Enterprise applications of AI
A large percentage of enterprises have already implemented some type of artificial intelligence software to improve their business, be it chatbots for customer service or machine learning for predictive analytics. Find information about those enterprise AI applications and many more emerging uses of AI.
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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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13 May 2025
AI and HIPAA compliance: How to navigate major risks
Balancing AI deployments with HIPAA compliance can be fraught with numerous risks. The first step is awareness, and the second step is to follow best practices to avoid pitfalls. Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2025
6 IT automation trends to watch in 2025 and the future
Trends reshaping IT automation include the convergence of formerly distinct platforms, the role of generative AI as automation glue and the stepwise expansion of agentic AI. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
Confluent, Databricks partner to simplify AI development
With a new integration, joint customers can more easily access real-time streaming data to develop, deploy and maintain trusted AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
History of generative AI innovations spans 9 decades
The dominance of Nvidia chips, emerging technologies like agentic and embodied AI, and knockoffs of ChatGPT are among the latest milestones powering GenAI's business future. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2025
Snowflake's new Cortex Agents enables agentic AI development
The vendor's new managed service, now in preview, provides developers with an API for combining structured and unstructured data with LLMs to create agentic applications. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2025
Ataccama adds data lineage to foster trust in AI, analytics
Given that the absence of trusted data hinders AI development, the vendor's new capabilities further its effort to provide users with the tools to ensure data can be trusted. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2025
8 ways to use AI for data backup
Evaluate eight ways your organization can implement AI to improve data backups and simplify data protection processes. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2025
How CIOs can reduce AI's negative environmental impact
AI is a power-hungry beast -- here's how to tame it. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2025
The advantages and disadvantages of AI in cybersecurity
To meet growing cybersecurity needs, many organizations are turning to AI. However, without the right strategies in place, AI can introduce risks alongside its benefits. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2025
Super Bowl teams show analytics gaining ground in NFL
As data-driven decision-making gains ground in pro football, both the Eagles and Chiefs have gained advantages from using advanced statistical analysis. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2025
Google targets enterprise adoption with low-cost AI model
The tech giant is becoming more assertive with its AI releases by introducing new experimental versions of Gemini and a low-end model. Continue Reading
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06 Feb 2025
Databricks' acquisition of BladeBridge boosts data migration
The data and AI vendor's latest purchase adds AI-powered ETL capabilities aimed at making it easier for new customers to transport data from competing data storage platforms. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2025
MicroStrategy adds personalization to GenAI-powered bot
The longtime independent analytics vendor's latest update aims to provide users with a more tailored query and response experience to reach more contextually relevant responses. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2025
8 generative AI challenges that businesses should consider
IT managers planning to adopt GenAI can expect to encounter some hurdles, including cost optimization, workforce effects, cybersecurity concerns and energy use. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2025
10 top generative AI benefits for business
The advantages of using generative AI cover plenty of ground, with improving customer experience, reducing costs and automating code creation among the key drivers. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2025
Agentic AI, data as a product among growing analytics trends
Collibra's founder and chief data citizen reveals his predictions for 2025, and underpinning all is the need for strong governance that guarantees the quality of BI and AI tools. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2025
ServiceNow intros AI agent studio and orchestrator
The platform provider's new studio enables users to create agents. The orchestrator lets agents communicate with each other. The vendor is embedding the technology in its platform. Continue Reading
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29 Jan 2025
The top 6 OCR tools
OCR software can automate data entry to save employees' time and improve accuracy. Top tools includes ABBYY FineReader PDF, OpenText Core Capture and Tesseract OCR. Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Jan 2025
Cisco generative AI strategy hinges on CX and agents
The vendor's GenAI approach aims to boost the user and consumer experience. Continue Reading
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28 Jan 2025
GAN vs. transformer models: Comparing architectures and uses
Discover the differences between generative adversarial networks and transformers, plus how the two techniques might combine in the future to provide users with better results. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2025
Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption
A new study finds that only a third of organizations are successfully developing GenAI tools. The problem preventing success is the quality of the underlying information. Continue Reading
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Definition
27 Jan 2025
What is GPT-3? Everything you need to know
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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23 Jan 2025
20 real-world GenAI applications across leading industries
Generative AI is predicted to add up to $16 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Learn how 20 industries, from finance and legal to healthcare and manufacturing, are using it. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2025
Pinecone provides Assistant for generative AI development
The vector database specialist is expanding beyond managing data with a suite of APIs and other tools that enable users to tap into their data to create chatbots and agents. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2025
How Microsoft uses AI for RFP management
Microsoft's proposal team implemented Responsive's GenAI tool to automate RFPs. The tool can quickly create first drafts, but it still requires human editing. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2025
How has generative AI affected cybersecurity?
Generative AI helps security teams defend against threats, but it also lets bad actors infiltrate organizations. Learn about how each side is tapping into GenAI to gain an edge. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2025
TigerGraph launches Savanna to aid AI development
The latest evolution of the graph database specialist's platform aims to meet developers' data discovery and performance requirements as they build AI applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
17 Jan 2025
What are vision language models (VLMs)?
Vision language models (VLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model that can understand and generate text about images. Continue Reading
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17 Jan 2025
How will generative AI reshape the enterprise?
Organizations are using generative AI to reimagine processes. Discover 10 ways the technology is transforming employees' jobs and their interactions with customers. 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
Trump nominates AI in HR advocate to Department of Labor
A proponent of AI's use in HR, Keith Sonderling has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for the No. 2 position in the Department of Labor. 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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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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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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13 Jan 2025
How generative AI can augment human creativity in business
From personalized marketing and prototyping to business workflows and planning, generative AI can augment creativity as a new collaboration tool for humans in enterprise settings. 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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10 Jan 2025
How AI is shaping the future of the travel sector
The travel industry is using AI to increase efficiency and personalize experiences, but challenges include data privacy, legacy integration and the need for a human touch. 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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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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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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08 Jan 2025
10 top talent management software systems in 2025
Learn about some of the best talent management products, the advantages and disadvantages of each system, along with important considerations for implementing the software. 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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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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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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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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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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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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02 Jan 2025
Top 5 digital transformation trends of 2025
IT leaders can expect AI to occupy the transformation driver's seat as the technology moves into production and embeds itself in enterprise workflows. Continue Reading
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02 Jan 2025
Top AI recruiting tools and software of 2025
AI continues to spread to every corner of recruiting and talent acquisition. Here's the latest on AI tools from GenAI to smart chatbots and agents, plus details on 13 products. 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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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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30 Dec 2024
The future of hybrid cloud: What to expect in 2025 and beyond
For companies modernizing their business operations, hybrid cloud's embrace of AI, edge computing and integration promises unique levels of flexibility, security and control. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Dec 2024
Data management 2025 predictions: Bringing generative AI to enterprise data
Organizations pursuing generative AI tools in 2025 will focus on making sure their data is AI-ready. The tools must work internally before consumers might see options next year. 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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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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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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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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20 Dec 2024
The top 5 content management trends in 2025
AI technology continues to shape the content management market. It underpins top trends in 2025, like generative AI, agentic AI and predictive analytics. Continue Reading
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19 Dec 2024
Understand greenhouse gas emissions vs. carbon emissions
The terms 'greenhouse gas' and 'carbon' are often used interchangeably. Learn what the meaning of each is and how the two relate to climate change and global warming. Continue Reading
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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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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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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
In 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises. Continue Reading
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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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18 Dec 2024
With Agentforce 2.0, Salesforce closer to autonomous AI
Agentforce 2.0 is here as Salesforce pushes for Slack to be its foundation. Continue Reading
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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
AI in medical diagnostics and decision-making
AI technologies enable doctors to improve diagnostic accuracy, personalize treatment plans and streamline clinical workflows. However, they also pose challenges worth considering. 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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17 Dec 2024
5 UC and collaboration trends reshaping the market in 2025
Expect GenAI and agentic AI to dominate unified communications and collaboration trends, plus employees and businesses weigh return-to-office edicts and heightened cyberattacks. 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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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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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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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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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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Opinion
09 Dec 2024
Could the AI era open a new frontier for object storage?
Object storage has seen a steady progression over the years. Explore this evolution and several products that seek to capitalize on its performance, specifically for AI. Continue Reading
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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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06 Dec 2024
JPMorganChase, NFL, Georgia-Pacific share GenAI ups, downs
Enterprises share how they've used GenAI to transform operations, boost revenue, and find new opportunities. Continue Reading
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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 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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03 Dec 2024
7 video marketing challenges and how to overcome them
Video marketing can require special equipment and know-how. Yet, smartphones, AI and social media have made it more accessible to the average marketer. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2024
AI readiness: What is it, and is your business ready?
Artificial intelligence (AI) readiness encompasses all the elements, processes and steps needed to prepare an organization to implement AI systems. Continue Reading
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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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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 natural language query (NLQ)?
Natural language query (NLQ) is a capability that enables users to ask questions within their analytics platforms using ordinary human language instead of query language. Continue Reading
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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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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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25 Nov 2024
12 top contact center platforms of 2025
Which came first: the evolution of the contact center or the evolution of its supporting software? It's the old chicken-and-egg debate. Either way, AI is the catalyst. Continue Reading
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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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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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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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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
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Definition
21 Nov 2024
What is autonomous AI?
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of AI in which systems and tools are advanced enough to act with limited human oversight and involvement. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2024
Meta aims at enterprises with hire of ex-Salesforce AI exec
The social media giant has found success with its Llama family of GenAI models. The new hire shows it is targeting enterprise products. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2024
Snowflake partners with Anthropic to improve AI development
The alliance aims to make it easier and faster for the data cloud vendor's customers to use the Claude line of large language models when developing advanced applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
20 Nov 2024
What is speech recognition?
Speech recognition, or speech-to-text, is the ability of a machine or program to identify words spoken aloud and convert them into readable text. Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2024
Generative AI vs. predictive AI: Understanding the differences
Generative AI and predictive AI vary in how they handle use cases and unstructured and structured data, respectively. Explore the benefits and limitations of each. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2024
With new Fabric features, Microsoft aims at AI development
New data management and analytics suite features include databases and a data catalog to enable enterprises to develop and operationalize advanced applications. Continue Reading