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11 Feb 2025
OpenAI CEO says 'no, thank you' to Musk's $97B bid
The offer to buy OpenAI is the latest in a back-and-forth between two tech titans, and creates a distraction from bigger issues such as AI governance. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Feb 2025
10 top AI hardware and chip-making companies in 2025
Due to rapid AI hardware advancement, companies release advanced products yearly to keep up with the competition. The new competitive product on the market is the AI chip. Continue Reading
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11 Feb 2025
10 top AI hardware and chip-making companies in 2025
Due to rapid AI hardware advancement, companies release advanced products yearly to keep up with the competition. The new competitive product on the market is the AI chip. Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Feb 2025
Writer multilingual LLM revolves around synthetic data
AI platform provider Writer's language model can translate numerous languages. The vendor also looks to comply with governance standards and reduce legal challenges. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2025
DataRobot acquires open source and AI startup Agnostiq
The acquisition shows the importance of agentic AI for every platform provider. However, Agnostiq is a relatively small company. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Feb 2025
What is cognitive automation?
Cognitive automation describes diverse ways of combining artificial intelligence (AI) and process automation capabilities to improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2025
Super Bowl teams show analytics gaining ground in NFL
As data-driven decision-making gains ground in pro football, both the Eagles and Chiefs have gained advantages from using advanced statistical analysis. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Feb 2025
DeepSeek explained: Everything you need to know
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, is disrupting the industry with its low-cost, open source large language models, challenging U.S. tech giants. Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2025
Google targets enterprise adoption with low-cost AI model
The tech giant is becoming more assertive with its AI releases by introducing new experimental versions of Gemini and a low-end model. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2025
Databricks' acquisition of BladeBridge boosts data migration
The data and AI vendor's latest purchase adds AI-powered ETL capabilities aimed at making it easier for new customers to transport data from competing data storage platforms. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2025
MicroStrategy adds personalization to GenAI-powered bot
The longtime independent analytics vendor's latest update aims to provide users with a more tailored query and response experience to reach more contextually relevant responses. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2025
Assessing if DeepSeek is safe to use in the enterprise
The AI vendor has found popularity with its reasoning model. However, based on geopolitical tensions and safety tests, there are questions about whether enterprises should use it. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2025
OpenAI reasoning model shows an image shift for GenAI vendor
The new capabilities reflect how the vendor continues to stay ahead but lags in some areas. It continues to innovate, but open source advancements may challenge its capabilities. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Feb 2025
8 generative AI challenges that businesses should consider
IT managers planning to adopt GenAI can expect to encounter some hurdles, including cost optimization, workforce effects, cybersecurity concerns and energy use. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2025
Mixed-precision training in AI: Everything you need to know
Training AI models can be expensive and time-consuming. Mixed-precision training uses both FP16 and FP32 to lower memory use and reduce costs without sacrificing model accuracy. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2025
Ai2's new model more open than DeepSeek
The AI research lab released Tülu 3 in November. The new 405B version was trained using reinforcement learning from verifiable rewards and was technically challenging to create. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Jan 2025
25 of the best large language models in 2025
Large language models have been affecting search for years and have been brought to the forefront by ChatGPT and other chatbots. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jan 2025
10 top generative AI benefits for business
The advantages of using generative AI cover plenty of ground, with improving customer experience, reducing costs and automating code creation among the key drivers. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2025
Microsoft, AWS and Cerebras launch DeepSeek-R1 model
Tech companies are making DeepSeek available on their platforms while the cost-effective Chinese AI reasoning model has its 'viral moment.' Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jan 2025
Agentic AI, data as a product among growing analytics trends
Collibra's founder and chief data citizen reveals his predictions for 2025, and underpinning all is the need for strong governance that guarantees the quality of BI and AI tools. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2025
Alibaba, DeepSeek and the shift in the AI market
The Chinese tech giant's model release a day before the Lunar New Year shows its competitiveness against AI startup DeepSeek. It also signals a shift in innovation. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2025
ServiceNow intros AI agent studio and orchestrator
The platform provider's new studio enables users to create agents. The orchestrator lets agents communicate with each other. The vendor is embedding the technology in its platform. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2025
Explore the role of AI in the U.S. federal government
Reported federal AI use cases jumped from 710 in 2023 to 2,133 in 2024. The staggering growth rate could continue to rise under the Trump administration. Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Jan 2025
What is Apple Intelligence?
Apple Intelligence is the platform name for a suite of generative AI capabilities that Apple is integrating across its products, including iPhone, Mac and iPad devices. Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Jan 2025
8 steps to build a successful AI strategy for your business
Customer AI strategist Bill Schmarzo explains how organizations can successfully implement AI by focusing on people, process and purpose over technology. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2025
Canceled executive order clears way for unbridled GenAI growth
At first glance, the deregulation appears like a way to drive innovation forward. However, it will slow AI safety efforts and could impede innovation in AI technology in some ways. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Jan 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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Podcast
28 Jan 2025
Cisco generative AI strategy hinges on CX and agents
The vendor's GenAI approach aims to boost the user and consumer experience. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jan 2025
GAN vs. transformer models: Comparing architectures and uses
Discover the differences between generative adversarial networks and transformers, plus how the two techniques might combine in the future to provide users with better results. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2025
Examining hype about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
The vendor released a new reasoning model it claims it developed cheaply in part by not using as many Nvidia chips. It will likely face challenges in the U.S. market. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2025
Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption
A new study finds that only a third of organizations are successfully developing GenAI tools. The problem preventing success is the quality of the underlying information. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Jan 2025
What is GPT-3? Everything you need to know
GPT-3, or the third-generation Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a neural network machine learning model trained using internet data to generate any type of text. Continue Reading
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Opinion
24 Jan 2025
The critical role of data in building an AI agent
Data quality, modern tooling and AI governance are key to building successful AI agents that meet user expectations, writes industry analyst Stephen Catanzano. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jan 2025
What is a variational autoencoder (VAE)?
A variational autoencoder (VAE) is one of several generative models that use deep learning to generate new content, detect anomalies and remove noise. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jan 2025
20 real-world GenAI applications across leading industries
Generative AI is predicted to add up to $16 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Learn how 20 industries, from finance and legal to healthcare and manufacturing, are using it. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2025
Pinecone provides Assistant for generative AI development
The vector database specialist is expanding beyond managing data with a suite of APIs and other tools that enable users to tap into their data to create chatbots and agents. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2025
Mixed views on Stargate AI infrastructure plan with OpenAI
The OpenAI-Oracle-Softbank collaboration highlights the determination of the U.S. to maintain its lead in AI technology. However, some question OpenAI's lead and involvement. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2025
Mixed views on Stargate AI infrastructure plan with OpenAI
The OpenAI-Oracle-Softbank collaboration highlights the determination of the U.S. to maintain its lead in AI technology. However, some question OpenAI's lead and involvement. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Jan 2025
What is prompt chaining? Definition and benefits
Prompt chaining is a technique used when working with generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) models in which the output from one prompt is used as input for the next. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jan 2025
GPT-4o explained: Everything you need to know
OpenAI's GPT-4o is a multimodal large language model that supports real-time conversations, Q&A, text generation and more. The vendor also offers GPT-4o mini. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2025
Gemini 1.5 Pro explained: Everything you need to know
Explore Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro, a multimodal AI model that offers advanced features, including larger context windows, real-time conversations and expanded Google App extensions. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jan 2025
How has generative AI affected cybersecurity?
Generative AI helps security teams defend against threats, but it also lets bad actors infiltrate organizations. Learn about how each side is tapping into GenAI to gain an edge. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2025
TigerGraph launches Savanna to aid AI development
The latest evolution of the graph database specialist's platform aims to meet developers' data discovery and performance requirements as they build AI applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Jan 2025
What is reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)?
Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) is a machine learning (ML) approach that combines reinforcement learning techniques, such as rewards and comparisons, with human guidance to train an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Jan 2025
What are vision language models (VLMs)?
Vision language models (VLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that can understand and generate text about images. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2025
Google lowers Gemini pricing, pressuring Microsoft Copilot
Google introduces new Gemini pricing in Workspace, making AI features available at $14 per user, per month, challenging Microsoft's Copilot in 365. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Jan 2025
The pros and cons of using generative AI for API testing
GenAI has the potential to reduce the API testing effort and improve the coverage and quality of testing. But finding the right patterns and workflows is critical to performance. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Jan 2025
What is cloud transformation and how do you get started?
Cloud transformation is a migration process in which a business's IT infrastructure, data, applications and software are moved to cloud-based environments. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2025
Snowflake takes aim at lowering GenAI development costs
By integrating its recently developed SwiftKV capabilities with LLMs, the vendor aims to make models more efficient so that customers pay less as they develop generative AI tools. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2025
Nvidia launches new NIM microservices in NeMo Guardrails
The AI hardware and software vendor introduces new constraints to make sure AI agents and models don't go off topic, leak personal data or become vulnerable to jailbreaks. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2025
ThoughtSpot adds data preparation with Analyst Studio launch
Long focused largely on analytics, the vendor's new data preparation environment marks a foray into data management so users can ready data for informing AI and BI tools. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Jan 2025
What is the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)?
The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) is a project formed in 2021 as a response to legitimate societal questions about media origins and digital misinformation. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
OpenAI faces backlash for its Economic Blueprint for U.S.
The document lays out steps for the future regarding AI technology. Some call the move self-serving and another piece of the vendor's strategy to win the AI race. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
Qlik's Upsolver acquisition ups streaming, Iceberg support
With Iceberg a popular foundation for data lakehouses and streaming data key to AI development, the vendor's latest acquisition aims to address growing AI needs for customers. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
Nvidia partners with Mayo Clinic, others on healthcare AI
Nvidia, Mayo Clinic and Illumina team up to enhance AI in healthcare and life sciences, using advanced models, GPU technologies and cloud-native platforms. Continue Reading
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Podcast
14 Jan 2025
Box content management generative AI route is model-agnostic
The cloud content management vendor looks to external GenAI providers. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2025
Adobe launches new GenAI Firefly tool for retailers
The tool enables users to resize marketing campaigns for new products. While it saves time for large retailers, it's unclear whether medium-sized or small retailers will find it valuable. Continue Reading
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Definition
13 Jan 2025
What is chain-of-thought prompting (CoT)? Examples and benefits
Chain-of-thought (CoT) 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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10 Jan 2025
AI PC sales slow amid high costs, limited software
AI PC sales are lagging, despite an uptick in overall PC shipments. The lack of compelling use cases and high prices are hampering upgrades. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jan 2025
What is semantic search?
Semantic search is a data searching technique that uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to improve the accuracy of search results by considering the searcher's intent and the contextual meaning of the terms used in their query. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2025
Cohere makes enterprise play with AI workspace platform
The startup is evolving into an enterprise platform provider. Its success depends on strategy and its ability to clearly define what its platform does. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jan 2025
What is a transformer model?
A transformer model is a neural network architecture that can automatically transform one type of input into another type of output. Continue Reading
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Definition
09 Jan 2025
What is a generative model?
A generative model uses AI and statistical and probabilistic methods to create representations or abstractions of observed phenomena or target variables. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2025
Oracle Exadata update boosts performance to meet AI needs
With database workloads growing due to the demands of AI development and real-time analytics, the tech giant's latest database infrastructure update focuses on efficiency. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2025
Informatica natively integrates governance suite on GCP
An expanded partnership between the data prep specialist and tech giant makes it easier for joint customers to develop AI and analytics applications using properly prepared data. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2025
Implications of Apple AI generating false news summaries
The hallucinations show a deeper issue with generative technology and provide an opportunity for publishers to guide tech companies into refining their models and products. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Jan 2025
What are Google's AI Overviews (formerly SGE)?
AI Overviews are a feature in Google search that uses generative AI (GenAI) to deliver short summaries of topics alongside links to relevant web content in response to certain search queries. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Jan 2025
What is the Google Gemini AI model (formerly Bard)?
Google Gemini -- formerly known as Bard -- is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot tool designed by Google to simulate human conversations using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Jan 2025
What is artificial superintelligence (ASI)?
Artificial superintelligence (ASI) is a hypothetical software-based system with intellectual powers beyond those of humans across a comprehensive range of categories and fields of endeavor. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2025
Nvidia's new model aims to move GenAI to physical world
Nvidia Cosmos is trained on hours of videos that focus on the physical world. It works with Nvidia Omniverse and advances LLM technology, the vendor says. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Jan 2025
8 top generative AI tool categories for 2025
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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Definition
07 Jan 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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Definition
07 Jan 2025
What is a robo-advisor? Everything to know before using one
A robo-advisor is a virtual financial advisor powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that employs an algorithm to deliver an automated selection of financial advisory services. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Jan 2025
What is AutoGPT? What you need to know
AutoGPT is an experimental, open source autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent based on the technology behind ChatGPT. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jan 2025
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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Opinion
03 Jan 2025
Not-so-obvious AI predictions for 2025
Industry analyst Mark Beccue shares where he thinks AI is headed in 2025, with an eye to underexplored trends and unexpected developments in the industry. Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Jan 2025
What is artificial intelligence (AI) governance?
Artificial intelligence governance is the legal framework for ensuring AI and machine learning technologies are researched and developed with the goal of helping humanity adopt and use these systems in ethical and responsible ways. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Jan 2025
A practical guide to real-world ML deployment
Deploying machine learning models to production is complex, with many potential pitfalls. Use this technical roadmap as a guide to navigate the process effectively. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jan 2025
AI regulation: What businesses need to know in 2025
The rapid evolution and adoption of AI tools has policymakers scrambling to craft effective AI regulation and laws. Law professor Michael Bennett analyzes what's afoot in 2025. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jan 2025
8 AI and machine learning trends to watch in 2025
AI agents, multimodal models, an emphasis on real-world results -- learn about the top AI and machine learning trends and what they mean for businesses in 2025. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Jan 2025
What is LangChain and how to use it: A guide
LangChain is an open source framework that enables software developers working with artificial intelligence (AI) and its machine learning subset to combine large language models with other external components to develop LLM-powered applications. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jan 2025
Autonomous AI agents on the rise
The buzz around the new technology has grown in the past few months. Experts believe excitement will not wane. Applications of the technology may change. Continue Reading
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02 Jan 2025
New Alteryx CEO sees platform as the canvas for AI prep
Following a time of tumult that included going private, the vendor's new leader aims to spur growth by making its platform a pivotal part of the AI development process. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What is generative design? Ultimate guide
Generative design is a computer-aided design technique and category of software that uses AI to optimize the design process. Continue Reading
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30 Dec 2024
Generative AI vs. machine learning: Key differences and use cases
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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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in AI?
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is an AI framework that retrieves data from external sources of knowledge to improve the quality of responses. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What are autonomous AI agents and which vendors offer them?
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents are intelligent systems that can perform tasks for a user or system without human intervention. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What are AI agents?
AI agents are autonomous intelligent systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to perform specific tasks independently, without the need for human intervention. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Dec 2024
What it's like to use a Dell Qualcomm AI PC for 2 months
As a longtime Mac user, the transition to any sort of Windows device would present a challenge. But the move to an AI PC presents even more growing pains and opportunities. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Dec 2024
What is synthetic data? Examples, use cases and benefits
Synthetic data is information that's artificially manufactured rather than generated by real-world events. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Dec 2024
2025 will be the year of AI agents
2025 could bring more agentic AI developments. Enterprises could embed agents in their workflows. It could also lead to an orchestration infrastructure and better reasoning models. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Dec 2024
The different types of AI explained
Despite the rapid evolution and mind-boggling capabilities of AI tools, AI does not yet possess the general intelligence of humans, let alone ASI. Learn about four levels of AI. Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 Dec 2024
5 data storage and infrastructure megatrends to watch in 2025
2025 looks to pick up where 2024 left off in the storage and infrastructure departments, with potential advancements in AI, object storage and hybrid cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
Surging AI development will heighten focus on data in 2025
Without proper training, models and applications will fail. As a result, enterprises will pay increased attention to the information used to train artificial intelligence tools. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
6 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2024
The transformation of data platforms into AI development platforms and the rise of agentic AI were the top developments in data management and business intelligence. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
A look at expectation vs. reality of generative AI in 2024
Last year, expectations for generative AI for the coming year centered on regulation, open source and multimodality. While some predictions were accurate, others were wrong. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2024
The year in AI: Catch up on the top AI news of 2024
As the new year approaches, the pace of AI development shows no signs of letting up. Get up to speed for 2025 by catching up on TechTarget Editorial's top AI news stories from 2024. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2024
37 AI content generators to explore in 2025
Artificially generated media continues to progress. Learn about the different types of media and content generators to check out in 2025. Continue Reading
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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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News
18 Dec 2024
Google's Veo 2 is technically advanced, but concerns remain
The new version can generate videos up to two minutes long. It seems better than OpenAI and Adobe's video generator. However, it might not be safe for commercial use. Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2024
Record funding round reflects Databricks' differentiation
Based on its AI development and expansion within data management, the record $10 billion the vendor raised shows it is viewed differently from its competitors. Continue Reading