Category: AI and Data Analytics

The Six Five team discusses the news that Google Bard goes multilingual, supporting over 40 languages, having now launched in the EU.
The Six Five team discusses IBM's announcement that Watsonx.ai and .data are "going GA."
In our latest research brief, The Integration of AI and ML into Financial Management Systems Offers Substantial Benefits to Technology Companies, done in partnership with Workday, we analyze the current approach to modernization and the challenges facing enterprises in today’s climate of fast-paced disruption, economic turbulence and labor challenges.
On this episode of The Six Five – On The Road, hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead welcome Splunk’s Chief Cybersecurity Advisor Paul Kurtz, Live from .conf23 in Las Vegas to discuss how the c-suite should be thinking about AI today.
Generative AI Could Reduce Enterprise Dependence on Data Science Expertise
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how generative AI could reduce enterprise dependence on data science expertise. The piece explores Google Cloud Engineering executive Andi Gutmans’ premise, which is bold and framed in a way that many have previously alluded to: that generative AI democratizes AI uses. Will GenEng emerge, and what are the potential impacts?
IBM posted a solid second quarter for fiscal year 2023, with revenue of $15.48 billion, which just missed analyst estimates, and earnings per share of $2.18 that handily beat analyst estimates of $2.01 per share
Daniel Newman and Todd R. Weiss of The Futurum Group share their insights as IBM’s Q2 earnings beat EPS estimates, just missing on analyst revenue estimates, as the company launches its new watsonx generative AI and data platform into general availability. The nascent watsonx platform is positioned to help drive broad enterprise success in generative AI for the company.
On this episode of The Six Five – On The Road, hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead welcome Splunk’s CEO Gary Steele, live from .conf23 in Las Vegas to discuss their latest announcements, including Splunk Edge Hub, SplunkAI and more.
Major Investments Coming for Specific Areas of Generative AI
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines the $1.3 billion investment in LLM provider Inflection, and the transaction’s implications for the industry. The Inflection funding marks a significant milestone in the generative AI landscape.
Ada Lovelace Institute Report Reveals the Challenge to Balancing Pro-Business AI Priorities With Pro-Consumer AI Protections
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines a new Ada Lovelace Institute report that reveals the challenge to balancing pro-business AI wishes with pro-consumer AI protections. The piece explores how the current AI policy debate in the UK is a great example of the struggle to find equilibrium, where business can thrive and the public is sufficiently protected. The current AI Safety approach will not help the UK become an AI leader, and the approach is essentially a good example of what not to do to build sensible AI regulations that benefit business and the public.
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the general availability of watsonx, including watsonx.ai, which should help enterprises developing AI applications deploy them more quickly and efficiently, improving time-to-value.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Broadcom, VMWare, China, Microsoft, Activision, Adobe, Amazon, IBM & Google.
Topics Include Personal Info Sharing, Critical Gaps in CX, and Consumer Sentiment on AI
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX research reports and survey findings from Airship, CCW Digital, and Qualtrics. In this edition, he writes about how consumers are more willing this year to share their personal information with brands; how consumers feel that CX has worsened; and how consumers are still apprehensive of AI involvement in the financial, legal, and medical aspects of their lives.

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