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Move Over, Chatbots: Agentic AI is Here to Run Retail
January 10, 2025

Tech companies are rolling out artificial intelligence (AI)-powered retail solutions that mark a shift from the generative AI boom of recent years to the agentic AI era — where AI systems don’t just generate responses but actively perform complex tasks with minimal human intervention. Google...

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Elon Musk Startup xAI Launches App Offering Access to Grok Chatbot
January 09, 2025

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has launched a stand-alone consumer app called Grok that offers access to the company’s chatbot of the same name. Grok Beta for iOS offers access to xAI’s latest model, Grok 2, for free, according to its description in...

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Zebra Debuts Mobile AI Tool for Frontline Retail Workers
January 09, 2025

Zebra Technologies has debuted a set of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for frontline retail workers. The company’s Zebra Mobile Computing AI Suite, announced Thursday (Jan. 9), comes with an AI data capture software development kit (SDK) and example applications designed for select Zebra Android mobile devices. The company...

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Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence
January 08, 2025

Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large language models alone will not suffice. During a fireside chat at CES in Las Vegas, the Frenchman, winner of the...

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What Anthropic’s $60 Billion Valuation Reveals About Enterprise AI’s Next Generation
January 08, 2025

Business growth has always relied on optimizing processes, with the end goal of ultimately reimagining and reinventing them in new forms. Traditionally, this took decades of compounding small changes. But the emergence of enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) has upended this paradigm, allowing firms to integrate...

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Nvidia CEO Unveils Advanced AI Chips, Foundation Models and Mini Supercomputer
January 07, 2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday (Dec. 6) unveiled next-generation chips, new large language models, a mini artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer, and a partnership with Toyota as the world’s second-most valuable company continues to aggressively expand its business. “It’s been an extraordinary journey, extraordinary year,”...

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Travelers Increasingly Trust Their Travel to AI Assistants
January 07, 2025

Generative AI is making its mark in various industries, particularly in the travel and hospitality sectors, where it is increasing customer engagement, improving operational efficiencies and providing personalized experiences. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence report, “At Your Service: Generative AI Arrives in Travel and Hospitality,”...

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Move Over GenAI. Google Says Get Ready for GenWorld
January 06, 2025

Google DeepMind announced Monday (Jan. 6) that it is creating a new team to work on “massive” generative models that would “simulate the world.” These models represent the next stage of advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in decision-making, planning and creativity. World models are...

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US and India to Promote Reciprocal Investments in AI Technology
January 06, 2025

The United States and India plan to build new collaboration around artificial intelligence (AI) via investments and protections involving the technology. These efforts were among several commitments to strengthen a strategic technology partnership between the countries following a meeting in New Delhi, the White House...