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Human vs Machine: Is Artificial intelligence job creator or terminator? Experts assess sector-wise impact

However, there is no straightforward answer to the question of the overall number of opportunities AI will create in comparison to the number of jobs it will end or change. Maggioncalda highlighted the need to look at this through the lens of specific sectors. Speaking on AI's impact on Coursera hiring, he said that it has only opened doors for more hiring, mostly for a developers' profile. Maggioncalda also highlighted that AI is helping eliminate the parity of capabilities…

OpenAI’s app store for GPTs will launch next week

OpenAI plans to launch a store for GPTs, custom apps based on its text-generating AI models (e.g. GPT-4), sometime in the coming week. In an email viewed by TechCrunch, OpenAI said that developers building GPTs will have to review the company’s updated usage policies and GPT brand guidelines to ensure that their GPTs are compliant before they’re eligible for listing in the store — aptly called the GPT Store. They’ll also have to verify their user profile and ensure that their GPTs are published…

AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M

As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. It might seem like a Sisyphean task, going up against competitors with billions upon billions of users. But this new breed of search upstarts believes it can carve out a niche, however small, by delivering a superior experience. One among the cohort, Perplexity AI, this morning announced that it raised $70 million in a funding round led by IVP with additional…

GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code

Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual Copilot customers — those paying $10 per month — in beta. And now, GitHub’s launching Chat in general availability for all users. As of today, Copilot Chat is available in the sidebar in Microsoft’s IDEs, Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio — included as a part of GitHub Copilot paid tiers and free for verified teachers,…

Giga ML wants to help companies deploy LLMs offline

AI is all the rage — particularly text-generating AI, also known as large language models (think models along the lines of ChatGPT). In one recent survey of ~1,000 enterprise organizations, 67.2% say that they see adopting large language models (LLMs) as a top priority by early 2024. But barriers stand in the way. According to the same survey, a lack of customization and flexibility, paired with the inability to preserve company knowledge and IP, were — and are — preventing many businesses from deploying LLMs into…

genai innovation: ETtech Explainer: Here are nations at the forefront of GenAI innovation

It’s not just the US which is leading the race for releasing generative AI large language models (LLMs). Organisations across China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, France, India and the UAE have built LLMs trained on their native languages, outperforming several performance benchmarks set by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s LlaMa, Google’s Gemini, and several other popularly known models.According to data science community platform Hugging Face, there has been a rapid influx of new LLMs, with hundreds being announced every week. Today,…

Five focus areas for India in tech next year

At the forefront of all tech trends is artificial intelligence (AI), and its subset, generative AI, or gen AI, was where all the focus was in 2023. Come 2024, most conversations are likely to be based on realizing real-world, practical use cases of gen AI. Speaking about its adoption, John Roese, global chief technology officer (CTO) at Dell, said: “While generative AI has sparked incredibly creative ideas of how it will transform business and the world, there are very few real-world, scaled generative AI…

Dell Technologies introduces new data and storage advancements for faster AI applications

Dell Technologies is helping customers achieve faster AI and generative AI (GenAI) performance with new enterprise data storage advancements, which are being validated with the Nvidia DGX SuperPOD AI infrastructure.Enhanced Capabilities of PowerScaleThe latest PowerScale OneFS software upgrades allow businesses to accelerate AI model development and execution. By utilising new PowerScale all-flash storage systems, customers can experience up to a 2X increase in streaming read and write performance, which optimises…

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Gen AI set to boost India’s GDP, Boots to unveil AI ‘Personal Shopper’

Gen AI set to boost India's GDP by $1.2-1.5 trillion by 2030, EY report reveals; AI chatbots and humans share the hallucination experience; Federal agencies lag in AI management, GAO report reveals; Bihar Police exam to deploys AI to prevent cheating for 1,275 sub-inspector posts- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. Gen AI set to boost India's GDP by $1.2-1.5 trillion by 2030, EY report revealsGenerative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) could contribute $1.2-1.5 trillion to India's GDP by FY30,…

ai report: Seeing eye to AI: risk and impact of artificial intelligence use in businesses

As artificial intelligence (AI) gains prominence among businesses, in the past week alone, at least two reports were published that focused on its impact on Indian enterprises, highlighting the significance of process automation and generative AI as key investment catalysts. The first Automation Now & Next report was by US-based software firm Automation Anywhere. Along with independent research and analysis firm Foundry, looked at actions, experiences, and projections of more than 1,000 decision-makers, C-level…