New MLPerf Storage v1.0 Benchmark Results Show Storage Systems Play a Critical Role in AI Model Training Performance

MLCommons® announced results for its industry-standard MLPerf® Storage v1.0 benchmark suite, which is designed to measure the performance of storage systems for machine learning (ML) workloads in an architecture-neutral, representative, and reproducible manner.

New Research: AI-oriented Financial Services Organizations Outperforming Peers in Business Outcomes

Vultr just released the latest iteration of its AI Maturity report, “Unlocking the Power of AI in Financial Services,” which covers the impacts of AI implementation in the financial services industry, and how organizations can overcome industry challenges to make the most of their AI deployment. 

AI’s Business Value Depends on Industrial Agents – Introducing Cognite’s New Guide

Cognite announced The Cognite Atlas AI™ Definitive Guide to Industrial Agents, the newest book in their three-part Cognite Definitive Guide Series. The guide was developed to explore advancements in AI over the past year, where we stand now and best practices to ensure successful AI implementation moving forward.

New Brookings Research: The Last Mile Problem in AI

A new paper from Brookings’ Center on Regulation and Markets that studies the costs and benefits of implementing artificial intelligence systems, and to what extend costly customization is needed to make AI investments worthwhile.

The State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise: Many Corporate Leaders Are Not Taking Data Protection Seriously, Say IT Teams

Arcserve, a pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, released its State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report. The survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organizations reveals that while the vast majority recognize how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing operations, more than 25% could not confidently say that their company leaders took this topic seriously. 

Active Archive Alliance Releases Special Report on Active Archives and AI

The Active Archive Alliance today released a special report, “How Active Archives Support Modern AI Strategies.” New artificial intelligence (AI) workflows are creating massive and persistent volumes of data that necessitate long-term retention and protection. Active archives help make AI workflow data easily accessible, searchable and retrievable on whatever storage platform or media it resides.

New Study: 95% of Enterprises Need to Upgrade their Governance for GenAI Workloads

IDC predicts that enterprises are poised to double their 2023 investments in GenAI from $19 billion to $151 billion by 2027. But where are enterprises today on their AI maturity journey? Do they have enough backing from the board? Do they have enough compute? Do they have everything they need to build AI responsibly and safely? And do they have actual AI projects in production with a clear path to ROI? 

Employers Are Introducing AI: 77% of Workers Lost on How to Use It

Slingshot’s 2024 Digital Work Trends Report Reveals Employees Haven’t Yet Unlocked The Full Potential of AI in the Workplace Slingshot, the work management platform from software company Infragistics that brings data to the center of everything teams work on, has released Part 1 of its two-part 2024 Digital Work Trends Report. The second annual report reveals a […]

New MLPerf Inference v4.1 Benchmark Results Highlight Rapid Hardware and Software Innovations in Generative AI Systems

Today, MLCommons® announced new results for its industry-standard MLPerf®Inference v4.1 benchmark suite, which delivers machine learning (ML) system performance benchmarking in an architecture-neutral, representative, and reproducible manner. This release includes first-time results for a new benchmark based on a mixture of experts (MoE) model architecture. It also presents new findings on power consumption related to inference execution.

STUDY: AI Adoption Spends Jump Among Enterprises as Eliminating Data Privacy Concerns Remains a Foremost Opportunity for Driving Long-Term Growth and ROI

Searce, a modern technology consulting firm that empowers businesses to be future-ready, released its State of AI 2024 report. Polling 300 C-suite and senior technology executives – including Chief AI Officers, Chief Data & Analytics Officers, Chief Transformation Officers, and Chief Digital Officers – from organizations across the US and UK with at least $500 million in revenue, the report examines some of the biggest trends, successes and challenges facing businesses in their decision-making, strategy and execution as they try to unlock AI growth.