Face unveil AI partnership
The partnership reflects the cloud provider's support of open source and aims to appeal to enterprises looking to move from ideation to implementation of generative AI workloads. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Jan 2024
Generative AI vs. machine learning: How are they different?
Generative AI differs from simpler forms of machine learning in several ways, but both can enhance efficiency, personalize customer experiences and drive revenue growth. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2024
ElevenLabs' funding success shows growth of AI voice market
The startup has quickly raised a total of $101 million, reflecting the fast growth of new technologies like deep neural networks. Along with growth comes challenges. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2024
Watsonx AI bots assist IBM Consulting in client GenAI projects
IBM Consulting rolls out role-based bots to streamline consultants' work as they enable digital transformation for customers. Continue Reading
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Video
23 Jan 2024
ChatGPT explained in a minute
ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI. With its ability to communicate in natural language patterns, it can create various types of content for many use cases. Continue Reading