AI technologies
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
25 Jul 2024
What is boosting in machine learning?
Boosting is a technique used in machine learning that trains an ensemble of so-called weak learners to produce an accurate model, or strong learner. Learn how it works. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Jul 2024
How to ensure interpretability in machine learning models
When building ML models, developers can use several techniques to make models easier for humans to interpret, leading to improved transparency, troubleshooting and user acceptance. Continue Reading
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Infographic
07 Sep 2023
Jetsons technology that became mainstream
'The Jetsons' -- among other TV shows -- predicted video calls, smartwatches and chatbots would become part of everyday life. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2023
AI inference startup raises $110 million
Investors are betting on d-Matrix to be a long-lasting vendor in the AI hardware and compute market, despite Nvidia's leading status. The startup offers a low-cost option. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2023
Finance platform Intuit intros generative AI capability
Intuit Assist is integrated into TurboTax, Mailchimp, Credit Karma and QuickBooks. It's built on the vendor's GenOS and uses LLMs from OpenAI and Intuit. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2023
Schumer's AI policy objectives prioritize innovation
The SAFE Innovation Framework proposed by Sen. Chuck Schumer names explainability, accountability and innovation as some of the top policy objectives for AI in the U.S. Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Aug 2023
anomaly detection
Anomaly detection is the process of identifying data points, entities or events that fall outside the normal range. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Aug 2023
Generative AI in business: Fast uptake, earmarked funding
More than half of IT and business decision-makers said they have generative AI on the near-term adoption track, according to a report from TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Aug 2023
5 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 being produced. Here's what you need to know. Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Aug 2023
machine vision
Machine vision is the ability of a computer to see; it employs one or more video cameras, analog-to-digital conversion and digital signal processing. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Aug 2023
What is regression in machine learning?
Regression in machine learning helps organizations forecast and make better decisions by revealing the relationships between variables. Learn how it's applied across industries. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2023
Google updates Vertex AI with new models, expands reach
The cloud provider updates Vertex AI with models from Meta, a better PaLM 2 LLM, and adds features to its text-to-image product. It also expands an alliance with AI vendor Nvidia. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Aug 2023
Build a natural language processing chatbot from scratch
In this excerpt from the book 'Natural Language Processing in Action,' you'll walk through the steps of creating a simple chatbot to understand how to start building NLP pipelines. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Aug 2023
Q&A: How to start learning natural language processing
In this Q&A, 'Natural Language Processing in Action' co-author Hobson Lane discusses how to start learning NLP, including benefits and challenges of building your own pipelines. Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2023
ChatGPT Enterprise targets some enterprise concerns, not all
While the new product does not use customer prompts or company data in training OpenAI products, it fails to address other concerns surrounding hallucinations and copyright. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2023
The compute problem AI startup Modular is targeting
The vendor is looking to enable developers be more efficient in their training and inferencing of machine learning models. It uses a programming language called Mojo. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2023
Meta AI translation model not ready for the enterprise
The tech conglomerate's new AI model is a move toward universal translation. However, the vendor needs the open source community to help ready the model for the enterprise. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2023
VMware, Nvidia unveil tech for building private enterprise AI
Available in early 2024, VMware's Private AI Foundation with Nvidia combines VMware Cloud Foundation with Nvidia AI Enterprise to help companies build private generative AI. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2023
Opportunities, challenges of ServiceNow generative AI plan
The vendor said that while it is creating its own LLM models, it's not interested in winning the LLM war. Instead, it wants its customers to use the models for specific use cases. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Aug 2023
8 areas for creating and refining generative AI metrics
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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Feature
22 Aug 2023
10 top resources to build an ethical AI framework
Several standards, tools and techniques are available to help navigate the nuances and complexities in establishing a generative AI ethics framework that supports responsible AI. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Aug 2023
Prompt engineering vs. fine-tuning: What's the difference?
Prompt engineering and fine-tuning are both practices used to optimize AI output. But the two use different techniques and have distinct roles in model training. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Aug 2023
GPT-3
GPT-3, or the third-generation Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a neural network machine learning model trained using internet data to generate any type of text. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Aug 2023
Q&A: Expert tips for running machine learning in production
In this interview, 'Designing Machine Learning Systems' author Chip Huyen shares advice and best practices for building and maintaining ML systems in real-world contexts. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Aug 2023
Compare machine learning vs. software engineering
Although machine learning has a lot in common with traditional programming, the two disciplines have several key differences, author and computer scientist Chip Huyen explains. Continue Reading
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News
16 Aug 2023
Google’s search generative experience and its AI strategy
The vendor upgrades SGE with new definition and code features. The search experience updates dispel earlier concerns about the tech giant's search business. Continue Reading
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Definition
16 Aug 2023
clustering in machine learning
Clustering is a data science technique in machine learning that groups similar rows in a data set. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Aug 2023
The history of artificial intelligence: Complete AI timeline
From the Turing test's introduction to ChatGPT's celebrated launch, AI's historical milestones have forever altered the lifestyles of consumers and operations of businesses. Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2023
What big Korean telecom's investment in Anthropic AI means
The telecom giant revealed that it will invest $100 million in the AI research vendor. The vendor will build a telecom-specific LLM to support the Global Telco AI Alliance. Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Aug 2023
natural language understanding (NLU)
Natural language understanding (NLU) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses computer software to understand input in the form of sentences using text or speech. Continue Reading
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Podcast
14 Aug 2023
AI good and evil as portrayed in the movies, and reality
The classic '2001: A Space Odyssey' paints HAL the computer as evil, but Meryl Streep's helpful assistant in 'The Devil Wears Prada' might be closer to how AI behaves in real life. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Aug 2023
What vendors must know about the AI assistant craze
More vendors are introducing products to assist enterprises and consumers complete mundane tasks. But there's a need to be strategic and transparent with these products. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2023
IBM collaborating with Meta to integrate Llama 2 in Watsonx
The collaboration fits the vendor's strategy of offering enterprises both its own models and models from other vendors. It also shows the rise in popularity of open source. Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2023
Nvidia seeks to help enterprises with generative AI
The hardware and software vendor introduced new offerings to help enterprises work on models locally. It also updated its enterprise AI suite and Omniverse platform. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Aug 2023
CNN vs. RNN: How are they different?
Convolutional and recurrent neural networks have distinct but complementary capabilities and use cases. Compare each model architecture's strengths and weaknesses in this primer. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Aug 2023
4 main types of artificial intelligence: Explained
How close are we to creating an artificial superintelligence that surpasses the human mind? Though we aren't close, the pace is quickening as we develop more advanced types of AI. Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2023
AI cloud vendor Alibaba still has a long way to go
The China-based vendor introduced two open source models: Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat. The models are smaller versions of Tongyi Qianwen, the LLM it released in April. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Aug 2023
machine translation
Machine translation technology enables the conversion of text or speech from one language to another using computer algorithms. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2023
Microsoft, LexisNexis take partnership deeper with genAI
The cloud provider and the legal research giant plan to create points of integration within Word, Outlook and Teams, while minimizing the risks that come with LLMs. Continue Reading
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Answer
02 Aug 2023
Will AI-generated content affect SEO best practices?
Content marketers that 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
01 Aug 2023
smart home
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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Podcast
31 Jul 2023
Targeting AI: Tesla undervalues self-driving safety tech
The top electric car maker comes under heavy criticism for not investing in multiple sensors for its full self-driving system to improve driver and pedestrian safety. Continue Reading
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Definition
28 Jul 2023
artificial intelligence of things (AIoT)
Artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the internet of things (IoT) infrastructure. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jul 2023
The implications of generative AI for trust and safety
Leaving generative AI unchecked risks flooding platforms with disinformation, fraud and toxic content. But proactive steps by companies and policymakers could stem the tide. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Jul 2023
supervised learning
Supervised learning is an approach to creating artificial intelligence (AI) where a computer algorithm is trained on input data that has been labeled for a particular output. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Jul 2023
deep learning
Deep learning is a type of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) that imitates the way humans gain certain types of knowledge. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2023
AWS targets generative AI at NYC Summit
The tech giant updated its Bedrock Platform with new foundation models and a new foundation model provider. It also introduced new services for developers and health professionals. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2023
U.S. senators sharpen focus on AI regulations
Licensing AI systems, creating a federal AI agency, and establishing third-party testing and auditing regimes are just some of the AI regulation ideas U.S. senators are pursuing. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2023
AWS seeks to teach executives about generative AI
The cloud provider is releasing five courses that will help developers understand how to use some of its applications. It's also providing two courses for executives. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2023
Wayfair and the generative AI boom
The online home and furniture retailer is using the technology despite challenges such as unauthorized use of data and maintaining data privacy. It also released a room-planning tool. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jul 2023
digital signal processing (DSP)
Digital signal processing (DSP) refers to various techniques for improving the accuracy and reliability of digital communications. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jul 2023
Lack of agreement on AI rules in U.S., EU gives China a leg up
While the EU and China have proposed AI rules, the U.S. is continuing a hands-off regulatory approach, which could affect its role in helping set the rules of the AI road. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jul 2023
IT observability tool proliferation fuels AIOps deployments
Enterprise Strategy Group's Jon Brown discusses the latest findings in his newly released report on observability in IT and application infrastructures and integrating AIOps. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2023
Meta Llama 2 brings new opportunity for enterprises
The new LLM version is open for commercial use, meaning enterprises can train and experiment with it more. The social media giant also expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2023
Qualtrics uses AI to analyze customer needs for better CX
Qualtrics unveils new generative AI tools to minimize time spent searching for and disseminating customer feedback and creating text responses to increase brand loyalty. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2023
A look at writers' battle to get AI vendors to pay them
An Authors Guild open letter asks vendors to pay for works previously used to train generative AI systems and calls for lawmakers to tighten copyright laws. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Jul 2023
Tracking recent generative AI news from 9 big tech companies
Analyst Mike Leone breaks down the latest generative AI announcements and products from big tech, spanning conversational AI, developer tools, industry partnerships and more. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jul 2023
AI existential risk: Is AI a threat to humanity?
What should enterprises make of the recent warnings about AI's threat to humanity? AI experts and ethicists offer opinions and practical advice for managing AI risk. Continue Reading
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Podcast
17 Jul 2023
Targeting AI: Responsible AI means regulation, ethical use
AI users should adhere to ethical standards, particularly in regard to generative AI chatbots, but the promise of the latest tech is too great to not embrace. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2023
Anthropic AI assistant differs from ChatGPT and Bard
The new genAI product rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Bard. However, the research vendor is pushing it mainly to enterprises, while focusing on data privacy and security. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Jul 2023
Model collapse explained: How synthetic training data breaks AI
Without human-generated training data, AI systems malfunction. This could be a problem if the internet becomes flooded with AI-generated content. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Jul 2023
HPE goes all-in on supercomputing in the cloud
Given the popularity of large language model technology, tech vendors such as HPE are now looking to give customers offerings to help them train these models. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2023
Salesforce brings more AI tools to Sales GPT and Service GPT
The CRM giant brings generative AI-supported tools like message creation and call summaries to sales and service workers, and teams with Deloitte Digital for AI safety resources. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2023
Resume company builds non-biased generative AI feature
WorkStory used startup Armilla AI's AutoAlign platform. The platform tunes open source large language models and acts as a guardrail for non-open source ones. Continue Reading
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Definition
29 Jun 2023
cognitive computing
Cognitive computing is the use of computerized models to simulate the human thought process in complex situations where the answers might be ambiguous and uncertain. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jun 2023
Snowflake targets generative AI with new capabilities
The vendor unveiled new features -- including new containerization capabilities in Snowpark -- to create a secure environment for developers to build LLM-infused applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Jun 2023
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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Feature
27 Jun 2023
Artificial intelligence glossary: 60+ terms to know
AI is moving fast and can be hard to keep up in real time. Use this glossary as a reference for AI terms. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2023
Tesla full self-drive software and autonomous vehicle safety
The automaker gave North American users access to its full self-driving system in 2022. However, critics say it fails to perform basic tasks and could lead to catastrophic results. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Jun 2023
AI hallucination
An AI hallucination is when a large language model (LLM) generates false information. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2023
AWS invests $100 million in new generative AI program
The Generative AI Innovation Center will connect AWS machine learning experts and data scientists with enterprises. Enterprises can also use AWS services to train and scale models. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jun 2023
How different industries benefit from edge AI
From manufacturing to energy and healthcare, edge AI is promising to various industries. It brings data processing and analysis closer to data sources. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jun 2023
Tribe 9 Foods uses digital twin technology from AI startup
The food manufacturer saves time and money by using the startup's technology to gain insight into what consumers think about products it has released or is considering releasing. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2023
Dremio adds first generative AI-infused tool, intros others
The vendor's initial generative AI-infused tool is Text-to-SQL, which enables customers to work with data using natural language that automatically gets translated to code. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Jun 2023
Top advantages and disadvantages of AI
Is AI good or bad? Many experts worry about unchecked use of the technology, while others believe AI could benefit society with the correct guidelines in place. Continue Reading
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Definition
15 Jun 2023
variational autoencoder (VAE)
A variational autoencoder (VAE) is a generative AI algorithm that uses deep learning to generate new content, detect anomalies and remove noise. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2023
US won't follow in EU's footsteps with AI regulation
While the European Union tries to get in front of how companies use AI by adopting regulatory measures, the U.S. could take a different tack -- litigation. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2023
Oracle plans to provide generative AI services with Cohere
Following Microsoft's strategy, the big tech vendor allied with a startup to get into the generative AI market. It plans to integrate the services with business applications Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2023
Salesforce moves forward with secure, private generative AI
With its new AI Cloud and built-in Einstein GPT Trust Layer, The CRM and CX vendor is investing in generative AI technology and adding data security and privacy features. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jun 2023
Nvidia and Hexagon collab to create digital twin products
The vendors will integrate Hexagon's reality capture technology and Nexus manufacturing platforms with Omniverse, Nvidia's system for developing and creating metaverse apps. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Jun 2023
The role of AI parameters in the enterprise
What is the correlation between the number of parameters and an AI model's performance? It's not as straightforward as the parameter-rich generative AI apps would have us believe. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2023
AI startup Cohere raises $270 million from big tech vendors
The new funding comes as the generative AI market grows rapidly and investors pour money into companies that build foundation models. Cohere competes with GPT creator OpenAI. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2023
U.S. doesn't need a new AI regulator, experts argue
Instead of establishing a new AI regulator in the U.S., it's crucial for existing agencies to conduct a review and determine their existing capacity for handling AI-related cases. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2023
Google intros generative AI consulting services and updates
The tech giant is aiming at enterprises with a series of new AI consulting services and tools to help businesses find new ways to summarize, automate and create content. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jun 2023
The impact of AI on social media
The newfound potential of AI -- especially with the recent explosion of generative AI models -- is affecting how humans interact and publish media online. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Jun 2023
Sport teams drive sales leads with an AI digital assistant
American soccer club Louisville City and the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks use Conversica to target the most promising leads for their sales teams and drive profit for their organizations. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2023
Global workforce firm uses Glean's generative AI assistant
The distributed global workforce platform vendor uses generative AI search to find information across its network. As an early user, Velocity Global found it helps with efficiency. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Jun 2023
AI transparency: What is it and why do we need it?
As the use of AI models has evolved and expanded, the concept of transparency has grown in importance. Learn about the benefits and challenges of AI transparency. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2023
A look at 'risk of extinction from AI' statement
The statement equates the potential risk of human eradication from AI to that of nuclear war. However, some argue society should instead mitigate the existing risk of AI bias. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Jun 2023
Manage complexity in Kubernetes with AI and machine learning
Learn how DevOps teams can enhance performance and observability in Kubernetes with AI and machine learning techniques. Evaluate pros, cons and use cases. Continue Reading
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Definition
01 Jun 2023
AIOps (artificial intelligence for IT operations)
Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is an umbrella term for the use of big data analytics, machine learning and other AI technologies to automate the identification and resolution of common IT issues. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2023
Dataiku integrates with OpenAI, targets responsible AI
The vendor's new data science platform includes integration with OpenAI's GPT-4 and multiple features to provide business users with control in the model creation process. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2023
Automation Anywhere infuses RPA platform with generative AI
The RPA vendor unveiled new features for its AI Success platform aimed at expanding the number of automation applications while providing users with a choice of cloud providers. Continue Reading
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Definition
01 Jun 2023
machine learning bias (AI bias)
Machine learning bias, also sometimes called algorithm bias or AI bias, is a phenomenon that occurs when an algorithm produces results that are systemically prejudiced due to erroneous assumptions in the machine learning process. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 May 2023
6 risks of ChatGPT in customer service
Despite ChatGPT's customer service benefits, organizations must understand the technology's risks, such as fabricated information, bias and security concerns. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 May 2023
unsupervised learning
Unsupervised learning is a type of machine learning (ML) technique that uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify patterns in data sets that are neither classified nor labeled. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2023
Snowflake acquisition of Neeva to add generative AI
The pending purchase will let the data cloud vendor infuse generative AI throughout its data management suite and potentially open the technology's use to a broader audience. Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2023
White House seeks public comment on national AI strategy
The White House wants to know about AI risks and benefits, as well as specific measures such as regulation that might help mitigate those risks. Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2023
Dell enters generative AI market with Nvidia partnership
The initiative provides enterprises with both Dell servers and Nvidia's H100 GPUs and software. It could appeal to Dell users that want to create generative models on premises. Continue Reading
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News
23 May 2023
Microsoft pushes to dominate in AI race
The cloud platform provider revealed an expanded plugin ecosystem and an updated ChatGPT, while forging a key strategic partnership with AI vendor Nvidia. Continue Reading
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News
23 May 2023
States act while Congress stalls on AI regulations
States are making moves on artificial intelligence regulations while Congress debates the best path forward. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 May 2023
multimodal AI
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