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. 

At 2024 AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit: Vasudev Lal, Principal AI Research Scientist, Cognitive AI, Intel Labs

At the recent 2024 AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit in San Jose, Calif., I caught up with Vasudev Lal, Principal AI Research Scientist, Cognitive AI, Intel Labs, who took us on a tour of the happenings at Intel Labs, specifically around the field of Cognitive AI. He discussed some key projects that the Intel Cognitive AI team is running at this time, and how his team is advancing with Intel Gaudi AI accelerators.

Field Report: 2024 AI Hardware and Edge AI Summit

Always looking forward for a chance to return to my home away from home of Silicon Valley, I jumped at the opportunity to attend my first-ever hardware focused conference, the 2024 AI Hardware and Edge AI put on by Kisaco Research. The event took place Sept. 9-12, 2024 in beautiful San Jose, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley.

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.

How AI Will Shape the Future Growth of RMNs

In this contributed article, Mark Heitke, VP of Strategy at Symbiosys, discusses the role of AI in the emerging strategy of off-site retail media, how the access to retailer first-party data through an AI engine can create hyper-nuanced target customer groupings as well as the potential for predictive behavior analytics. As AI and retail media continue to intersect the potential for both retailers and brands expands exponentially resulting in a much better shopping and ad experience for the consumer.

Salesforce Unveils Agentforce–What AI Was Meant to Be

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the AI CRM, today unveiled Agentforce, a groundbreaking suite of autonomous AI agents that augment employees and handle tasks in service, sales, marketing, and commerce, driving unprecedented efficiency and customer satisfaction. Agentforce enables companies to scale their workforces on demand with a few clicks.

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.

AI in Manufacturing: Top 5 Ways AI Enhances Production Efficiency

In this feature article, Daniel D. Gutierrez, insideAInews Editor-in-Chief & Resident Data Scientist, discusses how AI’s integration into manufacturing processes is not just enhancing production efficiency but is also transforming the entire value chain, from supply chain management to quality control. Here are the top five ways AI is assisting manufacturers in achieving enhanced production efficiency.

insideAI News – Company Highlights for AI Hardware and Edge AI Summit 2024

insideAI News is pleased to announce being a Media Partner for the upcoming AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit happening Sept. 9-12, 2024 in San Jose, Calif. Register now using the special insideAI News discount code “Insideai15” HERE. Editor-in-Chief & Resident Data Scientist, Daniel D. Gutierrez will be attending in-person to keep a pulse on this advancing industry. He will be conducting interviews with some of the movers and shakers from the AI industry ecosystem.