Oracle says TikTok ban could hit cloud revenue
In its annual report, Oracle cited a TikTok ban as a risk factor. The company also said Ampere could be consolidated under its financial results under certain conditions.
Shopify unveils Target partnership, new AI features
Shopify outlined a partnership with Target that could scale distribution for its premier merchants as well as AI-enhanced features across its unified commerce platform.
News Analysis: Only A Few Companies Will Win In Fueling The Age of AI
AI Begins And Ends With Nvidia
Despite the massive buzz on AI, only a few core companies that power the Age of AI will succeed. The high capital costs of research and development investment, the time required to take a product to market, and the ability to cross competitive moats create a massive barrier to entry. In fact, only a few vendors have shown significant profits in AI:
Monday's Musings: Progress Through The Five A's of AI
Take A Measured Approach To AI Adoption
The rush to AI projects often comes as an all or nothing approach. However, lessons learned from Constellation's Executive Network (CEN) members show a gradual and measured approach. Constellation sees five phases to adoption from both a business and cultural point of view:
14 takeaways from genAI initiatives midway through 2024
Generative AI projects in the enterprise have moved beyond the pilot stage with many use cases going into production. Scaling has been a bit of a challenge, but the maturation of how CxOs are approaching genAI is underway.
GenAI projects may be sucked up into the transformation, digital core vortex
Generative AI projects are gaining steam in the enterprise, but there's a big hurry up and wait vibe to them. Why? Enterprises operate on a continuum and don't have their ERP, cloud and data transformations complete.
Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Artifacts as a way to collaborate
Anthropic launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its latest large language model (LLM), with availability on Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI.
Target launches Store Companion, genAI app for employees
Target said it will launch Store Companion, a generative AI chatbot designed to help employees boost customer experiences, across its 2,000 stores by August.
Safe Superintelligence Inc. launches: Here's what it means
Three well-known generative AI pioneers have formed Safe Superintelligence Inc., a startup that will focus on safe superintelligence (SSI). There are plenty of open questions to ponder, according to Constellation Research's Chirag Mehta.