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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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News
29 Oct 2025
Streaming specialist Confluent unveils AI development suite
In addition to a unified environment for building and deploying agents, the vendor launched a private cloud version of its platform and integrations that simplify data preparation. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2025
Informatica launches agents, adds new AI development tools
Prebuilt agents for data quality and other data management tasks and a development framework featuring MCP support highlight the vendor's Fall 2025 platform update. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Jan 2025
The pros and cons of using generative AI for API testing
GenAI has the potential to reduce the API testing effort and improve the coverage and quality of testing. But finding the right patterns and workflows is critical to performance. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Jan 2025
What is cloud transformation and how do you get started?
Cloud transformation is a migration process in which a business's IT infrastructure, data, applications and software are moved to cloud-based environments. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2025
Snowflake takes aim at lowering GenAI development costs
By integrating its recently developed SwiftKV capabilities with LLMs, the vendor aims to make models more efficient so that customers pay less as they develop generative AI tools. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2025
Nvidia launches new NIM microservices in NeMo Guardrails
The AI hardware and software vendor introduces new constraints to make sure AI agents and models don't go off topic, leak personal data or become vulnerable to jailbreaks. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2025
ThoughtSpot adds data preparation with Analyst Studio launch
Long focused largely on analytics, the vendor's new data preparation environment marks a foray into data management so users can ready data for informing AI and BI tools. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Jan 2025
What is the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)?
The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) is a project formed in 2021 as a response to legitimate societal questions about media origins and digital misinformation. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
OpenAI faces backlash for its Economic Blueprint for U.S.
The document lays out steps for the future regarding AI technology. Some call the move self-serving and another piece of the vendor's strategy to win the AI race. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
Qlik's Upsolver acquisition ups streaming, Iceberg support
With Iceberg a popular foundation for data lakehouses and streaming data key to AI development, the vendor's latest acquisition aims to address growing AI needs for customers. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2025
Nvidia partners with Mayo Clinic, others on healthcare AI
Nvidia, Mayo Clinic and Illumina team up to enhance AI in healthcare and life sciences, using advanced models, GPU technologies and cloud-native platforms. Continue Reading
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Podcast
14 Jan 2025
Box content management generative AI route is model-agnostic
The cloud content management vendor looks to external GenAI providers. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2025
Adobe launches new GenAI Firefly tool for retailers
The tool enables users to resize marketing campaigns for new products. While it saves time for large retailers, it's unclear whether medium-sized or small retailers will find it valuable. Continue Reading
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Definition
13 Jan 2025
What is chain-of-thought prompting (CoT)? Examples and benefits
Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting is a prompt engineering technique that aims to improve language models' performance on tasks requiring logic, calculation and decision-making by structuring the input prompt in a way that mimics human reasoning. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2025
AI PC sales slow amid high costs, limited software
AI PC sales are lagging, despite an uptick in overall PC shipments. The lack of compelling use cases and high prices are hampering upgrades. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jan 2025
What is semantic search?
Semantic search is a data searching technique that uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to improve the accuracy of search results by considering the searcher's intent and the contextual meaning of the terms used in their query. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2025
Cohere makes enterprise play with AI workspace platform
The startup is evolving into an enterprise platform provider. Its success depends on strategy and its ability to clearly define what its platform does. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Jan 2025
What is a transformer model?
A transformer model is a neural network architecture that can automatically transform one type of input into another type of output. Continue Reading
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Definition
09 Jan 2025
What is a generative model?
A generative model uses AI and statistical and probabilistic methods to create representations or abstractions of observed phenomena or target variables. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2025
Oracle Exadata update boosts performance to meet AI needs
With database workloads growing due to the demands of AI development and real-time analytics, the tech giant's latest database infrastructure update focuses on efficiency. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2025
Informatica natively integrates governance suite on GCP
An expanded partnership between the data prep specialist and tech giant makes it easier for joint customers to develop AI and analytics applications using properly prepared data. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2025
Implications of Apple AI generating false news summaries
The hallucinations show a deeper issue with generative technology and provide an opportunity for publishers to guide tech companies into refining their models and products. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Jan 2025
What are Google's AI Overviews (formerly SGE)?
AI Overviews are a feature in Google search that uses generative AI (GenAI) to deliver short summaries of topics alongside links to relevant web content in response to certain search queries. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Jan 2025
What is the Google Gemini AI model (formerly Bard)?
Google Gemini -- formerly known as Bard -- is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot tool designed by Google to simulate human conversations using natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Jan 2025
What is artificial superintelligence (ASI)?
Artificial superintelligence (ASI) is a hypothetical software-based system with intellectual powers beyond those of humans across a comprehensive range of categories and fields of endeavor. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2025
Nvidia's new model aims to move GenAI to physical world
Nvidia Cosmos is trained on hours of videos that focus on the physical world. It works with Nvidia Omniverse and advances LLM technology, the vendor says. Continue Reading
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Definition
07 Jan 2025
What is a robo-advisor? Everything to know before using one
A robo-advisor is a virtual financial advisor powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that employs an algorithm to deliver an automated selection of financial advisory services. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Jan 2025
8 top generative AI tool categories for 2025
Need a generative AI-specific tool for your organization's development project? Explore the major categories these tools fall into and their capabilities. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Jan 2025
What is AutoGPT? What you need to know
AutoGPT is an experimental, open source autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent based on the technology behind ChatGPT. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jan 2025
Foundation models explained: Everything you need to know
Foundation models are large-scale, adaptable AI models reshaping enterprise AI. They hold promise, but face risks such as biases, security breaches and environmental impacts. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Jan 2025
Not-so-obvious AI predictions for 2025
Industry analyst Mark Beccue shares where he thinks AI is headed in 2025, with an eye to underexplored trends and unexpected developments in the industry. Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Jan 2025
What is artificial intelligence (AI) governance?
Artificial intelligence governance is the legal framework for ensuring AI and machine learning technologies are researched and developed with the goal of helping humanity adopt and use these systems in ethical and responsible ways. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jan 2025
AI regulation: What businesses need to know in 2025
The rapid evolution and adoption of AI tools has policymakers scrambling to craft effective AI regulation and laws. Law professor Michael Bennett analyzes what's afoot in 2025. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jan 2025
8 AI and machine learning trends to watch in 2025
AI agents, multimodal models, an emphasis on real-world results -- learn about the top AI and machine learning trends and what they mean for businesses in 2025. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Jan 2025
What is LangChain and how to use it: A guide
LangChain is an open source framework that enables software developers working with artificial intelligence (AI) and its machine learning subset to combine large language models with other external components to develop LLM-powered applications. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jan 2025
Autonomous AI agents on the rise
The buzz around the new technology has grown in the past few months. Experts believe excitement will not wane. Applications of the technology may change. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jan 2025
New Alteryx CEO sees platform as the canvas for AI prep
Following a time of tumult that included going private, the vendor's new leader aims to spur growth by making its platform a pivotal part of the AI development process. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What is generative design? Ultimate guide
Generative design is a computer-aided design technique and category of software that uses AI to optimize the design process. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in AI?
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is an AI framework that retrieves data from external sources of knowledge to improve the quality of responses. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Dec 2024
Generative AI vs. machine learning: Key differences and use cases
Generative AI differs from simpler forms of machine learning in several ways, but both can enhance efficiency, personalize customer experiences and drive revenue growth. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What are autonomous AI agents and which vendors offer them?
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents are intelligent systems that can perform tasks for a user or system without human intervention. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Dec 2024
What are AI agents?
AI agents are autonomous intelligent systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and designed to perform specific tasks independently, without the need for human intervention. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Dec 2024
What it's like to use a Dell Qualcomm AI PC for 2 months
As a longtime Mac user, the transition to any sort of Windows device would present a challenge. But the move to an AI PC presents even more growing pains and opportunities. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Dec 2024
What is synthetic data? Examples, use cases and benefits
Synthetic data is information that's artificially manufactured rather than generated by real-world events. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Dec 2024
2025 will be the year of AI agents
2025 could bring more agentic AI developments. Enterprises could embed agents in their workflows. It could also lead to an orchestration infrastructure and better reasoning models. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Dec 2024
The different types of AI explained
Despite the rapid evolution and mind-boggling capabilities of AI tools, AI does not yet possess the general intelligence of humans, let alone ASI. Learn about four levels of AI. Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 Dec 2024
5 data storage and infrastructure megatrends to watch in 2025
2025 looks to pick up where 2024 left off in the storage and infrastructure departments, with potential advancements in AI, object storage and hybrid cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
Surging AI development will heighten focus on data in 2025
Without proper training, models and applications will fail. As a result, enterprises will pay increased attention to the information used to train artificial intelligence tools. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
A look at expectation vs. reality of generative AI in 2024
Last year, expectations for generative AI for the coming year centered on regulation, open source and multimodality. While some predictions were accurate, others were wrong. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Dec 2024
6 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2024
The transformation of data platforms into AI development platforms and the rise of agentic AI were the top developments in data management and business intelligence. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2024
The year in AI: Catch up on the top AI news of 2024
As the new year approaches, the pace of AI development shows no signs of letting up. Get up to speed for 2025 by catching up on TechTarget Editorial's top AI news stories from 2024. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2024
37 AI content generators to explore in 2025
Artificially generated media continues to progress. Learn about the different types of media and content generators to check out in 2025. Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2024
Boomi's Rivery acquisition aimed at AI, real-time analysis
With the purchase, the data integration specialist adds change data capture capabilities for AI and real-time analytics. Continue Reading
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Answer
19 Dec 2024
How bad is generative AI data leakage and how can you stop it?
Mismanaged training data, weak models, prompt injection attacks can all lead to data leakage in GenAI, with serious costs for companies. The good news? Risks can be mitigated. Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2024
Google's Veo 2 is technically advanced, but concerns remain
The new version can generate videos up to two minutes long. It seems better than OpenAI and Adobe's video generator. However, it might not be safe for commercial use. Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2024
Record funding round reflects Databricks' differentiation
Based on its AI development and expansion within data management, the record $10 billion the vendor raised shows it is viewed differently from its competitors. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Dec 2024
What is AgentGPT?
AgentGPT is a generative artificial intelligence tool that enables users to create autonomous AI agents that can be delegated a range of tasks. Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2024
Writer launches new Palmyra Creative LLM
Many generative AI models tend to have similar outputs. Palmyra Creative aims to mix things up while helping users brainstorm ways to improve their content. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2024
Databricks' record $10 billion funding round to fuel growth
The data lakehouse pioneer has expanded into AI development and plans to use the funding to fuel further investments in AI, make acquisitions and expand go-to-market efforts. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2024
Nexla integration with Nvidia NIM boosts AI development
The complementary partnership combines the data integration vendor's discovery and retrieval capabilities with the tech giant's power to scale and secure AI development. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Dec 2024
What is Amazon Bedrock (AWS Bedrock)?
Amazon Bedrock -- also known as AWS Bedrock -- is a machine learning platform used to build generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications on the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform. Continue Reading
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16 Dec 2024
Google aims to boost productivity with AI Agent tool
Agentspace uses the power of Gemini and Google's search technology to help employees reduce the number of hours spent searching for documents internally. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Dec 2024
ChatGPT search: Details about OpenAI's search engine
ChatGPT search is a generative AI search engine that ingests information in real time. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2024
The evolution of generative AI for the artist
At the start of the hype era of image-generating tools like Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, many feared creatives would lose their jobs. Two years later, things are different. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2024
How AI agents are the next wave of generative technology
As agentic technology grows more popular, some are optimistic about what appears to be the next phase of AI. However, there are concerns about the tasks agents are doing. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Dec 2024
OpenAI o1 explained: Everything you need to know
OpenAI's o1 models, launched in December 2024, enhance reasoning in AI and excel in complex tasks, such as generating and debugging code. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2024
Reddit, OpenAI challenge Google with new releases
The social news platform introduced a new AI search tool for users that will push users directly to its platform. Meanwhile, the ChatGPT maker's Sora rivals Veo. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Dec 2024
What is explainable AI?
Explainable AI (XAI) is artificial intelligence (AI) programmed to describe its purpose, rationale and decision-making process in a way that the average person can understand. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Dec 2024
What is an AI assistant?
An AI assistant, or digital assistant, is software that uses artificial intelligence to understand natural language voice commands and complete tasks for the user. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2024
Aerospike adds new vector search capabilities to database
With vector search a critical component of AI development, the vendor's latest vector search and storage capabilities target simplifying data discovery for training AI tools. Continue Reading
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10 Dec 2024
Acceldata unveils AI-powered data observability tools
The vendor's update includes features such as error detection with root cause analysis and schema reconciliation that use AI to automate finding and fixing data integrity problems. Continue Reading
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Podcast
10 Dec 2024
Moveworks uses AI to grow its employee automation platform
The vendor started in 2019 with the early Google BERT language model. It later used GPT-2 for synthetic data generation. Now, it provides agentic AI-building capabilities. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2024
Alteryx names new CEO amid ongoing change
A year after getting acquired by private equity firms amid declining revenue growth and a slow transition to the cloud, the longtime data management vendor has a new leader. Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2024
OpenAI targets knowledge workers with pricy ChatGPT Pro
The new 'pro' subscription offers access to many of the vendor's top GenAI models. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Dec 2024
What is a collaborative robot (cobot)?
A collaborative robot, also known as a cobot, is an industrial robot that can safely operate alongside humans in a shared workspace. Continue Reading
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News
05 Dec 2024
New Qlik integrations ready data for AI development
The longtime analytics and data management vendor's new integrations are designed to enable customers to ingest and prepare data for GenAI. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2024
AWS intros new foundation model line and tools for Bedrock
The cloud provider launched Nova, a new family of generative AI models available on Amazon Bedrock. It also tackled some problems with generative AI, such as hallucinations. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2024
AWS reimagines SageMaker as suite for data, analytics, AI
The service is now a unified platform featuring a data catalog, lakehouse and integrations with other AWS platforms. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2024
Google makes video model Veo available on Vertex AI
It's unclear how well the tech giant's generative AI imaging system will compete against Adobe's. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Dec 2024
What is multimodal AI? Full guide
Multimodal AI is artificial intelligence that combines multiple types, or modes, of data to create more accurate determinations, draw insightful conclusions or make more precise predictions about real-world problems. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2024
Couchbase unveils suite of services for developing AI
The new services include access to LLMs and unstructured data transformation aimed at enabling customers to build AI tools. Continue Reading
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01 Dec 2024
AWS adds to Amazon Q in Connect, AI IVR, chat credit card
AWS drops a big re:Invent update for Amazon Connect, including basic marketing functionality from the contact center side of CX. Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2024
Anthropic's new standard raises AI privacy, other concerns
The Model Context Protocol helps developers connect data to assistants. Some have concerns about users' data and whether a single vendor should create such a standard. Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2024
How to get data ready for AI development
Factors including a combination of commitment to data quality, proper technology and pertinent processes are key to preparing data for feeding models and applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 Nov 2024
What is augmented intelligence?
Augmented intelligence is the use of technology to enhance a human's ability to execute tasks, perform analysis and make decisions. Continue Reading
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Podcast
26 Nov 2024
Oracle generative AI approach based on Cohere, Meta models
The tech giant has infused its various SaaS applications and databases with GenAI technology and has developed an arsenal of autonomous AI agents. Continue Reading
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News
25 Nov 2024
Salesforce CIO: How agents change internal workflows
In this Q&A, Salesforce CIO and Executive Vice President Juan Perez discusses the company's internal Agentforce rollout, among other topics. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Nov 2024
How the rise in AI impacts data centers and the environment
AI's impact on data centers raises environmental concerns as rising energy demands from technologies such as ChatGPT strain resources and challenge sustainability. Continue Reading
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News
25 Nov 2024
Researchers: AI could polarize jobs, reshape future of work
AI is driving an economic transformation that might be one of the biggest ever seen, a new National Academies study warns. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Nov 2024
What is a convolutional neural network (CNN)?
A convolutional neural network (CNN) is a category of machine learning model. Specifically, it is a type of deep learning algorithm that is well suited to analyzing visual data. Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Nov 2024
What is a support vector machine (SVM)?
A support vector machine (SVM) is a type of supervised learning algorithm used in machine learning to solve classification and regression tasks. Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2024
Amazon invests additional $4 billion in Anthropic
The cloud provider will be the primary training partner for the generative AI vendor. The LLM maker will also train all its models on Trainium and Inferentia. Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2024
Snowflake fuels edtech vendor's data and AI initiatives
PowerSchool is creating personalized educational experiences for teachers, students, parents, administrators and others by using its data to train AI tools. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Nov 2024
Embedding models for semantic search: A guide
Embedding models in semantic search are changing how we interact with information by going beyond keyword matching to capture meaning and relationships in text and other data. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is neuro-symbolic AI?
Neuro-symbolic AI combines neural networks with rules-based symbolic processing techniques to improve artificial intelligence systems' accuracy, explainability and precision. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is AI red teaming?
AI red teaming is the practice of simulating attack scenarios on an artificial intelligence application to pinpoint weaknesses and plan preventative measures. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is data poisoning (AI poisoning) and how does it work?
Data or AI poisoning attacks are deliberate attempts to manipulate the training data of artificial intelligence and machine learning models to corrupt their behavior and elicit skewed, biased or harmful outputs. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Nov 2024
8 metrics to measure GenAI’s performance and business value
When gauging the success of generative AI initiatives, metrics should be agreed upon upfront and focus on the performance of the model and the value it delivers. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is Fréchet inception distance (FID)?
Fréchet inception distance (FID) is a metric for quantifying the realism and diversity of images generated by generative adversarial networks (GANs). Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is computational linguistics? Definition and career info
Computational linguistics (CL) is the application of computer science to the analysis and comprehension of written and spoken language. Continue Reading
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is Dall-E and how does it work?
Dall-E is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology that enables users to create images by submitting text-based prompts. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Nov 2024
How to detect AI-generated content
AI- or human-generated? To test their reliability, six popular generative AI detectors were asked to judge three pieces of content. The one they got wrong may surprise you. Continue Reading