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Esri Melds GIS with AI, Graph, and Analytics

Esri has long been the industry leader in geographic information systems (GIS), which are used by urban planners, building engineers, and landscape designers around the world. At its UC 2022 conference this week, the com Read more…

Amazon re:MARS Highlights Intelligence from Shops to Space

Amazon hosted its inaugural re:MARS event back in 2019, with “MARS” here standing for machine learning, automation, robotics, and space. For the past two years, the event has been on hold due to the pandemic—but th Read more…

Big Data Career Notes: March 2022 Edition

In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…

Harvard’s New Data Storage Is to Dye For, Avoids DNA Storage Pitfalls

The explosion in data collection has led to challenges in storing enormous amounts of data. This is particularly true for archival data, with many popular methods of data storage—such as optical disks—having relative Read more…

A Million Dollars Up for Grabs in TigerGraph Challenge

Are you sitting on a boatload of linked data, or have an innovative idea for a graph database? If so, then you might be interested in the $1 million in prize money that TigerGraph is putting up for grabs as part of its G Read more…

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Analyzing the AI Landscape: Stanford’s 2023 AI Index Offers a Comprehensive View

The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released its 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index which analyzes AI’s impact and progress. The data-driven report is a deep dive into topics rel Read more…

Accenture Report Highlights Tech Trends Merging the Digital and Physical

Accenture’s latest Technology Vision 2023 report contains insights into how key technologies are converging to merge the digital and physical worlds. Though the digital world has grown by leaps and bounds, it has yet t Read more…

Bill Gates Says the Age of AI Has Begun, Bringing Opportunity and Responsibility

The latter half of March has been a whirlwind moment for artificial intelligence. OpenAI released GPT-4 last week, and this week, Nvidia announced a new cloud services platform for generative AI while Google initiated th Read more…

Research Platform Iris.ai Awarded $15M by European Innovation Council

Iris.ai, the provider of a generative AI engine for scientific text understanding, announced it has been selected by the European Innovation Council (EIC) to receive grants and funding in a highly competitive selection p Read more…

Public Cloud Horse Race Heating Up: Gartner

Gartner predicts that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will grow to $591.8 billion in 2023, a 20.7% growth from 2022. The public cloud horse race has several cloud services companies jockeying for pos Read more…

This Just In

ASRock Rack Unveils MECAI-GH200 with NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip at MWC 2024

Feb 26, 2024 |

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 26, 2024 – ASRock Rack Inc. today announced its presence at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) from February 26 to 29, 2024. The key focus is the cooperation with NVIDIA. Read more…

Hammerspace Unveils New Hyperscale NAS Architecture for Training Enterprise AI Models at Scale

Feb 22, 2024 |

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2024 — Hammerspace today unveiled the high-performance NAS architecture needed to address the requirements of broad-based enterprise AI, machine learning and deep learning (AI/ML/DL) initiatives and the widespread rise of GPU computing both on-premises and in the cloud. Read more…

GTC 2024: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang to Unveil the Latest in Accelerated Computing, Generative AI and Robotics

Feb 22, 2024 |

Feb. 22, 2024 — NVIDIA has announced it will host its flagship GTC 2024 conference at the San Jose Convention Center from March 18-21. More than 300,000 people are expected to register to attend in person or virtually. Read more…

Exasol Unveils New Suite of AI Tools to Turbocharge Enterprise Data Analytics

Feb 21, 2024 |

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 21, 2024 — Exasol today announced Espresso AI at TDWI Transform 2024 with the launch of three new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities designed to help enterprises approach data analytics in a faster, more cost-efficient, and flexible manner. Read more…

Bioptimus Emerges with $35M Seed Funding, Leveraging AI Foundation Models for Biological Breakthroughs

Feb 21, 2024 |

PARIS, Feb. 21, 2024 — French startup Bioptimus has emerged from stealth following a seed funding round of $35 million. Under the leadership of Professor Jean-Philippe Vert, PhD, Bioptimus unites a world-class team of scientists from Owkin and Google DeepMind alumni to transform ​biology with cutting-edge AI foundation model technologies that capture the various scales of biology. Read more…

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