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Know before you go: 6 lessons for enterprise GenAI adoption

CIO

In 1895, Mary Lathrap penned a poem that inspired the quote, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” That quote aptly describes what Dell Technologies and Intel are doing to help our enterprise customers quickly, effectively, and securely deploy generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Many organizations know that commercially available, “off-the-shelf” generative AI models don’t work well in enterprise settings because of signif

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X promises peer-to-peer payments, AI advances in 2024

TechCrunch

Elon Musk has been detailing his vision for X’s, formerly Twitter’s, transformation into an “everything app,” including payments, creator tools, shopping and more, since acquiring the social network over a year ago. Now, the company is committing to a time frame. In an announcement today, X shared its roadmap for the year ahead, which will […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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6 tough AI discussions every IT leader must have

CIO

Few technologies have provoked the same amount of discussion and debate as artificial intelligence, with workers, high-profile executives, and world leaders waffling between praise and fears over AI. Granted, CIOs have not been called before Congress to testify. But they are being grilled in executive suites and boardrooms, as enterprise leaders turn to their technology chiefs with all sorts of challenging questions that CIOs are expected to answer.

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Can a striking design set rabbit’s r1 pocket AI apart from a gaggle of virtual assistants?

TechCrunch

In a sea of AI-enabled gadgets at CES, the rabbit r1 (all lowercase, they insist) stands out not just for its high-vis paint job and unique form factor, but because of its dedication to the bit. The company is hoping you’ll carry a second device around to save yourself the trouble of opening your phone […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Managing CEO expectations is this year’s Priority No. 1

CIO

Once upon a time, CEOs’ IT expectations legendarily came from in-flight magazines — a source that’s morphed from CIO irritant to quaint memory as the magazines faded into nostalgia-land. Today’s CEOs are more likely to get their IT visions from stories written by credulous writers authoring for online business media. That’s if we’re lucky. If we aren’t, they’ll want Tony Stark’s ability to conjure up high-tech solutions by gesticulating into a 3D touch interface while arguing with the AI that ra

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Monitoring dbt model and test executions using Elementary Data

Xebia

dbt is a great tool to do your data transformations, and it is widely adopted within modern data stacks all around the world. I have worked with several clients over the past two years which were already using dbt, or were migrating their transformation workloads towards dbt. I really like most aspects of dbt, however, one problem that I often face is the lack of monitoring capabilities within dbt.

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Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AI

TechCrunch

Duolingo is the latest company to cite AI as a reason for job cuts. The company confirmed it cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, as it turns to AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to streamline content production and translations. The broad application of ChatGPT and other large language models […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Google Chat Mobile app: New Layout, New Options

Xebia

Chatting, who doesn’t use it? Both in private life and in professional life, using chat apps are a fast and convenient way to get in touch with others quickly. So we are very happy that these apps keep on innovating. Like Google Chat, that recently introduced a new bottom navigation bar within the mobile application on Android & iOS devices.

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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. Today, […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Common Sense Scaling: The 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Delivering Value with Multiple Teams

Xebia

Today’s world requires continuous adaptation. Legislation changes with each new term of government, the competition is always right around the corner and customers constantly voice their opinions about products through social media—so the products better be good! How do you deal with all this changes, uncertainty, risk and complexity? A way to cope with this is to embrace it, not try to predict or to prevent it.

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FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data

TechCrunch

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first of its kind settlement prohibits X-Mode, now known as Outlogic, from sharing and selling users’ sensitive information to others. The settlement will also require the data broker to […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Need Business Agility? Boost Your IT Capabilities!

Xebia

So your company is heavily investing in working Agile. Your teams are continually improving, and your company culture is focused on stimulating individuals and their talents. Your priority is adding value for your customers by delivering great products. But one thing keeps you up at night: why does it still take so long for those products to launch?

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Serenity takes a full-home radar approach to fall detection

TechCrunch

Serenity, the result of a fruitful partnership with Alarm.com, is an innovative fall-detection system that does away with traditional wearables. It is showing off its product for the first time at CES in Las Vegas. “You just plug it in, and it blends into your life. There’s no need for apps or complicated configurations,” explains […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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When Your Boss Gives You a Totally Unrealistic Goal

Harvard Business Review

There are many reasons why bosses set unrealistic goals. They may have heady aspirations and subscribe to the popular notion of “big, hairy, audacious goals.” Alternatively, they may be removed from day-to-day operations and not realize the logistical or process-related difficulties of achieving it. Or they may recognize that the goal is unrealistic but face pressure from higher up the food chain or important clients.

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Honda bets its electric future on ‘thin, light’ 0 series EVs at CES 2024

TechCrunch

It's not much to go on, but it's still our closest look yet at Honda's electrified future. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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European Venture In 2023 Halved From Peak, But Was Still Above Pre-Pandemic Funding 

Crunchbase News

Funding to European startups reached $52 billion in 2023, down 39% year over year from $86 billion invested in 2022, Crunchbase data shows. However, Europe’s share of the venture capital ecosystem has increased since 2021. In 2022, the year the downturn settled in, Europe declined by a smaller percentage when compared to North America and Asia.

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AI aides nation-state hackers but also helps US spies to find them, says NSA cyber director

TechCrunch

Nation state-backed hackers and criminals are using generative AI in their cyberattacks, but U.S. intelligence is also using artificial intelligence technologies to find malicious activity, according to a senior U.S. National Security Agency official. “We already see criminal and nation state elements utilizing AI. They’re all subscribed to the big name companies that you would […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Why Algorithm-Generated Recommendations Fall Short

Harvard Business Review

The online systems that make recommendations to us often rely on their digital footprint — our clicks, views, purchases, and other digital footprints — to infer our preferences. But this means that human biases are baked into the algorithms. To build algorithms that more effectively predict users’ true preferences and better enhance consumer well-being and social welfare, organizations need to employ ways to measure user preferences that take into account these biases.

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Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce

TechCrunch

Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. This time, around 1,800 employees will lose their job in the coming weeks as the company is trying to improve its financial performance after a difficult year. Unity is the maker of a video game engine that […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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How to Raise a Difficult Issue in a One-on-One with Your Boss

Harvard Business Review

Raising a potentially emotional topic to your manager can be difficult — you don’t know how they will react or whether you will be judged or punished in some way. Based on the science of conflict resolution, dissent, upward communication, and the authors’ own research on one-on-one meetings, they share a clear process for raising these issues with your manager.

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TechCrunch - Untitled Article

TechCrunch

As deepfakes proliferate, their ability to mislead and sow distrust is becoming of major concern to security experts — and the general public. A recent survey from McAfee found that the vast majority of Americans (84%) are worried about how deepfakes will be used in 2024, particularly where it concerns elections and addresses given by […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Can Language Models Replace Compilers?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Kevlin Henney and I recently discussed whether automated code generation, using some future version of GitHub Copilot or the like, could ever replace higher-level languages. Specifically, could ChatGPT N (for large N) quit the game of generating code in a high-level language like Python, and produce executable machine code directly, like compilers do today?

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Meta to restrict teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from seeing content about self-harm and eating disorders

TechCrunch

Meta is going to automatically limit the type of content that teen Instagram and Facebook accounts can see on the platforms, the company announced on Tuesday. These accounts will automatically be restricted from seeing harmful content, such as posts about self-harm, graphic violence and eating disorders. The changes come as Meta has been facing increased […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Microsoft’s January 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 48 CVEs (CVE-2024-20674)

Tenable

2 Critical 46 Important 0 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 48 CVEs in its January 2024 Patch Tuesday release with no zero-day or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Microsoft patched 48 CVEs in its January 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with two rated critical and 46 rated as important. Our counts omitted CVE-2022-35737, a vulnerability in SQLite called “Stranger Strings” that was assigned by MITRE and patched in July 2022.

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Luma raises $43M to build AI that crafts 3D models

TechCrunch

A couple of years ago, Alex Yu and Amit Jain came together to found a company that’d let people capture objects in 3D using their smartphones — no additional equipment required. At the time, Yu was an AI researcher at UC Berkeley while Jain was an Apple employee building out the Vision Pro‘s multimedia experiences. […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.

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Nerd/Noir Allies With DX to Improve Developer Productivity

DevOps.com

Nerd/Noir is partnering with developer experience management firm DX to help identify areas where organizations can improve developer experience.

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Microsoft puts Azure Quantum Elements to work

TechCrunch

Microsoft today announced that it has worked with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to use its Azure Quantum Elements service to whittle down millions of potential new battery materials to only a few — with one of them now in the prototype stage. Now, before you get too excited about […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Inference Llama 2 models with real-time response streaming using Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning - AI

With the rapid adoption of generative AI applications, there is a need for these applications to respond in time to reduce the perceived latency with higher throughput. Foundation models (FMs) are often pre-trained on vast corpora of data with parameters ranging in scale of millions to billions and beyond. Large language models (LLMs) are a type of FM that generate text as a response of the user inference.