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MIT Technology Review Announces Appointment of New Director to Board, Media Executive Josh Macht, Former Acting Chief Executive of Harvard Business Publishing

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today MIT Technology Review announces the appointment of a new director to its Board, media executive Josh Macht.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today MIT Technology Review announces the appointment of a new director to its Board, media executive Josh Macht.
  • Mr. Macht is the former publisher, chief product and innovation officer, and acting chief executive of Harvard Business Publishing, which is best known for the Harvard Business Review.
  • He is currently the president of MassLive Media, a pro sports and news operation combined with a digital advertising solutions group.
  • During his sixteen years at the Harvard Business Review, Mr. Macht led the company's dramatic growth through expansion into new products, new business lines, and new geographies.

Chan Zuckerberg Science To Build AI GPU Cluster To Model Cell Systems

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced the funding and building of one of the largest computing systems dedicated to nonprofit life science research in the world. This new effort will provide the scientific community with access to predictive models of healthy and diseased cells, which will lead to groundbreaking new discoveries that could help cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of this century. The high-performance computing cluster, which is planned to comprise 1,000+ GPUs, will enable AI and large language models for biomedicine at scale.

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  • The high-performance computing cluster, which is planned to comprise 1,000+ GPUs, will enable AI and large language models for biomedicine at scale.
  • "AI is creating new opportunities in biomedicine, and building a high-performance computing cluster dedicated to life science research will accelerate progress on important scientific questions about how our cells work," said CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
  • AI systems such as AlphaFold and ESM have already made significant contributions to studying human biology.
  • CZ Science has employed many AI tools in its research for years, and this focus will unify our collective efforts to create a field-wide resource for better understanding cells and cell systems."

New Report From Deloitte, Oracle and MIT Tech Review Insights Reveals Customer-Centric Business Models Are Imperative for Modern Retailers

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today announced a new report, "Accelerating Retail Personalization at Scale," created in collaboration with Oracle Retail and MIT Technology Review Insights detailing the impact of retail personalization on customer experience. As retail technology evolves and consumer expectations become increasingly sophisticated, the report reveals that successful retailers are creating personalized shopping experiences that engage and fulfill customer needs throughout the buyer journey. In the report, Deloitte and Oracle Retail industry leaders address how cloud-based platforms and emerging uses of technology help retailers to break down traditional silos and place the customer at the heart of processes.

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  • As retail technology evolves and consumer expectations become increasingly sophisticated, the report reveals that successful retailers are creating personalized shopping experiences that engage and fulfill customer needs throughout the buyer journey.
  • In the report, Deloitte and Oracle Retail industry leaders address how cloud-based platforms and emerging uses of technology help retailers to break down traditional silos and place the customer at the heart of processes.
  • "Whether they are shopping online, in-store, or the spaces in-between like pop-ups, customers increasingly expect  a more personalized, omnichannel experience from retailers," said Jeff Warren, vice president, Oracle Retail.
  • To help retailers embrace more personalized business models, Deloitte and Oracle combine deep industry experience and cloud-based applications and technology.

MIT Technology Review Announces Special LinkedIn Live Event: Humanity and AI: A conversation with the director of The Creator

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT Technology Review will host a special LinkedIn Live event on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 2:30pm EDT with Senior Editor of AI, Melissa Heikkilä interviewing Gareth Edwards (Rouge One: A Star Wars Story), the director/producer/co-writer of the upcoming epic sci-fil thriller, The Creator about the future as we explore what a world with AI might look like.

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  • MIT Technology Review's senior editor of AI, Melissa Heikkilä, speaks with Gareth Edwards, director/producer/co-writer of the upcoming sci-fi epic, "The Creator," about the current state of AI, its pitfalls, and possibilities.
  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT Technology Review will host a special LinkedIn Live event on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 2:30pm EDT with Senior Editor of AI, Melissa Heikkilä interviewing Gareth Edwards (Rouge One: A Star Wars Story), the director/producer/co-writer of the upcoming epic sci-fil thriller, The Creator

ReflexAI announces venture funding to bring AI-powered training and quality assurance tools to high-stakes call centers

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReflexAI, the provider of AI-powered training and quality assurance tools for high-stakes call centers, today announced its first round of venture funding. Led by Footwork, the $3.3M oversubscribed round included Emerson Collective, Alt Capital, Gaingels, and angel investors with expertise across healthcare and technology innovation.

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  • ReflexAI tools reduce training and quality assurance costs by over 50% for high-stakes call centers in industries including crisis response, 911 dispatch, and healthcare.
  • NEW YORK, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ReflexAI , the provider of AI-powered training and quality assurance tools for high-stakes call centers, today announced its first round of venture funding.
  • ReflexAI announced $3M in venture funding to bring AI-powered training & QA  tools to high-stakes call centers.
  • ReflexAI provides training and quality assurance tools for these centers, reducing costs by 50% while improving quality and outcomes.

This Week in Tech News: 14 Stories You Need to See

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Friday, July 21, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the business technology industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

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  • Technology teams no longer have to "sell" AI to business units; there is now significant "demand pull" from the enterprise.
  • A further 62% believe that there should be more laws specifically governing AI tools to prevent bias in the recruitment process.
  • In addition to these popular releases, several must-read earnings reports crossed the wire this week, including the quarterly results for IBM , Spectra7 , and Infosys .
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Forward-looking CIOs are moving decisively to generative AI, says new MIT Technology Review Insights global research report

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how technology leaders are adopting emerging generative AI tools as part of an enterprise-wide AI strategy.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how technology leaders are adopting emerging generative AI tools as part of an enterprise-wide AI strategy.
  • The report also draws on an MIT Technology Review Insights global survey of 600 senior data and technology executives, conducted in May and June 2022, which found that scaling AI successfully was a top priority for 78% of surveyed executives.
  • "Generative AI is driving disruption across every industry and CIOs recognize that leveraging AI is no longer a nice to have, but is imperative to remain competitive.
  • - Matei Zaharia, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Databricks, and Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley.

Forward-looking CIOs are moving decisively to generative AI, says new MIT Technology Review Insights global research report

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how technology leaders are adopting emerging generative AI tools as part of an enterprise-wide AI strategy.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how technology leaders are adopting emerging generative AI tools as part of an enterprise-wide AI strategy.
  • The report also draws on an MIT Technology Review Insights global survey of 600 senior data and technology executives, conducted in May and June 2022, which found that scaling AI successfully was a top priority for 78% of surveyed executives.
  • "Generative AI is driving disruption across every industry and CIOs recognize that leveraging AI is no longer a nice to have, but is imperative to remain competitive.
  • - Matei Zaharia, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Databricks, and Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley.

Wallaroo.AI and Ampere Computing Collaborate to Bring Energy-Efficient, Low-Cost Machine Learning Inferencing to the Cloud

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Wallaroo.AI , the leader in scaling production machine learning (ML) from the cloud to the edge, today announced a strategic collaboration with Ampere® Computing to create optimized hardware/software solutions that provide reduced energy consumption, greater efficiency, and lower cost per inference for cloud artificial intelligence (AI).

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  • Wallaroo.AI , the leader in scaling production machine learning (ML) from the cloud to the edge, today announced a strategic collaboration with Ampere® Computing to create optimized hardware/software solutions that provide reduced energy consumption, greater efficiency, and lower cost per inference for cloud artificial intelligence (AI).
  • Ampere processors are inherently more energy efficient than traditional AI accelerators.
  • Now, with an optimized low-code/no-code ML software solution and customized hardware, putting AI into production in the cloud has never been easier or more cost-effective (even at cost-per-inference measure) or used less energy.
  • Benchmarks have shown as much as a 6x improvement over containerized x86 solutions on certain models like the open source ResNet-50 model.

iFLYTEK Celebrates 18 Years of Accomplishments in A.I. Research & Development

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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Since its founding in 2005, the iFLYTEK Research Institute has made increasing strides in the development of A.I.

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  • Since its founding in 2005, the iFLYTEK Research Institute has made increasing strides in the development of A.I.
  • Over the years, the iFLYTEK Research Institute has committed itself to advancing A.I.
  • The iFLYTEK Research Institute is a widely recognized leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions to meet societal needs.
  • Through technological innovation at its source, the iFLYTEK Research Institute has made tremendous accomplishments in A.I.