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What is named entity recognition (NER)?

Named entity recognition (NER) is a natural language processing (NLP) method that extracts information from text.

By Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Nick Barney • Oct. 28, 2024

How to opt out of AI training across social media platforms

Whether they are aware of it or not, businesses are increasingly using people's social media posts -- written content and images -- for their training AI systems.

By Amanda Hetler • Oct. 23, 2024

IBM launches new generation Granite language model

The vendor takes an open source approach with Granite 3.0. It trained the new model family with Nvidia H100 GPUs. Not all enterprises will be convinced to use the new AI models.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 21, 2024

The NYT’s cease and desist move against Perplexity AI

The AI startup is facing accusations it took content from a publisher without permission. This is the second time the NYT has gone after a vendor for misappropriating its content.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 17, 2024

What is black box AI?

Black box AI is any artificial intelligence system whose inputs and operations aren't visible to the user or another interested party.

By Rahul Awati , Kinza Yasar • Oct. 17, 2024

How to choose the right LLM for your needs

Selecting the best large language model for your use case requires balancing performance, cost and infrastructure considerations. Learn what to keep in mind when comparing LLMs.

By Marius Sandbu • Oct. 16, 2024

Types of AI algorithms and how they work

AI algorithms can help businesses gain a competitive advantage. Learn the main types of AI algorithms, how they work, and why companies must thoroughly evaluate benefits and risks.

By Sean Kerner, Fred Tabsharani • Oct. 16, 2024

Closing the gap between open source and closed AI models

More enterprises are fine-tuning open models from vendors including Meta, xAI and Mistral AI. This has led startups like Together AI to see this is the future.

By Esther Shittu , Shaun Sutner • Oct. 15, 2024

What are AI hallucinations and why are they a problem?

An AI hallucination is when a large language model (LLM) powering an artificial intelligence (AI) system generates false information or misleading results, often leading to incorrect human decision-making.

By Rahul Awati , Ben Lutkevich • Oct. 11, 2024

AI engineers: What they do and how to become one

Learn what it takes to launch a rewarding career as an AI engineer, including required skills, responsibilities, qualifications, educational opportunities and top salaries.

By Sean Kerner • Oct. 10, 2024

How AI speech recognition shows bias toward different accents

AI speech recognition systems often struggle to understand certain accents and dialects due to insufficient training data.

By Alexander Gillis • Oct. 3, 2024

OpenAI shows developers what is possible with speech tool

The AI vendor introduced four new offerings for enterprises. Its Realtime API is notable for its speech-to-speech capability. Meanwhile, the startup is growing explosively.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 3, 2024

What is AI inference?

AI inference is the process during which a trained AI model applies its understanding to generate original output in real time.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 27, 2024

OpenAI restructure move unsurprising, but raises concerns

The for-profit organization will lead to more freedom for the organization and its investors. However, it could cause enterprises to question if the vendor is committed to safe AI.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 26, 2024

AI parameters: Explaining their role in AI model performance

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.

By George Lawton • Sept. 26, 2024

Allen Institute for AI launches open multimodal models

Ai2's multimodal generative AI models can understand visual data. Molmo comes in different sizes: Molmo 72B, Molmo 7B-D, Molmo 7B-O and Molmo E-1B.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 25, 2024

What is a large action model (LAM)?

A large action model (LAM) is an AI system that understands queries and responds by taking action.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 23, 2024

Amazon offers new generative AI tool for e-commerce sellers

Project Amelia is a selling expert that provides sellers with answers to questions. It makes use of broad knowledge and will soon provide answers to complex problems.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 20, 2024

Explore the role of training data in AI and machine learning

AI and machine learning models use a variety of learning methods to process and analyze data -- but regardless of how a model is trained, data quality and relevance are crucial.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 20, 2024

New Microsoft Copilot 365 Wave 2 includes agents and Pages

The tools include an agent for building automated business processes and Pages for editing AI-generated material. While the tools provide more context, they present some challenges.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 17, 2024

What is an AI accelerator?

An AI accelerator is a type of hardware device that can efficiently support AI workloads.

By Chris Tozzi • Sept. 16, 2024

OpenAI releases new models that provide better reasoning

While reasoning is a needed move toward workflows based on AI agents, it does not solve the problem of bias in large language models. Good data is a way to mitigate that problem.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 12, 2024

SambaNova Systems intros AI inference platform

The new platform runs Llama 3.1 405B and, with the vendor's full-stack approach, helps enterprises build agentic applications. It also rivals GPU architectures, the vendor claims.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 11, 2024

Oracle makes OCI GenAI Agents with RAG available

The offering provides RAG capabilities for customers that use Oracle databases. Use cases include legal research, finance and customer service support.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 11, 2024

What’s the best programming language for machine learning?

While no one language is perfect for AI and machine learning, considering factors like efficiency, readability and community support can help developers make the best choice.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 10, 2024