AI & Future Tech: Page 26

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    How the NFL plans to tackle generative AI this season

    Employees in the league’s media division are using Amazon Q Business and a Bedrock-based research tool to improve workflows and productivity.

    By • Sept. 10, 2024
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    Oracle cements multicloud integration with AWS, Google alliances

    Oracle deployed data services running on OCI servers in AWS and Google Cloud data centers, the company announced Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 9, 2024
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    IT Upgrades

    CIOs must help their businesses address maintenance needs while keeping an eye on future innovation.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Salesforce shapes industry-tailored AI strategy targeting 15 sectors

    The software provider unveiled an AI Use Case Library with more than 100 AI capabilities aimed at retail, life sciences, healthcare and other sectors.

    By • Sept. 9, 2024
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    Colgate-Palmolive deploys AI to drive top-line growth, productivity

    The company is working to hone its AI efforts around revenue management, advertising and cost savings, CEO Noel Wallace said.

    By • Sept. 9, 2024
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    Tech unemployment grew in August but open roles abound

    IT positions across the economy dipped by 28,000 in August, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    By • Sept. 6, 2024
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    VMware raises Broadcom’s software profile, but chips remain core business

    The company expects networking and semiconductor hardware demand to drive AI revenues to $12 billion this year, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 6, 2024
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    Enterprises want to build trust, confidence in workplace AI

    IT leaders point to cybersecurity, data breaches, reliability and accuracy as common concerns, according to an ABBYY survey.

    By • Sept. 6, 2024
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    Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise with more security, admin controls

    The business-focused version of the tool includes a GitHub integration to help with programming tasks, among other expanded features. 

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
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    Office Depot parent company rolls out generative AI assistant to 900 stores

    ODP Corporation, which also operates OfficeMax, introduced the ODP Personal Assistant to enable associates to spend more time helping customers.

    By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 4, 2024
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    AI developers break into top 10 highest-paid IT positions, Stack Overflow says

    The average annual compensation package for software engineers building AI systems reached $160,000, according to a study by the online platform.

    By • Sept. 3, 2024
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    Salesforce bets on generative AI agents as the future of customer service

    The Agentforce platform, which will publicly launch in October, has found success among early adopters, CEO Marc Benioff said.

    By Bryan Wassel • Aug. 30, 2024
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    Bath & Body Works to launch generative AI fragrance finder

    The retailer plans to leverage large language models and data to increase customer traffic and sales over time. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
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    Business satisfaction with AI, automation solutions and services languishes

    The gap in customer satisfaction scores stems from a disconnect between technology expectations and reality, ISG found.

    By Kristen Doerer • Aug. 30, 2024
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    What CIOs should know about California’s contentious AI bill

    The rules laid out in SB 1047 place guardrails on the technology’s development and enable the state attorney general to sue if organizations are non-compliant. 

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
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    Nvidia sustains triple-digit revenue growth amid AI building boom

    “Data centers worldwide are in full steam to modernize the entire computing stack,” Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 29, 2024
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    Double-checking work tops AI priorities among employees: report

    Managers and workers are at odds over the primary application of the technology within business processes, Slingshot data found.

    By • Aug. 28, 2024
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    Businesses default to cloud for generative AI, accelerate migrations

    Despite ongoing tech talent shortages and cost concerns, cloud adoption rates rebounded, according to Foundry research.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 28, 2024
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    VMware vows to ‘virtualize the entire data center’ with bigger bundle

    The company rolled out its second post-Broadcom private cloud solution Tuesday, touting lower overall cost and security improvements.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 27, 2024
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    3 ways CIOs can turn strategy into execution

    With less than half of enterprises reaching strategic objectives, executives must consistently measure and monitor the success of the plans they've laid out.

    By • Aug. 27, 2024
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    IBM accelerates hybrid AI with high-capacity mainframe chips

    The processors enable on-prem systems to run multiple models in ensemble configurations to improve performance and accuracy, the company said.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 26, 2024
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    How PwC gauges generative AI risk, ROI amid adoption

    “We’re still plucking low-hanging fruit on a lot of AI initiatives,” PwC US Chief AI Officer Dan Priest said during a CIO Dive panel.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 26, 2024
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    AI upskilling efforts blocked by lack of clarity: survey

    Executives are unsure about teams’ existing AI skills, and IT pros may overestimate their existing understanding of the technology, according to Pluralsight.

    By • Aug. 23, 2024
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    Target’s generative AI tool is boosting worker efficiency, CFO says

    A chatbot integrated into employee’s handheld devices has been used more than 50,000 times since it was rolled out earlier this year, CFO Michael Fiddelke said. 

    By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 23, 2024
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    How CIOs can respond to generative AI’s ‘moment of reckoning’

    Tech debt and a lack of AI-readiness threaten progress as Gartner warns about short-term disillusionment ahead.

    By • Aug. 23, 2024
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    AWS expands global cloud empire with new Asia Pacific region

    The hyperscaler will invest $6.2 billion to operate three availability zones in Malaysia. Microsoft and Google are building data centers in the country, too.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 22, 2024