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How AI is fundamentally altering the business landscape

Forward-thinking companies are right to focus on AI now — they just have to be cognizant of the risks along with the potential rewards. https://bit.ly/47b0dHq

How generative AI code assistants could revolutionize developer experience

Why tech leaders must evolve development teams to embrace generative AI code assistants and plan for the next-gen engineering experience. https://bit.ly/47eCG8r

Devar uses generative AI to create 3D AR images from text prompts

Devar is getting ready to launch the world's first generative AI neural network for AR that allows people to create 3D objects and others AR assets. https://bit.ly/3DAcpEc

Box extends AI efforts with Microsoft 365 Copilot integration

The integration expands Box's efforts to use generative AI to help enterprises better understand the value of their content https://bit.ly/3OyIHpg

Mirrorscape launches beta AR tabletop gaming platform for mobile and Apple Vision Pro

Mirrorscape has announced the open beta launch of its augmented reality (AR) tabletop gaming platform for mobile devices. https://bit.ly/3KE0b1l

Sky Mavis partners with CyberKongz on NFT collection

Sky Mavis, the creator of the popular blockchain game Axie Infinity, has partnered with CyberKongz on its Ethereum-based NFT collection. https://bit.ly/454sHAX

Doomer AI advisor joins Musk’s xAI, the 4th top research lab focused on AI apocalypse

A quartet of the world's most famous AI labs — OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic and now xAI — are focused on AGI, and AI's existential risks. https://bit.ly/3O5Hq7J

How to navigate your engineering team through the generative AI hype

Follow these strategies to prepare for increasing demands on engineering teams and make the most of advancements in generative AI and ML. https://bit.ly/3O3qkre

Generative AI and Web3: Hyped nonsense or a match made in tech heaven

Generative AI and Web3 will be like peanut butter and jelly on fresh bread — but with code, infrastructure, and asset portability. https://bit.ly/3DnQAaP

Stanford study challenges assumptions about language models: Larger context doesn’t mean better understanding 

The research affirms that large language models are best used to generate content, and search engines are best at curating content.  https://bit.ly/3DqcEBA

GitHub announces public beta of Copilot Chat IDE integration

According to GitHub, developers can effortlessly tackle complex coding tasks through simple prompts using Copilot Chat. https://bit.ly/3Qo2IjV

MosaicML launches MPT-7B-8K, a 7B-parameter open-source LLM with 8k context length

MosaicML claims that the MPT-7B-8K LLM exhibits exceptional proficiency in summarization and answering tasks compared to previous models.  https://bit.ly/3Dm2HVG

How iGenius’s GPT for numbers is evolving language models to give enterprise data a voice

At VB Transform 2023, iGenius's founder & CEO spoke about enabling generative AI to respond to data-related queries, not just content. https://bit.ly/3DlvBFG

How FedEx Dataworks is using analytics, AI to fortify supply chains

FedEx Dataworks' director of data science told VB Transform how FedEx is using analytics and AI/ML to make supply chains more resilient. https://bit.ly/3Q3zpTy

The secret to enterprise AI success: Make it understandable and trustworthy

Striking a balance between AI interpretability and predictive performance is a challenge. But there are some ways forward. https://bit.ly/3K0tCtS

3 ways AI is already transcending hype and delivering tangible results

Tailored recommendations and improved security are just two of the ways AI is already transforming business and society. https://bit.ly/43qJKMb

Pinecone leads ‘explosion’ in vector databases for generative AI

Bob Wiederhold, CEO of vector database company Pinecone, said the generative AI platform is going to be even bigger than the internet. https://bit.ly/3XPUene

How Walmart’s Emerging Tech team is transforming retail with conversational AI

Conversational AI use cases at Walmart include shopping assistance, customer care automation, and improving associate productivity. https://bit.ly/44vOvW7

Bring It On raises $4M to make skill-based games like Road Trip Bingo

Bring It On has raised $4 million in seed funding to make skill-based games including its flagship title Road Trip Bingo. https://bit.ly/3DaTW0C

AI and cybersecurity: Friends, foes, collaborators

Johnson and Johnson CISO Gary Harbison talks the opportunities, risks and fears of AI in cybersecurity at this week's VentureBeat Transform. https://bit.ly/44qyZLk

Discord adds Family Center, giving parents overview of teen activity

Discord is the latest social platform to add teen-focused safety features ahead of new EU and state-level regulations. https://bit.ly/3JTotE7

Konvoy: Games venture funding declines in Q2 2023, ripe for M&A

Konvoy Venture's latest Q2 2023 report shows games industry venture capital funding continues to cool, but M&A could be heating up. https://bit.ly/43kPxmg

VB Transform 2023: Announcing the nominees for VentureBeat’s 5th Annual AI Innovation Awards

Announcing our nominees for the VB Transform AI Innovation awards multiple generative AI categories. https://bit.ly/3JRS28O

How new AI tools can transform customer engagement and retention

New technologies present new opportunities, but hard work is needed to gain the benefits of AI and ML as cookies and third-party data go away. https://bit.ly/3XImZlA

AWS Exec: Generative AI can create a flywheel effect for business growth

Matt Wood of AWS shares insights with VentureBeat on how generative AI can create a flywheel effect for business growth. https://bit.ly/46S037V

VersusLM generates AI prediction games for virtually any media

VersusGame has announced the launch of VersusLM, an AI tech that enables it to create prediction games for just about any media. https://bit.ly/46zYOd7

Improbable will host Major League Baseball virtual ballpark for celebrith match

Improbable is taking its metaverse ambitions to baseball as it has built a new virtual ballpark to host MLB's celebrity softball game. https://bit.ly/43tiih3

Celestial AI raises $100M to expand Photonic Fabric technology platform

Celestial AI claims that its Photonic Fabric platform's optical connectivity performance can surpass existing technologies. https://bit.ly/3PM1crh

OMA3 offers way for users to travel between blockchain gaming worlds in the metaverse

The Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 announced a project to build standards to enable people to travel through the metaverse. https://bit.ly/46xhjis

Skill gaming and the future of real money gaming | Nancy MacIntyre

Game Taco's Nancy McIntyre gave a rundown of the skill-gaming market and the future of real-money games at our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event. https://bit.ly/3JEqOlW

Just because we can’t trust generative AI (yet) doesn’t mean we should fear it

Enterprises should approach generative AI with caution but also celebrate its transformative potential, as with earlier tech innovations. https://bit.ly/44LIzrZ

Why business leaders must tackle ethical considerations as AI becomes ubiquitous

Technology will only continue to evolve, so it is essential that we remain vigilant and keep ethical AI top of mind. https://bit.ly/3NCJZOg

Why healthcare in the cloud must move to zero trust cybersecurity

To protect patient identities and health records, healthcare providers must adopt zero trust cybersecurity amid increasing cyberattacks. https://bit.ly/44o64XN

AI Foundation launches AI.XYZ to give people their own AI assistants

The AI Foundation, a lab that gave us virtual Deepak Chopra, has launched AI.XYZ, a platform for people to create their own AI assistants. https://bit.ly/3poBVc7