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DevRev’s AI agent hangout targets worker productivity, data integration

With its new ‘Computer’ tool, the generative AI firm hopes to make it easier for companies to glean new context from often-siloed data.

By Agam Shah

Oct 7, 20254 mins

AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AI

Articles

The Macy’s accounting disaster: CIOs, this could happen to you.

When Macy’s on Wednesday reported more details about the “hiding” of $151 million, it became clear their accounting controls simply didn’t work. It exposed a massive software hole in just about every enterprise environment.

By Evan Schuman

Dec 13, 2024 8 mins

Accounting SoftwareAnalyticsEnterprise Applications

Checkr ditches GPT-4 for a smaller genAI model, streamlines background checks

Checkr runs a background service to vet prospective hires for more than 100,000 businesses. To perform more than 1.5 million of those background checks, it needed an AI model that was accurate and fast, and found that small worked better than large.

By Lucas Mearian

Sep 30, 2024 13 mins

AnalyticsGenerative AIIT Strategy

Adobe Experience Platform gets AI assistant for customer data insights

The generative AI tool can help companies synthesize customer data for marketing, answer technical questions, and automate some tasks.

By Matthew Finnegan

Jun 6, 2024 4 mins

AdobeCRM SystemsGenerative AI

Udacity offers laid-off US workers free access to its courses for 30 days

Sign-ups will be available over the next 30 days

By Lucas Mearian

May 2, 2024 4 mins

Education and Training SoftwareIT JobsTechnology Industry

Data Storage Power: Preparing for an Intelligent Digital Future

As data continue to grow at an unprecedented pace, so does the demand for storage capacity. Read to learn why data storage power is a crucial element of a modern digital infrastructure.

By Huawei

Nov 1, 2022 5 mins

Computers and PeripheralsData Warehousing

Microsoft unveils new generative AI capabilities for retailers

The new features include Copilot templates within the Microsoft Cloud for Retail service to help retailers build personalized shopping experiences.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 11, 2024 4 mins

AnalyticsGenerative AIMicrosoft

Prisma chief med officer: AI offers ‘tremendous opportunities’ but shouldn’t replace doctors

As he investigates possible uses for AI deployment in a healthcare network, Dr. Drew Albano sees opportunities to improve healthcare and reduce administrative burdens — as well as dire consequences if it's not used for the right reasons.

By Lucas Mearian

Oct 17, 2023 15 mins

Augmented RealityGenerative AIHealthcare Industry

Microsoft launches native integration for Python in Excel

With native Python integration with Excel, users will be able to use the new “PY” function to input Python code directly into Excel cells.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 23, 2023 3 mins

AnalyticsMicrosoft OfficePython

Zoom goes for a blatant genAI data grab; enterprises, beware (updated)

Zoom stirred up a kerfuffle this month when it amended its terms of service to make execs comfortable that it wouldn’t use Zoom data to train generative AI models. In reality, it was really doing spin control worthy of the sleaziest politician.

By Evan Schuman

Aug 17, 2023 8 mins

Generative AIPrivacyVideoconferencing

Q&A: TIAA’s CIO touts top AI projects, details worker skills needed now

Sastry Durvasula, the chief information and client services officer at TIAA, has been leading an initiative to deploy AI in a myriad of business operations to create greater efficiencies and improve client experiences.

By Lucas Mearian

Aug 10, 2023 13 mins

Augmented RealityFinancial Services IndustryGenerative AI

NYC law governing AI-based hiring tools goes live

The new law, aimed at organizations using automated hiring tools, will require regular audits of those tools to prove they don't have baked-in biases against gender or race.

By Lucas Mearian

Jul 6, 2023 8 mins

Diversity and InclusionERP SystemsGovernment

5 hot workplace collaboration trends (and 2 going cold)

From generative AI to analytics, the collaboration software landscape is changing fast, but there’s more to consider than just the shiniest new tools.

By Matthew Finnegan

Jun 14, 2023 13 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGenerative AISmall and Medium Business

How AI-based search assistant Glean Chat is built to boost productivity

Glean Chat, a generative AI application that builds on the Palo Alto-based startup’s knowledge graph and enterprise search, can connect to enterprise applications to provide conversational search experience, along with notes about sources.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 6, 2023 5 mins

Business IntelligenceEnterprise ApplicationsGenerative AI