In this contributed article, David Brooks, SVP of Evangelism at Copado, discusses how much has been said about AI’s ability to generate code. But what is often overlooked is its ability to generate test scripts as well. Test scripts are susceptible to hallucinations just like code. So while GenAI can easily create the script, it is your responsibility to review the results.
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The Future of AI Startups: Explainability Is Your Competitive Edge
In this contributed article, Lucas Bonatto, Director of Engineering for AI and ML at Semantix, discusses how generative AI applications extend from physiotherapists using text-to-video tools demonstrating patient recovery exercises to coding Q&As that decrease network language complexity. These pre-trained ML solutions, which previously required highly skilled teams to train, close the gap between tech giants and digital novices—but that’s if they understand the fine print.
New IDC Survey: 75% Expect to Gain Value from AI Decision Making
IDC estimates that organizations worldwide will spend $290 billion on data management, analytics, and AI technology – but is there enough return on the investment? In this feature article we share findings from a new IDC survey looking at the ROI in AI-powered decision making –- known in the market as decision intelligence. IDC contrasts leaders operationalizing and gaining outcomes through better, faster decisions, and challenges that exist. Enterprises already tapping decision intelligence are improving business metrics up to 20%. The survey also found 75% expect to gain significant benefits through future decision intelligence initiatives.
C-Suite Predicts 2024 to be Watershed Year for Financial Impact of Generative AI in Icertis Survey
Icertis, the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM), released its inaugural AI impact report titled The Future of Generative AI: C-Suite Perspectives for 2024 and Beyond. 500 senior executives at businesses across the U.S. and U.K. shared their perspectives on how AI will transform the workforce, data privacy, the competitive landscape, and more.
Starting Your Advanced Analytics Journey: Three Areas to Focus On
In this contributed article, Amish Amin, executive director, security and analytics, Comcast, discusses the importance of advanced analytics when it comes to cutting through the massive amounts of data within a single organization. In large organizations today, the amount of data that needs to be sifted through continues to grow in volume. In fact, the global datasphere is expected to
more than double between 2022 and 2025. Not only is there an incredible amount of information, but there aren’t enough people to properly analyze it all. In his piece, Amish explains that by applying advanced analytics, organizations can drive valuable insights, cut through the noise and, ultimately, increase efficiency. He also outlines three areas to consider when it comes to an advanced analytics initiative and four best practices.
The Future-Proofed Datacenter: DDC Delivers 85kW Air-Cooled Density for AI and HPC Workloads
[SPONSORED POST] At DDC, the global leader in scalable datacenter-to-edge solutions, we are taking an innovative approach to building new and retrofitting legacy datacenters. Today, our patented cabinet technology can be deployed in nearly any environment or facility and supports one of the highest-density, air-cooled thermal loads—85kW per cabinet—on the market. In a recent deployment with TierPoint, a US-based colocation provider, we are supporting a 26,000 sq ft facility augmentation outside of Allentown, PA.
Heard on the Street – 11/15/2023
Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s “Heard on the Street” round-up column! In this regular feature, we highlight thought-leadership commentaries from members of the big data ecosystem. Each edition covers the trends of the day with compelling perspectives that can provide important insights to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
“Above the Trend Line” – Your Industry Rumor Central for 11/14/2023
Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideBIGDATA. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, financial results, industry alignments, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.
AI Won’t Eliminate Programming, But Can Make It Better
In this contributed article, Mike Loukides, Vice President of Emerging Tech Content at O’Reilly Media, makes the argument that the number of programmers who will be “replaced by AI” will be small and explains how the use of AI will change the discipline for the better.
Life is Fleeting, But Data is Forever – Meet your Digital Twin
[SPONSORED POST] With the transformation of medicine from analog to digital, plus the rise of new data-generating devices for health tracking and genomic information, we can look forward to a new world in which virtually every aspect of a patient’s medical history can be communicated, stored, and manipulated. For each patient, this huge body of data represents a sort of digital twin, a treasure trove of useful medical information and insights that could become invaluable in developing patient treatments in the future.