What Is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

AI is a discipline that attempts to create systems capable of thought or behavior based on natural processes. These natural processes include vision, language processing, reasoning, and learning. AI applies research from computer science, psychology, mathematics, linguistics, and neuroscience to develop problem-solving applications that supplant or augment human intellectual performance.

Modern AI technologies include generative Ai, Deep Learing, machine learning, natural language interfaces, and a variety of technologies to support evidence-based decision-making. Supported by large data sets and modern distributed computing platforms, this stack provides the essential tools to enable today’s intelligent enterprise. Dont miss our deep dives into the entire AI Landscape:

AI Platforms and Architecture
AI Agents and Agent Platforms
Agentic AI and Agentic Systems
Generative AI
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Building Your AI Roadmap

Because AI makes resources smarter, enterprises that leverage it sooner than their competitors will have a strategic advantage. Business planners need to:

  • Ask their providers if they have a roadmap for AI. If your providers are not planning on developing or acquiring AI applications and technologies, begin to evaluate alternative providers.
  • Understand user needs and the potential impact of emerging AI and machine learning technologies and applications. Allocation of AI investments should be first applied to areas that stand to have the biggest impact on business.

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Anthropic Fable 5 was pulled from the market. It turns out that Anthropic was reported to the US Federal Government by one of their investors – Amazon.

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At its re:Invent 2021 event this week, Amazon Web Services demonstrated several of its enhanced application capabilities with an emphasis on its artificial intelligence offerings. In particular, ease of use and no-code capabilities were themes that stood out in the cloud computing provider’s development and voice analytics tools. This blog reviews some AI highlights from the event.

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