Regardless of the sector, companies of all sizes are moving to implement large language models (LLMs) into their workflows — to drive efficiencies and deliver better customer experiences.
However, a new Salesforce survey found that this so-called “race” to build out generative AI as soon as possible might come at the cost of a “trust gap” with customers. The company’s sixth State of…
DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering
August 29, 2023
For those who prefer the old-school method of ordering takeout — over the phone — DoorDash has your back. Today the food delivery platform launched AI-powered voice ordering that answers calls and provides customers with curated recommendations.
According to the…
Indianapolis-based ConverSight, a startup that seeks to leverage generative AI to provide better and faster data analytics to enterprises, today announced a $9 million series A round.
The company said it will use the new funding to fuel go-to-market efforts and expand its…
This is how AI will shape early-career tech jobs
August 29, 2023
Move over dial-up internet.
From now on, the generational divide within the workplace looks set to revolve around remembering the days before AI dominated almost every aspect of our work lives, and the period after.
In fact, according to a recent study by McKinsey, generative AI is now being used by 79% of all workers and 22% use it regularly to complete their everyday work tasks.
Couple this with…
As the senior reporter covering AI at VentureBeat, I often feel buried by the sheer scale of AI news, and occasionally left in the dust by the speed of the news cycle. I began my tenure in April 2022, the same week OpenAI launched its game-changing text-to-image generator…
In the context of the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the recent release of Forrester’s Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2023 report highlights a new concern: the weaponization of generative AI and ChatGPT by cyberattackers. This technological advancement…
Much has been made of the potential for generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to upend the security industry. On the one hand, the positive impact is hard to ignore. These new tools may be able to help write and scan code, supplement understaffed teams, analyze threats in real time, and perform a wide range of other functions to help make security teams more accurate, efficient and…
Enterprises have quickly recognized the power of generative AI to uncover new ideas and increase both developer and non-developer productivity. But pushing sensitive and proprietary data into publicly hosted large language models (LLMs) creates significant risks in security…
Watch out, Midjourney! Ideogram launches AI image generator with impressive typography
August 25, 2023
Earlier this week, a new generative AI image startup called Ideogram, founded by former Google Brain researchers, launched with $16.5 million in seed funding led by a16z and Index Ventures.
Another image generator? Don’t we have enough to choose from between Midjourney…
Irreverent Labs, backed by Samsung Next, set to revolutionize video content creation with AI
August 25, 2023
A relatively small artificial intelligence (AI) startup based in Bellevue, Washington has secured a strategic investment from Samsung Next that signals big ambitions to transform how video content is produced worldwide.
Irreverent Labs, founded in late 2021 by veteran tech entrepreneurs Rahul Sood and David Raskino, announced today that it has closed financing from Samsung Next, the South Korean…
