Welcome to the Generative AI Report round-up feature here on insideBIGDATA with a special focus on all the new applications and integrations tied to generative AI technologies. We’ve been receiving so many cool news items relating to applications and deployments centered on large language models (LLMs), we thought it would be a timely service for readers to start a new channel along these lines. The combination of a LLM, fine tuned on proprietary data equals an AI application, and this is what these innovative companies are creating. The field of AI is accelerating at such fast rate, we want to help our loyal global audience keep pace.
Heard on the Street – 2/29/2024
February 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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.
Microsoft Expands AI Reach with Partnership with French Start-up Mistral
February 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft has taken another notable step forward in the realm of artificial intelligence by announcing a strategic partnership with Mistral, a French AI start-up based in Paris. This move further exemplifies Microsoft’s commitment to broaden its presence in the rapidly evolving AI industry beyond its existing alliance with OpenAI and at a global scale.
NEW RESEARCH: Growing Database Complexity Will Fuel Significant Skills Gaps in 2024
February 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Increasing complexity, the rapid adoption of emerging technologies and a growing skills gap are the biggest concerns facing IT leaders in 2024, according to The State of the Database Landscape, a major new survey from end-to-end Database DevOps provider Redgate.
Video Highlights: How to Integrate Generative AI Into Your Business — with Piotr Grudzień
February 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In this video presentation, our good friend Jon Krohn, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula, is joined by Founder of Quickchat AI Piotr Grudzień who believes the key to any successful AI platform is to ensure it can be tailored to a company’s specific needs.
DataStax and LlamaIndex Partner to Make Building RAG Applications Easier than Ever for GenAI Developers
February 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
DataStax, the Gen AI data company, today announced its out-of-the-box retrieval augmented generation (RAG) solution, RAGStack, is now generally available powered by LlamaIndex as an open source framework, in addition to LangChain. DataStax RAGStack for LlamaIndex is also the first partner to support an integration (currently in public preview) with LlamaIndex’s LlamaParse, which gives developers using Astra DB a simple API to efficiently parse and transform complex PDFs into vectors in minutes.
Compromising on your Data Stack? Solving Top Analytics Challenges
February 20, 2024 by 1 Comment
Organizations face more pressure than ever to be data-driven, but as economic challenges loom they are forced to do more with less with their IT budgets, making compromises with their analytics databases that end up hindering their data-driven initiatives. In this article, Exasol’s North American Business Lead, John Knieriemen, shares some best practices for how organizations can address these analytics challenges.
Lenovo and Anaconda Announce Agreement to Accelerate AI Development and Deployment
February 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Lenovo™ announced a strategic partnership with Anaconda® Inc., a leading provider of the popular source code for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and data science platform, to empower Lenovo’s high performance data science workstations. The partnership will couple Lenovo’s trusted ThinkStation™ and ThinkPad™ workstation product portfolio heritage and leadership with Anaconda’s enterprise strengths for open-source leadership, security, and reliability.
Video Highlights: Data Science Trend Predictions — with Sadie St. Lawrence
February 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In this video presentation, our good friend Jon Krohn, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at the machine learning company Nebula, is joined by Sadie St. Lawrence to analyze last year’s predictions and delve into the emerging technologies reshaping the field. They cover a range of topics, including the rise of AI hardware accelerators, the evolution of large language models into operating systems, and the potential impact of generative AI on data analysis roles.
How Are Conversational and Generative AI Tools Impacting Communication?
February 16, 2024 by 1 Comment
In this contributed article, Nate MacLeitch, CEO of QuickBlox, believes that communication is good; AI-enhanced communication is great. AI’s ability to offer services like tone assistance, quick-answer responses, real-time translation, and audio-to-text conversions facilitates collaborative efforts among professionals, patients, and customers, regardless of their background.
