AI is rapidly evolving, poised to transform the workplace in ways that were thought of as science fiction only a few years ago. For example, Google recently updated its Google’s NotebookLM, an AI-powered research assistant and note-taking tool, with Audio Overview to turn documents into audio discussions. Writing in ArsTechnica, Kyle Orland describes how he used this feature to create a…
Ensemble raises $3.3M to bring ‘dark matter’ tech to enterprise AI
September 30, 2024
Machine learning startup Ensemble has raised $3.3 million in seed funding to address the growing importance of data quality in artificial intelligence. Salesforce Ventures led the round, with participation from M13, Motivate, and Amplo.
Founders Alex Reneau and Zach…
From cost center to competitive edge: The strategic value of custom AI Infrastructure
September 27, 2024
AI is no longer just a buzzword — it’s a business imperative. As enterprises across industries continue to adopt AI, the conversation around AI infrastructure has evolved dramatically. Once viewed as a necessary but costly investment, custom AI infrastructure is now seen…
Cloud, edge or on-prem? Navigating the new AI infrastructure paradigm
September 27, 2024
No doubt, enterprise data infrastructure continues to transform with technological innovation — most notably today due to data-and-resource hungry generative AI.
As gen AI changes the enterprise itself, leaders continue to grapple with the cloud/edge/on-prem question. On the one hand, they need near-instant access to data; on the other, they need to know that that data is protected.
As they face…
Building and securing a governed AI infrastructure for the future
September 27, 2024
Unlocking AI’s potential to deliver greater efficiency, cost savings and deeper customer insights requires a consistent balance between cybersecurity and governance.
AI infrastructure must be designed to adapt and flex to a business’ changing directions. Cybersecurity…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates superintelligence soon, defends AI in rare personal blog post
September 25, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman penned a rare note on his website today spelling out more of his vision of the AI-powered future, or as he calls it (and his blog post is titled): “The Intelligence Age.“
Specifically, Sam Altman argues that “deep learning works,” and can…
OpenAI tackles global language divide with massive multilingual AI dataset release
September 25, 2024
OpenAI took a major step toward expanding the global reach of artificial intelligence by releasing a multilingual AI dataset that evaluates the performance of language models across 14 languages, including Arabic, German, Swahili, Bengali and Yoruba.The company shared the Multilingual Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMMLU) dataset on the open data platform Hugging Face. This new…
Microsoft’s GRIN-MoE AI model takes on coding and math, beating competitors in key benchmarks
September 25, 2024
Microsoft has unveiled a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model, GRIN-MoE (Gradient-Informed Mixture-of-Experts), designed to enhance scalability and performance in complex tasks such as coding and mathematics. The model promises to reshape enterprise applications by…
DataStax CEO: 2025 will be the year we see true AI transformation
September 24, 2024
As enterprise leaders grapple with the complexities of implementing generative AI, DataStax CEO Chet Kapoor offers a reassuring perspective: the current challenges are a normal part of technological revolutions, and 2025 will be the year when AI truly transforms business…
OpenAI expands o1 AI models to enterprise and education, competing directly with Anthropic
September 23, 2024
OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers. These models, designed to handle complex reasoning tasks, are poised to change how organizations and academic institutions tackle their most difficult challenges, from advanced coding to scientific research.
The o1 models, first announced earlier this month, represent…
