Artificial Agency, an AI startup pioneering generative behavior for gaming, emerged from stealth and announced $16 million in funding. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of the company’s flagship product — anAI-powered behavior engine that enables game developers to embed runtime decision-makingseamlessly into any aspect of a game, delivering a gaming experience that feels…
“Generative AI is not just a technological advancement; it is a revolution that empowers businesses to transform data into actionable insights, driving unprecedented innovation and efficiency,” Yaad Oren, managing director of SAP Labs U.S. and global head of SAP BTP…
The trend toward small language models is accelerating as Arcee AI announced its $24M Series A funding only 6 months after announcing its $5.5M seed round in January 2024. The company also announced the launch of Arcee Cloud, a hosted SaaS version of their platform. This new…
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Claude chatbot, announced today the launch of its first official Android app. The move brings Claude’s conversational AI capabilities to millions of potential new users on the world’s most widely used mobile operating system. The Claude app for Android mirrors the core functionalities of Anthropic’s existing web and iOS…
An online retailer recently underwent an AI transformation after it realized it no longer needed to employ an expensive local workforce to provide customer support. They split their customer support between AI bots serving as the first tier of support and an offshore team to…
Skillsoft: How to go from AI vision to AI reality
July 15, 2024
Don’t get AI envy — it doesn’t matter where you are on your AI journey, just as long as you’re on it.
Debasis Dutta, SVP and head of Codecademy Enterprise Solutions at Skillsoft, offered this advice at this week’s VB Transform in San Francisco.
“It is the…
Jared Kaplan, Anthropic‘s Chief Science Officer and co-founder, didn’t mince words at VentureBeat’s Transform 2024 conference. His message? Generative AI technology is set to become as commonplace as smartphones, reshaping how we work, play, and interact with technology enabling on-demand bespoke software.
“If we’re right about the rate at which AI systems are going to improve, then AI…
At VentureBeat’s Transform 2024 conference yesterday, VAST Data Founder and CEO Renen Hallak shared insights into the company’s approach to AI infrastructure, offering a glimpse into the future of enterprise AI systems.
Hallak introduced VAST Data’s concept of a global…
Is bigger always better when it comes to large language models (LLMs)?
“Well, the answer is quite simply yes and no,” Yasmeen Ahmad, managing director of strategy and outbound product management for data, analytics and AI at Google Cloud, said onstage at VB Transform…
Writer drops mind-blowing AI update
July 10, 2024
Writer, a leading enterprise AI platform, has rolled out a suite of powerful enhancements to its artificial intelligence chat applications, announced today at VB Transform. The sweeping improvements, which include advanced graph-based retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and new tools for AI transparency, will go live across Writer’s ecosystem starting tomorrow.
Both users of Writer’s…
