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AI in Sports: How the NFL is Revolutionizing the Game

AI Is the Remedy to Pharmacies’ Operational Headaches

Pharmacies struggle with staffing and shortages worsened by COVID-19. AI can streamline operations by automating prescription management and adherence tracking. Effective AI integration requires clear IT-business alignment, data readiness, and ongoing trust monitoring.

Information Week

Taco Bell Expands AI Use as Fast Food Sector Splits on New Tech

Taco Bell, part of Yum! Brands, will deploy voice AI at hundreds of U.S. drive-thrus by year-end. This expansion follows successful trials. McDonald’s paused its AI project due to minor issues but plans to refine it.

INC.

Why genAI is the force multiplier you need for effective IT service management

Generative AI boosts IT service management by speeding ticket resolutions by 34.58% and cutting response times by 26.55%. Freshworks' report shows 89% of IT leaders use AI. Porsche eBike Performance saw major IT improvements with Freshservice. CIOs should use AI strategically.

CIO.com

Unleashing The Power Of AI To Create A New Era In Soccer Excellence

AI is transforming soccer with enhanced strategies, player performance, and fan engagement. Teams like Liverpool and Barcelona use AI for tactics and player analysis, while MLS clubs optimize performance and prevent injuries. AI also personalizes fan experiences and streamlines operations.

Forbes

Enhancing the customer journey with gen AI–powered digital twins

Generative AI boosts customer digital twins (CDTs) by offering real-time insights, predicting behavior, and improving experiences. It enables personalized interventions, churn prediction, and data optimization, enhancing customer journeys and business growth.

MCKinsey & Company

AI: The Newest Player at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games

AI will boost the 2024 Summer Olympics with 8k resolution live streams, automated footage tagging, and predictive maintenance. It will enhance athlete performance and venue efficiency while avoiding facial recognition to address privacy concerns.

Information Week

AI can help us put the customer experience back at the center of innovation

Inbal Shani from Twilio argues that AI can enhance customer experience by creating unified profiles, delivering targeted communications, and building trust. She cites examples like Twilio's secure sign-up for Bluesky and Apple's RCS messaging support.

VentureBeat

CVS Hopes Its New AI Will Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

CVS is launching a conversational AI chatbot for prescription inquiries to enhance customer service and support pharmacists. CTO Tilak Mandadi emphasizes tech's role in easing workloads. Despite past AI challenges, CVS invests in new tech, leveraging its $17.5B income and extensive network.

INC.

AI In The Director’s Chair And The Digital Transformation Of Filmmaking

AI is revolutionizing filmmaking with advances in scriptwriting, casting, visual effects, and editing. It enhances creativity and efficiency but raises concerns about authenticity, job displacement, and biases. Future trends include AI in talent management and democratizing opportunities.

Forbes
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Engaging Software Engineers for FinOps Success

This roundup of "The Keys to AWS Optimization" show's content will be valuable to internal FinOps teams, practitioners, and consultants interested in learning how to inspire engineers to be more active in FinOps.

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jun 2023
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Highlights from the FinOpsX Conference

Last week I attended the FinOps Foundation’s FinOpsX conference in Austin, Texas. It was great to catch up with lots of FinOps folks I’ve met remotely and in London, and to meet many more.

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jun 2023
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FinOps: How to empower software engineers to take action

Last week I attended the AWS Summit in London, at the Excel centre in Docklands. It was amazing to see so many people attending in person.

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jun 2023
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Five key takeaways from the FinOps Foundation London Roadshow

Jon Thompson, Virtasant CTO takes a look at some of the key points highlighted at the recent FinOps Foundation London Roadshow.

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jun 2023
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Four critical success factors for cloud migration

What are the key factors that will give you value from your cloud migration?

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jun 2023
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021: Key Takeaways

After 3 virtual-only conferences, the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 went hybrid this year for the first time.

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jun 2023
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K8s Series: Introduction to Kubernetes

The last few years of software development has been drastically innovated by the arrival and adoption of Kubernetes.

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jun 2023
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TrendWatch: DevOps in 2021

Industry experts and the Virtasant engineer team sound off on the top DevOps trends for 2021

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jun 2023
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How the Cloud is Changing the Hospitality Industry

With the hospitality sector bound to expand now that vaccinations are available, the travel industry has taken advantage of cloud apps to welcome the influx of travelers who will be worried about health and safety.

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jun 2023
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Exam Prep: AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification

Prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification exam with these tried and true tips.

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jun 2023
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Tech Roles in Demand: Solutions Architect

Solutions architects are growing rapidly in demand, because of the bridge they build between business needs and technological innovation.

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jun 2023
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How to Reduce Cloud Waste at Scale: Takeaways from Our FinOps Webinar

Virtasant CEO Michael Kearns and Program Manager Melissa Lorton sat down with The FinOps Foundation to address a pressing issue: reducing cloud waste at scale.

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Sifting Through All the Noise and Bringing You Just the Good Stuff!

AI in Sports: How the NFL is Revolutionizing the Game

Google Deepens AI Push Into Health Care With Fitbit, Screenings

Bloomberg

AI: The Newest Player at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games

Information Week

The Dawn Of AI In Agriculture Is Harvesting The Future

Forbes

PagerDuty seeks to ease incident response with generative AI

CIO.com

Wittaya Aqua’s data-driven AI helps seafood farmers increase aquaculture production

TechCrunch

How Pearson's AI assistant can help teachers save time

ZDNet

Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI

Ars Technica

Taco Bell Expands AI Use as Fast Food Sector Splits on New Tech

INC.

AI In The Director’s Chair And The Digital Transformation Of Filmmaking

Forbes

The alcoholic beverage industry is leaning into AI in more ways than you think

Fast Company

How AI Extends the Shelf Life of Your Business Apps

Salesforce Blog

How AI Helps Retailers Delight Consumers

INC.

Enhancing the customer journey with gen AI–powered digital twins

MCKinsey & Company

Tandem drifting Toyotas show how AI might help drivers on slippery roads

The Verge

Didero is using AI to solve supply chain management at mid-market companies

TechCrunch

AI Is the Remedy to Pharmacies’ Operational Headaches

Information Week

US Air Force seeks generative AI test pilots

CIO.com

AI is poised to automate today’s most mundane manual warehouse task

MIT Technology Review

How to use Google's AI-powered NotebookLM to organize your research

ZDNet

Zoc Flips The Script On Education With AI

Forbes

How Luma AI’s new ‘Loops’ feature in Dream Machine could transform digital marketing

VentureBeat

The Top 5 Ways AI is Unlocking Growth Opportunities in the Travel and Hospitality Industry

Salesforce Blog

AI can power better product development based on consumer needs, says Yale marketing professor

Business Insider

Unleashing The Power Of AI To Create A New Era In Soccer Excellence

Forbes

Why genAI is the force multiplier you need for effective IT service management

CIO.com

CVS Hopes Its New AI Will Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

INC.

AI can help us put the customer experience back at the center of innovation

VentureBeat

Alibaba Leans Into AI to Draw Shoppers Beyond China

Wall Street Journal

Can AI help me plan my honeymoon?

MIT Technology Review

Nauto aims to protect distracted drivers with in-vehicle AI cameras pointing inside

VentureBeat

Google is using AI to predict floods—and sending cash to people before disaster hits

Fast Company

Applied Intuition debuts AI software helping autonomous systems navigate across all terrains

VentureBeat

How the world's leading eye-care company is leveraging industrial AI to produce better products

Business Insider

AI is relieving therapists from burnout. Here's how it's changing mental health

ZDNet

AI could make better beer. Here’s how.

MIT Technology Review

How this company’s AI tools help prevent suicide and mental health crises

Fast Company

How one water-management company is using AI to unlock insights from its 100-year past

Business Insider

AI could become a lawyer's greatest help in the courtroom

Business Insider

AI-directed drones could help find lost hikers faster

MIT Technology Review

Generative AI copilots are your productivity rocket boosters

CIO.com

This South Korean beauty brand uses AI and robots for the perfect foundation shade match

Fast Company

This AI-powered “black box” could make surgery safer

MIT Technology Review

UPS delivers customer wins with generative AI

CIO.com

How Hinge CEO Justin McLeod plans to use AI to change how we date

Fast Company

Tech has transformed in-person art-viewing experiences. AI is changing them even more.

Business Insider

Bank's AI tool identifies stock buys based on user's risk appetite

ZDNet

Sonia’s AI chatbot steps in for therapists

TechCrunch

Harnessing AI For Dynamic Pricing For Your Business

Forbes

Unlocking AI in Your Tech Stack—for Media Organizations

Wired

AI is finding new ways to boost your automation journey

Accenture Insights

Artificial intelligence can speed-sort satellite photos

The Economist

With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life

Wired

AI accelerates software development to breakneck speeds, but measuring that is tricky

ZDNet

Illumex is using GenAI to ease pain of getting good data into LLMs

TechCrunch

Next-Gen Smart Warehouses: How AI Is Shaping The Modern Supply Chain

Forbes

How to use AI to try on different hairstyles quickly - and cheaply

ZDNet

Quantum Rise grabs $15M seed for its AI-driven ‘Consulting 2.0’ startup

TechCrunch

AI Can Do Much More Than Automate Resume Review for HR

INC.

AI Puts CIOs in the Spotlight, Right Next to the CEO

Wall Street Journal

This database of AI tools has helped social science research worldwide

Fast Company

How a luxury vacation rental startup is using AI to guide guests

Fast Company

AI-Enhanced Garbage Bins Aim to Solve Food Service’s Waste Problem

Bloomberg

How Organizations Are Using Custom AI to Protect Data and Drive Efficiency

Harvard Business Review

The promise of generative AI for credit customer assistance

MCKinsey & Company

OpenAI Expands Healthcare Push With Color Health’s Cancer Copilot

Wall Street Journal

Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers

Wired

In the AI era, data is gold. And these companies are striking it rich

Fast Company

How Monogram Is Using AI to Help Empower Incarcerated Youth

INC.

Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product

Wired

Embracing generative AI in credit risk

McKinsey & Company

The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier

McKinsey & Company

AI Can Help Global Shipping Industry Slash Emissions

INC.

Amazon Leans Into Generative AI to Manage Its Finances

Wall Street Journal

How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting How We Travel

INC.

AI Helping Klarna Cut Marketing Costs by $10 Million

INC.

Using AI in economic development: Challenges and opportunities

McKinsey & Company

Hooking up generative AI to medical data improved usefulness for doctors

ZDNet

Mastercard's AI system is helping banks keep fraudsters in check — and it could save millions of dollars

Business Insider

How generative AI could accelerate software product time to market

McKinsey & Company

How Adobe's enhanced AI can transform document management, customer engagement

ZDNet

How AI is Changing the Legal Landscape in Business

INC.

How one agency uses AI to track and manage thousands of campaign assets — building its own library of 'collective knowledge'

Business Insider

From bytes to bushels: How gen AI can shape the future of agriculture

McKinsey & Company

Microsoft Takes AI Push to Customer Service Call Centers

INC.

OpenAI makes it easier for developers to fine-tune and build AI models

ZDNet

A cloud-storage company is using AI to save employees weeks of cybersecurity-threat work

Business Insider

Artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity

IBM Watson blog

AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails

Ars Technica

Google Maps will use AI to help you find out-of-the-way EV chargers

The Verge

Here’s how companies are leveraging generative AI to enhance established business tools

Fast Company

Generative AI Could Solve the Productivity Paradox

Bloomberg

Generative AI for Data Engineering

IBM Watson blog

AI Roundup: Adobe's Images for Business, Google Tests AI Ads, Everyone Loves New ChatGPT

INC.

Estée Lauder and Microsoft partner to help beauty brands use generative AI

VentureBeat

The helping hand in sales and operations planning, Improving human inputs with AI in supply chain planning

Deloitte Insights

Google DeepMind’s Groundbreaking AI for Protein Structure Can Now Model DNA

Wired

GitHub releases an AI-powered tool aiming for a 'radically new way of building software'

ZDNet

The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier

McKinsey & Company

How Generative AI will transform Sourcing and Procurement Operations

Deloitte Insights