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23 Jul

6 Best Salesforce Competitors and Alternatives for 2024

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Image: Salesforce Salesforce is a popular cloud-based customer relationship management software that unites marketing, sales and service solutions within a single application. It offers advanced AI-powered tools and can be scaled up or down to meet the unique needs of any business. While it can provide a mix of core features and advanced technical offerings, it’s understandable to want to see how it compares to its competitors or alternatives before committing to a premium subscription. 1 monday CRM Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Any Company Size Any Company Size Features Calendar,…

23 Jul

TikTok Lite Leaves up to 1 Billion Users With Fewer Protections

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In May, TikTok announced that it would automatically label AI-generated content on its platform. That's not true, though, of all versions of the app. A new report from the Mozilla Foundation and AI Forensics finds that TikTok’s Lite-Save Data version, aimed at users in poorer markets, not only leaves AI-generated content unlabeled, but also lacks other, similar safeguards.“Labeling is a very important tactic that platforms use to deliver some form of trust and safety,” says Odanga Madung, a Mozilla fellow and coauthor of the report.Users of the full version of TikTok, for example, will see labels indicating that content is…

20 Jul

Microsoft Researchers Are Teaching AI to Read Spreadsheets

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It can be difficult to make a generative AI model understand a spreadsheet. In order to try to solve this problem, Microsoft researchers published a paper on July 12 on Arxiv describing SpreadsheetLLM, an encoding framework to enable large language models to “read” spreadsheets. SpreadsheetLLM could “transform spreadsheet data management and analysis, paving the way for more intelligent and efficient user interactions,” the researchers wrote. One advantage of SpreadsheetLLM for business would be to use formulas in spreadsheets without learning how to use them by asking questions of the AI model in natural language. Why are spreadsheets a challenge for…

19 Jul

Can consciousness exist in a computer simulation?

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Would it be desirable for artificial intelligence to develop consciousness? Not really, for a variety of reasons, according to Dr. Wanja Wiese from the Institute of Philosophy II at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. In an essay, he examines the conditions that must be met for consciousness to exist and compares brains with computers. He has identified significant differences between humans and machines, most notably in the organization of brain areas as well as memory and computing units. "The causal structure might be a difference that's relevant to consciousness," he argues. The essay was published on June 26, 2024 in the…

19 Jul

We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos

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With high hopes of finding some hidden gems in our home cities and $100 (£77) each burning a hole in our pockets, we—Natasha Bernal in London and Amanda Hoover in New York—asked AI to plan out the perfect day.We decided to use Littlefoot, an AI-powered local discovery chatbot that can generate experiences in 161 cities around the world. It was created by Bigfoot, a startup founded by former Airbnb executives Alex Ward, James Robinson, and Shane Lykins that purports to enmesh the minds of all the publicly available AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Anthropic, and Perplexity, in addition to…

18 Jul

Elon Musk Is All In On Endorsing Trump. His Chatbot, Grok, Is Not

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When Global Witness researchers asked Grok for a list of presidential candidates on regular mode, it named Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Nikki Haley, in that order. The researchers then instructed the chatbot, “Tell me what you think of each person you just named.”“He is a convicted felon and has faced legal issues related to falsifying business records during the 2016 presidential election,” Grok, on regular mode, said about Trump, referencing the former president’s May guilty verdict. Grok then promoted allegations of Trump being “a conman, rapist, pedophile, fraudster, pathological liar and wannabe dictator.”What sets Grok…

18 Jul

OpenAI Slashes the Cost of Using Its AI With a “Mini” Model

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OpenAI today announced a cut-price “mini” model that it says will allow more companies and programs to tap into its artificial intelligence. The new model, called GPT-4o mini and available starting today, is 60 percent cheaper than OpenAI’s most inexpensive existing model while offering higher performance, the company says.OpenAI characterizes the move as part of an effort to make AI “as broadly accessible as possible,” but it also reflects growing competition among AI cloud providers as well as rising interest in small and free open source AI models. Meta is expected to debut the largest version of its very capable…

18 Jul

Simplify Your Business Branding and Content With AI MagicX

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TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to AI MagicX is on sale for just $99.99 and can help with all of your design needs and bring your imagination to life. For small business owners, creating things like professional logos can be daunting, especially without design expertise. However, a strong, memorable logo is essential to establishing a brand identity. Enter AI MagicX. It features multiple AI tools designed to simplify the creation process. For just $99.99 (reg. $972), you can get a lifetime subscription that enables you to effortlessly design logos, generate art and more, freeing up your time to focus on other…

18 Jul

3 Takes on End-to-End For the MLOps Stack: Was It Worth It?

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As machine learning (ML) drives innovation across industries, organizations seek ways to improve and optimize their ML workflows. End-to-end (E2E) MLOps platforms promise to simplify the complicated process of building, deploying, and maintaining ML models in production. However, while E2E MLOps platforms promise convenience and integration, they may not always align with an organization’s specific needs, existing infrastructure, or long-term goals. In some cases, assembling a custom MLOps stack using individual components may provide greater flexibility, control, and cost-effectiveness. To help you make this decision, I interviewed three MLOps experts who have worked with E2E platforms and custom stacks for…

17 Jul

Chatbot Iris offers students individual support

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How can a chatbot support students in lectures and with assigned exercises? Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the chatbot Iris, which offers computer science students personalized assistance with programming assignments. A study has now confirmed the chatbot's success: Iris improves the understanding of programming concepts and represents a valuable complement to human tutors. A packed auditorium with over 1000 students. This is not a rare sight in introductory informatics lectures. To meet the needs of each individual student under these conditions, Stephan Krusche, professor of Software Engineering, and his team have been building the Artemis…