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DataGPT expands generative AI chat-based business analytics with Google Analytics connector
Generative artificial intelligence-powered data analytics startup DataGPT said today it’s expanding its capabilities with the launch of a library of connectors for third-party applications such as Google Analytics, Salesforce, Hubspot and Shopify. Companies will be able to connect DataGPT to those platforms and use its generative AI chatbots to query them for insights using natural ...
Report: AWS to spend billions on new cloud data center infrastructure in Italy
Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing business is holding talks with the Italian government over a potential multibillion-dollar investment that will see it expand its data center operations in the country, in line with plans to boost its presence across Europe. That’s according to a report by Reuters, which cites four people familiar with the talks as ...
Research shows OpenAI’s GPT-4 outperforms humans in financial statement analysis, but skeptics aren’t convinced
OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model has reportedly demonstrated an ability to analyze financial statements with a level of accuracy that surpasses the best human financial analysts. The claim comes via a paper written by researchers at the University of Chicago, who say their results suggest a promising future for generative artificial intelligence in the field ...
AIOops: Google Search’s new AI Overviews feature tells users to put glue on pizza, create mustard gas
Google LLC’s new AI Overviews feature in Search has come in for some heavy criticism after generating a series of nonsensical, inaccurate and sometimes even potentially dangerous results in response to user’s queries. When Google debuted the new feature at its Google I/O conference last week, it warned that it’s an experimental experience, based on ...
Workday’s stock drops on mixed financial results and lower guidance
Shares of the human resources software company Workday Inc. initially fell more than 11% in extended trading today after it offered a disappointing forecast, only to recover somewhat once investors had time to digest its latest financial report. The company’s results were mixed. It reported first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of ...
Report: Elon Musk’s generative AI startup xAI to close on $6B funding round next month
XAI Corp., the generative artificial intelligence startup created by Elon Musk to compete with OpenAI and other AI model makers, is hoping to close on a bumper funding round next month that would bring its value to north of $24 billion, according to a report today in the Financial Times. The paper cited one person ...
Google Cloud Consulting launches Generative AI Ops to assist in enterprise AI deployments
Google Cloud’s consulting arm has announced the availability of a new offering called Generative AI Ops, which aims to help enterprises that are struggling to take advantage of the latest development in artificial intelligence and move new workloads into production. The company explained in a blog post today that moving AI workloads into production is ...
Cloud cost optimization startup Finout reels in $26.3M in Series B funding
Finout Ltd., the financial operations startup helping companies to manage, allocate and reduce cloud spending across any cloud infrastructure platform, has raised $26.3 million in a new funding round, it announced today. Leading the Series B investment was Red Dot Capital, which was joined by new investor Maor Investments and existing backers Team8, Pitango and ...
OpenAI strikes deal with News Corp. to access Wall Street Journal content
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI has struck another key content licensing deal to expand the capabilities of its large language models, partnering with Wall Street Journal parent company News Corp. The multiyear deal will give OpenAI unfettered access to current and archived articles from the Journal, plus other News Corp. publications such as The New York post, ...
Snowflake ups its revenue forecast and buys AI observability firm TruEra, sending its stock higher
Shares of the cloud data warehouse provider Snowflake Inc. rose more than 4% in extended trading today after it beat Wall Street’s sales estimates in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report and raised its full-year guidance. In addition, the company revealed a plan to acquire assets from TruEra Inc., which makes tools for observing and assessing the ...