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• 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.

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• 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.

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  IBM expands embeddable AI software with NLP capabilities

  The addition to embeddable AI comes one week after IBM introduced its new AI chip. The libraries aim to make it easier for developers to use the Watson application.

• October 21, 2022 21 Oct'22

  AI groups work to tune, release large language models

  CarperAI, Scale AI and other research groups have partnered to deliver instruction-tuned language models as the NLP market grows.

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  CRM and BPM vendor Pegasystems adds new AI features

  The CRM and business process management vendor, looking to scale up, introduced new features for business users, service representatives and call center customers.

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure incorporates Nvidia GPUs and AI

  Nvidia GPU chips will support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Also, OCI users will have access to Nvidia's Enterprise AI system and Clara healthcare-specialized platform.

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  New Microsoft AI tools aim at business end users

  Microsoft released new features for the Azure Cognitive Services suite, as well as a Form Recognizer and Responsible AI dashboard aimed at both data scientists and business users.

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Google Cloud introduces new AI tools for business users

  The tech giant released new a translation hub aimed at business users, a computer vision feature for the Vertex AI platform, and the OpenXLA Project open source initiative.

• October 07, 2022 07 Oct'22

  The long-term answer to fixing bias in AI systems

  The technology is exploding with new developments daily. However, problems with training data can lead to bias. Fixing it requires retraining the data and educating users.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  The creative thief: AI tools creating generated art

  AI systems such as OpenAI's Dall-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are used to create striking images. But it can be unclear if the images are inspired by others or stolen.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Automation and digital assistants in a post-pandemic world

  From the food industry to manufacturing and healthcare, enterprises are looking for more ways to enhance their businesses and scale their growth with digital automation.

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  RPA vendor Automation Anywhere aims at process discovery

  While the vendor's new platform is geared towards automation, the market is shifting. Many enterprises are now moving away from RPA and toward process mining and discovery.

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  AI Bill of Rights blueprint lacks enforceability

  The AI Bill of Rights blueprint offers guidance to businesses, but the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy cannot enforce its recommendations.

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Digital twin consortium accelerates growth of the technology

  Through its working groups, the consortium helps organizations deal with challenges in managing systems and data related to the technology. The subgroups publish their findings.

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  DataRobot-managed AI cloud now generally available

  With the managed version of its cloud platform, the vendor will run machine learning projects for enterprises that don't want them on the public cloud.

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Chipotle pilots AI systems to assist workers and diners

  The fast-food chain is trying out AI-powered cook assistants and consumer experience programs. Its tortilla-making bot will start making chips for some consumers next month.

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Domino Data Lab partnerships target AI project management

  The vendor has integrated its Nexus MLOps platform with Nvidia GPU architecture and the NetApp data management and storage system to help organizations better deploy ML projects.

• September 20, 2022 20 Sep'22

  Nvidia unveils Omniverse Cloud for metaverse applications

  The new service lets enterprises build metaverse applications. The vendor also introduced new large language model services and unveiled upgrades to its H100 hardware line.

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Jabra provides sentiment analysis with first AI software

  The new SaaS offering voice coaches agents and provides self-coaching assessments and personalized evaluations. The vendor also introduced two new headsets.