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AI Bias In the Spotlight On International Women’s Day

What impact does AI bias have on women and girls? What can people do to increase female participation in the AI field? These are some of the questions the tech world is grappling with today in honor of International Wome Read more…

DuckDB Walks to the Beat of Its Own Analytics Drum

One of the most popular new databases at the moment is DuckDB. With millions of downloads per month and two startups created around it, the open source column store has achieved feathery heights usually reserved for bigg Read more…

Top 10 Challenges to GenAI Success

So you want to implement generative AI? That’s great news! You can count yourself among the majority of IT decision makers who have also seen the potential of this transformative tech. While GenAI has the potential to Read more…

The IBM-Meta AI Alliance Promotes Safe and Open AI Progress

IBM and Meta have co-launched a massive industry-academic-government alliance to shepherd AI development. The new group has united under the AI Alliance banner to promote responsible innovation in AI. Historically, techn Read more…

Altman’s Back As Questions Swirl Around Project Q-Star

Sam Altman’s wild weekend had a happy ending, as he reclaimed his CEO position at OpenAI earlier this week. But questions over the whole ordeal remain as rumors of a powerful new AI capability developed at OpenAI calle Read more…

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Master’s of Data Science Programs Go Online

Data science skills are in high demand, as organizations continue to ask more from their data. That’s leading universities to get creative in how they structure their post-graduate data science programs. One way the Read more…

Graduates Land Top Financial Tech Jobs Through a Unique Program at the University of Delaware

The rise of ChatGPT and other GenAI platforms has caused a major disruption in the education sector. While GenAI technology offers incredible promise for research and development, there are some concerns about the use of Read more…

Biden’s Executive Order on AI and Data Privacy Gets Mostly Favorable Reactions

As expected, President Joe Biden today issued an executive order on the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and the protection of sensitive data. Technology leaders reacted in a mostly favorable manner to the order, Read more…

DSPy Puts ‘Programming Over Prompting’ in AI Model Development

If you’re tired of writing endless prompts for large language models, you might be interested in DSPy, a new framework from Stanford University that aims to enable programmers to work with foundational models by using Read more…

Python Finally Comes to Excel

Excel-maker Microsoft and Anaconda, a key distributor of Python tools, unveiled a collaboration this week that will see Python integrated with Excel. The new Anaconda Python Distribution in Excel, which is currently i Read more…

This Just In

Machine Learning Summit 2024 Kicks Off Shanghai Leg

Mar 18, 2024 |

SHANGHAI, March 18, 2024 — Since Alan Turing proposed “Turing Machine” and the possibility of machine “thinking” in 1936, the rapid development of AI represented by Machine Learning (ML) has profoundly changed the world. Read more…

MIT-Built Generative AI Company Ikigai Labs Launches AI Ethics Council of Leading Academia and Entrepreneurs

Mar 12, 2024 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 12, 2024 –Today, Ikigai Labs, a company that unlocks the power of generative AI for tabular data, announced the formation of a new AI Ethics Council comprised of experts and thought leaders from leading academic institutions across the U.S. Read more…

Purdue Expands Access to AI Education with New Fully Online Master’s Degree Program

Mar 4, 2024 |

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 4, 2024 — Applications are open for Purdue University’s new 100% online Master of Science in artificial intelligence degree, which features two majors, one for people who build AI systems and one for people who make use of them. Read more…

New Relic Launches Live Archives to Eliminate Data Rehydration Problems and Streamline Log Management

Feb 28, 2024 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2024 —New Relic has announced the general availability of New Relic live archives. By storing historical logs alongside other logs and telemetry data within the New Relic Data Platform, live archives allows instant access to historical logs and eliminates the need to rehydrate, reload, re-index, or move data to multiple locations. Read more…

Microsoft and Mistral AI Announce New Partnership to Accelerate AI Innovation and Introduce Mistral Large 1st on Azure

Feb 27, 2024 |

Feb. 27, 2024 — Microsoft has announced a multi-year partnership with Mistral AI, a recognized leader in generative artificial intelligence. The AI industry is undergoing a significant transformation with growing interest in more efficient and cost-effective models, emblematic of a broader trend in technological advancement. Read more…

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