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How AI orchestration has become more important than the models themselves

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As many companies that have already adopted off-the-shelf GenAI models have found, getting these generic LLMs to work for highly specialized workflows requires a great deal of customization and integration of company-specific data. Large language models (LLMs) just keep getting better. From Llama3.1 to Gemini to Claude3.5

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M&S says it will respond to April cyberattack by accelerating digital transformation plans

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However, it allows M&S to put a positive spin on the revelation in the companys latest financial update that the attack, which hit the company on April 19, will knock 300 million ($400 million) off its profits for the next year. He said that these costs will be presented separately as an adjusting item.

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Bank of America’s big bet on AI started small

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Bank of America will invest $4 billion in AI and related technology innovations this year, but the financial services giants 7-year-old homemade AI agent, Erica, remains a key ROI generator , linchpin for customer and employee experience , and source of great pride today. We are not writing essays with Erica. We are not trying to write software.

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Medal.tv, a video clipping service for gamers, enters the livestreaming market with Rawa.tv acquisition

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The Middle East and North African region (MENA) is one of the fastest-growing markets in gaming and still one that’s mostly un-catered to, explained Medal.tv The Middle East and North African region (MENA) is one of the fastest-growing markets in gaming and still one that’s mostly un-catered to, explained Medal.tv

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YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm, views and answers other creator questions

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The company doesn’t publish what its view threshold is, though, because it does tweak it from time to time, and it doesn’t want people to try to game the system. YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators’ questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts.

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EdgeQ raises $51 million to fuse AI compute and 5G within a single chip

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No, it’s not bingo at your local silicon chip enthusiast meetup, and no, I am not trying to game Google’s search algorithms (well, maybe just a bit). One way to get all these technologies into single devices is just to agglomerate a bunch of off-the-shelf silicon chips and jam them into a product. That bet has been made.

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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

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For deep tech startups, the capital game can be a tricky one to play. CoCoPIE’s vision is to enable real-time AI for off-the-shelf mobile devices. Our team of researchers started CoCoPIE to solve the chip shortage crisis. We’re a group of Ph.D.s We needed a way to bring our idea into action. There are several SBIR/STTR programs.