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Kinetica ramps up RAG for generative AI, empowering enterprises with real-time operational data
Kinetica DB Inc., which sells a real-time analytics database for time-series and spatial workloads, took to the stage at Nvidia Corp.’s GTC conference today to unveil a new generative artificial intelligence tool for enterprise customers that delivers big advantages for retrieval-augmented generation workloads. RAG is a technique that allows generative AI models such as OpenAI’s ...
Nvidia’s newest cloud service promises to accelerate quantum computing simulations
Computer chipmaker Nvidia Corp. is beefing up its efforts to advance quantum computing with the debut of a new service aimed at researchers and developers. According to the company, Nvidia Quantum Cloud provides advanced quantum computing technologies that will push the boundaries of research in areas such as chemistry, biology and materials science. Nvidia Quantum ...
Nvidia’s new microservices APIs promise to speed up AI development
Nvidia Corp. said today it’s adding a new, microservices-based layer to its popular Nvidia AI Enterprise platform, giving generative artificial intelligence model developers, platform providers and others the ability to run custom AI models in any location. The new microservices were announced at the Nvidia GTC 2024 conference in San Jose alongside a major update to the ...
Blackwell: Nvidia’s GPU architecture to power new generation of trillion-parameter generative AI models
Generative artificial intelligence models will become more powerful than ever, thanks to a new, more advanced architecture for graphics processing units announced by Nvidia Corp. today. The company unveiled its all-new Blackwell GPU architecture (pictured) at its GTC 2024 event today, saying it’s based on six transformative new technologies that will bring accelerated computing to the ...
Intel’s new Core i9-14900KS ‘Special Edition’ chip breaks records with fastest desktop clock speed
Intel Corp. climbed further up the speed clock ladder today as it launched a “special edition” Core i9-14900KS desktop central processing unit that it claims has the fastest clock speed of any currently available PC chip, making it the fastest computer processor on the market. The Intel Core i9-14900KS clocks in at an impressive 6.2 ...
Soft guidance and concerns over generative AI threat send Adobe’s stock lower
Shares of the creative software provider Adobe Inc. fell more than 10% in extended trading today after it reported strong fiscal first-quarter results but offered weak guidance, amid growing fears from investors that the rise of artificial intelligence could hurt its business. There has been a growing debate on Wall Street around whether generative AI ...
AI-focused big data startup Unstructured raises $40M to make raw data LLM-ready
Generative artificial intelligence data processing startup Unstructured Technologies Inc. has closed on its second major funding round in less than a year, announcing a $40 million fundraising. Today’s Series B round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from a host of big-name backers, including Nvidia Corp.’s venture capital arm, IBM Ventures, Databricks Ventures and ...
Google DeepMind’s SIMA AI agent can play video games its never seen before
Google LLC’s artificial intelligence research unit DeepMind today revealed it has been experimenting with a new kind of AI agent that can carry out multiple kinds of tasks in 3D video games that it has never played before. The research organization has long been known for its achievements in games, building intelligent AI systems that can ...
Together AI closes on another bumper funding round and its value soars to $1.25B
Artificial intelligence startup Together Computer Inc., better known as Together AI, said today it has closed on a $106 million funding round that doubles its valuation since its prior raise last fall. Today’s round was led by Salesforce Ventures and saw participation from others including Coatue Management, Lux Capital and Emergence Capital, bringing the company’s ...
Solid earnings beat and strong revenue forecast sends UiPath’s stock higher
Shares of UiPath Inc. were trading slightly higher today after the automation software provider delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and delivered strong guidance for the new fiscal year. The company reported a net profit of $33.9 million in the quarter, up from a loss of $27.6 million in the same period one year earlier. Earnings before ...
