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    Exploring the role of AI in beauty and haircare

    Myavana uses machine learning to recommend products to Black women. The service is valuable to enterprises that can take use of the breadth of data the vendor has on Black hair.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Oct. 29, 2024
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    Closing the gap between open source and closed AI models

    More enterprises are fine-tuning open models from vendors including Meta, xAI and Mistral AI. This has led startups like Together AI to see this is the future.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Enterprise adoption of generative AI is accelerating

    More enterprises are using generative AI. There is no consensus on the best use case or if open or closed models work better. Organizations that used AI before ChatGPT are ahead.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Oct. 1, 2024
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    Google’s head of product on generative AI strategy

    The cloud, search and AI giant has seen its fortunes rise and fall during the rise of GenAI technology. Its strategy has been to provide choices while aiming to stay ahead.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Generative AI fuels growth of online deepfakes

    As generative AI systems and voice cloning apps grow, organizations are seeing a rise in fraudulent calls. Organizations need to be vigilant and plan to deal with these threats.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Aug. 19, 2024
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    Examining the tech stances of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Harris has been close to the tech and AI community in her home state of California but is markedly more pro-regulation than Trump. The candidates are vying for tech and AI support.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • Aug. 5, 2024
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    A year in review with the Targeting AI podcast

    The show explored diverse angles on generative and mainstream AI technology. It delved into regulation, ethics, startups and trends with vendors, AI users, developers and thinkers.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • July 29, 2024
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    AWS GenAI strategy based on multimodel ecosystem plus Q

    While offering its own large language models and AI chips, the tech giant gives customers access to other vendors' generative models, including open models.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • July 15, 2024
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    Walmart uses GenAI for payroll, employee digital experience

    The retail powerhouse is providing its associates with generative AI tools to use to automate parts of their job. The company is also using the technology to spot payroll problems.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • July 1, 2024
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    Lenovo stakes claim to generative AI at the edge

    The laptop, PC and mobile phone vendor pursues its 'pocket to cloud' strategy, claiming device-native generative AI is more secure, private and economical.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • June 17, 2024
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    The importance of open source in GenAI

    Lightning AI, the creator of PyTorch Lightning, was a pioneer of open source technology. The vendor has built on many platforms, but CTO Luca Antiga doesn't see one as best.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • June 3, 2024
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    A vision of an AI future that might not include humans

    Artificial intelligence is moving so quickly that it has already become part of daily life. In the not-too-far-off future, some think it could supplant human civilization.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • May 20, 2024
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    Salesforce open model AI strategy aims for trust, automation

    The CRM and CX giant is leaning on generative AI for sales and customer service applications and is aiming to ensure that users can trust the output of large language models.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • May 6, 2024
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    Examining developers’ perception of AI tools

    At GitHub and for many coders, AI technology can shoulder some of the cognitive burden. However, inaccuracies that come with the tools can be hard for some.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • April 22, 2024
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    Musicians and the fight for fairness in the age of GenAI

    Artists say generative AI systems are threatening their livelihoods. Jenn Anderson-Miller, CEO of music licensing company Audiosocket, has ideas about how to address the issue.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • April 8, 2024
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    Podcast: A look at SambaNova’s open source AI strategy

    Despite sometimes being seen as a direct competitor to Nvidia Systems, the AI hardware and software vendor tries to distinguish itself by focusing on training open source models.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • March 11, 2024
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    Podcast: 2024 the year of ROI for generative AI

    Generative AI technologies are proliferating rapidly, but vendors and investors are looking to monetize AI models, a pivot from last year's innovative frenzy.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • Feb. 26, 2024
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    Podcast: AI, hiring and the need for humans in the loop

    An HR expert joins the 'Targeting AI' podcast to explain the need for humans in recruiting along with tech to help prevent algorithmic bias and why some laws don't go far enough.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Feb. 12, 2024
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    Podcast: Sama responds to AI data labeling criticism

    The data annotation and labeling vendor, which has faced criticism for its practices in Africa despite its social good mission, is out with a new platform to reduce model failure.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Jan. 29, 2024
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    Podcast: Examining Microsoft VC M12’s AI investment policy

    M12 looks for new and transformative technologies. It also seeks to back companies that are focused on how the generative market might shift in the coming years.

    By Esther Shittu • Jan. 16, 2024
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    A challenge: Guiding generative AI toward responsible use

    Transparency, explainability and lack of bias are principles for building generative AI systems that work according to ethical rules and are fair for everyone.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • Jan. 2, 2024
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    2024 will see generative AI mature

    Next year, enterprises will likely be inundated with more capabilities and applications for GenAI. The year will lead to smaller models and regulation in more countries.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Dec. 18, 2023
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    AI-assisted driving here long before autonomous vehicles

    An AI-powered driver assist platform from Nauto helps fleet drivers deliver their goods safely. Using voice commands, the system acts as a real-time coach.

    By Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu • Dec. 4, 2023
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    Diving into Wayfair’s machine learning odyssey

    From starting with using the technology to determine the best marketing mediums to using GenAI tools internally, the online retail giant's AI experience has evolved.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Nov. 20, 2023
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    Tech industry reaction to Biden’s AI executive order mixed

    While it's the first extensive statement from the U.S. government on governing and promoting AI, it falls short of providing actionable steps to vendors.

    By Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner • Nov. 6, 2023