H, a Paris-based AI startup, has launched Runner H, its first product focused on business automation and quality assurance. As reported by Ingrid Lunden for TechCrunch, the company, which previously raised $220 million in seed funding, has developed the product using a proprietary “compact” language model with just 2 billion parameters. Runner H targets three …
Israeli startup aiOla has released Whisper-NER, an open-source AI model that transcribes audio while automatically masking sensitive information. As reported by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat, the model builds upon OpenAI’s Whisper framework and combines automatic speech recognition with named entity recognition to protect private data during transcription. The tool can identify and obscure sensitive details …
Orchestrator agents are becoming essential tools for managing multiple AI agents in enterprise environments. According to an article by Emilia David in VentureBeat, these specialized agents coordinate activities between different AI bots while ensuring smooth integration with existing systems. Key features include robust integration capabilities with enterprise systems, deep understanding of business processes, and strong …
OpenText has announced major updates to its AI capabilities through Cloud Editions (CE) 24.4, Sean Michael Kerner reports. The enterprise software vendor has expanded its Aviator technology to include 15 products supported by 102 autonomous agents across its portfolio of content management, DevOps, messaging, database, and security solutions. The company has introduced a 30-day “Earn …
Business investment in generative AI reached $13.8 billion in 2024, marking a 500% increase from $2.3 billion in 2023, according to a new report from Menlo Ventures. Hayden Field reports for CNBC that OpenAI’s enterprise market share dropped from 50% to 34%, while Anthropic doubled its share to 24%. The findings, based on a survey …
Spanish bank BBVA has deployed 3,000 ChatGPT Enterprise licenses since May 2023, with employees creating nearly 3,000 custom GPTs across various departments. According to reporting by Isabelle Bousquette for The Wall Street Journal, while 80% of users report saving over two hours weekly, the bank faces challenges integrating the AI tool with complex internal systems. …
Microsoft announced significant updates to its AI agent ecosystem at its Ignite conference, expanding support to include 1,800 models through Azure AI. The company revealed that over 100,000 organizations are currently using or editing AI agents through its Copilot Studio platform. The updates include new autonomous capabilities that allow agents to work independently without human …
AnyChat, a new development tool, enables seamless integration of multiple large language models (LLMs) through a single interface. Developer Ahsen Khaliq, machine learning growth lead at Gradio, created the platform to allow users to switch between models like ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Meta’s LLaMA without being restricted to one provider, as reported by …
A San Francisco-based startup Fastino has unveiled new task-optimized AI models that run efficiently on standard CPUs without requiring expensive GPUs. As reported by Sean Michael Kerner, the company has secured $7 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Microsoft’s Venture Fund M12 and Insight Partners. Fastino’s models differ from traditional large language models by …
DataRobot has launched its Enterprise AI Suite, a comprehensive platform that combines predictive and generative AI capabilities to help enterprises convert AI investments into measurable business outcomes. As Sean Michael Kerner reports, the new platform addresses the challenge that 90% of AI projects fail to move from prototype to production, according to DataRobot’s research. The …