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Amazon’s Alexa gets new generative AI-powered experiences

TechCrunch

Among the slew of CES announcements this week, it should be no surprise to anyone that generative AI is a major theme from tech companies this year, including Volkswagen, Nvidia and — of course — Amazon. In September 2023, Amazon announced to developers that it would be launching new tools to build LLM-powered experiences.

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UPS delivers customer wins with generative AI

CIO

United Parcel Service last year turned to generative AI to help streamline its customer service operations. MeRA, which has earned UPS a 2024 CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership, automates responses to some of the roughly 52,000 customer e-mails UPS receives each day, according to the company.

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Generative AI gold rush drives IT spending — with payoff in question

CIO

“No company got out of 2023 without having a story about how much better their company was going to be, how much better their products were going to be, how much better their customers’ lives were going to be because of generative AI,” he said. There were very robust stories about how great generative AI was going to be.”

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The generative AI revolution is transforming how banks work

CIO

The generative AI revolution has the power to transform how banks operate. Banks are increasingly turning to AI to assist with a wide range of tasks, from customer onboarding to fraud detection and risk regulation. So, as they leap into AI, banks must first ensure that their data is AI-ready.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

📆 November 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM GMT

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

For generative AI, a stubborn fact is that it consumes very large quantities of compute cycles, data storage, network bandwidth, electrical power, and air conditioning. Infrastructure-intensive or not, generative AI is on the march. of the overall AI server market in 2022 to 36% in 2027.

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Avoid generative AI malaise to innovate and build business value

CIO

Despite the promise generative AI holds for boosting corporate productivity, closing the gap between its potential and business value remains one of CIOs’ chief challenges. Sixty-six percent of C-level executives are ambivalent or dissatisfied with the progress of their AI or GenAI efforts, according to Boston Consulting Group 1.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Don't miss out on this opportunity to stay ahead of the AI curve! 📆 February 8th, 2024 at 11:00am PST, 2:00pm EST, 7:00pm GMT Save your seat today and be part of the tech conversation that's shaping the future.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

This talk will offer a comprehensive roadmap for turning AI potential into tangible results, opening up the opportunity to create value in your organization. September 24th, 2024 at 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM BST Save your seat today!

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. 📆 June 4th 2024 at 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT, 7:00pm BST Save your seat and register today!

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

From data security to generative AI, read the report to learn what developers care about including: Why organizations choose to build or buy analytics How prepared organizations are in 2024 to use predictive analytics & generative AI Leading market factors driving embedded analytics decision-making