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The Week in AI: Microsoft, Anthropic, Google Deep Mind, Cognition and More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI product and services news includes an autonomous AI software engineer, an open-source Python library for intervention-based research on ML models, an automated, AI-driven software development framework, a football (soccer) tactics assistant, and more.

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AWS Primes Its Cloud for Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs

With the launch of Nvidia's new Blackwell GPU platform at GTC this week, Amazon Web Services is set to be the beneficiary of significantly more compute power to drive its AI efforts.

Nvidia's Project GR00T Promises to Transform Humanoid Robot Learning

NVIDIA announces Project GR00T, a new foundational model aimed at advancing the development of humanoid robotics and "embodied AI.

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Microsoft Upgrades Azure's AI Chops with Nvidia Silicon

Microsoft is leaning heavily on chip giant Nvidia's hardware to advance its AI efforts, as evidenced by the string of announcements made at Nvidia's GTC conference this week.

Even in the Cloud, It's All About AI: Report

IT management firm Flexera recently released the 13th edition of its annual "State of the Cloud" report. Where previous versions detailed cloud usage statistics, this year's edition turns the spotlight on AI.

DeepMind Founder To Lead Microsoft's New AI Unit

Microsoft has carved out a new AI-focused product group within its walls to be spearheaded by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google-owned DeepMind.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang Unveils Hopper Successor 'Blackwell' at GTC

Nvidia's Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang kicked off his company's annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC), dubbed "the Woodstock of AI," with a keynote that introduced the Blackwell platform and more.

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AI-Driven 'Augmented Data Quality' Market Has 3 Leaders

When it comes to augmented data quality solutions, the top vendor in the market is Informatica, followed by IBM and Ataccama.

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$28B Cisco-Splunk Deal Positioned as an AI Play

Enterprise networking stalwart Cisco on Monday finalized its acquisition of data analytics firm Splunk for an estimated $28 billion.

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Anthropic's Claude 3 Models Land on AWS Bedrock

Amazon Web Services' $4 billion investment in generative AI firm Anthropic is paying dividends.

The Week in AI: Oracle, Apple, Meta, xAI, Amazon, Cerebras, Knotch, Ithaka S+R and More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI product and services news includes Oracle's roll out of a range of GenAI tools for its Fusion Cloud App Suite, Apple's acquisition of DarwinAI, Meta's new 24k GPU clusters, xAI's open-source plan, Cerebras Systems' massive new AI processor, and more.

Microsoft Data Scientist Weighs In on AI Hallucinations

Research results indicate that AI systems, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot and Google's Gemini (formerly Bard) hallucinate much more frequently than you might guess, and that in many cases, incorrect results are surprisingly difficult to detect.

Altman and Brockman Leadership Reaffirmed by OpenAI Board Following Investigation

The reaffirmation of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman's leadership by the Board at OpenAI following an investigation by the Special Committee was a signal to employees, investors, and the broader AI community that the company's leadership is secure and trusted. But that's not the only implication of this leadership reaffirmation.

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