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Q&A: How retail AI tools can help combat inflation

Prices for food, gas and more have risen during the past year. Revionics' senior director of retail innovation discusses how retail AI tools can help companies navigate inflation.

By Esther Shittu • Dec. 20, 2021

8 AI headlines expected in 2022

As 2021 draws to a close, some of the biggest AI headlines next year will likely involve regulation, automation, the Great Resignation and larger language models.

By Esther Shittu • Dec. 15, 2021

AWS SageMaker equipped with new features for model building

The tech giant revealed new tools for its AI and machine learning platforms geared toward making model building easier for enterprises and users.

By Esther Shittu • Dec. 2, 2021

Google makes chatbots accessible with Bot-in-a-Box

Available on Google Cloud, the feature is deployed in AI-powered Business Messages. Using pre-made bots, enterprises can connect with customers on different branded channels.

By Esther Shittu • Nov. 18, 2021

Is AI a boon or bane for cybersecurity?

Like other developing technologies, AI has its pros and cons. However, it has proven an indispensable cybersecurity tool, with many scenarios where AI is helping protect data.

By Johna Till Johnson • Nov. 12, 2021

IBM reveals new NLP features for Watson Discovery

The tech giant said the new features will help users parse through complex business-specific documents in highly regulated industries such as finance and insurance.

By Esther Shittu • Nov. 11, 2021

Biden’s top science advisor working on AI bill of rights

A national AI bill of rights could include the rights to transparency and data governance, according to Biden's top science advisor.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 9, 2021

SambaNova Systems now offers GPT AI-powered language model

The vendor said its new offering will save enterprises time and money as they adopt language models. It also said the service makes the language model more accessible than before.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 20, 2021

Dell introduces Validated Design for AI at VMworld 2021

The tech vendor revealed a new partnership with AI GPU maker Nvidia at VMWorld 2021 aimed at providing an AI and machine learning platform for IT users in virtualized environments.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 5, 2021

How neural network training methods are modeled after the human brain

Training neural nets to mirror the human brain enables deep learning models to apply learning to data they've never seen before.

By Kathleen Walch • Sept. 17, 2021

IBM Watson Assistant tools aim to speed contact center CX

IBM has released new AI capabilities to speed virtual agents and automate more contact center tasks. The vendor also formed a partnership with contact center vendor IntelePeer.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 9, 2021

Energy consumption of AI poses environmental problems

Data centers and large AI models use massive amounts of energy and are harmful to the environment. Businesses can take action to lower their environmental impact.

By Mark Labbe • Aug. 26, 2021

3 ways to evaluate and improve machine learning models

Training performance evaluation, prediction performance evaluation and baseline modeling can refine machine learning models. Learn how they work together to improve predictions.

By Arcitura Education • July 28, 2021

Discover 2 unsupervised techniques that help categorize data

Two unsupervised techniques -- category discovery and pattern discovery -- solve ML problems by seeking similarities in data groups, rather than a specific value.

By Arcitura Education • June 28, 2021

HPE buys Determined AI to speed AI model training with HPC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise scoops up San Francisco-based startup to give customers out-of-the-box AI training models for use with high-performance computing systems.

By Carol Sliwa • June 22, 2021

5 top chatbot features to boost your AI plan

By infusing their chatbots with natural language understanding, contextual messaging and other AI features, enterprises can build and deploy more powerful chatbots.

By George Lawton • June 17, 2021

L’Oréal to ‘revolutionize’ beauty services using Google Vertex

ModiFace says it will save many hours developing AI algorithms by exploiting the compute power and AI tools of Google Vertex to create digitized beauty services.

By Paula Rooney • June 3, 2021

Microsoft revs up AI push with GPT-3-enabled Power Apps

GPT-3-enabled Microsoft Power Apps will enable those with little or no coding experience to build Power FX applications on Azure using natural, conversational language.

By Paula Rooney • May 28, 2021

How emotion analytics will impact the future of NLP

Conversational agents and chatbots struggle to understand complex human speech, including sarcasm. But that could change as NLP increasingly incorporates emotional understanding.

By Lisa Morgan • May 26, 2021

IBM Watson Orchestrate poised to take tasks workers hate most

IBM Watson Orchestrate is the latest technology from a major vendor that promises to save employees from highly repetitive job responsibilities.

By Bridget Botelho • May 11, 2021

How to hire data scientists

Enterprises tend to want data scientists who have a drive to continue their training, through peer training or online platforms, to keep up with ongoing changes in the field.

By Mary Pratt • May 10, 2021

Panasonic to buy Blue Yonder in $7.1 billion deal

Panasonic's acquisition of Blue Yonder aims to build out Panasonic's software business, but how well the traditional hardware vendor can adapt remains to be seen.

By Mark Labbe • April 28, 2021

intelligent workflow

Intelligent workflow is an orchestration method that integrates analytics, AI, machine learning and automation.

By Alexander Gillis • April 21, 2021

5 reasons NLP for chatbots improves performance

Experts say chatbots need some level of natural language processing capability in order to become truly conversational. Without language capabilities, bots are simple order takers.

By George Lawton • April 19, 2021

SambaNova funding round brings in $676 million

SambaNova's large funding round shows that investors are confident in the startup's AI chips, as well as in the AI hardware market. SambaNova competes with Nvidia.

By Mark Labbe • April 14, 2021