What's in Tech : Wk of September 22nd 2024

What's in Tech : Wk of September 22nd 2024

In this week’s “What’s in Tech” newsletter, we have covered the latest developments in the AI space. Highlights include Microsoft’s investments in data centers and responsible AI, OpenAI’s partnership with T-Mobile, and Salesforce’s partnership with NVIDIA. The downpour of new AI models and platforms continues, with launches from Amazon, T-Mobile, Salesforce, Alibaba, and Adobe.

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Microsoft, BlackRock Form Group to raise US$100 Billion to Invest in AI Data Centers

The Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Investment Partnership includes other companies like Global Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investor, and MGX, a tech investor in the UAE.

Microsoft to Open its First Middle East 'AI for Good Lab’ in Partnership with G42

Plans to create a center that will "identify, develop and advance best practices and industry standards for the responsible use of AI in the Middle East and the Global South" were unveiled by the company.

T-Mobile Partners with OpenAI to Build AI Platform for Customer Service

The platform will provide personalized service enabled by customer data, offer real engagement by understanding conversations and knowing the context, and take proactive action by being connected to T-Mobile’s transaction and care systems.

Sam Altman Compares Reasoning Capabilities of OpenAI o1 Model to GPT-2

He highlighted the steep improvement curve of the o1 model, comparing it to previous jumps in AI capabilities. Altman also added that o1 models are quite different from the GPT models, and may take users some time to get used to them.

Sam Altman Departs OpenAI’s Safety and Security Committee

The committee will become an independent board oversight group chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, and including Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, retired US Army General Paul Nakasone and ex-Sony EVP Nicole Seligman.

Centific Onboards ex-Accenture Principal AI Scientist as Field CTO

With over 17 years of experience driving AI innovation across various industries and Fortune 100 companies, Abhishek Mukherji, PhD will shape genAI and responsible AI initiatives at the company.

Google DeepMind Unveils Two AI System to Help Robots Perform Dexterous Tasks

ALOHA Unleashed helps robots learn to perform complex and novel two-armed manipulation tasks; and DemoStart uses simulations to improve real-world performance on a multi-fingered robotic hand.

YouTube to Introduce Google’s Veo-Powered GenAI for Video Creation by 2025

The new technology will simplify the content creation process for YouTube Shorts by providing users with high-quality, AI-generated video backgrounds.

Amazon Launches New GenAI-based Selling Assistant ‘Project Amelia’

Project Amelia provides sellers with an all-in-one, generative AI-based selling expert that is always available to immediately provide sellers with the answers, advice, and tools they need to succeed.

Salesforce Introduces Agentforce Partner Network, the World’s First Agent Ecosystem

Partners like AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Workday will extend Agentforce with new agent actions, pre-built agent templates, and partner agents that can plan and take action across multiple systems on behalf of users and businesses.

Salesforce and NVIDIA Forge Strategic Collaboration to Advance AI Agent Innovation

This collaboration aims to deliver optimized predictive and generative AI workflows by bringing together the NVIDIA AI platform and Salesforce’s Agentforce agents to improve productivity across the sales, service, marketing, and IT teams.

Centific Hires ex-NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Instructor as Sr. Solutions Architect

Kelvin Lwin spent nearly a decade developing AI talent in both US academia and industry, and has worked across sectors such as self-driving cars, natural language processing, robotics, retail, and fintech.

Adobe Unveils Tools for AI-driven Content in Experience Cloud

The new tools Adobe Content Analytics, AI Assistant Content Accelerator in Adobe Journey Optimizer, and Adobe Experience Manager Edge Delivery Services seek to enable teams to personalize, test, and measure content more effectively.

Alibaba Launches Over 100 New Open-Source AI Models

Alibaba also launched a new text-to-video tool based on its AI models. This allows users to input a prompt and the AI will create a video based on it, similar to OpenAI’s Sora.

Meta, IBM-led AI Alliance Adds 7 Indian Members

AI Alliance, a global consortium to support open-source AI added seven new members from India, including Infosys, AI4Bharat (IIT Madras), IIT Jodhpur, KissanAI, People+AI, Sarvam AI, and Wadhwani AI.

Lenovo Begins AI Server Manufacturing in India

The company announced the establishment of high-performance AI server manufacturing and the inauguration of its state-of-the-art R&D lab dedicated to advancing Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions.

UN Experts Call for Establishing Framework for Global AI Governance

A high-powered UN advisory body says global governance of AI is “imperative” and is urging the UN to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology.

?Best Regards

Dinesh Chandrasekar


Himanshu Jain

On the Growth Journey

2 个月

Some interesting developments in the AI space. It is certainly going to disrupt a lot of industries

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Woodley B. Preucil, CFA

Senior Managing Director

2 个月

Dr.Dinesh Chandrasekar (DC) Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

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Alexander De Ridder

Founder of SmythOS.com | AI Multi-Agent Orchestration ??

2 个月

Impressive lineup of AI advancements. Ethical responsibility's a key focus. Microsoft and others demonstrate commitment. Big tech embracing AI's potential responsibly is reassuring.

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