SAS has been named a leader – again! The latest report states, "since our first Forrester Wave evaluation in this category 15 years ago, SAS has been the only vendor to appear in every study without undergoing a major acquisition and/or divestiture." http://
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SAS Named Forrester Wave Leader Again After 15 Years
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AI-First Companies Generate Billions: Margins and Inference Pricing
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In this year’s @stateofaireport, we look at how AI-first companies are beginning to generate serious revenue – billions of dollars in some cases.
— Nathan Benaich (@nathanbenaich) 19 novembre 2024
Margins remain elusive and are falling inference prices the product of efficiency, or are we all just the lucky beneficiaries of… pic.twitter.com/Q5WVICeVVEIn this year’s @stateofai
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AI’s Role in US Politics: What We Know So Far
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Deregulation Backlash: States Push Own AI Regulations
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Even perceived deregulation could end up triggering a backlash effect – encouraging states to push ahead with their own regulations, potentially creating a patchwork of different local regimes.
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US Politics and AI Safety Under Trump Administration Update
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Eric Schmidt on Google’s AI Failure: Work-Life Balance vs Competition
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Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, explains why Google fumbled its lead in #ArtificialIntelligence #AI: Google prioritized work-life balance over winning Startups succeed because people "work like hell" Founders are special and need to be in charge Time matters more in
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Twitter acquisition regret: board accountability questioned
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I keep wondering how different the world would be if Twitter’s former owners hadn’t forced the sale to Elon — or Delaware’s Court of Chancery hadn’t allowed it. Does anyone on the old Twitter board of directors have any remorse?
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GenAI Drives Productivity: CPA Firm Achieves 50% Audit Time Reduction
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Top business leaders are turning to GenAI to boost productivity and engage employees, but the key to success lies in execution. With tailored, secure solutions, GenAI can transform businesses, as seen with CPA firm Johnson Lambert LLP's 50% audit time reduction and 20% efficiency
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Qwen 2.5 72B Dominates Hugging Chat as Top LLM
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I think you all are doing a brilliant job already – I think it's more about keeping the momentum than anything else. The quality of your models far exceed any new model that's released. People already know you quite well – Qwen 2.5 72B is also the most used LLM on Hugging Chat.
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Amazon’s AI Strategy: Can It Compete Before CES January?
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Amazon's AI efforts are going slow. Can it get it together for CES in January? If not, others are obviously coming (cough, Apple). I remember walking around CES years ago and Alexa was EVERYWHERE. Can it turn its AI efforts around in the next few weeks?