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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

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

Nauto's AI dual-facing cameras monitor the road and drivers to detect distractions and hazards, issuing real-time alerts. Used by nearly 1,000 fleets, they reduce collisions by 40%-80%. Processing data on-device, they enhance safety and preserve driver privacy.

VentureBeat

How AI Helps Retailers Delight Consumers

Retailers are using generative AI for personalized customer service and engagement, with 50% starting AI initiatives. Benefits include increased sales and loyalty, but challenges include high costs and risks of errors. Effective ROI and implementation require careful planning and testing.

INC.

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

Toyota and Stanford are using AI to enable autonomous drifting with two modified Supras. The tech aims to improve safety in slippery conditions by dynamically adjusting steering, throttle, and brakes, with the cars communicating via Wi-Fi.

The Verge

How Pearson's AI assistant can help teachers save time

Pearson’s new AI tool, launching in August, will help educators create personalized assignments faster by using existing textbook questions. Integrated into MyLab and Mastering, it aims to reduce administrative tasks and boost teaching efficiency, despite 38% of instructors lacking AI confidence.

ZDNet

The Dawn Of AI In Agriculture Is Harvesting The Future

AI is transforming agriculture by enabling precision farming, crop monitoring, and automated farming. It boosts efficiency, sustainability, and yield, helping farmers make data-driven decisions and promoting environmentally friendly practices for global food security.

Forbes

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

Luma AI's new "Loops" feature for Dream Machine creates smooth, endless video sequences from text, images, or keyframes, reducing production time and costs. It democratizes video creation, making high-quality, seamless content accessible to more users.

VentureBeat

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

Didero, a new startup, raised $7M to tackle supply chain issues for mid-market companies with an AI-driven platform. It automates procurement tasks like supplier management and contract negotiations, aiming to simplify complex processes for firms lacking extensive IT resources.

TechCrunch

Zoc Flips The Script On Education With AI

Zoc is a free AI app that provides transcriptions, summaries, translations, and quizzes from class recordings, aiding students, especially those with learning challenges. It has received positive feedback and Webby nominations, with plans for revenue through educational partnerships.

Forbes

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

Wittaya Aqua, a Canadian startup, raised $2.8M for its AI platform that boosts aquaculture efficiency and sustainability. Founded by Evan Hall and Dominique Bureau, it aims to expand in Asia. The global aquaculture market is set to hit $355.6B by 2033.

TechCrunch

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

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod discusses how the app distinguishes itself by focusing on meaningful connections over traditional metrics. He explores AI's potential as a personalized dating coach and emphasizes maintaining cultural relevance and user impact within the competitive dating app landscape.

Fast Company

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

AmorePacific uses AI and robots for personalized foundation and lip color recommendations based on skin analysis. Global brands like L’Oréal and Sephora are also adopting AI to tailor products, reflecting a trend in the $625.6 billion beauty industry.

Fast Company

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

NeuroFlow uses AI to monitor suicide risk by analyzing patient data and journal entries. It collaborates with healthcare providers to improve mental health care, alerting to 33,000 at-risk individuals and achieving significant reductions in depression and anxiety scores through its innovative platform.

Fast Company

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

Jacobi Robotics, a UC Berkeley startup, developed AI software to speed up robotic palletizing in warehouses. Their solution reduces programming time from months to a day by combining deep learning with traditional robotics methods, optimizing robotic arm motion planning.

MIT Technology Review

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

Google's NotebookLM is an AI tool that organizes and manages research by summarizing documents, answering questions, and integrating various file types and URLs. Initially US-only, it's now available in 200+ countries.

ZDNet

Alibaba Leans Into AI to Draw Shoppers Beyond China

Alibaba is leveraging AI to enhance its international e-commerce, aiding small sellers with language barriers and customer interactions. While its international division is growing, challenges include high marketing costs and competition from rivals like Temu.

Wall Street Journal

Can AI help me plan my honeymoon?

AI tools like ChatGPT can help plan vacations by suggesting itineraries and activities. While helpful, they sometimes offer generic advice. Future AI agents could provide more tailored planning and bookings, but current AI lacks advanced reasoning for complete trip management.

MIT Technology Review

AI Can Do Much More Than Automate Resume Review for HR

Tony Jamous, CEO of Oyster, explains how AI can revolutionize HR by filling knowledge gaps, analyzing data, and improving compliance with global labor laws. Beyond automating resume reviews, AI helps make informed decisions and allows HR professionals to focus on human aspects of their work.

INC.

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

Quantum Rise, led by Alex Kelleher, raised $15M from Erie Street Growth Partners. This Chicago startup offers AI-driven automation under a "Consulting 2.0" model, akin to UiPath, focusing on tailored solutions to accelerate business processes by integrating human and machine intelligence.

TechCrunch

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

AI in therapy streamlines tasks like note-taking with tools like Upheal, aiding therapist efficiency amid rising demand and burnout. Challenges include AI's context limitations, but it's seen as augmenting rather than replacing human therapists, enhancing mental health care accessibility and effectiveness.

ZDNet

Embracing generative AI in credit risk

Financial institutions are rapidly integrating generative AI (gen AI) into credit risk management for personalized customer interactions and streamlined processes, despite governance challenges.

McKinsey & Company

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

AI-powered waste bins from Leanpath, Winnow, and Orbisk help the food industry reduce waste and emissions. Used by companies like Carnival Corp., these bins track discarded food, but face cost and complexity challenges.

Bloomberg

Artificial intelligence can speed-sort satellite photos

The article explores AI's role in intelligence, from the early Perceptron to modern GPT-4. AI aids in analyzing satellite data, improving efficiency, but still needs human oversight due to limitations. Future AI could transform intelligence tasks, yet human elements remain essential.

The Economist

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

The alcoholic beverage industry is using AI to tackle climate impacts, enhance flavor predictions, and innovate new products. Companies like Treasury Wine Estates, Donnafugata, and Diageo are leading these efforts, though human creativity remains essential.

Fast Company

Unlocking AI in Your Tech Stack—for Media Organizations

AI is transforming media organizations by enhancing content management, automating tagging and translation tasks, and boosting audience engagement and CMS productivity.

Wired

Amazon Leans Into Generative AI to Manage Its Finances

Amazon is expanding its use of generative AI in finance for tasks like fraud detection and contract analysis. This move aims to boost efficiency and cut costs, supported by increased investments in technology infrastructure through Amazon Web Services.

Wall Street Journal

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

Illumex, founded by CEO Inna Tokarev-Sela, uses GenAI to automate data preparation for large language models. Their platform integrates generative AI and graph databases to create a comprehensive data fabric for industries like finance and pharmaceuticals.

TechCrunch

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

Artechouse, founded by Sandro Kereselidze and Tatiana Pastukhova, showcases immersive digital art using extended reality and AI in cities like Miami and New York. Notable exhibitions include "Isekai: Blooming Parallel Worlds" and collaborations with Afro-surrealist Vince Fraser. They recently explored generative AI.

Business Insider

How AI Extends the Shelf Life of Your Business Apps

AI extends business app life by continuously learning and adapting. Instead of becoming obsolete, apps evolve with AI copilots, maximizing investments. AI chatbots improve over time, and unified data systems, like Salesforce Data Cloud, enhance functionality and ROI.

Salesforce Blog

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

AI is transforming software development, with 78% of professionals integrating or planning AI use. It speeds up coding tasks but raises concerns over privacy and skill gaps. Top uses include code generation and explanations, with future goals in forecasting and security improvements.

ZDNet

Sonia’s AI chatbot steps in for therapists

Sonia is an AI therapy app founded by computer science graduates. It uses AI models for therapy sessions, charging $20/month. Despite positive user feedback, concerns include privacy, AI limitations in mental health nuances, and cultural biases. Sonia aims to supplement, not replace, human therapists.

TechCrunch

With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life

DeepMind's AI, including AlphaFold and AlphaMissense, predicts protein structures and categorizes genetic mutations, democratizing scientific research and advancing biomedical understanding through virtual cell simulations.

Wired

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

AI-driven technologies like autonomous drones and robotic arms are transforming warehouses by enhancing inventory accuracy, handling diverse products efficiently, and improving human-robot collaboration. Subscription models make these innovations accessible, boosting efficiency in logistics.

Forbes

The promise of generative AI for credit customer assistance

Generative AI is transforming credit customer assistance by automating tasks, personalizing interactions, and improving efficiency and compliance, leading to higher customer satisfaction and financial outcomes.

MCKinsey & Company

Harnessing AI For Dynamic Pricing For Your Business

AI-driven dynamic pricing adjusts prices in real-time based on market demand and consumer behavior. Companies like Uber, Amazon, Airbnb, and American Airlines use AI for optimization. Despite benefits, challenges include customer perception and data privacy. Ethical considerations are crucial.

Forbes

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

Google employs AI to forecast floods, collaborating with GiveDirectly and IRC to preemptively provide cash to communities at risk, enhancing resilience against climate disasters in Nigeria and Mozambique.

Fast Company

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

Wander uses AI for luxury vacation rentals, managing properties directly with a smartphone app and AI concierge for guest services and maintenance, targeting affluent clients in expanding markets.

Fast Company

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

FaceApp offers AI-driven virtual hairstyling, enabling users to experiment with different looks before committing. The app's realistic results and $10/month subscription for advanced features provide an affordable alternative to traditional salon visits, despite some privacy concerns.

ZDNet

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

Generative AI is transforming legal practices by aiding in complex tasks despite challenges like generating fictitious legal precedents. Experts foresee AI enhancing efficiency and strategic decision-making in law firms, supporting regulatory compliance and client service.

Business Insider

AI Can Help Global Shipping Industry Slash Emissions

Orca AI proposes AI navigation to slash global shipping emissions by 52 million tons annually by alerting crews to risks, cutting fuel use and route deviations.

INC.

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

Ecolab harnesses AI to utilize 100 years of data, aiding global clients in water management. Generative AI enhances decision-making, offering valuable insights and recommendations, resulting in substantial financial benefits across diverse industries.

Business Insider

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

OCBC Securities launched A.I. Oscar, an AI-driven stock picker trained on global market data. It tailors stock recommendations based on user risk profiles and trading behaviors, aiming to attract and serve digitally savvy young investors through its mobile and online platforms.

ZDNet

Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI

SoftBank's new AI tech will alter angry customer voices to sound calmer during calls, aiming to ease stress on call center workers. Set for 2026, it adjusts tone and pitch but keeps some emotional cues. The idea is debated, with some questioning if it addresses anger's root causes.

Ars Technica

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

Amazon AI cameras in UK train stations scanned faces to predict age, gender, and emotions for crowd monitoring and crime detection. Network Rail's trials faced privacy criticism and concerns over unreliable emotion detection, raising alarms about intrusive surveillance.

Wired

OpenAI Expands Healthcare Push With Color Health’s Cancer Copilot

OpenAI collaborates with Color Health, employing AI in cancer care with a GPT-40-powered "copilot" to aid in personalized screening and treatment planning, aiming to streamline processes and enhance patient care outcomes.

Wall Street Journal

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

Alcon, a top vision-care company, uses AI and predictive analytics from Siemens to optimize manufacturing, machine maintenance, and employee skills. This integration boosts efficiency, productivity, and decision-making, ensuring better operations and expertise utilization.

Business Insider

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

Applied Intuition has created AI software enabling autonomous vehicles to navigate rugged off-road terrain using sensor data for localization, mapping, and safety controls. It's tailored for industries like automotive, construction, and defense, offering modular solutions for diverse environments.

VentureBeat

How Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting How We Travel

AI is transforming passport processing and border control. HelloGov AI simplifies applications and offers courier choice. Privacy concerns prompt new regulations for data protection and market fairness in the passport industry.

INC.

The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier

Generative AI could add $2.6-4.4 trillion annually across sectors, automating up to 70% of current tasks by 2040, boosting productivity growth and transforming industries with significant economic potential and workforce implications.

McKinsey & Company

How Monogram Is Using AI to Help Empower Incarcerated Youth

Monogram and CLBB NeuroLaw Library created an AI-powered digital library for juvenile justice, offering accessible neuroscience research and legal resources. It aims to inform stakeholders, including incarcerated individuals, to potentially reduce unnecessary youth incarceration in the US.

INC.

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

Enterprises use custom AI models and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to secure proprietary data, enhance efficiency, and deploy specialized solutions faster, while synthetic data aids in overcoming data collection challenges.

Harvard Business Review

This database of AI tools has helped social science research worldwide

A database of AI tools aids social science research by streamlining literature reviews, data collection, analysis, and dissemination. Despite some skepticism, the database offers both free and paid tools, aiming to enhance AI's role in academic research.

Fast Company

Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product

Apple integrates generative AI across products like Writing Tools and Siri at WWDC, focusing on enhancing user experience rather than standalone AI. This contrasts with competitors' approaches by embedding AI into everyday apps for practical use.

Wired

US Air Force seeks generative AI test pilots

The US Air Force launched NIPRGPT, a generative AI chatbot for its personnel. Part of the Dark Saber software ecosystem, it helps with tasks like correspondence and programming using open-source LLMs. The initiative aims to test AI's practical applications while ensuring security compliance.

CIO.com

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

AI is driving CIOs closer to CEOs as they lead strategic AI initiatives, with 63% now reporting directly to CEOs, up from 52% in 2023. This shift underscores technology's pivotal role in corporate strategy and the growing importance of AI in shaping business outcomes.

Wall Street Journal

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

Pure Storage uses generative AI to automate cybersecurity, reducing weeks of manual work to hours. Led by CTO Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, the AI tool enhances threat analysis and security checks, boosting efficiency. Future plans include expanding AI for product configuration automation.

Business Insider

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

Generative AI (gen AI) and analytical AI in agriculture promise substantial economic benefits—$100 billion for on-farm optimization and $150 billion for enterprise efficiency. McKinsey urges strategic AI adoption to enhance sustainability and operational effectiveness in food production.

McKinsey & Company

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

Teodor Grantcharov developed an AI-powered black box for operating rooms, aiming to improve surgical safety by recording and analyzing procedures. Despite privacy concerns and initial resistance, the system anonymizes data and enhances surgical practices, potentially reducing errors and complications.

MIT Technology Review

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

Adobe enhances document management and customer engagement with AI assistants in Acrobat and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). These tools streamline tasks and ensure data security, supporting marketing and customer experience workflows.

ZDNet

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

AI is transforming product development for companies like PepsiCo and Toyota by analyzing consumer data and predicting design trends. Alex Burnap from Yale suggests using AI for personalized marketing and improving design, while advising on its necessity and regulatory considerations.

Business Insider

Microsoft Takes AI Push to Customer Service Call Centers

Microsoft is introducing AI tools, including Copilot, into customer service call centers to streamline operations. These tools aim to enhance chatbot responses and simplify tasks for human agents by integrating multiple applications into a unified interface for faster customer support.

INC.

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

Saatchi & Saatchi uses Lucy, an AI search engine in Microsoft Teams, to streamline access to vast campaign assets. This AI tool helps retrieve and organize creative materials and campaign data, enhancing operational efficiency and knowledge sharing across teams.

Business Insider

Hooking up generative AI to medical data improved usefulness for doctors

Heidelberg University integrated GPT-4 with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to enhance medical question-answering accuracy in oncology, addressing information overload for clinicians.

ZDNet

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

Mastercard uses AI to prevent payment fraud, collaborating with banks like Lloyds, NatWest, and TSB. Led by Chris Reid, their system provides real-time risk scores to detect and stop fraudulent transactions, potentially saving millions in losses across the UK banking sector.

Business Insider

How AI is Changing the Legal Landscape in Business

The article explores AI's rapid growth, highlighting ethical dilemmas (privacy, bias) and legal challenges (liability, copyright). It advocates for global AI regulations to balance innovation with protection, emphasizing the need for nuanced, culturally aware frameworks.

INC.

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

AI is revolutionizing travel with personalized recommendations (Airbnb, Booking.com), automated task management (Delta), chatbots (Expedia), predictive analytics (H Hotels Dubai), and hyper-personalized marketing (Turtle Bay). These advances boost efficiency and revenue.

Salesforce Blog

How generative AI could accelerate software product time to market

Generative AI enhances software product management by speeding up time to market, increasing productivity by 40%, and improving PM experience significantly, per McKinsey's study. Adoption requires phased implementation and careful ethical considerations.

McKinsey & Company

AI-directed drones could help find lost hikers faster

AI-powered drones in Scotland's search and rescue use deep learning for efficient path planning, improving success rates in finding missing individuals in rugged terrain.

MIT Technology Review

AI Helping Klarna Cut Marketing Costs by $10 Million

Klarna saved $10M annually by using generative AI for marketing, cutting its budget by 11%. AI tools generated over 1,000 images, reducing production costs by $6M and external expenses by $4M. An AI assistant from OpenAI replaces 700 full-time agents.

INC.

From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

The article explores AI's evolving accessibility, detailing advancements by major players like Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, while addressing concerns about misinformation and highlighting recent developments and partnerships across tech companies.

The Verge

Generative AI: The New Lifeline To Overwhelmed Healthcare Systems

Generative AI revolutionizes healthcare by aiding patient guidance, administrative tasks, data retrieval, image analysis, and drug development.

Forbes

AI could take investor relations to the next level and 'deliver more value,' says a tech CEO

AI streamlines investor relations, saving time for strategic engagement. Darrell Heaps advises clear AI policies and focuses on valuable use cases.

Business Insider

Should AI Be Steering The Course Of Cruise Ships?

AI transforms cruising: Personalized experiences, smooth boarding, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are enhanced, shaping the future of ocean travel.

Forbes

Cybercrime Costs Skyrocket to $10.5 Trillion: AI in Cybersecurity Fights Back

Cybercrime costs will reach $10.5 trillion by 2025. AI helps combat this by automating fraud detection, identifying zero-day threats, and improving response times. Companies like Bank of America, Palo Alto Networks, and IBM use AI to enhance security and manage threats.

Virtasant

AI's Influence on Corporate Cultures: Insights from Amazon, SprintIT, and HP

AI transforms corporate cultures, enhancing engagement, boosting decision-making, and reducing turnover rates, as seen in Amazon, SprintIT, and HP.

Virtasant

Mastercard Using AI to Stop Fraud Before a Card Is Misused

Mastercard employs AI to preempt card fraud by swiftly identifying compromised numbers, enhancing security and reducing disruptions for consumers.

INC.

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

Adobe's AI aids marketing with Express for Enterprise; Google's AI enhances ad interactions; ChatGPT's human-like abilities drive record visits.

INC.

Using AI in economic development: Challenges and opportunities

The article discusses AI's potential in economic development, highlighting benefits like competitive analysis, investment attraction, workforce planning, and economic forecasting. Challenges include data scarcity, talent acquisition, and building public trust through transparency.

McKinsey & Company

PagerDuty seeks to ease incident response with generative AI

PagerDuty's enhanced Operations Cloud uses generative AI for faster incident response. New features include real-time analysis, automated post-incident reviews, and conversational interactions. PagerDuty Copilot can draft reviews in seconds, aiming to cut response times dramatically.

CIO.com

How to Use AI to Help You Raise Prices and Increase Customer Purchase Frequency

Peter Cohan explores the potential of generative AI investments, highlighting its impact on businesses. Itzik Levy, CEO of vcita, discusses their AI tool BizAI, designed to boost revenue for SMBs.

INC.

Productivity Surging in AI-Intensive Sectors

Sectors heavily using AI, like finance, see productivity soar, offering economic growth potential and increasing demand for AI skills.

INC.

Microsoft’s new Copilot AI agents act like virtual employees to automate tasks

Microsoft's Copilot AI agents automate tasks for businesses, like monitoring emails and onboarding employees, aiming to remove mundane tasks without replacing jobs entirely.

The Verge

From RAGs to Vectors: How Businesses Are Customizing AI Models

Businesses enhance AI with methods like RAG and fine-tuning, bridging gaps between general knowledge and specific data needs for personalized responses.

Wall Street Journal

How AI And Technology Can Impact Mental Health Care

Stacey Shulman, VP at Intel, highlights AI's potential in mental health care for personalized support and predictive analytics. Challenges include privacy, security, and lack of clinical validation. Effective solutions require collaboration among companies, universities, and experts to ensure safety and efficacy.

Forbes

From oceans to your gut: AI helps researchers understand how viruses act

The article explores challenges in understanding viruses' impact on ecosystems. AI, specifically protein language models, helps annotate viral sequences, aiding in discovering their functions and potential roles in microbiology, including in the human body.

Fast Company

Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines

Spoor, a startup, uses AI to reduce bird collisions at wind farms. Its software predicts bird movements, aiding compliance and minimizing environmental impact. Recently, it raised $4M in seed funding from investors like Futurum Ventures and Ørsted Ventures.

TechCrunch

Neuro-Symbolic AI Could Redefine Legal Practices

Neuro-symbolic AI blends symbolic reasoning with deep learning, reshaping legal analysis for precision and insight, exemplified by Google DeepMind's AlphaGeometry.

Forbes

The future of email marketing lies in AI

Michelle Taite emphasizes AI's role in email marketing, citing its power for personalized messaging and overcoming challenges like hypersegmentation.

Fast Company

Can AI Replace Doctors Who Read X-Rays?

AI can assist radiologists by interpreting scans and drafting reports. Despite FDA approvals, adoption is low due to concerns over testing and transparency. Experts see AI enhancing, not replacing, human oversight.

INC.

Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video

Google's Gemini AI models, including Gemini 1.5 Pro and Flash, can now process longer documents, videos, and audio recordings, with up to 2 million tokens. Features like context caching and controlled generation enhance efficiency and customization for various tasks.

TechCrunch

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

Gmail's Gemini Pro in Workspace Labs uses AI to summarize emails, provide search summaries, and send emails based on user prompts. It aims to streamline email management and save users time by leveraging AI to sift through and summarize email content.

Ars Technica