IBM has announced the upcoming general availability of watsonx.governance in early December. This tool aims to address challenges associated with generative AI, which is powered by large language models (LLM) or foundation models. While such AI models offer various business use cases, they also bring risks and complexities, such as the use of unverified training … continue reading
IBM is launching a $500 million venture fund to invest in AI companies at various stages of development. The fund’s focus is on advancing generative AI technology and research for businesses, from early-stage startups to those in hyper-growth stages. According to IBM, the approach it is taking with the Enterprise AI Venture Fund is unique … continue reading
IBM has launched its watsonx Code Assistant, which targets multiple use cases: IT automation and application modernization. The product consists of two main components at launch: watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed and watsonx Code Assistant for Z. Watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed uses generative AI to assist IT teams … continue reading
IBM has announced the release of the first models in the watsonx Granite series, which utilize generative AI for language and code tasks. These models come in various sizes to cater to different business needs and are based on a decoder-only architecture. They can be used to scale AI in various ways, such as generating … continue reading
IBM has announced that watsonx is generally available and has begun its rollout to enterprises. Watsonx is an AI and data platform that was first unveiled by IBM at the IBM Think conference in May. Watsonx consists of three parts: watsonx.ai, which is a studio for building foundation models, generative AI, and machine learning wattonx.data, … continue reading
Today IBM announced a new AI and data platform called watsonx that is intended to allow enterprises to scale and accelerate the impact of AI with trusted data. IBM is offering an AI development studio with access to IBM-curated and trained foundation models and open-source models, access to a data store so users can gather … continue reading
While many people are interested in pursuing a career in STEM, a lot of them don’t feel super familiar with the career options in the field. According to a study based on 14,000 interviews conducted by IBM and Morning Consult, 40% of respondents stated they don’t know where to start to make this career change. … continue reading
IBM today announced new software designed to assist enterprises in breaking down data and analytics silos, allowing them to make data-driven decisions quickly and navigate disruptions. IBM Business Analytics Enterprise is a suite of business intelligence planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and dashboard capabilities intended to provide users with a full view of data sources across … continue reading
With only about one quarter of SAP customers having moved from their existing ECC environments to S/4HANA, it’s clear businesses are looking for guidance on the best way to manage such a transformative migration. This hesitancy is understandable – SAP S/4HANA represents more than a technical upgrade, it’s a major functional change. That means IT … continue reading
IBM unveiled three new embeddable AI libraries to reduce the barriers for AI adoption and to address the AI skills shortage. The models include the same language processing and speech libraries that IBM uses to power its own IBM Watson software. One of the new libraries is IBM Watson Natural Language Processing Library (NLP), designed … continue reading
IBM has announced a new partnership with 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to address the cybersecurity skills gap by setting up Cybersecurity Leadership Centers. According to a recent study by IBM, organizations that don’t have sufficient security teams experience $550,000 more in costs related to data breaches compared to companies with sufficiently staffed … continue reading