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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
12 Mar 2025
Vast Data targets secure, speedy agentic AI development
The vendor is furthering its expansion into AI development with features such as vector search and event streaming aimed at enabling users to build and maintain agents. Continue Reading
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11 Mar 2025
OpenAI rides agentic wave, intros new agent-building tools
The vendor's new Responses API includes various tools such as web search, file search and computer use that developers can use to build agentic applications. Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2025
Vast Data targets secure, speedy agentic AI development
The vendor is furthering its expansion into AI development with features such as vector search and event streaming aimed at enabling users to build and maintain agents. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2025
OpenAI rides agentic wave, intros new agent-building tools
The vendor's new Responses API includes various tools such as web search, file search and computer use that developers can use to build agentic applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Mar 2025
Why small language models are on the rise
Small language models challenge the 'bigger is better' AI myth -- but can they fully replace their larger counterparts? Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Mar 2025
How the legal profession can benefit from AI technology
Lawyers can benefit from AI technology in many ways, but they must be careful to double-check briefs and other documents they create with generative AI. Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2025
New Databricks tools tackle lingering GenAI accuracy issues
Features such as centralized model governance and real-time monitoring aim to improve the accuracy of outputs so that enterprises can confidently scale beyond experimentation. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Mar 2025
GANs vs. VAEs: What is the best generative AI approach?
The use of generative AI is taking off across industries. Two popular approaches are GANs, which are used to generate multimedia, and VAEs, used more for signal analysis. Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Mar 2025
How RAG unlocks the power of enterprise data
An industry analyst's perspective on how retrieval-augmented generation can enhance LLM accuracy, reduce hallucinations and scale AI adoption. Continue Reading
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News
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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News
06 Mar 2025
Google aims to renew leadership in search with AI Mode
The cloud vendor's new AI Mode expands on AI Overviews with advanced reasoning, thinking and multimodal capabilities. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2025
Solving specific problems driving enterprise adoption of AI
When weighing the benefits and risks of deploying AI at scale, whether the tools solve specific problems can accelerate deployment, Sisense CEO Ariel Katz says. Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Mar 2025
What is lemmatization?
Lemmatization is the process of grouping together different inflected forms of the same word. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Mar 2025
How and why to create synthetic data with generative AI
The data required to train and maintain models is often sparse or inaccessible. Fortunately, generative AI can create synthetic data to supplement real-world data. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2025
Qdrant update adds security measures for AI development
The vector database specialist's update includes features that enable secure AI development such as role-based access control and an API for managing cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2025
GPT-4.5 explained: Everything you need to know
GPT-4.5, OpenAI's latest model, enhances natural conversation and emotional intelligence. It supports content generation, multilingual proficiency and more. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2025
JFrog integrates with Hugging Face, Nvidia; intros JFrog ML
The partnership aims to give developers a clearer guide on safe models. It also aims to ensure enterprise-grade safety and security with the deployment of open models. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot that uses natural language processing to create humanlike conversational dialogue. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2025
DeepSeek intensifies U.S.-China race for AI supremacy
While U.S. AI vendors still have the upper hand, China has made big gains in AI technology even with U.S. export controls on AI chips and new tariffs on Chinese goods. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is Google AI?
Google AI, formerly known as Google Research, is Google's artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) branch for its AI applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Mar 2025
What is OpenAI?
OpenAI is a private research laboratory that aims to develop and direct artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that benefit humanity as a whole. Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2025
AI startup Anthropic raises $3.5 billion
The startup's valuation and technology continue to put it in direct competition with OpenAI. However, like OpenAI, it faces integration challenges from enterprises. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2025
CNN vs. GAN: How are they different?
Convolutional neural networks and generative adversarial networks are both deep learning models but differ in how they work and are used. Learn the ins and outs of CNNs and GANs. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Mar 2025
Generative AI ethics: 11 biggest concerns and risks
As adoption and use cases grow, generative AI is upending business models and driving ethical issues such as misinformation, brand integrity and job displacement to the forefront. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2025
12 top resources to build an ethical AI framework
Examine the standards, tools and techniques available to help navigate the nuances and complexities in establishing a generative AI ethics framework that supports responsible AI. Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2025
Alation unveils AI agents plus SDK for agentic development
The data catalog vendor's new agents for documentation and data quality monitoring represent innovation among metadata management vendors and could force competitors to respond. Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2025
Teradata unveils vector store to fuel AI development
The longtime data management and analytics vendor's new feature will enable developers to discover the relevant data needed to train business-specific generative AI applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Feb 2025
Compare AI agents vs. RPA: Key differences and overlap
Choosing the right automation strategy isn't just about efficiency -- businesses need to consider adaptability and reliability too. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2025
OpenAI GPT-4.5, Alexa+ and the move to wiser AI systems
With GPT-4.5 and Alexa+, generative AI systems are moving beyond just being LLM chatbots. Instead, they incorporate better human understanding and can perform tasks for humans. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Feb 2025
Gemini vs. ChatGPT: What's the difference?
ChatGPT took the early lead among AI-generated chatbots before Google answered with Gemini. While ChatGPT and Gemini perform similar tasks, there are differences. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Feb 2025
What is quantum in physics and computing?
A quantum, the singular form of quanta, is the smallest discrete unit of any physical entity. For example, a quantum of light is a photon, and a quantum of electricity is an electron. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2025
Snowflake adds OpenAI models with Microsoft integration
In a move that adds more model choices for AI developers, models including GPT-4o are now natively available in Cortex AI alongside models from Anthropic, Meta, Mistral and others. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2025
Google boosts AlloyDB with added vector search capabilities
New features address the accuracy and performance of the in-database vector searches that discover relevant data for feeding and training AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2025
IBM to buy open source data platform and AI vendor DataStax
The tech giant looks to the Astra DB creator to strengthen its Watsonx family of AI products. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2025
Apple and the bullish AI investment trend
The iPhone maker's plans have been in the works for a while, but they speak to a larger trend in spending on technology internationally and in the U.S. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Feb 2025
What are diffusion models?
Diffusion models are a category of generative AI that excels at creating images, audio, video and other types of data by using a two-step process: forward diffusion and reverse diffusion. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2025
12 AI conferences to attend in 2025
Stay up to date on the latest trends in AI, and further your understanding of the technology, by attending one of these industry events either in person or virtually. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2025
Reltio adds real-time data delivery to fuel fast decisions
The vendor's new Lightspeed Data Delivery Network can be used to feed customer recommendation engines and other applications that need data instantaneously to fuel actions. Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Feb 2025
Good data strategy is needed for GenAI
While AI has improved and evolved, one thing remains constant: the need for good training data. This will help organizations grow and remain competitive. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2025
Anthropic intros hybrid reasoning model Claude 3.7 Sonnet
The model can perform both generic LLM and reasoning tasks. It is optimized for business use. The vendor also introduced an agent for generating code. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Feb 2025
Compare Semantic Kernel vs. LangChain for AI development
Building a new application with generative AI? Compare two popular frameworks to decide which is best for your project. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2025
Couchbase integrates with Nvidia NIM to aid AI development
By joining its Capella AI Model Services environment for AI development with Nvidia's microservices suite, the database vendor aims to make building and managing AI apps easier. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Feb 2025
What is an autoregressive model?
An autoregressive model is a category of machine learning models in which algorithms predict future data based on a series of their own past data. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Feb 2025
What is a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network?
A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) is a neural network architecture that dramatically improves the performance and explainability of physics, mathematics and analytics models. Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils world AI model for video games
The new type of foundation model is similar to Nvidia Cosmos. While it makes for a better gaming experience, it's also applicable to enterprises. Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2025
XAI's Grok-3 highlights openness and transparency concerns
The AI startup's new Grok model has 10 times more compute power than the previous generation. XAI also introduced reasoning capabilities that it says surpass reasoning models. Continue Reading
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Video
18 Feb 2025
Run Llama LLMs on your laptop with Hugging Face and Python
How hard is it to run a large language model within a Python program? With a little help from PyTorch and the Hugging Face API, it's not hard at all. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Feb 2025
Google Gemini 2.0 explained: Everything you need to know
Google Gemini 2.0, announced in December 2024, will enhance generative AI with multimodal capabilities and agentic AI features, integrating across Google services. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Feb 2025
What is a reasoning engine?
A reasoning engine is an iterative software system that mimics human problem-solving capabilities, making inferences or reaching conclusions based on rules, logic and established facts or data. Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2025
Confluent, Databricks partner to simplify AI development
With a new integration, joint customers can more easily access real-time streaming data to develop, deploy and maintain trusted AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Feb 2025
Compare generative AI vs. LLMs: Differences and use cases
While large language models like ChatGPT grab headlines, the generative AI landscape is far more diverse, spanning models that are changing how we create images, audio and video. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Feb 2025
History of generative AI innovations spans 9 decades
The dominance of Nvidia chips, emerging technologies like agentic and embodied AI, and knockoffs of ChatGPT are among the latest milestones powering GenAI's business future. Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2025
Thomson Reuters win not telling of other AI fair use lawsuits
A judge rules in favor of the media company. However, the decision will likely not significantly affect generative AI lawsuits still waiting for a court ruling. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
12 Feb 2025
How network engineers can prepare for the future with AI
The rapid rise of AI has left some professionals feeling unprepared. GenAI is beneficial to networks, but engineers must have the proper tools to adapt to this new change. Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2025
Snowflake's new Cortex Agents enables agentic AI development
The vendor's new managed service, now in preview, provides developers with an API for combining structured and unstructured data with LLMs to create agentic applications. Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2025
Ataccama adds data lineage to foster trust in AI, analytics
Given that the absence of trusted data hinders AI development, the vendor's new capabilities further its effort to provide users with the tools to ensure data can be trusted. Continue Reading
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News
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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Definition
11 Feb 2025
What is a supercomputer?
A supercomputer is a highly advanced computer that performs at or near the highest operational rate for computers. 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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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Tip
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Feature
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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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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News
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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News
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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Feature
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