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3 areas where gen AI improves productivity — until its limits are exceeded

3 areas where gen AI improves productivity — until its limits are exceeded

Even though generative AI is a relatively new technology, it’s now difficult to imagine a world without it, given the impact it’s making, and the…

For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target

For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target

The rate of companies that have either already deployed generative AI or are actively exploring it is accelerating to the point where, combined, there are…

Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

In mid-November, OpenAI’s board fired the CEO of the company, Sam Altman, the guy who put ChatGPT on the map and ushered in a new…

Upskilling ramps up as gen AI forces enterprises to transform

Upskilling ramps up as gen AI forces enterprises to transform

Thomson Reuters is in the information business, and has been for a long time. Thomson Corporation was founded in 1934 as a newspaper company, and…

What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

What is a managed service provider? A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network,…

5 ways to deploy your own large language model

5 ways to deploy your own large language model

It’s the fastest-moving new technology in history. Generative AI is transforming the world, changing the way we create images and videos, audio, text, and code.…

4 reasons why gen AI projects fail

4 reasons why gen AI projects fail

In June, New Zealand supermarket chain Pak’nSave released the Savey Meal-Bot, a gen AI tool that lets users upload a list of ingredients they have,…

The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

The advent of gen AI changed everything, and the pace of that change is like nothing we’ve seen before. The potential impacts are reminiscent of…

Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

While AI has steadily worked its way into the enterprise and business vernacular over many years, gen AI has not only become an abrupt and…

Introducing the GenAI models you haven’t heard of yet

Introducing the GenAI models you haven’t heard of yet

Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT set adoption records last winter, companies of all sizes have been trying to figure out how to put some of that…

How diverse teams lead to better data

How diverse teams lead to better data

As companies strive to become data-driven, and with the recent explosion of AI technology demanding ever-increasing amounts of training data, the quality of that data…

7 key questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI

7 key questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI

Some companies use generative AI to write code and some use it to create marketing text or fuel chatbots. And then there are others like…

6 barriers to becoming a data-driven company

6 barriers to becoming a data-driven company

It’s no surprise that becoming a data-driven company is at the top of the corporate agenda. A recent IDC whitepaper found that data-savvy companies reported…

The essential check list for effective data democratization

The essential check list for effective data democratization

Truly data-driven companies see significantly better business outcomes than those that aren’t. According to a recent IDC whitepaper, leaders saw on average two and a half…

Top automation pitfalls and how to avoid them

Top automation pitfalls and how to avoid them

First Tech Credit Union is a San Jose-based financial institution with more than $16 billion in assets. As the eighth largest in the country, it…

Measuring the business impact of AI

Measuring the business impact of AI

Artificial intelligence is in transition, both as a technology and in how it’s being used. Companies are increasingly bringing AI pilots out of the test…

Unlocking the hidden value of dark data

Unlocking the hidden value of dark data

IT leaders seeking to derive business value from the data their companies collect face myriad challenges. Perhaps the least understood is the lost opportunity of…

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

For enterprises looking to wrest the most value from their data, especially in real-time, the “data lakehouse” concept is starting to catch on. The idea…

Computer vision is primed for business value

Computer vision is primed for business value

Over the past few years, computer vision applications have become ubiquitous. From phones that recognize the faces of their users, to cars that drive themselves,…

10 key roles for AI success

10 key roles for AI success

More companies in every industry are adopting artificial intelligence and automation systems to transform business processes. But the success of their AI initiatives depends on…

Making the most of MLOps

Making the most of MLOps

When companies first start deploying artificial intelligence and building machine learning projects, the focus tends to be on theory. Is there a model that can…

6 business risks of shortchanging AI ethics and governance

6 business risks of shortchanging AI ethics and governance

Depending on which Terminator movies you watch, the evil artificial intelligence Skynet has either already taken over humanity or is about to do so. But it’s not…

AI takes aim at employee turnover

AI takes aim at employee turnover

Employees are quitting jobs at record rates and companies are having a hard time luring them back. HKM has handled numerous employee disputes successfully. Exacerbating…

10 tips for getting started with decision intelligence

10 tips for getting started with decision intelligence

For organizations looking to move beyond stale reports, decision intelligence holds promise, giving them the ability to process large amounts of data with a sophisticated…

What is synthetic data? Generated data to help your AI strategy

What is synthetic data? Generated data to help your AI strategy

Synthetic data defined Synthetic data is artificially generated information that can be used in place of real historic data to train AI models when actual…

10 enterprise AI trends for 2022

10 enterprise AI trends for 2022

Artificial intelligence has hit the mainstream. Across industries, companies have rolled out successful proofs-of-concept and have even been successful in deploying AI in production. Some…

Your AI strategy’s secret ingredient

Your AI strategy’s secret ingredient

AI is increasingly becoming a business imperative. Nine in 10 Fortune 1000 companies are not only investing in AI, but are increasing those investments, with…

How to know when AI is the right solution

How to know when AI is the right solution

AI adoption is on the rise. According to a recent McKinsey survey, 55% of companies use artificial intelligence in at least one function, and 27%…

6 AIOps hurdles to overcome

6 AIOps hurdles to overcome

IT operations teams have a lot to juggle. They manage servers, networks, cloud infrastructure, user experience, application performance, and cybersecurity, often working independently of one…

Making the most of sentiment analysis

Making the most of sentiment analysis

Sentiment analysis is beginning to prove its mettle in the enterprise. This analytic technique, which enables companies to  determine the emotional value of communications, is…