Artificial intelligence platforms
It's important to be aware of what's available in the artificial intelligence platform market, whether you've only just begun to evaluate AI platforms or have already invested in AI tools such as machine learning. Find valuable insights into how to make enterprise AI software and device decisions and how to integrate those AI tools into your existing IT infrastructure.
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07 Mar 2025
Experts stunned by Trump attack on CHIPS Act
President Donald Trump challenged the CHIPS Act, favoring tariffs to attract semiconductors, despite experts arguing that subsidies have successfully drawn investment to the U.S. 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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09 Dec 2021
How an AI startup is trying to fix gender bias in the workplace
Startup Pipeline Equity provides enterprises with an AI platform to help make decisions about hiring, pay, performance, potential and promotion -- free of bias. Continue Reading
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04 Nov 2021
Women-led data labeling AI startup raises $70M in Series B
The women-led training data vendor’s fundraising success is notable of the lack of women in tech. Sama also is mission driven, aiming to lift people out of poverty in Africa. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2021
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets an AI boost
The vendor added AI services to its public cloud. The prebuilt machine learning algorithms enable users to automate language, speech, vision, anomaly detection and forecasting. Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2021
Dell introduces Validated Design for AI at VMworld 2021
The tech vendor revealed a new partnership with AI GPU maker Nvidia at VMWorld 2021 aimed at providing an AI and machine learning platform for IT users in virtualized environments. Continue Reading
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23 Sep 2021
SambaNova makes a mark in the AI hardware realm
The startup says it is innovating AI hardware systems with its data flow architecture that enterprises can use to be more efficient when processing large AI data sets. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2021
AI carbon footprint: Helping and hurting the environment
Companies can use AI to help the environment, including by using it to prevent forest fires and reduce factory waste. At the same time, AI has its own carbon footprint. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2021
DataRobot AI Cloud gives users multi-cloud capabilities
DataRobot unveiled its cloud, giving users access to technologies and applications the vendor obtained with a series of recent and older acquisitions. Continue Reading
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15 Sep 2021
Tableau and DotData partner on AI automation, visualization
Tableau and DotData partner to help data scientists and engineers accelerate machine learning automation while adding a visualization layer to model building. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2021
AI hardware and software: The key to eBay's marketplace
At the AI Hardware summit 2021, an eBay exec discusses how its similarity system enables it to build an AI-driven marketplace for better latency and throughput. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2021
Expanding explainable AI examples key for the industry
Improving AI explainability and interpretability are keys to building consumer trust and furthering the technology's success. Continue Reading
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31 Aug 2021
AI and climate change: The mixed impact of machine learning
AI can both help and hurt the environment. While companies use artificial intelligence to increase factory efficiency and lower energy costs, training AI demands a lot of energy. Continue Reading
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26 Aug 2021
Energy consumption of AI poses environmental problems
Data centers and large AI models use massive amounts of energy and are harmful to the environment. Businesses can take action to lower their environmental impact. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2021
What is data science? The ultimate guide
Data science is the process of using advanced analytics techniques and scientific principles to analyze data and extract valuable information for business decision-making, strategic planning and other uses. Continue Reading
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19 Aug 2021
AI accountability: Who's responsible when AI goes wrong?
Who should be held accountable when AI misbehaves? The users, the creators, the vendors? It's not clear, but experts have some ideas. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2021
Why transparency in AI matters for businesses
To ensure model accuracy, businesses need to understand why their machine learning models make their decisions. Certain tools and techniques can help with that. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2021
The benefits of an AI-first strategy
Enterprises should put AI first in their business strategies by constantly collecting and using new data to power AI models, argues startup investor Ash Fontana. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2021
Combating racial bias in AI
By employing a diverse team to work on AI models, using large, diverse training sets, and keeping a sharp eye out, enterprises can root out bias in their AI models. Continue Reading
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22 Jun 2021
HPE buys Determined AI to speed AI model training with HPC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise scoops up San Francisco-based startup to give customers out-of-the-box AI training models for use with high-performance computing systems. Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2021
Benefits and drawbacks of AI in cloud computing
AI and cloud computing work hand in hand to improve upon various processes, but the combination of these technologies comes with a price. Continue Reading
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08 Jun 2021
10 AI tech trends data scientists should know
The rising environmental and monetary costs of deep learning are catching enterprises' attention, as are new AI techniques like graph neural networks and contrastive learning. Continue Reading
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02 Jun 2021
Nvidia extends its AI reach with cloud development hub
Nvidia debuted a development platform to speed the development and delivery of AI projects, along with a monthly subscription plan that allows access to its DGX SuperPod servers. Continue Reading
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25 May 2021
4 AI career path trajectories for IT professionals
As the desire for AI and machine learning in-house skills skyrocket, those looking to break into the market have a variety of career path options, including AI architect and BI developer. Continue Reading
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24 May 2021
Designing and building artificial intelligence infrastructure
Building an artificial intelligence infrastructure requires a serious look at storage, networking and AI data needs, combined with deliberate and strategic planning. Continue Reading
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18 May 2021
Google Cloud debuts Vertex AI managed ML platform with MLOps
Users can build, test and deploy machine learning models and put them in production faster with Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, which contains new and existing Google AI tools. Continue Reading
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14 May 2021
Addressing 3 infrastructure issues that challenge AI adoption
One of the biggest problems enterprises run into when adopting AI infrastructure is using a development lifecycle that doesn't work when building and deploying AI models. Continue Reading
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11 May 2021
IBM Watson Orchestrate poised to take tasks workers hate most
IBM Watson Orchestrate is the latest technology from a major vendor that promises to save employees from highly repetitive job responsibilities. Continue Reading
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11 May 2021
DataRobot looks to enterprise AI coders with Zepl acquisition
By acquiring cloud data science and analytics platform vendor Zepl, DataRobot gives data scientists a cloud-native, self-service notebook to write tasks and custom models. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
How to detect bias in existing AI algorithms
While enterprises can't eliminate bias from their data, they can significantly reduce bias by establishing a governance framework and employing more diverse employees. Continue Reading
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05 May 2021
Data scientists vs. machine learning engineers
The positions of data scientist and machine learning engineer are in high demand and are important for enterprises that want to make use of their data and use AI. Continue Reading
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21 Apr 2021
IBM Watson updates focus on data privacy and explainability
Updates include new federated learning capabilities within IBM Watson Studio and more insights into how predictions are made in IBM Planning Analytics with Watson. Continue Reading
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15 Apr 2021
IBM acquires MyInvenio to build its automation portfolio
IBM could use MyInvenio's process mining platform to direct its customers to its automation and AI portfolio, a practice that other technology vendors are using. Continue Reading
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14 Apr 2021
SambaNova funding round brings in $676 million
SambaNova's large funding round shows that investors are confident in the startup's AI chips, as well as in the AI hardware market. SambaNova competes with Nvidia. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2021
Nvidia releases new AI software, hardware
Among the AI news from its virtual conference, Nvidia introduced a new DGX SuperPod, an Arm-based CPU, and the general availability of Jarvis, a conversational AI framework. Continue Reading
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12 Apr 2021
Microsoft to acquire Nuance in $19.7 billion deal
The all-cash acquisition will give Microsoft access to Nuance’s healthcare-focused dictation technology, as Microsoft continues to expand its role in the healthcare market. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2021
Automatic speech recognition may be better than you think
Even as more enterprises turn to voice recognition systems to process unstructured audio and build virtual assistants, many organizations don't have confidence in the high accuracy of these systems. Continue Reading
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01 Apr 2021
AI voice technology has benefits and limitations
The quality of an automated transcription depends on high-quality recording equipment as well as modern AI-powered transcription software, according to one CTO. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2021
OSDU Data Platform opens door to new apps in energy sector
A new OSDU standard aims to bring information from oil, gas, wind, solar and other sources into a single data platform to help energy companies address future demand. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
Cloudera Foundation merger to bring AI and data to nonprofits
The merger creates a program within the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation that will provide artificial intelligence technology and expertise to nonprofit organizations. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2021
PatSnap lands $300M in Series E funding
PatSnap reports new funding for its IP and R&D management platforms, as the number of patents granted globally picked up, despite COVID-19, in 2020. Continue Reading
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15 Mar 2021
Google will develop RPA with Automation Anywhere
Google Cloud and a top robotic process automation vendor team up to focus on automating back-office tasks and later industries such as financial services, healthcare and retail. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2021
Icertis raises $80M for AI-powered contract management
Icertis, founded in 2009, is now valued at more than $2.8 billion with the new funding. The vendor is a key player in the contract management niche. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2021
Automation vendor WorkFusion raises $220 million
A new round of funding may vault WorkFusion into the top echelon of enterprise automation vendors currently occupied by UiPath, Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2021
Mastercard senior VP talks about AI and fraud prevention
Mastercard uses and sells AI-powered technology to prevent fraud and has found that AI-powered services can inspire customer loyalty. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2021
dropout
Dropout refers to data, or noise, that's intentionally dropped from a neural network to improve processing and time to results. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2021
Microsoft brings Azure AI to the edge with Azure Percept
Azure Percept includes software for building machine learning models or deploying pre-built models, as well as hardware to deploy the models at the edge. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2021
Steel producer reduces costs using AI in manufacturing
The largest long steel producer in Latin America used data and machine learning predictions to save money, while maintaining the same level of production quality. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2021
Nvidia acquisition of Arm faces industry, regulatory hurdles
Nvidia's acquisition of Arm Ltd. could change the chipmaker landscape and is reportedly raising industry and regulatory eyebrows. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2021
Nvidia opens paid, instructor-led AI workshops to the public
While many technology vendors offer online courses on how to use their AI products, it still might not be enough to educate the global workforce. Continue Reading
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26 Jan 2021
Nvidia partners launch Nvidia-Certified Systems for AI
According to analysts, Nvidia-Certified Systems' launch is a shrewd move for Nvidia, as the vendor looks to cement its lead in the AI hardware marketplace. Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2021
Google launches a suite of retail AI products
Google released AI products for online retailers as the tech giant increases its focus on industry verticals. The new products are designed for small and large retailers. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2020
Emerging AI startups to look at in 2021
AI startups in the legal, MLOps, NLP and data training markets make this year's list of emerging AI vendors to look out for. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2020
DataRobot releases new feature to detect AI bias
DataRobot is the latest AI vendor to address AI bias, releasing a new feature to help organizations detect and prevent bias in their models. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2020
Amazon SageMaker Clarify aims to mitigate bias in machine learning
AWS looks to tackle machine learning bias with a new a new tool that works with Amazon SageMaker products to help developers and users better detect and eliminate AI bias. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2020
UiPath platform update makes it easier to deploy smarter bots
A new platform upgrade for UiPath makes it easier for users to develop and use robots at scale, as well as makes the bots more resilient to UI changes. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2020
DataRobot pre-IPO funding raises company valuation to $2.7B
Amid the pandemic, Boston-based AI vendor DataRobot raised $270 million in a pre-IPO fundraising round. The company is likely to file for an IPO. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2020
Infosys applied AI launch follows IT consulting AI releases
Infosys launched a new offering to help enterprises find and apply AI use cases at scale. The release is part of a wave of similar products from other big systems integrators. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2020
Intel will acquire model optimization startup SigOpt
Intel's acquisition of SigOpt, a startup vendor of an AI model optimization platform, will help accelerate Intel's AI software products for developers. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2020
Google enters mortgage space with new Document AI tool
Google's new Lending DocAI product can help users automate mortgage document processing. The product is Google's first specialized mortgage tool. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2020
COVID-19 to drive more AI in retail for small retailers
Retailers were hit hard by the COVID-19 economic fallout, especially small, local businesses. Amid a shift online, AI could help some retailers adjust to the new reality. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2020
Nvidia, Arm deal creates AI, chip powerhouse
Nvidia's acquisition of U.K. chipmaker Arm, if approved by regulators, will greatly expand Nvidia's reach in the CPU market, especially in IoT and mobile devices. Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2020
IBM uses AI to power new US Open online features
With AI and Watson Discovery, IBM is providing tennis fans with new ways to interact with each other online during this year's US Open, which will be held without live spectators. Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2020
It's been a slow road for AI in oil and gas industries
Analytics and AI can help oil and gas companies better predict supply and demand, involuntary flaring and where to drill. But the companies struggle to get talent. Continue Reading
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31 Jul 2020
Intuit AI, knowledge engineering help power Aid Assist
The principal product manager at Intuit talks about the company's use of machine learning, natural language processing and knowledge engineering in its new Aid Assist tool. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2020
AI in operations management relieves pressure on IT teams
AI, when combined with IT operations and DevOps teams, forms AIOps that can greatly improve how IT assets are developed, produced and managed. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2020
The state of AI in 2020 likely sees more adoption
AI adoption has appeared to grow this year, as organizations deploy automation to augment dwindling workforces and help deal with growing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2020
Nvidia, University of Florida building AI supercomputer
Nvidia and the University of Florida have teamed up to build what they claim will be the fastest AI supercomputer in academia, capable of hitting 700 petaflops of performance. Continue Reading
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17 Jul 2020
Accounts payable automation eliminates invoice backlog
Purple, a mattress company, struggled each week to manually process its myriad invoices and bills. It found relief in automated accounts payable software from a startup vendor. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2020
DotData Stream enables real-time predictions at the edge
DotData opens the doors to new markets with DotData Stream, a new product that enables customers to create low-memory, low-latency models at the edge. Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2020
IBM acquires RPA vendor to enhance automation suite
IBM bought a Brazilian RPA and chatbot vendor to expand its collection of automation products. Continue Reading
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24 Jun 2020
Databricks acquisition of Redash boosts data visualization
Databricks bought Redash, a data visualization vendor, to boost its own visualization capabilities. Databricks had largely relied on partnerships with other vendors for such tools. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2020
DataRobot training aims to upskill citizen data scientists
DataRobot unveiled a new data science training program, and enhancements to its enterprise AI platform, including a geospatial capability and automated time series anomaly detection. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
DataRobot partners with BCG, acquires its analytics software
DataRobot's new partnership with Boston Consulting Group aims to bring the technical expertise of BCG to DataRobot's customers. The AI vendor also acquired analytics software from BCG. Continue Reading
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28 May 2020
AI in sales can make smart lead recommendations
For one B2B sales tech company, a self-service AI startup founded by a former Google employee helps create lead recommendations using machine learning. Continue Reading
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22 May 2020
Using data and IBM AI to make coronavirus economic predictions
A major marketing firm has turned to IBM Watson Studio, and its data, to create an interactive platform that predicts the risk, readiness and recovery periods for counties hit by the coronavirus. Continue Reading
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19 May 2020
Pegasystems releases Ethical Bias Check to cut down on AI bias
Pegasystems has embedded a new tool to combat AI bias in its Pega Customer Decision Hub. The tool can alert users to potential biases before they deploy system changes. Continue Reading
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14 May 2020
Nvidia unveils A100 GPU for demanding AI workloads
Designed for demanding AI and data science workloads, Nvidia's new A100 processor is a powerhouse, but it's also power-hungry and high-heat-producing. Continue Reading
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06 May 2020
AI in digital transformation vital for enterprises
Without using AI, enterprises will not be able to compete effectively, according to the CEO of Box. Companies need to infuse AI into their digital transformation efforts now. Continue Reading
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05 May 2020
IBM's Watson AIOps aims to help networks run smoothly
Launched during IBM Think 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, IBM's Watson AIOps aims to use AI to help CIOs more quickly and efficiently keep their networks running. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2020
7 last-mile delivery problems in AI and how to solve them
Enterprises are discovering it's easier to build AI than it is to integrate it into existing processes. We examine seven 'last-mile' deployment problems when delivering AI. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2020
Atos acquisition of AI consulting firm looks promising
Atos, a global IT services company, acquired a data science and AI consulting firm as more enterprises move from experimenting with AI to deploying it at scale. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2020
PyTorch update from Facebook and AWS eases model building
PyTorch 1.5 introduces TorchServe, a model serving library, and TorchElastic, a Kubernetes controller. Both applications are still in experimental mode. Continue Reading
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16 Apr 2020
Using ModelOps, a financial services company scales out
Using model operations (ModelOps), a fintech startup was able to scale up its model deployment quickly, while also maintaining model governance at scale. Continue Reading
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10 Apr 2020
AI for supply chain can help companies handle disruptions
Even faced with the unpredictability of the coronavirus pandemic, enterprises can generate some stability using AI and machine learning in their supply chains. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2020
DataRobot layoffs come after years of growth
Boston-based automated machine learning vendor DataRobot, a major player in the AI industry, has laid off employees amid the coronavirus pandemic after years of fast growth for the company. Continue Reading
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23 Mar 2020
AI in mining takes root in the industry
Executives from data science vendors Kespry and Descartes Labs discuss the importance of AI in the mining industry, a sector that is still fairly new to AI technologies. Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2020
Using automated machine learning for AI in insurance
Using dotData, an automated machine learning vendor, one of the largest insurance firms in Japan built out an AI platform that provides a personalized experience to customers. Continue Reading
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06 Mar 2020
Data Science Central co-founder talks AI, data science trends
In a Q&A, Vincent Granville, executive data scientist and co-founder of Data Science Central, discusses how AI has changed the data science field and the ways in which it will continue to do so. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2020
Forest fire sensors and AI help detect fires in Chile
Entel Ocean uses DataRobot's automated machine learning platform, as well as IoT sensors, to automatically detect forest fires in Chile. The platform can detect fires faster than manual counterparts. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2020
Social media marketing vendor uses sentiment analysis
Falcon.io, a social media marketing vendor, turned to AI vendor Lexalytics to add automatic social media sentiment analysis capabilities to its platform. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2020
GumGum uses machine learning annotation service Figure Eight
Computer vision vendor GumGum gets its training data from Figure Eight, a machine learning training data vendor. Figure Eight uses crowdsourcing to annotate training data. Continue Reading
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30 Dec 2019
AWS AI tools focus on developers
AWS sells many AI products, tools and services aimed at developers, including several for AI newcomers, such as DeepRacer, DeepLens and DeepComposer. Continue Reading
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20 Dec 2019
AI vendors to watch in 2020 and beyond
The past 10 years have seen a surge of new AI vendors, and the trend isn't likely to end anytime soon, as investors continue to pour money into artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2019
Why should I consider an AIOps platform for my network?
AIOps can take various tasks -- such as data collection and analysis -- off the plates of network teams. This can provide organizations with better insight into network visibility. Continue Reading
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12 Dec 2019
DataRobot acquisition of Paxata adds data prep to AI platform
By buying data prep vendor Paxata, DataRobot plans to fill out its machine learning and AI platform with tools to automate data prep processes and provide an underlying data fabric. Continue Reading
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06 Dec 2019
AWS, NFL machine learning partnership looks at player safety
A new AWS and NFL partnership aims to use AI and machine learning to reduce the risk of injuries to players. The partnership builds off of the companies' Next Gen Stats agreement. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2019
SageMaker Studio makes model building, monitoring easier
New SageMaker tools from AWS to open up machine learning models by making it easier for non-expert developers make, run, monitor and debug machine learning models. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2019
IBM AI executive talks AI adoption in the enterprise
AI use in enterprises is generally low, largely because the technology is not understood, and organizations have problems with data, trust and lack of skills. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2019
Anaheim PD explores facial recognition for law enforcement
Using a facial recognition platform from Veritone, the Anaheim Police Department can more quickly identify suspects captured on camera by comparing photos with booking photos. Continue Reading
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07 Nov 2019
Booz Allen releases Modzy AI platform and marketplace
Booz Allen Hamilton introduced an AI platform and marketplace made for uploading, deploying and managing AI models across a scalable environment. Continue Reading
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05 Nov 2019
Microsoft Power Platform gets AI and RPA updates
At Microsoft Ignite, the tech giant released new updates to ease RPA and AI building across its Power Platform, as well as new capabilities for Cortana within Microsoft 365. Continue Reading