News/Partnerships
Microsoft and OpenAI offer $10M to news outlets for AI adoption
AI in the newsroom: Microsoft and OpenAI launch $10 million initiative: Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a collaborative effort to provide $10 million in funding and resources to select news organizations, aiming to integrate AI tools into newsroom operations. The initiative offers $2.5 million in cash and $2.5 million worth of software and enterprise credits from each company to participating media outlets. This program comes amid ongoing copyright lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI from various news organizations, including The New York Times and The Intercept. The funding is part of a broader collaboration with the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, focusing...
read Oct 21, 2024Microsoft and NVIDIA team up to accelerate AI healthcare startups
AI startup acceleration: A collaborative effort: NVIDIA and Microsoft are expanding their partnership to provide enhanced support for global AI startups, with an initial focus on healthcare and life sciences companies. The initiative combines NVIDIA's Inception global program for cutting-edge startups with Microsoft for Startups, offering cloud credits, AI development software, and expert technical and business support. The collaboration aims to broaden innovators' access to accelerated computing resources, enabling them to develop and scale their AI-driven solutions more effectively. Key benefits for startups: The partnership offers a comprehensive package of resources and support to help AI startups accelerate their growth...
read Oct 21, 2024NVIDIA and Deloitte launch AI agents for healthcare
AI-powered digital agents revolutionize healthcare communication: NVIDIA and Deloitte are collaborating to develop advanced AI agents that aim to transform patient experiences and reduce administrative burdens in healthcare settings. The partnership leverages NVIDIA's AI technologies and Deloitte's Frontline AI Teammate to create virtual assistants capable of natural, human-like conversations with patients. These digital agents can provide instant answers to patient questions, offer guidance before hospital visits, and communicate in multiple languages, addressing a wide range of patient concerns. Technological foundations of digital humans: The AI agents are built on a suite of cutting-edge technologies, enabling lifelike interactions and enhanced user...
read Oct 21, 2024Why the UAE digital and AI agenda hinges on public-private partnerships
Landmark collaboration in AI and cloud innovation: Core42, a sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure provider under G42, has partnered with semiconductor giant AMD to advance AI and machine learning solutions while exploring confidential compute technology for cloud deployments. The agreement, signed at Gitex Global 2024 in Dubai, aims to conduct a proof-of-concept evaluation of AMD Instinct accelerators using Core42's production workloads. This collaboration is expected to showcase the performance of AMD's GPUs in real-world scenarios, particularly in enhancing AI-driven services within sovereign cloud environments. The partnership is seen as a significant step in driving innovation in cloud services, especially in...
read Oct 18, 2024Renowned horror film studio teams with Meta to leverage AI video tech
AI in Hollywood: Blumhouse Productions Partners with Meta for Movie Gen Access: Blumhouse Productions, the renowned horror film studio, has entered into a partnership with Meta to utilize an early version of their AI video generation model, Movie Gen, sparking discussions about the role of artificial intelligence in filmmaking. Industry collaboration and technology exploration: Blumhouse Productions, known for franchises like "Halloween" and "The Purge," is taking steps to incorporate AI technology into its creative process through a partnership with Meta. The collaboration grants Blumhouse access to an early version of Meta's recently unveiled AI video generation model, Movie Gen. Jason...
read Oct 18, 2024Microsoft and OpenAI consider the value of $14B in for-profit switch
Valuation challenge for AI giants: Microsoft and OpenAI are grappling with the complex task of determining how Microsoft's substantial $14 billion investment will translate into equity as OpenAI transitions to a for-profit structure. Microsoft's investment in OpenAI, totaling $14 billion, is set to be converted into equity as the AI startup moves towards becoming a for-profit entity. The transition to a for-profit structure must occur within a two-year timeframe, or recent investors in OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding round will have the right to reclaim their investments. To navigate this intricate valuation process, both companies have enlisted the expertise of major...
read Oct 17, 2024NVIDIA and Lenovo join forces in the name of ‘superhuman productivity’
AI innovation in enterprise computing: Lenovo and NVIDIA have joined forces to introduce a comprehensive platform for enterprise AI, aiming to revolutionize productivity and efficiency across industries. At Lenovo Tech World 2024, Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA, a full-stack platform designed to build and deploy AI capabilities throughout enterprises. Huang emphasized the goal of achieving "superhuman productivity" through AI agents that can enhance employee efficiency across various industries. The collaboration also introduced a new high-performance AI server featuring Lenovo's Neptune liquid-cooling technology and NVIDIA Blackwell, marking a significant...
read Oct 17, 2024Inside Hollywood’s cautious approach to adopting AI
AI in Hollywood: A slow and cautious adoption: The entertainment industry's anticipated embrace of AI tools for film and television production has been slower than expected, with major studios hesitating to form partnerships with AI companies. Promised revolution meets industry skepticism: Early in 2024, AI companies like OpenAI approached Hollywood studios with ambitious promises of revolutionizing the production process, but the response has been cautious and measured. OpenAI and other AI firms sought access to footage and intellectual property to train their models, offering tools to make movie and TV production faster, easier, and more cost-effective. Despite the initial excitement,...
read Oct 17, 2024This AI coach aims to boost esports teams’ championship odds
AI coaching revolutionizes esports training: PlayVS and Omnic.AI have partnered to provide AI-powered game analytics to high school students in scholastic esports leagues, potentially transforming how young gamers improve their skills and prepare for competitions. The big picture: This collaboration marks a significant shift in esports coaching, leveraging artificial intelligence to offer professional-level insights to young players at a fraction of the cost of human coaches. PlayVS, an esports platform, is teaming up with Omnic.AI, a provider of AI-powered game analytics, to enhance the training experience for high school students in competitive gaming leagues. The partnership focuses on popular esports...
read Oct 17, 2024IBM and AWS partner to accelerate enterprise cloud implementation
Cloud migration acceleration through AI: IBM, in collaboration with AWS, has developed a generative AI-powered solution to streamline and automate cloud migration at scale, offering operational efficiencies and supporting enterprise growth. The cloud migration landscape: IDC forecasts that 50% of global IT workloads will transition to the cloud within the next year. AWS cloud migration and modernization can lead to significant benefits, including: 31% average infrastructure cost savings 62% more efficient infrastructure management 3x more features delivered annually 69% reduction in unplanned downtime 43% fewer security incidents per year Challenges in cloud adoption: Existing licensing costs, lack of AWS expertise,...
read Oct 16, 2024Toyota and Boston Dynamics partner on AI-powered humanoid robots
Pioneering partnership in humanoid robotics: Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute are joining forces to develop advanced humanoid robots capable of safely working alongside humans. The collaboration aims to combine Toyota's recent artificial intelligence advancements with Boston Dynamics' latest version of its Atlas robot. This partnership could potentially accelerate the development of more versatile and capable humanoid robots for various applications. Evolution of Atlas: Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot has undergone significant improvements since its initial development for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2013. Early versions of Atlas used powerful hydraulic actuators, which posed potential safety risks to...
read Oct 16, 2024Arm expands ecosystem for efficient AI datacenter chips
The AI datacenter revolution: Arm is leading a significant shift in the development of sustainable AI datacenter silicon through its expanding Arm Total Design ecosystem, which has doubled in size over the past year. The ecosystem now boasts more than 30 participating companies, including recent additions like Alcor Micro, Egis, PUF Security, and SemiFive. Arm Total Design aims to address key challenges in the datacenter industry, including balancing power demands with growing AI workloads, reducing chip development costs and complexity, and enhancing sustainability. Collaborative innovation in AI computing: A new partnership between Arm, Samsung Foundry, ADTechnology, and Rebellions exemplifies the...
read Oct 15, 2024Amazon partners with Databricks to boost AI chip competitiveness
Amazon's strategic AI chip partnership: Amazon has entered into a significant five-year deal with Databricks, marking a crucial step in the tech giant's efforts to expand its presence in the artificial intelligence market. The partnership is specifically focused on AI chips, an area where Amazon aims to narrow the gap with industry leader Nvidia. This move underscores Amazon's commitment to strengthening its position in the rapidly evolving AI technology sector. Industry context and competitive landscape: The deal between Amazon and Databricks comes at a time when competition in the AI chip market is intensifying, with tech giants vying for dominance....
read Oct 15, 2024OpenAI is making its foray into the defense industry
OpenAI's Defense Sector Expansion: OpenAI is making its first foray into the defense industry through a partnership with Carahsoft, a major government contractor with $16 billion in annual revenue. Carahsoft, a billionaire-owned company, will serve as OpenAI's conduit to secure defense contracts and expand its presence in the public sector. The partnership has already resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ChatGPT licenses being sold to federal agencies, including NASA, the National Gallery of Art, and the Department of Agriculture. Carahsoft is currently facing allegations of price fixing on Department of Defense contracts, adding a layer of complexity...
read Oct 15, 2024ElevenLabs, DeepReel create AI version of Fernando Alonso for Aston Martin
AI meets F1: Aston Martin introduces 'Ai.lonso'; ElevenLabs and DeepReel have joined forces to create an AI-driven version of Fernando Alonso, the renowned Formula 1 driver currently racing for Aston Martin Aramco. The AI-powered avatar, dubbed "Ai.lonso," combines ElevenLabs' voice cloning technology with DeepReel's AI avatar capabilities. This innovative tool aims to enhance accessibility to Aston Martin's website content and provide a more personalized fan engagement experience. Ai.lonso will be able to read selected articles on the team's website in multiple languages, initially offering English, Spanish, and French options. Cutting-edge technology behind Ai.lonso: The synthetic voice technology employed in this...
read Oct 14, 2024Google inks deal for nuclear power from Kairos Power
Google embraces nuclear power for AI advancement: Google has entered into an agreement with Kairos Power to source nuclear energy, marking a significant step in the tech giant's efforts to support the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence technologies. The agreement with Kairos Power, a nuclear technology company, aims to provide Google with clean and reliable electricity to power its AI operations. This move underscores the increasing energy requirements of AI technologies and their impact on grid infrastructure. AI's growing energy appetite: The rapid advancement and widespread adoption of AI technologies are creating unprecedented demands on electrical grids, necessitating new...
read Oct 11, 2024Pittsburgh forges AI future with NVIDIA tech community launch
Pittsburgh's AI revolution: NVIDIA launches its inaugural AI Tech Community in Pittsburgh, partnering with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to accelerate innovation and public-private collaboration in artificial intelligence. The initiative aims to supercharge partnerships across communities with high potential for enabling technological transformation using AI. Two joint technology centers will be established in Pittsburgh to tap into the region's expertise: one with Carnegie Mellon University focusing on robotics, autonomy, and AI, and another with the University of Pittsburgh concentrating on AI applications in health sciences. Academic powerhouses at the forefront: Carnegie Mellon University and the University of...
read Oct 11, 2024Uber integrates ChatGPT into electric vehicles
Uber's AI-driven push for EV adoption: Uber is leveraging OpenAI's ChatGPT technology to create an AI assistant aimed at encouraging and guiding its drivers toward electric vehicle (EV) adoption, marking a significant step in the company's sustainability efforts. The announcement was made at the Go Get Zero sustainability conference in London, alongside other green initiatives by Uber. The AI assistant will be powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o model, the same technology behind ChatGPT. This move positions Uber at the forefront of integrating advanced AI into its sustainability strategy within the ride-sharing industry. Personalized AI guidance for drivers: The AI assistant is...
read Oct 8, 2024OpenAI partners with Hearst to enrich ChatGPT with magazine content
AI and Media: A Transformative Partnership: OpenAI continues to expand its reach in the media landscape, signing a content licensing agreement with Hearst, a major American publisher known for iconic brands like Cosmopolitan and Esquire. The deal allows OpenAI to surface "curated content" from over 20 Hearst magazine brands and 40+ newspapers through its AI products, including ChatGPT. Content will be clearly attributed with citations and direct links to original sources, ensuring transparency and proper credit to Hearst publications. This partnership joins a growing list of similar agreements between OpenAI and other major media companies, including Condé Nast, The Atlantic,...
read Oct 8, 2024Foxconn to build Taiwan’s fastest AI supercomputer with Nvidia
Foxconn and Nvidia collaborate on Taiwan's fastest AI supercomputer: Foxconn, in partnership with Nvidia, is set to construct Taiwan's most powerful supercomputer using Nvidia's cutting-edge Blackwell GPU architecture. Project specifications and performance: The supercomputer, named Hon Hai Kaohsiung Super Computing Center, was announced at Hon Hai Tech Day. It will feature the GB200 NVL72 platform, comprising 64 racks and 4,608 Tensor Core GPUs. The system is expected to deliver over 90 exaflops of AI performance, making it the fastest in Taiwan. Construction has begun in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with the first phase expected to be operational by mid-2025 and full deployment...
read Oct 7, 2024Tech giants are uniting in the name of more efficient and sustainable AI
AI Platform Alliance expands to foster open and efficient AI solutions: The consortium, originally formed to bring together AI accelerator companies, has broadened its scope to include cloud managed service providers, system suppliers, integrators, and software companies. Key developments in the alliance: The AI Platform Alliance has grown to include over 30 organizations across five key sectors of the AI inference industry. New members include Adlink, ASRock Rack, Canonical, Deepgram, Giga Computing, and Supermicro, among others. The alliance has launched a marketplace on its website, offering practical and easily adoptable AI solutions. Focus on AI inference efficiency: Alliance members are...
read Oct 7, 2024The race to block OpenAI’s web crawlers is slowing
AI Data Scraping Landscape Shifts: OpenAI's recent licensing agreements with publishers have led to a significant change in how news outlets approach web crawler access, particularly for AI training data collection. The initial surge in blocking OpenAI's GPTBot through robots.txt files has reversed, with the number of high-ranking media websites disallowing access dropping from a peak of over one-third to around a quarter. Among the most prominent news outlets, the block rate remains above 50%, but this is down from nearly 90% earlier in the year. The trend towards increased blocking appears to have ended, at least temporarily, as more...
read Oct 3, 2024German-Emirati partnership aims to deliver AI-powered remote controlled driving
Teledriving Technology Expands to New Markets: German company Vay Technology partners with UAE's Bayanat to bring remotely controlled vehicles to the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia Pacific. Partnership Details and Objectives: The collaboration aims to advance teledriving technology solutions by integrating geospatial data and AI capabilities. Vay and Bayanat have signed a memorandum of understanding to combine their expertise in teledriving and AI-enabled geospatial data. The partnership seeks to successfully launch Vay's teledriving technology in new regions, expanding beyond its current operations in Las Vegas and Europe. Bayanat's AI-enabled platform, GIQ, will be utilized to enhance Vay's teledriving...
read Oct 3, 2024Accenture launches Nvidia unit to accelerate enterprise AI
AI-driven partnership for enterprise transformation: Accenture has formed a significant partnership with Nvidia, creating a dedicated business group to accelerate enterprise AI adoption and scale generative AI solutions. The Accenture Nvidia Business Group will comprise 30,000 professionals trained to help clients reinvent processes and leverage AI as a competitive advantage. This collaboration aims to meet the growing demand for generative AI, which has already driven $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its recently closed fiscal year. The partnership will utilize Accenture's AI Refinery platform, which incorporates Nvidia's full AI stack, including Nvidia AI Foundry, Nvidia AI Enterprise, and Nvidia Omniverse....
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