Oracle is moving to embrace generative AI for healthcare. Today, at its annual health conference in Las Vegas, the Larry Ellison-led company announced it is integrating an AI-powered Clinical Digital Assistant into its EHR (electronic health record) solutions to help caregivers automate certain administrative tasks in their workflows and focus on what matters the most: Quality of patient care.
The…
After Snowflake acquisition, former Neeva CEO says ‘window is shutting’ for AI search disruption
September 19, 2023
In a wide-ranging interview with VentureBeat, former Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy — who became SVP of data cloud company Snowflake after the company acquired the ad-free, privacy-focused, AI-powered alternative to Google Search — said the “the window is shutting”…
Writer, the three-year-old San Francisco startup that has, since its inception, focused on building out a secure generative AI platform for enterprises to help them across functions, announced it has raised $100 million in Series B funding today, in a round led by ICONIQ…
This week in data: Decrypting the generative AI mania
September 19, 2023
Generative AI is everywhere. It’s in our apps, our databases, our dashboards, our phones. Tech and data leaders are probably wondering: “How am I supposed to take advantage of the gen AI mania?” This week, a “special guest” joins Bruno’s CarCast to help decrypt the mania.
This CarCast also covers some of the must read resources from last week and key ones to pay attention to for…
Anyscale optimizes open source AI deployments with Endpoints
September 19, 2023
With generative AI increasingly becoming table stakes for organizations, the big question facing many organizations is how to scale usage in a cost efficient manner.
That’s a question that Robert Nishihara, CEO and co-founder of Anyscale is looking to answer. Anyscale is…
Taking generative AI from experiments to high-impact production
September 19, 2023
Presented by Capgemini
Generative AI has shown proven benefits for organizations — but where do you start? In this VB Spotlight, experts from Google, Capgemini and VentureBeat share the real-world ROI companies across industries are realizing with gen AI, and actionable…
Today’s AI is ‘alchemy,’ not science — what that means and why that matters | The AI Beat
September 19, 2023
A New York Times article this morning, titled “How to Tell if Your AI Is Conscious,” says that in a new report, “scientists offer a list of measurable qualities” based on a “brand-new” science of consciousness.
The article immediately jumped out at me, as it was published just a few days after I had a long chat with Thomas Krendl Gilbert, a machine ethicist who, among other things…
Betterleap leverages AI to revolutionize recruitment, launches with impressive $13M in seed funding
September 19, 2023
Betterleap, an innovative startup aiming to disrupt the recruitment industry, officially announced its launch today, backed by an impressive $13 million in seed funding.
The seed round saw participation from leading venture capital firms, including a16z and Peakstate…
Riding the AI tsunami: The next wave of generative intelligence
September 18, 2023
We love wave analogies, especially to describe technological shifts. For example, The Third Wave is a 1980 book by Alvin Toffler that described a post-industrial society. Toffler coined the term “Information Age” to describe this wave. Just launched is The Coming Wave by…
In recent months, the enterprise software market has been utterly flooded with new generative AI-related updates, tools, and startups.
For vendors hawking new wares, standing out from the crowd is tricky. But one such vendor hopes to do so by tackling a very specific problem: time management.
This week, the three-year-old Los Angeles-founded startup timeOS (formerly called Magical HQ) unveiled its…
