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• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  Resume company builds non-biased generative AI feature

  WorkStory used startup Armilla AI's AutoAlign platform. The platform tunes open source large language models and acts as a guardrail for non-open source ones.

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  Tesla full self-drive software and autonomous vehicle safety

  The automaker gave North American users access to its full self-driving system in 2022. However, critics say it fails to perform basic tasks and could lead to catastrophic results.

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  AWS invests $100 million in new generative AI program

  The Generative AI Innovation Center will connect AWS machine learning experts and data scientists with enterprises. Enterprises can also use AWS services to train and scale models.

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Tribe 9 Foods uses digital twin technology from AI startup

  The food manufacturer saves time and money by using the startup's technology to gain insight into what consumers think about products it has released or is considering releasing.

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  HPE offers Cray supercomputer cloud service for AI models

  HPE unveils cloud AI services powered by its Cray supercomputers working in tandem with a version of its GreenLake for Large Language Models.

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• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Oracle plans to provide generative AI services with Cohere

  Following Microsoft's strategy, the big tech vendor allied with a startup to get into the generative AI market. It plans to integrate the services with business applications

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Nvidia and Hexagon collab to create digital twin products

  The vendors will integrate Hexagon's reality capture technology and Nexus manufacturing platforms with Omniverse, Nvidia's system for developing and creating metaverse apps.

• June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23

  AI startup Cohere raises $270 million from big tech vendors

  The new funding comes as the generative AI market grows rapidly and investors pour money into companies that build foundation models. Cohere competes with GPT creator OpenAI.

• June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23

  U.S. doesn't need a new AI regulator, experts argue

  Instead of establishing a new AI regulator in the U.S., it's crucial for existing agencies to conduct a review and determine their existing capacity for handling AI-related cases.

• June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23

  Google intros generative AI consulting services and updates

  The tech giant is aiming at enterprises with a series of new AI consulting services and tools to help businesses find new ways to summarize, automate and create content.

• June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23

  Sport teams drive sales leads with an AI digital assistant

  American soccer club Louisville City and the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks use Conversica to target the most promising leads for their sales teams and drive profit for their organizations.

• June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23

  Global workforce firm uses Glean's generative AI assistant

  The distributed global workforce platform vendor uses generative AI search to find information across its network. As an early user, Velocity Global found it helps with efficiency.

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  A look at 'risk of extinction from AI' statement

  The statement equates the potential risk of human eradication from AI to that of nuclear war. However, some argue society should instead mitigate the existing risk of AI bias.

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  Dataiku integrates with OpenAI, targets responsible AI

  The vendor's new data science platform includes integration with OpenAI's GPT-4 and multiple features to provide business users with control in the model creation process.

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  Automation Anywhere infuses RPA platform with generative AI

  The RPA vendor unveiled new features for its AI Success platform aimed at expanding the number of automation applications while providing users with a choice of cloud providers.

• May 30, 2023 30 May'23

  Nvidia's AI supercomputer garners support of Microsoft, Google

  Nvidia details plans to deliver multiple AI supercomputers this year using its new GH200 Superchip. The new system is capable of delivering 1 exaflop performance.

• May 24, 2023 24 May'23

  Dell enters generative AI market with Nvidia partnership

  The initiative provides enterprises with both Dell servers and Nvidia's H100 GPUs and software. It could appeal to Dell users that want to create generative models on premises.

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Microsoft pushes to dominate in AI race

  The cloud platform provider revealed an expanded plugin ecosystem and an updated ChatGPT, while forging a key strategic partnership with AI vendor Nvidia.

• May 19, 2023 19 May'23

  Meta infrastructure focus key to AI and metaverse ambitions

  The company sees its new AI chip, data center and supercomputer as ways to develop a strong foundation for what it calls an immersive metaverse experience.

• May 19, 2023 19 May'23

  Effects on enterprises of OpenAI's ChatGPT for iOS

  The iOS app makes accessibility easier for enterprises already using the desktop version of the generative AI system. It may lead to new applications but also to security concerns.

• May 17, 2023 17 May'23

  ServiceNow taps Nvidia to add AI workflows to Now Platform

  Building on its AI investments the past three years, ServiceNow partners with Nvidia to develop AI-based workflows for the Now Platform.

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  OpenAI CEO advocates for AI regulation

  To mitigate harms caused by artificial intelligence, industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said regulation will be necessary.

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  ServiceNow adds generative AI to Now Platform, ties to Azure

  ServiceNow launched two generative AI offerings, including a natural language search tool and a connection to Microsoft's Azure OpenAI, with further AI investments to follow.

• May 15, 2023 15 May'23

  Meta's AI Sandbox and generative AI in advertising

  Sandbox's AI capabilities for online advertisers indicate a potential advance in how AI tools can support advertising and search with fewer human interactions and less user data.

• May 12, 2023 12 May'23

  Recap: Tableau Conference and ThoughtSpot Beyond 2023

  Two events, each hosted by a different data analytics software provider, signify the tech industry's increased focus on democratizing AI -- especially generative AI.

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Google's upgrade of AI chatbot Bard could change search

  The tech giant added new features and opened Bard to 180 countries and territories. While its new chatbot seems like an experiment, it may herald the next search experience.

• May 09, 2023 09 May'23

  IBM launches Watsonx, a new generative AI platform

  The longtime tech giant is focusing on providing a hybrid cloud environment and a generative AI strategy that centers on enterprise, data and governance aspects of the technology.

• May 05, 2023 05 May'23

  For enterprise generative AI adoption, custom models are key

  Enterprise interest in deploying generative AI is on the rise, but challenges remain around security, infrastructure requirements and integration with existing systems.

• May 04, 2023 04 May'23

  Examining AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s fears about AI

  The 'godfather of AI' claims AI will be misused for political gain and to manipulate humans. His resignation from Google came weeks after tech leaders called for an 'AI pause.'

• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  Problems with generative AI for firms such as JPMorgan Chase

  Large language models carry significant risk for enterprises. For JPMorgan Chase, mitigating the risk means creating a learning environment and monitoring the use of the models.

• May 02, 2023 02 May'23

  Teradata integrates with Google Vertex AI

  The vendors' new integration provides choices to customers who prefer Google as their cloud provider. It also helps Google present itself as more focused on enterprises.

• April 26, 2023 26 Apr'23

  OpenAI takes privacy step by changing ChatGPT data settings

  The AI research lab is giving users the option to disable their chat history. Any conversations created when chat history is disabled will be automatically deleted 30 days later.

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  Deloitte targets specific industries with new AI offerings

  The consulting firm introduced Quartz AI, a suite of services. Two offerings now available focus on the logistics, fleet routing, restaurant and customer service industries.

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  Nvidia NeMo Guardrails addresses trust concerns with AI bots

  The toolkit enables enterprises to control the way large language models such as ChatGPT react to certain inquiries. It targets concerns enterprises have about trust and safety.

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  Foley legal AI lowers cost of reviewing tech contracts

  Foley & Lardner decided to embrace legal AI in its recently launched online contract review software. The top 50 law firm expects AI to eventually handle most routine legal tasks.

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  The effect of Reddit’s decision to charge for data use

  The sprawling social media platform's decision to charge for the commercial use of data will not only affect AI vendors but also enterprises and consumers.

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Google needs to ramp up AI-powered search to keep Samsung

  The search giant faces tough challenges as it squares off against Microsoft and its newly re-emergent search engine powered by OpenAI's GPT technology.

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  New Microsoft AI chip pressures Nvidia and hardware market

  The tech giant's new chip reflects a need to cut costs while scaling large models. The move could force AI hardware providers such as Nvidia to make changes.

• April 14, 2023 14 Apr'23

  AWS' new generative AI service fills need in market

  The cloud giant partnered with startups including Stability AI and AI21 Labs to offer a service that enables enterprises to create their own foundation models without leaving AWS.

• April 12, 2023 12 Apr'23

  Governments worldwide attempting to regulate generative AI

  Countries worldwide are monitoring the generative systems with their own unique rules and laws. For example, China proposed new laws, and the U.S. requested public comments.

• April 07, 2023 07 Apr'23

  New Meta AI model targets problem in computer vision market

  The research lab's new model helps enterprises in the computer vision market access a well-labeled set of images without having a person manually tag different images.

• April 06, 2023 06 Apr'23

  Google touts AI supercomputer; Nvidia tops MLPerf 3.0 tests

  Google added a little more heat to the AI supercomputing wars, revealing the latest details of its upcoming system positioned against that of market leader Nvidia.

• March 31, 2023 31 Mar'23

  At MLconf, speakers stress need for responsible AI framework

  Amid rising concerns about responsible AI, including recent calls for a pause in development, experts at MLconf urged caution and accountability when deploying AI systems.

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  The call for an AI pause points to a major concern

  The call to stop creating LLMs for six months comes as AI systems become more powerful and are moving too fast. There's a need to address data and privacy concerns.

• March 28, 2023 28 Mar'23

  AI vendor Cerebras releases 7 open source LLMs

  The hardware/software vendor diverges from tech giants such as Google, Meta and Microsoft partner OpenAI by making models available to both researchers and for-profit enterprises.

• March 23, 2023 23 Mar'23

  Don't count out Google and its AI chatbot Bard from AI race

  The tech giant may have been forced to respond as Microsoft and OpenAI dominate the generative AI market. However, it might still come out on top of its competitors.

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  ServiceNow's latest Now Platform focuses on AI, automation

  ServiceNow doubles down on AI in its latest version of its Now Platform. Code-named Utah, the new version has several AI features intended to optimize business processes.

• March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

  Nvidia aims at generative AI, joins with image stock firms

  The AI hardware/software vendor offers services for enterprises to build generative models without starting anew each time. The vendor is also teaming with Adobe and Getty Images.

• March 16, 2023 16 Mar'23

  How a time series forecasting vendor uses PyTorch Lightning

  Time series forecasting company Nixtla uses the framework for building deep learning models as it works to develop open source software for its customers.

• March 16, 2023 16 Mar'23

  DataRobot intros AI Platform 9.0, generative AI to come

  With the new platform, the vendor aims to help enterprises focus not only on model performance but also on business performance. The vendor also unveiled key new partnerships.

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  New Microsoft Azure VMs target generative AI developers

  Generative AI app developers can soon access the supercomputing infrastructure they need through Microsoft Azure.

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  OpenAI releases latest version of its star LLM: GPT-4

  The AI vendor introduced its latest large language model. With multimodal capabilities, it's expected to perform better while still suffering from some of the same problems.

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  Reasons for and effects of Microsoft cutting AI ethics unit

  The tech giant has garnered much attention for integrating ChatGPT technology into its applications. However, eliminating its AI ethics unit raises questions.

• March 14, 2023 14 Mar'23

  Google embeds generative AI features in cloud and Workspace

  The tech giant's new API enables enterprises to scale and adopt models without their data becoming part of the training ground for large language models, the vendor said.

• March 13, 2023 13 Mar'23

  Microsoft integrates ChatGPT into Azure; GPT-4 expected soon

  The AI assistant is now a part of Azure managed services, and developers are able to integrate it into applications. Meanwhile, OpenAI is expected to release GPT-4 this week.

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Startup's latest large language model rivals GPT-3

  Jurassic-2 is the latest model from AI21 Labs. The model is the successor to Jurassic-1, which was trained on 178 billion parameters, 3 billion parameters more than GPT-3.

• March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

  Microsoft incorporates AI foundation model in business apps

  The tech giant made the Florence foundation model available to a wider audience through Azure Cognitive Services. The service also is now available in Teams and other applications.

• March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

  SambaNova aims to meet generative AI challenges

  The vendor's new platform enables enterprises to build generative models with their own data. The approach aims to resolve privacy and data ownership problems with generative AI.

• March 06, 2023 06 Mar'23

  Microsoft integrates GPT into Power Apps and AI Builder

  The tech giant's new Power Platform features enable enterprises to use OpenAI’s GPT technology to create their own AI-powered bots or summarize and create content.

• February 28, 2023 28 Feb'23

  FTC wants vendors to stop lying about 'AI-powered' products

  As AI's popularity grows with trendy tools such as ChatGPT, the federal agency warns vendors that are lying about how their products are built or performing.

• February 27, 2023 27 Feb'23

  Snapchat's My AI uses ChatGPT, but not all enterprises can

  The social media app's new AI chatbot uses the latest OpenAI technology. However, OpenAI's privacy policy might make it difficult for enterprises to use the large language model.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  Infrastructure to support Open AI's ChatGPT could be costly

  Corporate users looking to implement OpenAI's ChatGPT internally likely need to upgrade infrastructure with a massive number of GPUs.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  Meta's Llama enters the generative AI fray with ChatGPT, Bard

  Trailing rivals Microsoft and Google, the Facebook parent company plunged into the surging large language model market with its own powerful interactive AI chatbot, Llama.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  ElevenLabs and the risks of voice-generating AI

  The startup's technology is popular among content creators and also bad actors who use it maliciously. But the AI voice platform also raises the issue of what's real and fake.

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  How ChatGPT can advance AI in the law industry

  AI technology has made it easier for lawyers to do their job effectively. The emergence of generative AI is no exception. But lawyers who use this tool must do so responsibly.

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  AWS, Hugging Face and the growing generative AI competition

  The tech giant and LLM vendor team up as rivalry intensifies between Microsoft and Google in the generative AI war. The partnership is Amazon's response to the competition.

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  VR platform aims to give retailers entry into the metaverse

  Through a partnership with SAP, Obsess integrated the e-commerce platform within its virtual stores to create an interface that engages young consumers.

• February 15, 2023 15 Feb'23

  Nvidia and Intel partner to power new workstations

  The new workstations will bring together powerful AI computing, rendering and simulation horsepower for data science workloads and media and healthcare enterprises.

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  ChatGPT bursts into Microsoft Bing as Google Bard rises

  The AI search race heated up as Microsoft infused its struggling Bing search engine with OpenAI technology and Google introduced Bard, a lightweight version of its LaMDA chatbot.

• February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

  Federal report focuses on AI diversity and ethics

  A national group formed to advance the research and development of AI in the U.S. proposes ways to add more variety among students, educators and researchers studying AI.

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  Implications of AI art lawsuits for copyright laws

  Lawsuits filed by Getty Images and several artists could determine whether generative AI developers can use copyrighted materials as part of their training data sets.

• January 30, 2023 30 Jan'23

  How a digital retail firm uses enterprise search

  Glean trains language models based on a customer's documents and other stored content. Its platform sits on users' technology stack to provide for smooth integration.

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  ChatGPT could boost phishing scams

  The conversational AI tool could make it hard to detect attackers due to how conversant and grammatically correct it is. A way to combat that is to create a detector.

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Microsoft bets on AI to drive next wave of cloud, revenues

  While Microsoft revenues grew slightly in its second fiscal quarter, the company's cloud revenues continue to stall as users become more conservative with their IT spending.

• January 23, 2023 23 Jan'23

  What Microsoft's new investment in OpenAI means for Google

  The investment was expected as ChatGPT drew immediate worldwide attention. Observers now look to Google to see how the dominant search vendor will respond to ChatGPT's popularity.

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  AI21 intros text-generating AI capability that cites sources

  AI vendor AI21 Labs' Wordtune Spices is a writing assistant that provides users with different text options and links to sources so that writers know where the information is from.

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  DataStax acquires ML vendor as part of AI evolution

  The acquisition will let customers apply machine learning to real-time events. It is a natural step toward AI technology for the vendor as it looks to stay competitive.

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Nvidia intros new workflows to stem retail theft

  Retailers such as Target and Rite Aid have reported huge losses due to theft. Computer vision and image recognition tools can help identify and track products.

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  The chances of Microsoft using ChatGPT to challenge Google

  The tech giant likely is looking to incorporate OpenAI's platform into Bing to rival Google. While the AI platform has been popular among consumers, many believe it needs work.

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Nvidia, Intel team up on energy efficient AI server

  Nvidia and Intel go from competitors to partners by jointly developing a system designed to push heavy AI workloads and offer users significant energy savings.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  AI platform helps medical company screen babies' eyes

  Startup Iris Technology unveils its new platform for 200 users. Medical AI company Pr3vent uses the platform to train its AI model and remove bias from its model.

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  AMD doubles down on AI with new Ryzen 7000 chips

  Looking to take on market leader Nvidia, AMD unveiled its first Ryzen 7000 series chip that includes a built-in AI engine to speed artificial intelligence content creation.

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  Nvidia adds generative AI suite to Omniverse platform

  The AI hardware/software vendor released new generative AI tools for developers. It also updated its Omniverse Enterprise platform and introduced registration for avatar builders.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Biggest AI news of 2022

  From misinformation and disinformation in the war in Ukraine to James Earl Jones lending his voice to voice cloning, these are the most notable stories of the year.

• December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

  Four AI trends to look for in 2023

  From a new algorithm law to combat hiring bias in New York City to the growth of generative tools and technologies, AI will keep growing and be used by more enterprises next year.

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Lensa AI app mixes up data, privacy and representation

  The app generates avatars from users' images. While the terms and conditions worry critics, the avatars provide representation of racial groups not usually seen in art.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Making avatars and metaverse technologies more mature

  While a digital human is likely to capture the attention of enterprises, those interacting with the avatar see ways the virtual being can be improved to help humans.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Diversity within your AI team can reduce bias

  The CEO of the Women Leaders in Data and AI group discusses why including women and other underrepresented groups on AI teams can help to address the problem of AI bias.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  How enterprises determine whether to buy or build AI models

  From the USPS to appliance company Conair, organizations employing machine learning technology sometimes need to determine whether it's better to buy or build capabilities.

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS adds governance, geospatial tools to Amazon SageMaker

  The cloud computing giant added data governance and geospatial tools to its machine learning platform and provided 40 new data connectors to Data Wrangler.

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  Apple's AI-powered RoomPlan complements a design app

  Interior design company Planner 5D introduced an API feature created by Apple that enables app users to quickly scan rooms without taking too much time to draw and trace manually.

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  How Cisco uses AI to find diverse suppliers

  The digital communications technology giant employs machine learning vendor Tealbook to gain access to data that fits the types of suppliers it wants.

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Enterprise applications of the metaverse slow but coming

  From holographic avatars to training surgeons, metaverse applications for enterprises are many. But the technology for organizations is still in its infancy.

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  What Microsoft, Nvidia AI supercomputer partnership means

  The public cloud supercomputer will incorporate A100 and H100 GPUs and the chipmaker's AI enterprise software suite. It will enable enterprises to build large AI models at scale.

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Finding what differentiates Cerebras' AI supercomputer

  The vendor's new technology enables organizations that might not have the money to build their own supercomputer to try the technology and see what they can accomplish with it.

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Intel deepfake detector raises questions

  The vendor created a detector that uses facial blood flow to determine if a video subject is fake or real. However, its effectiveness to detect a real or fake video is unclear.

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  Augmentation a better approach than automation for AI

  Fears that robots will replace human workers grow as technologists create new tools that imitate what humans do. Instead, industries should focus on using AI to complement humans.

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Finding value in AI in the age of digitization

  Even as enterprises invest in AI technology, they are not applying it strategically, although they attempt to change their operations to become more focused on technology.

• October 31, 2022 31 Oct'22

  James Earl Jones, AI and the growing voice cloning market

  The growing text-to-speech and speech-to-speech market is sparking new enterprise applications. However, the technologies also raise concerns about privacy and misuse of the tools.

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  Staying relevant in process mining: Celonis' challenge

  The vendor recently announced a $1 billion funding extension. But despite its popularity for process mining, Celonis faces competition from more vendors entering the market.