Microsoft is adding 10 autonomous agents in Dynamics 365 and moving the ability to create them into public preview in Copilot Studio. With the move, Microsoft is adding on to its Copilot stack with agentic AI agents that can complete tasks autonomously.
IBM launched Granite 3.0 8B and 2B models under the Apache 2.0 license, new models designed for CPU-based deployments and edge computing and the next-generation of Watsonx code assistant.
On-premise enterprise AI workloads are being talked about more as technology giants are betting that enterprise demand will launch in 2025 due to data privacy, competitive advantage and budgetary concerns.
On Blackstone's third quarter earnings conference call, the company said its data center portfolio now has $70 billion in facilities and more than $100 billion in pipeline development.
General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations for United States Space Force, outlined the agency's increasing challenges, but noted that the innovation at scale and pace is possible with a public-private partnership.
The company will continue to be led by founder and CEO Tien Tzuo, who added that going private will help the Zuora build out its monetization suite
Google Public Sector Summit featured a packed lineup of AI leaders, panels on use cases and real-world government challenges. Here's a look at the takeaways.
Amazon is investing in X-Energy Reactor Company's $500 million venture round as it becomes clear that AI factories will be increasingly tethered to nuclear reactors.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the company is committed to serving the public sector and government "in all of its domains" and said Google Public Sector is the only completely independent division to give it the leeway to serve customers.
Google Public Sector said Gemini in Google Distributed Cloud for secret and top-secret workloads will be available in early 2025 as the two-year-old unit announced key customer wins NIH Strides and CalHEERS as well as a Federal AI Solution Factory with Accenture. Google Cloud also won new authorizations for Air Force Cloud One to provide cloud services to the Department of the Airforce.
The German Speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) said that SAP on-premises customers are being discriminated against because the software vendor is requiring that new innovations, notably generative AI, will be delivered on its cloud platform.
Dell Technologies launched its Dell PowerEdge XE9712, a system built on Nvidia's GB200 NVL72 platform with 36 Nvidia Grace CPUs and 72 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in a rack.
