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Startup Ensemble gets $3.3M in funding to fix data quality issues with Dark Matter

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:39:43 +0000

Ensemble AI Inc. is looking to tackle headaches around data quality and help companies build more powerful artificial intelligence models after closing on a $3.3 million seed funding round. Today’s round was led by Salesforce Ventures, with Amplo, M13 and Motivate also participating. They’re backing Ensemble because the startup has created a pioneering approach to data […]

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Airtable’s new updates simplify the creation of no-code apps with integrated generative AI

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:54:15 +0000

Airtable Inc., creator of a no-code platform for building applications and workflows, is expanding on its investments in artificial intelligence with the launch of new tools that will enable every organization to start taking advantage of AI. The new products announced today include App Library, a new tool for deploying custom-developed applications that integrate AI […]

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AI use cases driving innovation and customer-centric transformation across industries

Brian Njuguna — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:00:13 +0000

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into everyday business and personal usage has triggered a myriad of AI use cases thanks to factors, such as the explosion of data and growth of cloud computing. As a result, AI’s versatility allows it to be applied across various industries, such as healthcare, finance, manufacturing, legal, transportation and […]

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Startup Redbird launches AI-powered data analytics platform

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:50:20 +0000

Venture-backed startup Redbird Software Inc. today launched an analytics platform, also called Redbird, that uses artificial intelligence to help companies find useful patterns in their data. The product milestone comes about two years after the company closed a $7.6 million seed round backed by Y Combinator. Redbird says that it has tripled its headcount since […]

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Study: Even as larger AI models improve, answering more questions leads to more wrong answers

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:35:49 +0000

A recent study published by Nature says newer, bigger versions of the three major artificial intelligence chatbots may be more likely to generate wrong answers than claim that they don’t know. Although more refined and bigger large language models that use more data and more complex reasoning and fine-tuning proved to be better at giving […]

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Three insights you might have missed from Dreamforce ’24

Ryan Stevens — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:32:04 +0000

Organizations in today’s digital landscape rely on interconnected systems, meaning integrating platforms and unifying operations is critical. As AI becomes a bigger part of modern systems, technologies such as Salesforce Agentforce AI are drawn more in focus. Practitioners, meanwhile, have proven to be the biggest benefactors and influencers of data-driven markets. With its leading role […]

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What to expect at Anyscale’s Ray Summit: Join theCUBE Oct. 1

Ryan Stevens — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:19:00 +0000

Artificial intelligence is in the midst of transforming organizations across industries. As AI workloads become increasingly compute-intensive, many believe the need for scalable AI infrastructure has grown to meet these rising demands. “This AI thing is real. It’s AI everywhere … powering all the trends, all the markets … all the way through the stack,” […]

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DeepOpinion raises €11 million to assist enterprise businesses with AI agents

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:50:34 +0000

DeepOpinion, an Innusbruk, Australia-based company specializing in building artificial intelligence agents to automate business tasks, said today it has raised €11 million, or $12.2 million, in early-stage funding. Co-led by led by Red River West and Alpha Intelligence Capital, the Series A round was also joined by the company’s existing investors Lunar Ventures and Stride VC. […]

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AI ecosystem and accelerators: Panel discusses a new frontier in performance and innovation

Victor Dabrinze — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:35:03 +0000

Artificial intelligence is a key transformation driver across industries, and there’s a race to unlock its full potential. For that to happen, key players in the tech world are racing to build the infrastructure needed to sustain its momentum. These efforts span AI accelerators, system architectures, data centers, networking and storage. “AI is driving a huge […]

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Google Labs adds video and audio input to AI-powered note-taking assistant NotebookLM

Kyt Dotson — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:00:14 +0000

Google LLC today rolled out new features for its artificial intelligence note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM, including the ability to upload videos from YouTube URLs and audio files directly, in addition to text, PDFs, Google Docs and web pages. NotebookLM is an experimental tool from Google Labs that uses the company’s powerful Gemini 1.5 large […]

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Broadcom President Charlie Kawwas on the next AI wave: Networking, power efficiency and open ecosystems

Victor Dabrinze — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:53:40 +0000

As the global artificial intelligence landscape accelerates, networking giants such as Juniper Networks Inc. and Broadcom Inc. are laying the groundwork for the next era of AI-driven infrastructure. With deep-rooted partnerships and cutting-edge technology, these companies are delivering networking and power efficiency at scale. “I think our journey in AI started in the last decade, […]

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AI is revolutionizing data centers: The ramifications on networking requirements and innovation

Victor Dabrinze — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:15:34 +0000

As the artificial intelligence age sweeps through enterprise computing, businesses are left scrambling to adapt. With unprecedented growth in AI model sizes, data volume and computing infrastructure, the Seize the AI Moment event shows that the future of networking for AI-driven data centers is already here. “We’re seeing massive scale in AI models, in the data being […]

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How AI-driven HR boosts employee growth and decision-making at NetApp

Victoria Gayton — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:25:24 +0000

As companies face the challenges of digital transformation, AI-driven HR strategies, data management, artificial intelligence and employee development are emerging as critical pillars of success. Effective leadership is embracing technology through AI-driven HR strategies not just to streamline operations, but also to spark employee growth and enhance organizational agility. The key lies in using data […]

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Open AI CTO Mira Murati quits, the latest in a continuing string of executive departures

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:15:18 +0000

OpenAI’s high-profile Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, who has been one of the central figures in the development of ChatGPT and the image generator model DALL-E, said today she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company to do her own “exploration.” “My six-and-a-half years with the OpenAI team have been an extraordinary privilege,” Murati (pictured) said in […]

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Allen Institute for AI debuts new Molmo series of open-source multimodal models

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:11:59 +0000

The Allen Institute for AI today released Molmo, a family of open-source language models that can process text and images. The launch came against the backdrop of Meta Platforms Inc.’s Connect 2024 product event. Alongside new mixed reality devices, the company debuted an open-source language model series of its own called Llama 3.2. Two of […]

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Tech Tackles Cancer: Rising above negativity with philanthropy and innovation

Victor Dabrinze — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:57:40 +0000

Despite the swirl of tech negativity percolating public discourse, its value and innovation across multiple sectors over the years. While tech giants face accusations of eroding privacy, spreading misinformation and eliminating jobs, many of their contributions, especially in social causes such as pediatric cancer, tell a different story. “We started Tech Tackles Cancer and started […]

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How NetApp’s strategic cloud partnerships drive enterprise flexibility and infrastructure control

Victor Dabrinze — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:44:46 +0000

NetApp Inc. is rethinking its strategic positioning in enterprise storage. Beyond just hardware, the company is embracing the cloud, through hyperscaler partnerships, in ways that meet the needs of a rapidly evolving tech landscape. “Thanks to all three major hyperscaler partners in Amazon, Microsoft and Google, we are in more than 100 regions now,” said […]

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Salesforce buys Israeli startup Zoomin to feed more data to its AI agents

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:09:36 +0000

Salesforce Inc. has returned to Israel to make a second major acquisition, splashing out to acquire a company called Zoomin Software Ltd. that offers tools for processing unstructured data. The deal comes less than three weeks after Salesforce splurged $1.9 billion to acquire the Israeli cloud data backup specialist Own Co. It’s paying a lot […]

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HP applies AI to fix the most maddening printing problems as it debuts new AI PCs

Paul Gillin — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:48:45 +0000

HP Inc. today said it’s addressing some of the most common frustrations users have with printing webpages by introducing a new technology that it advertises as the “industry’s first intelligent print experience.” HP Print AI features a new capability called Perfect Output that reformats and reorganizes content to fit on the page in a way […]

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What to expect at Teradata Possible: Join theCUBE Oct. 8

Victoria Gayton — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:24:49 +0000

Trusted AI remains a focal point for enterprise leaders as they seek to drive innovation and operational efficiency. A recent study, commissioned by Teradata Corp. and NewtonX Inc., explored artificial intelligence’s evolving role in modern business environments, surveying more 300 C-suite executives across multiple industries. The results provide a snapshot of the growing optimism around […]

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Nurix AI raises $27.5M to scale development of custom enterprise AI agents

Kyt Dotson — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:55:34 +0000

Bengaluru, India-based Nurix AI, the developer of custom artificial intelligence agents for enterprise customers, today announced it has raised $27.5 million in early-stage funding. The seed-Series A funding was co-led by General Catalyst and Accel with participation from Merkai Labs. Founded in early 2024, Nurix builds custom AI agents that can execute complex actions on […]

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Contact center-as-a-service startup Ujet raises $76M to accelerate generative AI development

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:00:47 +0000

The cloud contact center company Ujet Inc. said today it has closed on a $76 million late-stage round of funding, earmarking the money to accelerate its deployment of generative artificial intelligence to enhance customer support experiences. Today’s Series D round was led by existing investor Sapphire Ventures and saw participation from KeyCorp and IonPacific, which […]

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Hyperscience expands Hypercell platform to boost AI-powered automation for back-office processes

Duncan Riley — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:00:44 +0000

Hyperautomation company Hyperscience Inc. today announced updates to its Hypercell platform that are designed to accelerate automation for a wide variety of back-office documents, use cases and processes. The new updates are focused on helping organizations further embed machine learning and artificial intelligence into the core of their businesses to accelerate digital transformation efforts. The updates […]

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Tabnine introduces AI agents that generate and validate code from Jira issues

Kyt Dotson — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:00:41 +0000

Tabnine Ltd., the maker of an artificial intelligence code completion tool for developers, today announced the general availability of two AI agents that integrate with Atlassian Corp.’s Jira, which can generate and validate code from issues. Jira issues are a primary source for developers to receive communication about updates needed for code and are often provided in […]

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Google unveils new generative AI innovations for customer engagement and Gemini in Workspace

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:43 +0000

Google Cloud said today it’s expanding its leadership in the world of artificial intelligence agents with a new set of generative AI models that are specifically targeted at customer engagement applications, integrated within its Contact Center AI services. The new Customer Engagement Suite, announced at Google’s virtual Gemini at Work online event, is powered by Google’s […]

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NetApp CEO George Kurian on how data management is key to unlocking AI’s potential

Cheryl Knight — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:44:55 +0000

The business landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the rapid convergence of data and artificial intelligence. In this era of data and intelligence, companies must prioritize effective data management for AI to remain competitive and relevant. AI is no longer a distant possibility but a reality that requires a strong data management for […]

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Sam Altman says superintelligence is on the way, and the future is bright

James Farrell — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:54:24 +0000

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman published a blog post today stating that the world will have superintelligence in “a few thousand days” and what he sees ahead is not the techno-dystopia some critics see but “massive prosperity.” Altman’s post was only a few hundred words long, but he managed to pack it with enough assertions […]

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Harmonic raises $75M to create AI with mathematical superintelligence and eliminate hallucinations

Mike Wheatley — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:55:26 +0000

Harmonic, an artificial intelligence startup that’s pursuing the goal of mathematical superintelligence, or MSI, said today it has closed on a $75 million early-stage funding round. Today’s Series A round was led by Sequoia Capital and saw participation from Index Ventures, Jasper Lau’s Era Funds, GreatPoint Ventures, DTS Global Partners, Palo Alto Networks Inc. Chief […]

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Anthropic reportedly in early talks to raise new funding on up to $40B valuation

Duncan Riley — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:15:21 +0000

General artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC is reportedly looking to raise new funding on a valuation of up to $40 billion. The report comes today from The Information, citing an unnamed existing investor who spoke to company leaders. It’s reported that talks are only in an early stage and that it’s not clear whether investors […]

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How the PGA TOUR Is using generative AI to change the golf fan’s experience

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:55:52 +0000

Generative artificial intelligence has the power to change almost every aspect of how we work, educate and entertain, and nearly every business is seeking to infuse AI into its business process to create new ways of engaging customers and employees. The sports and entertainment industry remains one of the most competitive vertical industries. Fans have […]

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