Whether or not you subscribe to the “butterfly effect” — coined by meteorologist Edward Lorenz in 1961, the theorem states that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could, through a chain of various interlinked meteorological events, ultimately cause a tornado in Texas — there’s no denying that events far from us on the other side of the world have an impact on our lives.
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Microsoft’s AutoGen framework allows multiple AI agents to talk to each other and complete your tasks
October 4, 2023
Microsoft has joined the race for large language model (LLM) application frameworks with its open source Python library, AutoGen.
As described by Microsoft, AutoGen is “a framework for simplifying the orchestration, optimization, and automation of LLM workflows.” The…
As enterprises across sectors look to adopt new AI tools and technologies, one issue standing in their way is concerns among leaders and employees about the trustworthiness and risks of these systems.
In response to this challenge, Toronto-based startup Armilla AI’s…
This will be an unpopular take: I believe AI is teetering on the edge of a disillusionment cliff. Whether that goes beyond Gartner’s famous “trough,” and whether it lasts, remains to be seen. But something is shifting — and it’s not just the slight early-autumn chill in the air.
I know what you’re thinking. How could that be? After all, AI is booming. The past couple of weeks in AI…
Asana adds new AI smarts to simplify project management
October 4, 2023
Today, enterprise work management platform Asana strengthened its offering with a slew of AI smarts aimed at helping organizations improve how they work and deliver business outcomes.
Leveraging the company’s proprietary Work Graph, which captures the relationship between…
3D motion capture app Move AI raises $10M in seed funding
October 4, 2023
VentureBeat has written on multiple occasions about Move AI, the four-year-old, UK-based company that makes a smartphone app capable of generating 3D motion capture models from standard 2D video.
Now, the company that threatens to upend the longstanding traditional…
Most organizations have no idea how many exposed, out-of-date endpoints they have or whether their remote and hybrid workers are safe. IT and security teams are often overwhelmed with work and conflicting urgent priorities. Unfortunately, it often takes an intrusion or breach for patching to become a priority.
Cybercrime gangs and state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) threat actors who…
When it comes generative AI, data really is your moat. This week, we cover the latest in gen AI research from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (you may have read VentureBeat’s Matt Marshall’s latest perspective on the findings). I also bring an expert guest to help…
What comes after AIOps? Atera says it’s AI powered IT (AIT)
October 3, 2023
The concept of AIOps, that is using AI to help optimize IT operations is not a new one and predates the modern era of generative AI
Generative AI can bring more capabilities to IT operations, according to IT management platform vendor Atera, which today is announcing its new…
The implications of the generative AI gold rush
October 3, 2023
Big tech companies and venture capitalists are in the midst of a gold rush, investing astronomical sums into leading AI labs that are creating generative models. Last week, Amazon announced a $4 billion investment in AI lab Anthropic. Earlier this year, Microsoft invested a staggering $10 billion in OpenAI, which is now reportedly in discussions with investors to sell shares at a valuation of…
