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AI may be red-hot, but Scale AI layoffs send shivers

January 11, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. In April 2021, data labeling service Scale AI had a $7 billion valuation and a CEO, Alexandr Wang, who was known in Silicon Valley as “the next Zuckerberg.” But last night, an Insider’s report that the unicorn company had laid off 20% of its 700-person staff sent shivers down the spines of those who thought AI…
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Playstream raises $2M for AI-generated livestream content

January 11, 2023
Playstream has raised $2 million for its AI engine that generates the best gaming or any live content from livestreams in seconds. Playstream’s Spikes.gg AI Engine takes hours of content and produces bite-sized content. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Playstream has been working on…
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Intel plots a path to ‘universal AI’ with 4th Gen Xeon Scalable CPU

January 11, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. There has long been a divide between which workloads could run on CPUs vs. GPUs for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Intel is plotting a path to bridge that divide with its 4th Gen Xeon Scalable CPUs. ML training has often been seen as the exclusive domain of GPUs and purpose-built…
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What 10 top AI stories in 2022 reveal about 2023

January 11, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. As we look back at VentureBeat’s top AI stories of the year, it’s clear that the industry’s advances — including, notably, in generative AI — are vast and powerful, but only the…
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AI industry booming amid ‘tech recession’

January 10, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The Great Resignation is an economic trend we’ve seen throughout 2022. However, with an imminent recession, many have become worried about the future of hiring. Large, profitable tech companies have reported layoffs this year, with more job cuts expected. But although this trend may seem discouraging, the…
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5 AI takeaways from CES for enterprise business

January 10, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Since CES is owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association, it makes perfect sense that it is focused on consumer tech. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t significant enterprise…
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How ChatGPT in Microsoft Office could change the workplace | The AI Beat

January 10, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Over the weekend, The Information reported that Microsoft is looking to add OpenAI’s chatbot technology — currently ChatGPT, soon to be GPT-4 — to its Office suite of productivity technologies, including Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. I immediately wondered: How would these apps-on-steroids, used by billions of…
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