Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia and Accenture Tie-up Promotes Corporate AI Adoption
October 02, 2024

Nvidia expanded its partnership with Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence adoption. The news comes as generative AI demand helped drive $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its latest fiscal year, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 2) press release. The expanded partnership includes the...

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AI Software Tools Could Streamline and Personalize the Commerce Experience
October 01, 2024

The rise of artificial intelligence in software development is reshaping the commerce landscape, offering faster product launches and more personalized customer experiences. Qodo’s $40 million Series A funding round in September for its AI-powered code testing platform reflects growing investor confidence in AI’s ability to...

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AI Explained: The Hidden Fuel Powering AI’s Language Revolution
September 30, 2024

In data centers worldwide, trillions of words sit ready to teach machines how to talk. This collection of text — known as a corpus in artificial intelligence — is behind the AI chatbots and assistants that have captured the public’s imagination. The scale of these...

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AI Superintelligence: Big Hype or Personalization Superpower?
September 27, 2024

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Monday (Sept. 23) prediction that the world could be “a few thousand days” away from creating artificial superintelligence is sparking discussions among industry experts about the technology’s effects on global commerce and society. Experts say if AI superintelligence is possible to...

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The Week in AI: Chatbots Fuel Cybercrime; Google, Meta and OpenAI Announce Upgrades
September 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, from cybercriminals exploiting chatbots to Google supercharging Gemini for business breakthroughs. Meanwhile, Meta and Microsoft are using AI to transform eCommerce and energy, showing that the technology is becoming both a hacker’s tool and a corporate powerhouse, sparking new demands...

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FCA Wary of AI in Insurance; Harmonic Aims for Mathematical Breakthrough
September 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence is transforming the financial sector, with regulators highlighting potential “uninsurable” risks while innovative applications emerge in small business money management and mathematical problem-solving. As the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) urges caution, China’s MYbank uses AI to boost small business financial planning,...

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Rippling Rolls Out AI-Powered Employee Evaluation Tool
September 25, 2024

Would you trust artificial intelligence-powered tools to conduct your employee evaluation? Business software startup Rippling hopes the answer is yes. The company is launching a product called Talent Signal, which uses AI to gauge employee performance based on task-specific metrics, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Sept. 25)....

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Meta, Klarna and Spotify Join Call for EU Regulations for AI
September 25, 2024

As European tech leaders urge regulatory clarity to stay competitive in artificial intelligence, New York lawmakers contemplate stricter controls, highlighting the global struggle to balance innovation and oversight. Meanwhile, industry figures like Appian CEO Matt Calkins demand stronger IP protections, underscoring the challenges facing policymakers...

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Google Slashes Gemini Prices and Boosts Performance of AI Models
September 24, 2024

Google’s latest artificial intelligence models could accelerate AI adoption in eCommerce and retail, developers say, as the tech giant unveils upgrades designed to attract more businesses to its Gemini platform. The company announced two updated production-ready models in a Tuesday (Sept. 24) blog post, Gemini-1.5-Pro-002...