Tag: Generative AI
‘Amazon’s collaboration with Anthropic does not raise any competition concerns or meet the CMA’s own threshold for review,’ says an Amazon spokesperson regarding the investigation by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. A U.K. antitrust watchdog agency said it has “sufficient information” to start an investigation into whether Amazon’s $4 billion investment and partnership with…
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Solution provider silver and gold benefits “remain in effect for one year after your last purchase or renewal, but they will not undergo the January 2025 update,” Microsoft said. Microsoft revealed that it plans to no longer sell its Action Pack, Learning Action Pack or legacy silver and gold benefits starting Jan. 22 – and…
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This ‘separates us a little bit also from the competition,’ Shawn Ahmed, CloudBees’ chief product officer, tells CRN in an interview. Cloud-native developer security operations platform provider CloudBees is boosting its quality assurance and generative artificial intelligence capabilities with the acquisition of Launchable – potentially bringing more QA work to its channel partners. As part…
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“In this case we are recognizing that GenAI is making some substantial changes to the world and to the way that we all operate … We’re making some changes to really capitalize on this over $2 trillion market opportunity,” Dell Technologies Chief Partner Officer Denise Millard told CRN on Monday. Dell Technologies Chief Partner Officer…
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“This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman, regarding his decision to leave for Anthropic. John Schulman, OpenAI co-founder and a key leader in the creation of ChatGPT,…
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The AI-powered cybersecurity vendor is aiming for a 2025 IPO after achieving a $5.1 billion valuation, Abnormal Security CEO Evan Reiser tells CRN. Abnormal Security plans to use its newly announced funding infusion of $250 million to advance its cybersecurity platform powered by behavioral AI technologies and work toward going public late next year, Co-founder…
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At a fireside chat at SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver last week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about how AI will impact jobs, why Nvidia’s success happened against major odds, and why he believes GPUs and generative AI will reduce energy consumption on the Internet. Jensen Huang has led Nvidia to become one of the world’s…
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‘There’s a limited amount I can say on this other than the headline facts. … I’m sure you appreciate there are some reasons why on that one. The one thing I would say though, is we’re 24,500 people at ServiceNow. CJ Desai was a very senior leader in this business, and we’re deeply grateful for…
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While HGX server platforms with Nvidia’s B100 and B200 are ‘effectively being canceled outside of some initial lower volumes,’ the chip designer is making its upcoming flagship GB200 Superchip a priority while introducing a new GPU to help satisfy demand, a research firm says. Nvidia is reportedly delaying the release of its next-generation Blackwell GPUs…
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Consultancy specialist Thoughtworks is being taken private for $1.7 billion, as its new restructuring plan now will “impact” hundreds of employees. Top Amazon Web Services and Google partner Thoughtworks is being taken private by Apax Partners in a deal worth $1.75 billion as the IT consultancy also unveiled a new plan that will impact hundreds…
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