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pgEdge has announced its support for pgvector extension that adds an open-source vector similarity search capability to PostgreSQL. This integration will allow PostgreSQL users to harness power of AI (artificial intelligence) to do similarity searches and inference closer to end users, for results.

 VODA.ai has announced a recent investment from Ferguson Ventures, corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Ferguson. VODA.ai’s solutions help utilities make better-informed decisions using artificial intelligence. This collaboration with Ferguson allows VODA.ai to concentrate on continued growth and distribution.

Flapmax announced that the twelve companies are selected for second cohort of FAST Accelerator startup programme, created in partnership with Microsoft to help build up and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem. Following conclusion of its 2-week online bootcamp, which saw 60+ tech companies participate in online training with experienced mentors, FAST Accelerator’s cohort of 12 startups will progress to a 5-week complete acceleration experience in Silicon Valley, California starting in October.

IBM has announced a commitment to train two million learners in AI (artificial intelligence) by end of 2026, with a focus on underrepresented communities. To achieve this goal at a global scale, IBM is expanding AI education collaborations with universities globally, collaborating with partners to deliver AI training to adult learners, and introducing generative AI coursework through IBMskillsbuild. This will expand upon IBM’s existing programmes and career-building platforms to offer enhanced access to AI education and in-demand technical roles.

ABB has announced an investment of $280 million (€264.10 million) to expand its manufacturing footprint in Europe and build a new ABB Robotics European Campus in Vasteras, Sweden. The Campus will serve as the hub for ABB Robotics’ offering in Europe, providing customers with AI-enabled collaborative and industrial robots, as well as digital solutions to support flexible automation as part of the company’s “local for local” production strategy. Replacing the existing robotics facilities at the site, the new Campus is planned to open in late 2026.

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Gotion High-tech Co., Ltd. has selected Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to build an intelligent battery manufacturing platform as part of achieving its digital transformation goals. Gotion High-tech intends to use artificial intelligence enabled industrial control system technology to build a closed-loop digital research and development, manufacturing and management platform.

Lumafield has unveiled Atlas, an AI co-pilot that helps engineers work faster by answering questions and solving complex engineering and manufacturing challenges using plain language.

WekaIO (WEKA) announced a new solution in collaboration with its customer Stability AI, an open-source generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company. The WEKA Data Platform’s Converged Mode for Cloud solution will enhance Stability AI’s ability to train multiple AI models in the cloud, including its Stable Diffusion model, and extend efficiency, cost and sustainability benefits to its customers.

Vector Institute has announced a new partnership with World Economic Forum. Through the collaboration, Vector’s president and CEO Tony Gaffney will join the World Economic Forum’s artificial intelligence (AI) governance alliance while Vector faculty member; Canada CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) AI chair; associate professor, department of computer science, faculty of science, University of British Columbia; and DeepMind senior research advisor Jeff Clune joins the World Economic Forum’s safe systems and Technologies counsel.

In the fast-paced landscape of today’s business world, one thing is abundantly clear: organisations are grappling with the pressing need to retain and upskill their employees. Despite headlines dominated by layoffs and corporate reshuffles, the 2023 LinkedIn Learning report found that 93% of organisations are deeply concerned about employee retention. It also found that leaders are increasingly recognising the pivotal role learning and development (L&D) plays in addressing this issue, with learning opportunities emerging as the number one strategy to boost retention rates.  Continue reading “Unlocking the potential of learning and development in a hybrid work environment  “

Amazon and Anthropic have announced a collaboration that will bring together their respective technology and expertise in safer generative artificial intelligence (AI). The move will accelerate the development of Anthropic’s future foundation models and make them accessible to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers. As part of the collaboration: Continue reading “Amazon and Anthropic has partnered to advance generative AI”

Navina has announced a partnership with Privia Health Group, Inc., a technology-driven physician enablement company. This collaboration will equip Privia Health’s network of physicians and providers with Navina’s advanced AI technology, to enhance workflows, patient care, and value-based initiatives.

Untether AI announced it has appointed Chris Walker, former corporate vice president and general manager at Intel Corporation, as president. Walker joins Untether AI to manage its commercial efforts at a time when demand for AI compute is accelerating.

Lockheed Martin and University of Iowa‘s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) demonstrate AI-powered coordination between crewed and uncrewed aircraft for future combat missions. An execution of electronic attack task by AI agents shows how autonomous uncrewed aerial systems can operate in coordination with crewed tactical platforms in future combat operations, creating a unified team to address complex threats.

Ant Group Digital Technologies launches a new brand called ZAN which comprises of a full suite of blockchain application development products and services for both institutional and individual Web3 developers. For institutional customers, ZAN provides a solution to help them issue and manage real world assets (RWAs) in compliance with local regulatory requirements.

DEEPX, an AI semiconductor technology company, takes strides toward expanding the edge AI ecosystem with development kits that overcome GPU limitations. DEEPX is known for its work in artificial intelligence semiconductors for Edge devices, is gearing up to participate in AI Hardware and Edge AI Summit in Silicon Valley.

Infosys and NVIDIA announced that they have expanded their collaboration. This collaboration aims to help enterprises worldwide, drive productivity gains with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications and solutions.

Accenture announces an investment and collaboration with Open Cosmos, to provide access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale via data services platform. These two companies will help clients to track and analyse data found in space in order to help solve business challenges found on earth, related to sustainability.

With retailers struggling to navigate an era of uncertainty, Salman Ahmad, CTO of Rezolve, sets out how the latest wave of technology can help businesses build resilience.

Merck has announced two new drug discovery collaborations aimed at harnessing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven design and discovery capabilities. further advancing its research efforts. The partnerships, with BenevolentAI, London, UK and Exscientia, Oxford, UK, to generate several novel clinical development drug candidates with potential in key therapeutic areas of oncology, neurology and immunology.

Ericsson has announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud. This will develop an Ericsson Cloud RAN (radio access network) solution on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) that offers integrated automation and orchestration and leverages AI/ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) for additional CSP (communications service providers) benefits.

Fujitsu Limited and The Linux Foundation have marked the official launch of Fujitsu’s automated machine learning and AI (artificial intelligence) fairness technologies as open source software (OSS) ahead of “Open Source Summit Europe 2023,” running in Bilbao, Spain, from September 19-21, 2023. The two projects will offer users access to software that automatically generates code for new machine learning models, as well as a technology that addresses latent biases in training data.

Nokia has introduced its AVA Data Suite. This is designed to run on Google Cloud, to help communication service providers (CSPs) standardise data and facilitate the development of AI/ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) software applications.

In less than a year, large language model (LLM) AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard have had a powerful impact on the business world. Recent research indicates that most businesses have experimented with the tools, and many are now regularly integrating them into their workflows, says Max Vetter, VP of cyber at Immersive Labs.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., unveiled its future AI (artificial intelligence) IP (internet protocol) and software tools to address rising demand for on-device and edge AI processing. The highly scalable Cadence Neo neural processing units (NPUs) deliver AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing productivity to AI SoCs (system-on-a-chip).

Rohde & Schwarz introduces R&S AREG800A automotive radar echo generator and R&S QAT (quick access toolbar)100 antenna array. The system is able to generate short distances for artificial objects, and therefore enables realistic autonomous braking tests with small distance possible on market. The radar test system (RTS) simulates driving scenarios for testing radar based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and radar sensors used in automated driving cars (AD) over the air.

Xanadu has announced partnership with Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). The goal of this partnership is to advance fundamental research in quantum machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Xanadu is at the forefront of quantum computing, developing quantum algorithms and applications for future technologies. Integral to this partnership is Xanadu’s open-source software library, PennyLane, designed to augment quantum computing research and development.