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Starburst targets AI bottlenecks with smarter data access and governance
Starburst Data Inc., provider of a unified data access platform based on the open-source Trino distributed query engine, today is unveiling a suite of enhancements intended to make it easier for enterprises to develop and apply artificial intelligence models. The company is making it easier by simplifying access to data scattered across clouds, on-premises systems ...
AWS’ AI-powered workload modernization service is now generally available
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Transform, a new service that accelerates the migration and modernization of enterprise workloads using agentic artificial intelligence. The service, which was initially previewed at AWS re:Invent 2024 as Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities, targets legacy VMware, mainframe and .NET workloads. AWS said it can reduce ...
HPE expands private cloud portfolio and touts simplified virtualization
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today announced an expansion of its private cloud portfolio, introducing new software and services aimed at reducing costs and simplifying hybrid information technology operations. HPE said its new Private Cloud Business Edition with Morpheus Software is designed to help enterprises modernize their IT infrastructure to achieve greater flexibility, efficiency and manageability. The ...
Anaconda releases data science platform optimized for open-source development
Anaconda Inc., the developer of an open-source data science platform, today announced a unified artificial intelligence development platform purpose-built for use with open-source software. The Anaconda AI Platform provides security and governance features that are unique to open-source development and integrated with the company’s pre-vetted packages and productivity aids that the company says improve operational ...
10Web’s generative AI website builder is now accessible via an API
10Web Inc., the developer of a technology that builds websites on the open-source WordPress platform from generative artificial intelligence prompts, today is adding an application programming interface option that developers can use to integrate website generation into existing applications and workflows. The API makes it possible, for example, for marketers to generate a special-purpose website ...
SAS ups AI development and governance capabilities
SAS Institute Inc. is using its SAS Innovate 2025 event in Orlando today to introduce a series of enhancements to its Viya cloud-based analytics and artificial intelligence development platform. They’re aimed at supporting AI agents, improving AI governance and delivering ready-made models for industry-specific tasks. The announcements reflect the company’s continued push to offer enterprise-grade AI ...
Nutanix targets cloud-native and AI workloads and offers migration enticements to VMware customers
Nutanix Inc. today announced a trio of major initiatives aimed at expanding its footprint across cloud-native applications, enterprise artificial intelligence workloads and mission-critical infrastructure. The announcements, made at its .NEXT 2025 conference in Washington, D.C., include the general availability of the Cloud-Native AOS operating system, deeper integration with Nvidia Corp.’s artificial intelligence software and and ...
IBM unveils capabilities meant to accelerate AI agent adoption
IBM Corp. is using its Think 2025 conference in Boston this week to introduce a sweeping set of artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud technologies aimed at accelerating enterprise adoption of AI agents. The venerable tech giant said it’s focused on making the new breed of autonomous software that can take actions independently while working toward ...
Construction tech startup Field Materials raises $10.5M to automate materials procurement
Construction technology startup Field Materials Inc. has raised $10.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to nearly $19 million. The company applies artificial intelligence and document digitization to a construction materials and equipment rentals market that relies most on phone calls, emails and manual data entry. Its technology can ...
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Beyond autocomplete: Reasoning models raise the bar for generative AI
If you go to ChatGPT.com, choose the o4-mini model from the drop-down menu and enter a prompt, you’ll see a message you’ve probably never seen before. “Thinking,” the chatbot responds as several seconds pass. It then presents a summary of the question you just asked and the process it used to formulate an answer. A ...
