insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs – 9/13/2023

Welcome insideBIGDATA AI News Briefs, our timely new feature bringing you the latest industry insights and perspectives surrounding the field of AI including deep learning, large language models, generative AI, and transformers. We’re working tirelessly to dig up the most timely and curious tidbits underlying the day’s most popular technologies. We know this field is advancing rapidly and we want to bring you a regular resource to keep you informed and state-of-the-art.

Research Highlights: Unveiling the First Fully Integrated and Complete Quantum Monte Carlo Integration Engine

Quantinuum, a leading integrated quantum computing company has published full details of their complete Quantum Monte Carlo Integration (QMCI) engine. QMCI applies to problems that have no analytic solution, such as pricing financial derivatives or simulating the results of high-energy particle physics experiments and promises computational advances across business, energy, supply chain logistics and other sectors.

IT Leaders Craving Insights on Generative AI Use, Finds New Snow Software SaaS Management Survey

Snow Software, a leader in technology intelligence, unveiled new data suggesting IT leaders are grappling with anxiety over the risks of generative AI despite continued confidence in their software-as-a-service (SaaS) security posture. The latest study, which surveyed 1,000 IT leaders, looks at shifting challenges and opportunities facing IT leaders managing SaaS.

LinkedIn Releases State of AI @ Work Report

LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Research & Insights (EGRI) team released The Future of Work Report: AI at Work, a new quarterly report featuring current insights on the state of AI and the workforce, as well as analysis on how AI may impact how we work moving forward. Using LinkedIn’s powerful data infrastructure, the team is able to synthesize billions of data points from the company’s Knowledge Graph to uncover key economic trends that inform marquee reports such as this one. 

Survey: Over Half of Senior AI Professionals See at Least 2x ROI on AI Initiatives 

Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, together with Databricks, the data and AI company, revealed survey findings that shed light on AI’s transformative impact on businesses globally. The findings confirm that AI, including Generative AI, is now experiencing an impactful level of business results, matching its rapid rate of adoption. 

Upwork Unveils Top 10 Generative AI-Related Searches and Hires in First Half of 2023

Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK), the work marketplace and the preeminent destination for businesses to find trusted AI talent, released new platform data examining the skillset make up of talent and the search and hiring behaviors of companies in relation to Upwork’s fastest-growing category: Generative AI.

Survey: More than 75% of Enterprises Don’t Plan to Use Commercial LLMs in Production Citing Data Privacy as Primary Concern 

Predibase, the commercially available low-code declarative ML platform for developers, today released a new report, “Beyond the Buzz: A Look at Large Language Models in Production.” Based on survey data from organizations experimenting with LLMs, the report offers insight into real-world concerns, opportunities, and priorities for organizations as they embrace AI and LLMs.

Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Report Predicts AI will Have a Transformational Impact on Professional Work by 2028

Thomson Reuters (NYSE/TSX: TRI), a global content and technology company, released its Future of Professionals Report. The survey of more than 1,200 individuals working internationally shares the predicted impact that generative AI will have on the future of professional work.

Data & Analytics Market Evolution Over the Last Decade

In this contributed article, Angel Serrano, Head of Data Science at Santander UK, discusses data and analytics based on periodical surveys over the last 10 years.
The article is based on 10 multiple choice questions to 150+ audiences.

Study: 2023 Already Faced 55 AI Incidents, More than Half the Number Reported in the Whole of 2022

Surfshark’s study examined the timeline and frequency of recorded AI incidents and found that 2023 already has more than half the number of AI incidents reported in all of 2022.