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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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Feature
01 Aug 2025
Generative AI vs. regenerative AI: Key differences explored
Generative AI creates content from training data, while regenerative AI focuses on self-repair and autonomous optimization. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2025
Informatica adds MCP support, spate of AI-fueled features
With Model Context Protocol helping standardize how enterprises develop and deploy agents, support for the open standard is valuable for customers building advanced applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Jul 2025
What is a smart home? Everything you need to know
A smart home is a residence that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems, such as lighting and heating. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2025
Informatica adds MCP support, spate of AI-fueled features
With Model Context Protocol helping standardize how enterprises develop and deploy agents, support for the open standard is valuable for customers building advanced applications. Continue Reading
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Infographic
31 Jul 2025
A history of Google algorithm updates
Google frequently updates its algorithm to improve search result quality. These updates often enhance search query interpretation and prevent spam tactics. Continue Reading
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Podcast
29 Jul 2025
Interpreting the rapid evolution of generative AI systems
In the two years that 'Targeting AI' has covered the increasingly pervasive world of AI technology, generative AI has become one of the dominant memes in business and society. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jul 2025
Agentic AI vs. generative AI: What's the difference?
While often discussed together, agentic AI and generative AI have distinct differences. Understanding those differences is key to implementing both effectively. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Jul 2025
AIaaS adoption: What to overcome and how to succeed
Taking a thoughtful approach to AI as a service can ensure successful outcomes. Organizations need to know the why, what and how behind their AIaaS adoption strategies. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2025
Why Apple is ripe for an AI acquisition to improve Siri
Following WWDC, questions mount over the company's GenAI approach. An acquisition may be necessary for it to gain ground in GenAI. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2025
Collibra's acquisition of Deasy targets unstructured data
With AI development on the rise, the vendor's latest purchase better enables customers to combine the complete array of relevant data to inform advanced applications. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2025
White House AI plan places scrutiny on state AI laws
While the White House wants to ensure U.S. companies can export AI products, it's considering new export controls for semiconductor manufacturing subsystems. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2025
Google advances Gemini with low-cost Flash-Lite 2.5
The cloud provider's model release targets businesses looking for performance, cost-effectiveness and precision. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2025
StarTree adding Iceberg support to simplify, speed analysis
With open table data storage formats gaining popularity, the vendor's pending support for Apache Iceberg promotes flexibility while also making analysis more efficient. Continue Reading
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23 Jul 2025
StarTree adding Iceberg support to simplify, speed analysis
With open table data storage formats gaining popularity, the vendor's pending support for Apache Iceberg promotes flexibility while also making analysis more efficient. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jul 2025
Oracle adds MCP support to advance agentic AI development
Given that the open standard simplifies the complex process of connecting systems during agentic AI development, the tech giant's integration with MCP stands to benefit users. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Jul 2025
What is IoT (internet of things)?
The internet of things, or IoT, is a network of interrelated devices that connect and exchange data with other IoT devices and the cloud. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
Google adds new features in Search as AI race intensifies
The tech giant added more GenAI features to AI Mode, and a new business calling system. The updates respond to growing rivalry in AI search from vendors like OpenAI and Perplexity. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2025
Ataccama targets business users with latest AI capabilities
The vendor's latest update makes data lineage accessible to business users, enabling them to trust their data and make decisions without consulting trained experts for assistance. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Jul 2025
What is pattern recognition?
Pattern recognition is the ability to detect arrangements of characteristics in data that yields information about a given system or data set. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
AI training, copyright issues headline U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. senators blasted companies, including Meta and Anthropic, for training AI models on copyrighted content, including pirated books and other materials. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2025
AWS launches AgentCore system and agentic marketplace
The cloud provider introduced a service that includes capabilities that help agents perform at a bigger scale. It also unveiled a new marketplace. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2025
Beyond replacement: How AI is enhancing PaaS offerings
AI is transforming PaaS with automation and cost-efficient features, but will it eventually replace cloud platforms? Industry experts discuss the partnership of AI and PaaS. Continue Reading
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Podcast
15 Jul 2025
Database vendor MongoDB embraces GenAI
The vendor has moved quickly to incorporate technologies such as vector search that are integral to generative AI. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2025
Qdrant lowers vector database complexity to aid development
The vendor now provides an integrated environment for operationalizing unstructured data to aid enterprises struggling with a profusion of tools to generate and manage vectors. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jul 2025
China startup Moonshot AI rivals U.S. with cheap open model
A Chinese startup is out with an open source trillion-parameter model that excels at coding and agentic tasks. It outperforms Western competitors on some benchmarks. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jul 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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Tip
14 Jul 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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Tip
14 Jul 2025
Integrating IoT and machine learning: Benefits and use cases
With applications in industries such as manufacturing and healthcare, integrating IoT with machine learning offers a range of unique benefits. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2025
XAI releases Grok 4 amid furor over antisemitic comments
Elon Musk’s xAI launches latest model amid backlash over antisemitic responses by previous version. Meanwhile, startup Perplexity releases Comet, an AI browser. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jul 2025
What is a natural user interface (NUI)?
A natural user interface (NUI) is an interface that's designed to feel as natural as possible to users as they interact with a computing system or application. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jul 2025
27 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
09 Jul 2025
AI in the data center: Transforming operations and careers
AI is transforming data center jobs by enhancing efficiency, security and management. Strategic AI use enables staff to focus on complex tasks, while automating routine operations. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Knime updates framework for agentic AI development
The open source analytics vendor is keeping up with competitors by providing features aimed at enabling users to create cutting-edge applications capable of autonomous action. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Cerebras launches Alibaba model, forms key AI partnerships
The vendor expanded Alibaba's Qwen3-235B context window to 131k. It also formed strategic partnerships with DataRobot, Notion and other companies. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2025
Denodo unveils DeepQuery to provide AI-powered deep analysis
The data virtualization specialist's new GenAI feature lets users dig deep into their data to discover the reasons underlying what's happening within their organization. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jul 2025
What GPT model limitations mean for the future of GenAI
With concerns like limited reasoning and hallucination risk, will AI developers turn away from the GPT model and toward alternative model types? Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2025
Qlik adds trust score to aid data prep for AI development
By measuring dimensions such as diversity and timeliness, the vendor's new tool helps users understand if their data is properly prepared to inform advanced applications. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2025
Amazon foundation model for robots shows what's possible
The vendor created the new model with Amazon SageMaker, showing what's possible with the platform and that models do not have to be language models to provide business value. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2025
AI cannibalism explained: A model failure
AI cannibalism – training on AI-generated content – creates a feedback loop that worsens bias, degrades quality and risks model collapse, making systems unreliable or unusable. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2025
Agents, semantic layers among top data, analytics trends
The top 10 predictions for the next few years are all influenced by the increasing deployment of AI to help make business decisions and take action. Continue Reading
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Podcast
01 Jul 2025
Diverse data, ethical use key to responsible AI engineering
Karen Panetta's engineering journey led her to identify critical bias in facial recognition systems and champion transparent technology that protects human welfare. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2025
Baidu makes foundation model Ernie 4.5 open source
The China-based AI vendor has contributed to the open source community before. The release of the family of open models highlights the growth of the open source community in GenAI. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2025
ChatGPT advanced AI, but OpenAI faces hurdles in keeping lead
Model makers disrupted AI, pushing Google to innovate and boosting Microsoft. Yet four years later, enterprises remain loyal to cloud providers, leaving the survival of the startups uncertain. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2025
Why effective cybersecurity is important for businesses
Cyberattacks can have serious financial and business consequences for companies, which makes implementing strong cybersecurity protections a critical step. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2025
Fair use rulings favor Meta and Anthropic but are limited
While the judges agreed with the fair use argument, it doesn't mean other lawsuits will have the same ruling. It's also likely that the Supreme Court will be the ultimate decider. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2025
Confluent platform update targets performance, simplicity
The vendor's latest release replaces its coordinating technology to make its tools easier to use and updates its Control Center for more efficient streaming data workloads. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Jun 2025
What is a qubit (quantum bit)?
A qubit, short for quantum bit, is the basic unit of information in quantum computing and the counterpart to the bit, or binary digit, in classical computing. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2025
Agentic AI at the core of HPE networking, GreenLake updates
The infrastructure titan launched several new products and services aimed at bolstering customers' appetite and abilities for AI workload optimization. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2025
AI-generated deepfakes spread in Israel-Iran-U.S. conflict
Bad actors have used AI technology for more than a decade to spread misinformation and disinformation. However, the tools are getting more sophisticated and difficult to detect. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2025
New Actian features target data discoverability, reliability
Automatically embedded data governance, data product registration on a data marketplace platform and a natural language interface aim to make trusted data easier to discover. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jun 2025
What is prediction error?
A prediction error is the failure of a model of a system to accurately forecast outcomes. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2025
Teradata extends AI development to on-premises environments
For enterprises concerned about cloud cost control and data sovereignty, the longtime vendor's new platform enables users to build advanced AI tools in their own systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jun 2025
AI agents increasingly viable for enterprise use
AI agent use is ramping up, with development environments leading the charge. Governance and agent building are also on the rise. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2025
Pendo launches platform to analyze AI agent performance
The company said its new platform will enable businesses to track agentic AI software and optimize performance. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2025
Big tech, UAE make U.S. energy investments to support AI
The Trump administration has pointed to key partnerships, including with the United Arab Emirates and U.S. tech companies, to bolster U.S. power needs to keep up with AI advances. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2025
Apple AI paper likely self-serving but has some merit
Although the iPhone maker appears to be trying to draw attention away from the fact that it's behind in LLMs, the point it makes might still be valid. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2025
EnterpriseDB targets AI development with latest update
A low-code/no-code interface and data observability across hybrid environments address the challenges enterprises face moving AI projects beyond development and into production. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2025
SingleStore boosts database performance to meet AI needs
With AI development and deployment imposing greater workload demands on data management systems than traditional analytics, the vendor's latest update targets efficiency at scale. Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Jun 2025
Pegasystems founder and CEO Alan Trefler on future of GenAI
The tech pioneer is optimistic about generative AI -- as long as users are aware of its capacity for mistakes. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2025
ThoughtSpot evolving as BI becomes driven by AI
Recent releases, including the Agentic Analytics Platform and Agentic Semantic Layer, demonstrate that the vendor continues to be creative amid the changing analytics industry. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Jun 2025
The case against vibe coding
Is vibe coding a bad idea for enterprises? AI can produce results faster than manual coding, but its benefits eventually unravel due to hidden costs and complexities. Here's why. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jun 2025
Policymakers assess nuclear energy for AI data centers
Big tech vendors are recognizing the energy demands of their AI services, causing them to make significant energy investments. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2025
Meta introduces new world model for robots and agents
The social media giant's new V-JEPA 2 helps robots and agents learn more about the real world. It comes as the vendor seeks to be more competitive in GenAI. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jun 2025
Whoop pushing AI limits powered by Snowflake
The wearable health and fitness technology vendor has already put advanced applications into production for its workers, with plans to dramatically expand over the next year. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Jun 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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News
11 Jun 2025
What differentiates Mistral AI reasoning model Magistral
Magistral is available in two versions. The vendor has also focused on traceable reasoning, which is important for heavily regulated industries. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2025
Latest Databricks tools use AI to simplify AI development
Fueled by user feedback, the vendor's newest features include a framework that automates building agents and a no-code interface for creating the pipelines that feed applications. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2025
AI legal battles: U.K. trial and new U.S. lawsuit unfold
Getty Images fights Stability AI over copyright infringement in the U.K. courts, while Reddit sues Anthropic for contract breach over unauthorized data scraping for AI training. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2025
FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order
To prevent the creation of a monopoly in software tools used to design semiconductors, the FTC wants the two companies to divest assets before merging. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2025
IBM launches Watsonx AI Labs, acquires Seek AI
The company said its new startup incubator will give AI developers access to tools and expertise to build enterprise AI applications. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jun 2025
What's going on with Nvidia stock and the booming AI market?
Nvidia's market value surpassed $3 trillion in 2024, fueled by the generative AI boom, rebounding tech sector and 154% stock growth in 2024. However, there are questions if AI will sustain the hype cycle. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Jun 2025
8 benefits of AI as a service
Some businesses lack the resources to build and train their own AI models. Can AIaaS level the playing field for smaller organizations to remain nimble? Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2025
More reasoning, interoperability key to future of agentic AI
As agents evolve from hype to reality, research and industry must collaborate to improve agents' recall and ability to work together so that they can realize their full potential. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Jun 2025
Customers pleased with Snowflake plans for AI
Features including a multimodal data ingestion and integration service that enables access to unstructured data demonstrate the vendor's move toward enabling app development. Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 Jun 2025
IBM delivers AI agent orchestration innovations at Think 2025
IBM's focus on AI agent orchestration, observability, and governance supports enterprise IT departments' need for a tool that spans multiple vendor platforms. Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2025
Snowflake continues to add AI, boost Cortex capabilities
Features that enable users to develop agents, coupled with the integration of agentic capabilities into the vendor's own platform, show the vendor's growth beyond data management. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2025
Snowflake acquisition of Crunchy Data adds Postgres database
The deal, which comes shortly after rival Databricks also purchased a PostgreSQL database vendor, adds open source capabilities aimed at better enabling AI development. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Jun 2025
What comes after LLMs? The next wave in generative AI
Large language models ushered in a new era of AI, but they're not without their fair share of limitations. What technology comes next? Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Jun 2025
What is a target function?
A target function, in machine learning, is a mathematical representation of the ideal mapping between supervised learning inputs and outputs. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2025
AI tools highlight latest swath of Snowflake capabilities
The vendor is developing a natural language interface that unites disparate data types and an agent that makes data scientists more efficient, among other features. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2025
AI tools highlight latest swath of Snowflake capabilities
The vendor is developing a natural language interface that unites disparate data types and an agent that makes data scientists more efficient, among other features. Continue Reading
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Podcast
03 Jun 2025
Exploring Nvidia's approach to AI factories
The AI hardware and software provider is focusing on building massive data centers that do everything in the AI lifecycle, from data ingestion to inferencing and fine-tuning. Continue Reading
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News
30 May 2025
Grammarly secures $1B in funding as it plans for the future
General Catalyst's investment shows confidence in Grammarly's AI and language expertise. The vendor plans to transition from an AI tool to a communications and productivity platform. Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2025
The New York Times in multiyear licensing deal with Amazon
This is the first licensing agreement the publisher has made with a company in the GenAI era. It is indicative of a trend in media, as many publishers partner with AI vendors. Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2025
Monte Carlo adds observability for unstructured data
With AI tools requiring large amounts of high-quality input to be accurate, the vendor is making it easier to monitor all types of information as users build modern applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 May 2025
Best practices for 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
28 May 2025
How AI helps Henry Schein One's accounts payable team
The big healthcare product company's dental software division turned to AI automation startup Pipefy to transform a paper-based system into a digital one. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 May 2025
6 types of AI content moderation and how they work
AI will change how organizations moderate content, especially on social media and with the increase in AI-generated content. Here's what you need to know. Continue Reading
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Opinion
28 May 2025
AI and private cloud: 2 lessons from Dell Tech World 2025
Two key insights emerged for IT professionals around enterprise AI integration and private cloud infrastructure. Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2025
Sisense unveils new suite of AI-powered capabilities
Featuring a natural language interface and autonomous capabilities to augment human analysis, the vendor's toolkit simplifies developing and embedding advanced applications. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 May 2025
RAG best practices for enterprise AI teams
Many organizations are already using commercial chatbots driven by large language models, but adding retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can improve accuracy and personalization. Continue Reading
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Opinion
22 May 2025
With shadow AI, sometimes the cure is worse than the disease
Organizations need to implement policies and restrictions around AI productivity tools, but they also need to make sure the policy isn't causing more harm than good. Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2025
Anthropic intros next generation of Claude AI models
The models are designed for coding. Opus 4 helps with sustained coding tasks, and Sonnet 4 replaces 3.7 Sonnet. The models give insight into a shift in the GenAI market. Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2025
Mistral AI intros Devstral, new coding LLM
The model is aimed at coders. It expands the coding context window and focuses on enhancing current code. The LLM also shows what is possible with agentic technology. Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2025
State AI law moratorium shapes congressional debate
While some policymakers argue that protecting consumers from AI-related harms means regulation, others say existing rules offer sufficient protection. Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2025
SAP sits Joule at the helm of apps, data 'flywheel'
The vendor also made its Sapphire 2025 conference a showcase for solving AI data challenges with Business Data Cloud and integrated 'suites' of cloud applications. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2025
Google expands Gemini model, Search as AI rivals encroach
The tech giant introduced a slew of new generative AI capabilities as the pace of innovation in search technology intensifies. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 May 2025
Benchmarking LLMs: A guide to AI model evaluation
LLM benchmarks provide a starting point for evaluating generative AI models across a range of different tasks. Learn where these benchmarks can be useful, and where they're lacking. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2025
New Microsoft database, analytics tools target agentic AI
New features across the tech giant's broad array of BI and data management offerings, including Fabric and OneLake, provide developers with tools for agentic AI development. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2025
Dell Technologies CEO expects AI ubiquity in the enterprise
Michael Dell says he anticipates smaller, focused AI deployments for enterprise applications, but IT experts foresee challenges in adoption and security. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2025
Nvidia AI platform for cloud GPU providers widens supply
The vendor is addressing the AI chip supply and demand challenge while also helping some lower-tier cloud GPU providers that are facing challenges in the GPU-as-a-service market. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 May 2025
The rise of robotaxis
Robotaxis use sensors and AI to navigate without drivers. Despite operating in many cities, they face safety, regulatory and trust issues while promising to change transportation. Continue Reading