SAS Hackathon open for registration
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AI agents seen as essential, not just experimental
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SA banks look to consortiums for help with APP fraud
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Aurora supercomputer ranks fastest for AI
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Nvidia Grace Hopper powers new supercomputers
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OpenAI enhances ChatGPT with GPT-4o
OpenAI has launched its new flagship model, GPT-4o, which will roll out more intelligence and advanced tools to ChatGPT for free. GPT-4o provides GPT-4-level intelligence but is much faster and improves on its capabilities across text, voice, and vision. It is also...
Collective intelligence the key to business value
Data & analytics (D&A) leaders should focus on collective intelligence to drive business value and D&A maturity, according to Gartner. Collective intelligence, driven by generative AI (GenAI) combines the problem-solving skills of humans and machines to...
Security concerns drive quantum cryptography market
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Hubble glimpses a star-forming factory
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