AI & Robotics

Oracle Corp., the software giant known for its database technology, is joining the chorus of enterprise cloud vendors betting big on generative AI services. On Monday, the company revealed that it was developing a new cloud service with Cohere, a Toronto-based startup that specializes in building and training large language models (LLMs). Oracle’s founder and chief technology officer, Larry…

B2B workforce analytics company Visier today announced its first generative AI assistant, Vee, which allows managers, HR leaders and employees at its customer companies to type their natural language queries into commonly used apps and receive near-instant insights about their teams. Vee automatically transforms conversational queries into Visier’s query language, and provides accurate…

The skies above where I reside near New York City were noticeably apocalyptic last week. But to some in Silicon Valley, the fact that we wimpy East Coasters were dealing with a sepia hue and a scent profile that mixed cigar bar, campfire and old-school happy hour was nothing to worry about. After all, it is AI, not climate change, that appears to be top of mind to this cohort, who believe future…

Since late last year, AI development has gained momentum at what seems like an inexorable pace. From large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 that are capable of extraordinary cognitive feats (like scoring in the 90th percentile on the Uniform Bar Examination) to ASR platforms like ASAPP (which has reached 98.25% accuracy), it’s clear that the tempo of progress in AI will only continue to…