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UiPath Report: 77% Of IT Executives Plan To Invest in Agentic AI This Year

The demand for GenAI has skyrocketed in the last couple of years, but the value of GenAI as a standalone technology may have plateaued, according to a recent survey ...Full Article

AI’s Impact on Jobs, Trust, and Innovation: Insights from Accenture’s Technology Vision 2025

AI is the new digital, Accenture says in its latest Technology Vision 2025 report. This 25th edition of the company’s research, titled “AI: A Declaration of Autonomy,” frames AI as not ...Full Article

OpenAI Sets Ambitious Course Toward Superintelligence

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, starts 2025 with a bold declaration for the future of artificial intelligence. According to Altman, OpenAI is now confident in its understanding of how ...Full Article

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Paving the Way for the Agentic Era

Tech companies are in a relentless pursuit to integrate AI into every aspect of their offerings, from enhancing existing products to launching entirely new AI-powered solutions. The competition in ...Full Article

PlayAI Lands $21M Seed to Scale Its Human-Like AI Voice Models

AI voice startup PlayAI announced it has raised $21 million in a Seed round. The company says it will use the capital to invest in its generative AI voice ...Full Article

OpenAI Develops New AGI Benchmark to Assess Potential Risks of Advanced AI

As artificial intelligence systems grow more advanced, there is increasing concern over models capable of modifying their own code and enhancing their abilities without human oversight. Such AI agents, ...Full Article

ServiceNow Launches Workflow Data Fabric, Powering AI Agents with Unified Business Data

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024 -- ServiceNow today introduced Workflow Data Fabric, forging a new generation of AI-fueled productivity for the enterprise. Workflow Data Fabric is an enhanced ...Full Article

Accenture and NVIDIA Strengthen Partnership to Accelerate Deployment and Scaling of AI-Driven Solutions

As part of a blockbuster deal between two tech giants, Accenture and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to form the NVIDIA Business Group to train 30,000 Accenture employees on ...Full Article

Honeywell to Develop AI-Enabled Agent Powered by Qualcomm

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 23, 2024 -- Honeywell today announced that it is working to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Multi-Modal Intelligent Agent for Honeywell mobile devices powered by Qualcomm ...Full Article

Salesforce and Google Cloud to Launch AI-Driven Agentforce Agents

SAN FRANCISCO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 18, 2024 -- Salesforce and Google Cloud have announced an expanded partnership to create Salesforce Agentforce Agents that help people collaborate securely across ...Full Article
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