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Cisco, AWS Launch New Professional AI Certs

AI skills are in low supply and in high demand. With consumer and corporate appetite for AI growing, it's no surprise that organizations are willing to pay significantly higher wages to employees with AI expertise.

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OEMs Thrive Amid AI Boom, But Businesses Still Cautious

A trio of reports from research firm Gartner underscores the complex impacts of the generative AI boom at both the macro and micro levels.

The Week in AI: Diffusion 3 Medium, Nexus HyperFabric, JACE Autonomous AI Agent, More

Apple stepped into the AI media spotlight last week b life went on outside the Mothership. These are a few of the AI-industry product and services announcements you might have missed while all eyes were on Cupertino.

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Oracle Lets Go of Old Google, Microsoft Grudges for Sake of AI

Despite a checkered history with both companies, Oracle is forging strategic partnerships with Microsoft and Google that advance the companies' respective AI and cloud prospects.

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Amazon Earmarks Nearly Quarter-Billion Dollars for AI Startups

In an effort to nurture AI innovation and talent among young companies, Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced a new AI startup fund worth $230 million.

End of the Road for Copilot Pro's 'GPT Builder' Perk

The "GPT Builder" feature that's part of Microsoft's Copilot Pro product has just one month left to live.

Apple Unveils 'Apple Intelligence,' ChatGPT Integration

At today’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple unveiled "Apple Intelligence," a comprehensive software update across its devices, including iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, aiming to provide users with a personalized version of generative AI (GenAI).

Feds Open (More) Antitrust Probes into OpenAI, Nvidia and Microsoft: Reports

Generative AI's Big 3 -- OpenAI, Nvidia and Microsoft -- are once again in regulators' crosshairs for potential anti-competitive business practices.

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A Clockwork Raspberry: AI Kit for Raspberry Pi Released

Raspberry Pi tinkerers can now start using the palm-sized computer boards to experiment with AI.

An AI for Climate Extremes: Microsoft Debuts 'Aurora' Foundation Model

Microsoft this week described its early progress with a new AI foundation model (FM) that can perform high-resolution weather forecasting.

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Cisco Launches $1B Fund for AI Startups, Immediately Gives Out $200M

Today's tech giants are on a quest to cultivate as much generative AI mindshare as possible, and one way they've been doing that is by throwing billions at startups.

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Researchers Tap AI, Machine Learning and Cloud To Counteract Bad Medical Info

Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is lending its vast AI and machine learning portfolio to researchers looking for high-tech ways to counteract the spread of medical misinformation.

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The Week in AI: IBM Granite LLMs Integrated into Salesforce Einstein, Mistral Codestal Launches, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products and services includes a new chip design from ARM, the integration of IBM's Granite LLMs into Salesforce's Einstein 1,an AI upgrade of the Opera browser, Mistral's new Codestral release, OpenAI for Nonprofits, and more!

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