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Nirmal: 'We are here to support clients through the entire AI lifecycle'
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Nirmal: 'We are here to support clients through the entire AI lifecycle'

By Federal Newswire Report | Sep 7, 2023

IBM unveiled plans to enhance its AI platform, watsonx, with new generative AI foundation models and features.

Center for Democracy and Technology endorses three workplace bills
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Center for Democracy and Technology endorses three workplace bills

By Federal Department News | Sep 6, 2023

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), an organization that aims to influence technology policy, announced Sept. 4 it is endorsing three bills introduced by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. The bills would establish regulations for workplace technologies CDT said can be harmful to employees.

Reuters: 'X is planning to remove the headline and text while retaining just the lead image from links'
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Reuters: 'X is planning to remove the headline and text while retaining just the lead image from links'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 25, 2023

Elon Musk recently announced his intention to change how news links appear on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

Reuters: Zuckerberg 'envisions such tools facilitating interactions between users from around the globe'
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Reuters: Zuckerberg 'envisions such tools facilitating interactions between users from around the globe'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 25, 2023

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, introduced an AI model named SeamlessM4T.

Cardell: 'Any future decision on this new deal will ensure that the growing cloud gaming market continues to benefit from open and effective competition'
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Cardell: 'Any future decision on this new deal will ensure that the growing cloud gaming market continues to benefit from open and effective competition'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 24, 2023

Activision Blizzard will sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment in an effort to gain approval from the United Kingdom's anti-trust regulator for its $69 billion sale to Microsoft.

Long: 'The United States is unique in having a vibrant and research-intensive biopharmaceutical start-up system'
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Long: 'The United States is unique in having a vibrant and research-intensive biopharmaceutical start-up system'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 23, 2023

A new analysis by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reveals a striking trend among the world's top 2,500 research and development investors.

Dally: 'It’s a really exciting time to be a computer engineer'
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Dally: 'It’s a really exciting time to be a computer engineer'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 22, 2023

Bill Dally, head of NVIDIA's research efforts and a prominent computer scientist, will deliver a keynote address at Hot Chips, an annual conference of leading processor and system architects.

Johnson: Assumption was 'when just California had passed a privacy law was that basically every other liberal state would pass a pretty similar law'
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Johnson: Assumption was 'when just California had passed a privacy law was that basically every other liberal state would pass a pretty similar law'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 21, 2023

In the lead-up to implementing stringent new digital privacy safeguards for their constituents earlier this spring, Oregon legislators contemplated a significant enforcement strategy — affording citizens the authority to legally challenge companies for breaches of privacy.

Adashek: 'The AI commentary feature was developed based on the watsonx enterprise-ready data and AI platform'
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Adashek: 'The AI commentary feature was developed based on the watsonx enterprise-ready data and AI platform'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 20, 2023

IBM and the U.S. Tennis Association unveiled new digital fan features for USOpen.org and the U.S. Open app, including AI-generated spoken commentary powered by IBM's watsonx AI and data platform.

Hallac: 'Viaduct has deployed on more than two million vehicles'
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Hallac: 'Viaduct has deployed on more than two million vehicles'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023

Viaduct, a startup based in Menlo Park, Calif., is aiding vehicle and parts manufacturers by developing models for time-series inference to extract failure insights from connected car sensor data.

Jagwe: 'OpenUSD makes it so much easier to transport all the textures and characters together in one place for animation'
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Jagwe: 'OpenUSD makes it so much easier to transport all the textures and characters together in one place for animation'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 18, 2023

Reallusion recently released an update to the iClone Omniverse Connector, a software used by creators and developers to enhance their workflows in 3D character animation and digitalization.

Schruers: 'For 200 years, courts have upheld the First Amendment to protect citizens and private businesses from government attempts to compel speech'
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Schruers: 'For 200 years, courts have upheld the First Amendment to protect citizens and private businesses from government attempts to compel speech'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 17, 2023

The U.S. Solicitor General responded to a Supreme Court request, saying Texas and Florida social media laws require Supreme Court review.

Dine: 'The people most likely to benefit from Internet access are those least likely to have a broadband subscription'
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Dine: 'The people most likely to benefit from Internet access are those least likely to have a broadband subscription'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 16, 2023

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), designed to provide broadband access to low-income consumers, faces depletion by 2024, potentially exacerbating the digital divide.

McGuinness: 'Our mission is to empower the healthcare industry to achieve more'
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McGuinness: 'Our mission is to empower the healthcare industry to achieve more'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 15, 2023

Microsoft announced Epic clients, starting with Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, can utilize Microsoft Azure Large Instances to handle the scale required for Epic electronic health record (EHR) databases, enabling up to 50 million database accesses per second.

Pette: 'Enterprises are increasingly seeking large-scale compute resources in the data center'
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Pette: 'Enterprises are increasingly seeking large-scale compute resources in the data center'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 14, 2023

NVIDIA recently announced the launch of the NVIDIA OVX servers featuring the new NVIDIA L40S GPU.

China: The FCC proposes a new smart device security measure and seeks public input
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China: The FCC proposes a new smart device security measure and seeks public input

By Samantha Anderson | Aug 14, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission recently announced a newly proposed security measure for smart devices.

Huang: 'NVIDIA is putting our full force behind the advancement and adoption of OpenUSD'
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Huang: 'NVIDIA is putting our full force behind the advancement and adoption of OpenUSD'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 13, 2023

NVIDIA recently revealed a comprehensive initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD).

Lebaredian: 'The latest Omniverse update lets developers tap generative AI through OpenUSD to enhance their tools'
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Lebaredian: 'The latest Omniverse update lets developers tap generative AI through OpenUSD to enhance their tools'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 12, 2023

NVIDIA announced a significant update to its Omniverse platform.

Huang: 'The generative AI era is upon us, the iPhone moment if you will'
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Huang: 'The generative AI era is upon us, the iPhone moment if you will'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 11, 2023

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang returned to SIGGRAPH to discuss the rise of generative AI and unveiled announcements including the next-generation GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip platform, NVIDIA AI Workbench and upgrades to NVIDIA Omniverse.

Boya: 'We’re focused on improving our content to provide a better customer experience'
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Boya: 'We’re focused on improving our content to provide a better customer experience'

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 10, 2023

A developer advocate shares their journey to becoming comfortable in front of a camera and announces recording videos for the Build On AWS YouTube Channel in an Aug. 8 weekly roundup post for Amazon Web Services.

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