Salesforce announced today the launch of AI Cloud, an enterprise AI solution aimed at boosting productivity across all Salesforce applications. The new open platform integrates various Salesforce technologies like Einstein, Data Cloud, Tableau, Flow and MuleSoft, offering real-time generative AI capabilities that can be easily incorporated into business operations.
“Generative AI…may be the…
The future of AI is unknown. That’s the problem with tech ‘prophets’ influencing AI policy | The AI Beat
June 12, 2023
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…
Register now for the Transform Women in AI Breakfast and nominate leaders for the Women in AI Awards
June 12, 2023
It’s time to celebrate the fifth anniversary of two major VentureBeat events: the Women in AI Breakfast and the Women in AI awards, all part of VB’s flagship event, Transform 2023, happening July 11-12 at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, CA (Register now.)
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If there’s one constant in the tech world, it’s the ongoing tug-of-war between hype and reality. I’ve seen this play out whenever a new “transformative” technology arrives on the scene. With the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s back to the future as we ask how this promising advance will change network management.
In theory, AI should be a game-changer. Network teams…
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…
Tim Guleri, a venture capitalist at Silicon Valley firm Sierra Ventures, has witnessed numerous technology revolutions throughout his career, but recently told VentureBeat he believes the current emergence of generative AI is the most significant and intimidating of them…
WordPress has announced a proprietary AI-powered writing assistant to help users create and edit blog posts. The new tool, called Jetpack AI Assistant, is now readily available on WordPress.com and seamlessly integrates into the editor interface.
Users with WordPress blogs hosted on other platforms can also access this tool by utilizing a Jetpack plugin, which offers features to enhance…
The last two days have been busy ones at Redmond: yesterday, Microsoft announced its new Azure OpenAI Service for government. Today, the tech giant unveiled a new set of three commitments to its customers as they seek to integrate generative AI into their organizations…
San Francisco startup Weights & Biases is expanding its platform today with the release of a pair of new capabilities designed to help make it easier for organizations to build and monitor machine learning (ML) models.
Weights & Biases’ platform includes tools that…
Contextual AI emerges from stealth with $20M to pursue ‘artificial specialized intelligence’
June 8, 2023
Contextual AI, a new enterprise-focused AI startup founded in Palo Alto by veterans of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and Hugging Face, today emerged from stealth and announced it has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), with participation from Lightspeed, Greycroft and a long list of other angel investors.
The company has a unique focus: Developing what its…
