Displaying items by tag: Large language models

GUEST OPINION:  As the modern organisation enters a new phase of technological evolution with the widespread move towards smarter systems based upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), the volume and accessibility of data with which to feed these systems will become critical.

Customer experiences and information discovery have evolved since the creation of the first search engine and simple keyword search. As modern computing gets faster, user expectations continue to accelerate. Speed, relevance, and customised experiences are now the baseline of customer expectations. An impressive 75% of customers say they’ll likely spend more on a business that gives them great service.

Industrial handheld devices manufacturer Zebra Technologies Corporation has demonstrated a generative artificial intelligence large language model application running on its Qualcomm-powered mobile computers without needing any connectivity to the cloud.

Nvidia Research has created Eureka, an AI agent that uses a large language model to teach robots complex skills like rapid pen-spinning tricks, or tossing and catching balls at a human level, for the first time.

AGL, Data#3, Bupa, NAB, Powerlink Queensland, Rest Super and Suncorp are among the first Australian companies to trial Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Australian-born, globally-used, employee engagement platform Culture Amp has set its mission as amplifying the experience and impact of more than 100m workers around the world. It’s taken on Google’s Vertex AI to help HR professionals get to the crux of what workers are saying - and says it chose Google for its ethical commitment.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Ramprakash Ramamoorthy is Director of Research at ManageEngine. He leads the AI and blockchain efforts for ManageEngine and Zoho and is in charge of implementing strategic, powerful AI features to help provide an array of IT management products for enterprises of any size.

GPU maker Nvidia and machine learning collaboration platform operator Hugging Face are working together to provide generative AI supercomputing to the developers of large language models and other advanced AI applications.

COMPANY NEWS: Vast Data, the data platform company for the AI era, today unveiled the full vision for the company by introducing a transformative data computing platform designed to be the foundation of AI-assisted discovery.

GUEST OPINION: Over the past year we've witnessed dramatic strides in AI development and huge shifts in public perceptions of the technology.

Databricks has announced a raft of new and updated products, including the adoption of AI in various areas, new data federation capabilities, and a preview version of Delta Lake 3.0.

Data cloud company Snowflake has announced the private preview of Document AI, a new pre-trained LLM model that will parse your PDF docs, including handwriting, and let you query them using natural language.

Database vendor MongoDB's Australian-developed MongoDB Relational Migrator is now generally available. The company made several other announcements at its developer conference, so please keep reading.

COMPANY NEWS: Cloudera, the hybrid data company, has outlined a path for enterprises to benefit from secure, trusted and responsible AI at scale. A new ready-to-use blueprint for Large Language Model (LLM) helps customers use generative AI based on their own data and their enterprise context with security and governance.

GUEST OPINION: Since late last year, the development of artificial intelligence has gained momentum at what seems like an inexorable pace.

GUEST OPINION: The market is awash with news about generative AI tools and large-language models, but what's missing is any sort of practical advice and guidance.

Once again, GPU specialist Nvidia has used its GTC event to make several significant announcements.