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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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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 two companies to divest assets before merging. Continue Reading
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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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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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Feature
04 Jun 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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News
20 May 2025
Alation boosts agentic AI with Numbers Station acquisition
The acquisition adds capabilities such as Chat that enable users to embed agents in workflows to complement the vendor's existing plans for agentic development. Continue Reading
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Podcast
20 May 2025
AI and humans will work together in the future
There are contrasting perspectives on AI and jobs. For Asana, however, AI technology will enhance workers and be a collaborator. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 May 2025
What is AI democratization?
AI democratization, or the democratization of AI, is the concept that the benefits and control of artificial intelligence should be fairly divided among all people. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 May 2025
Get started with Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Q Developer is a versatile tool for software development, offering code generation, optimization recommendations and seamless integration with various IDEs and AWS tools. Continue Reading
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16 May 2025
AWS intros Strands Agents SDK
Many developers find agentic AI difficult, so the new SDK is meant to help them deploy the technology and connect models and tools. The toolkit also aligns with AWS' SDLC strategy. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
16 May 2025
Get started with Cursor AI: A step-by-step tutorial
With an autonomous agent mode and extensive language model options, Cursor AI can significantly speed up the code writing process -- if developers know how to use it. Continue Reading
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15 May 2025
Together AI acquires startup to improve data quality
The startup has a family of models for data tasks. The acquisition adds complementary capabilities to improve AI model quality. Continue Reading
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15 May 2025
Qlik evolves to keep up with latest AI, analytics trends
The longtime BI vendor continues to expand beyond its historical base to keep current with what's happening in GenAI and agentic development, analytics, and data management. Continue Reading
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Answer
15 May 2025
Will AI-generated content affect SEO best practices?
Content marketers who want to embrace AI-generated content should know how the technology affects SEO best practices and new guidelines on AI tools from major search engines. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 May 2025
What is quantum technology? Use cases and future implications
Quantum technology is a field of physics dedicated to developing new and innovative technologies based on the principles of quantum mechanics. Continue Reading
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News
14 May 2025
Alteryx One launch aims to unify, simplify vendor's platform
The updated version of the data integration vendor's platform aims to make it easier to prepare data for AI and analytics, while new GenAI tools further simplify data preparation. Continue Reading
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14 May 2025
Databricks adds Postgres database with $1B Neon acquisition
The vendor's latest purchase comes six months after it raised $10B in funding. By adding PostgreSQL database capabilities, it aims to better enable users to build AI applications. Continue Reading
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14 May 2025
Informatica to build agents, foster agentic AI development
With agents now a major trend in data management, the vendor plans to join the fray by developing agentic capabilities and providing customers with the tools to do the same. Continue Reading
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14 May 2025
Qlik unveils agentic AI capabilities, launches lakehouse
An insight generation tool and capabilities that unlock unstructured data are among the longtime analytics vendor's latest features, while a data lakehouse represents expansion. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 May 2025
What is NISQ computing? Pros and cons
Noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computing defines the present stage of quantum computing, in which quantum devices have a moderate qubit count, ranging from 50 to 1,000. Continue Reading
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13 May 2025
Nvidia, AMD, others tout AI partnerships with Saudi Arabia
The U.S. tech involvement follows a long-term plan for the country to become an AI hub by 2030. Vendors get access to energy resources, and Saudi Arabia benefits from AI chips. Continue Reading
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13 May 2025
Automation Anywhere adds reasoning to agentic AI platform
The robotic process automation vendor's agentic process automation platform now has a reasoning engine that can understand enterprise context and help with agentic orchestration. Continue Reading
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13 May 2025
AI copyright suits to be affected by Copyright Office stance
Federal report findings could weaken GenAI vendors' fair use positions in copyright suits. Continue Reading
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News
13 May 2025
USAA takes an 'experiment and see' approach with AI
The financial services company experiments with different models and AI tools and technologies. It uses AI technology both internally and externally. Continue Reading
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Definition
12 May 2025
What is intelligent process automation (IPA)?
Intelligent process automation (IPA) is a combination of technologies used to manage and automate digital processes. Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2025
Trump targets AI diffusion rule as big tech talks AI race
President Donald Trump will walk back a Biden-era rule restricting the sale of advanced U.S. AI chips and models in the month it's set to take effect. Continue Reading
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Tip
08 May 2025
The 10 best generative AI courses in 2025
These wide-ranging courses help users of all skill levels learn the ins and outs of GenAI, offer advice and training on tools, and keep users updated regarding trends. Continue Reading
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News
07 May 2025
SAS update targets responsible agentic AI development
The longtime independent analytics vendor's latest Viya platform update includes Intelligent Decisioning, a set of governance-infused capabilities for developing agents. Continue Reading
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06 May 2025
IBM customers assess the performance of AI agents
Enterprises are carefully watching the popular technology. While some see agents as too immature relative to what vendors promise, others are slowly integrating them. Continue Reading
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06 May 2025
Staying nonprofit could slow, not stop, OpenAI fundraising
The GenAI vendor could find itself slowing down after its decision to retain a nonprofit ownership structure, at least for now. Continue Reading
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06 May 2025
Snowflake launches auto industry-specific AI capabilities
The latest AI Manufacturing Data Cloud update adds features aimed at helping auto manufacturers deal with massive amounts of data being created by the industry's evolution. Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2025
IBM targets agentic AI orchestration
The long-established vendor launched agent-building tools, prebuilt agents, and orchestration and integration capabilities for enterprises to integrate with major vendor platforms. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 May 2025
Why does AI hallucinate, and can we prevent it?
Despite their sophistication, LLMs still often produce inaccurate or misleading output. Will these hallucinations ever go away for good? Continue Reading
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Definition
05 May 2025
What is assistive technology (adaptive technology)?
Assistive technology refers to devices and services that help people with disabilities and long-term health conditions perform a variety of tasks. Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2025
What Amazon Nova Premier reveals about AI models and agents
While the model is not unique, the vendor said it is the fastest and most cost-effective model in Amazon Bedrock at its intelligence level, which might appeal to some enterprises. Continue Reading
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01 May 2025
What Meta's new AI app means for OpenAI
The social media giant's new app directly rivals ChatGPT. This could mean that the ChatGPT creator needs to improve its tools, or it could trigger a slip for OpenAI. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2025
DOGE divides policymakers on federal IT modernization
A former federal deputy CIO testified that reauthorizing the Technology Modernization Fund will help the government continue IT modernization projects. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Apr 2025
Telecom giant uses Tableau Pulse to drive analytics adoption
As part of an effort to enable its employees to make data-informed decisions, Virgin Media O2 is using the GenAI-powered insight generator to show workers what's possible. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Apr 2025
How the Model Context Protocol simplifies AI development
Nicknamed the USB-C port for AI applications, the Model Context Protocol standardizes AI interactions with external data, APIs and services while maintaining resource control. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2025
AI creators need to have women in the room
AI technology is growing, but biases and systemic challenges remain for women seeking to enter the field. This means that the tools themselves lack representation. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2025
StarTree aims to simplify AI development with new features
The database vendor plans to add support for Model Context Protocol and automated vector embedding capabilities to make it faster and easier to benefit from agentic AI. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2025
StarTree aims to simplify AI development with new features
The database vendor plans to add support for Model Context Protocol and automated vector embedding capabilities to make it faster and easier to benefit from agentic AI. Continue Reading
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Video
29 Apr 2025
An explanation of neural networks
Neural networks are a type of machine learning model that mimic the human brain. With three different layers of processors, these networks are used in various industries. Continue Reading
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News
29 Apr 2025
Acceldata launches agentic AI-powered anomaly detection
The data observability specialist's new feature uses agentic AI to ensure that the data used to inform analytics and AI tools is high quality and won't lead to poor decisions. Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2025
Deriving ROI from AI is more than just monetary value
While some enterprises can see the business value from their AI initiatives relatively quickly in terms of financial value, others see it in the efficiency of their employees. Continue Reading
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25 Apr 2025
Perplexity is on iOS, but problems remain for AI search firm
The vendor faces many complex situations that might prevent users from setting it as their devices' default voice assistant. Users may instead move toward Siri. Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Apr 2025
RSAC 2025 to center on agentic AI, GenAI in security
If AI continues to become more accurate and secure, automation and self-healing systems that strengthen security programs could be the future. Continue Reading
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24 Apr 2025
Nvidia, OpenAI intro tools for agentic AI, creating images
The vendors add to the numerous tools available in the generative AI market with a new system for building and managing agents and a high-quality image generator. Continue Reading
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24 Apr 2025
Yellowfin joins GenAI fray, launches new NLQ capabilities
The longtime BI vendor is the latest to add generative AI-powered natural language query capabilities aimed at enabling more users within organizations to use complex capabilities. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2025
Tariffs not likely to undermine Nvidia's AI dominance
Tariffs and restrictions on exports could mean more competition for the world's top AI hardware company. However, the vendor will still likely keep its lead in the AI chip market. Continue Reading
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Definition
23 Apr 2025
What is agentic process automation?
Agentic process automation, also known as agentic automation, is an automation approach that integrates autonomous AI agents and advanced AI technologies to perform tasks with minimal human intervention. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Apr 2025
GPT-4.1 explained: Everything you need to know
OpenAI released a new family of general-purpose models on April 14, 2025. The GPT-4.1 series includes three models with a developer focus – GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano. Continue Reading
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Podcast
22 Apr 2025
The AI market does not understand AI safety
Responsible AI is often misunderstood as a way to make sure that a model is safe. However, AI safety examines whether harmful content is being produced or not. Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2025
AI companies claim existing rules can govern agentic AI
AI agents are trained to perform tasks autonomously. Vendors including Meta, OpenAI and others offer platforms for businesses to build their own AI agents. Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2025
What's new and not new with OpenAI's latest reasoning models
The o3 and o4-mini models are supposed to be better than previous models. While they have improved abilities that can be seen as agentic, the upgrades are mostly incremental. Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2025
Monte Carlo launches first agents for data observability
Though the vendor already provides monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, generative AI-powered agents for each aim to make instantaneous tasks that previously took days. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Apr 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
15 Apr 2025
Global leaders reckon with U.S. tariffs
The Trump administration says it is using tariffs to renegotiate trade deals, stop illegal drug crossings into the U.S. and boost domestic manufacturing. Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2025
OpenAI's GPT-4.1 targets coding for developers
The new family of models is aimed at making developers code better. It includes OpenAI's first nano model. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Apr 2025
Google Cloud Next 2025: Ambition to lead AI agent ecosystem
The cloud giant delivered new tools to provide interoperability, enterprise security, powerful reasoning-capable models and low-latency infrastructure for AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Apr 2025
Quantum AI: Explaining how it will impact the business world
Quantum computers could boost AI with faster training on big data and better problem-solving abilities. But combining the two in practical business applications could take years. Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2025
Tableau enters the agentic AI era with the launch of Next
The new platform features agents addressing needs such as data preparation and natural language-based analysis, and includes a semantic layer that targets relevancy and accuracy. Continue Reading
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11 Apr 2025
GenAI vendor Writer releases agentic platform for business
The platform is geared for business users, the vendor's primary targets. However, it must compete with bigger tech companies' agentic tools. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
With Llama 4, Meta ups stakes in open model race
Models in the new Llama 4 family compete with open source offerings, most notably from Chinese upstart DeepSeek. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2025
Antitrust fix elusive as Google set to face remedies trial
Divesting Chrome, ending search engine agreements and increasing data access are some of the remedies proposed by the Justice Department to fix Google's monopoly in online search. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Apr 2025
AI adoption in networks is the norm despite its infancy
AI adoption has become the norm in enterprise networking, but the industry hasn't yet reached a consensus on standard use cases. Continue Reading
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Video
10 Apr 2025
How to use GitHub Copilot tutorial
Want to quickly learn how to develop advanced applications without writing a line of code? This GitHub Copilot tutorial shows how to start with the popular AI coding assistant. Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2025
Google intros agent building tools and an agent protocol
The tech giant introduced a new agent development kit. It also introduced enhanced reasoning capabilities and new features for its multimodal models. Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2025
Google enters new era of AI for data with launch of agents
Agentic AI applications for data engineering and data science along with a new underlying knowledge engine aim to make data management and analytics easier and more efficient. Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2025
New AI-powered tools from Dremio target data discovery
With relevant data key to developing accurate AI and analytics applications, the data lakehouse specialist's latest features target making data faster and easier to find. Continue Reading
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Podcast
08 Apr 2025
Siemens follows the path of industrial AI
The global tech conglomerate has adapted generative AI technology to create intelligent systems to control machines. Continue Reading
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