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Big workplace changes are coming in 2024. Are you ready?
Technologies and trends that have been developing for years will go mainstream in the new year, changing how, when, and where we work.
Q&A: How Athenahealth moved from traditional AI to genAI and ChatGPT
Athenahealth has used AI for years, but generative AI opened up new efficiencies in processing healthcare requests and records. There were challenges, too, as Heather Lane, Athenahealth’s senior architect of data science and platform...
The top 10 tech stories of 2023
The most notable technology news of 2023 shows that as generative AI and geopolitics roil the technology industry, there is growing unease about the dominance of big tech companies.
Office apps come to Meta’s Quest devices, but real-world use will take time
The availability of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word on Quest devices offers new ways to interact with productivity apps on up to three virtual screens in mixed reality. But hardware needs to evolve before spatial computing is...
Q&A: Sedgwick exec lays out 'the baby steps to genAI adoption'
Sedgwick, a global insurance claims administrator that receives 1.7 million documents a day, turned to generative AI to summarize multi-page claims for adjusters and to streamline operations. CDO Leah Cooper explained how Sedgwick...
Salesforce and Apple are ready for enterprise AR
Salesforce has introduced support for two key Apple solutions in a move that hints at the bright and shiny enterprise future for Apple, augmented reality, and Vision Pro.
Microsoft unveils Phi-2, the next of its smaller, more nimble genAI models
Microsoft's newest small language model is purported to be faster than large language models 25 times its size.
Google launches Gemini, a genAI model for all devices
The new large language model will be available in three sizes for different purposes, including use in data centers and on mobile devices.
Here's why half of developers will soon use AI-augmented software
One area where generative AI tools have shown real potential is assisting developers in creating software, as well as the testing platforms and documentation that go along with it, according to a new study.
The arrival of genAI could cover critical skills gaps, reshape IT job market
Facing a tech talent shortage, many corporate leaders see generative AI applications such as ChatGPT as one way to fill the gap by taking on tasks normally handled by workers.
The fear and hype around AI is overblown
Case in point: OpenAI’s rumored “breakthrough,” called Q*, is not about to usher in the age of AGI or a humanity-crushing singularity.
GenAI is highly inaccurate for business use — and getting more opaque
As generative AI platforms ingest greater oceans of data and get connected to more and more corporate databases, researchers are sounding an alarm: the tools are highly inaccurate and becoming more inscrutable.
Varjo’s XR-4 new mixed reality headsets — an enterprise alternative to Vision Pro?
The Finnish headset maker has launched a (relatively) affordable mixed-reality device similar to Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro, alongside a higher-end device that promises advanced passthrough.
Amazon Braket Direct program to help reserve quantum computers
The new program allows researchers to cut through waiting queues or wait times while providing the option to connect with experts to seek guidance on quantum workloads.
Alibaba shutters quantum computing efforts
In the same month that Alibaba shelved plans to spin off its cloud computing arm, the e-commerce and cloud computing company has now shuttered its quantum computing research laboratory.
Don’t let Apple’s Vision Pro come in by the back door
IT shops need to be thinking now about how their colleagues might want or need to use Apple’s upcoming mixed-reality device when it arrives in 2024.
Turmoil at OpenAI raises concerns about genAI’s future, rapid advance
The unexpected firing on Friday of Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, continues to roil the tech industry.
Microsoft welcomes Biden’s new AI order — is that a good thing or bad?
When the US government last month moved to put guardrails around the use of generative AI, big tech firms were surprisingly quick to welcome the move.
Dell cuddles up to Hugging Face to offer genAI to customers
Dell will be using AI tool developer Hugging Face to offer its customers open-source generative AI models for business purposes.
