Author Archives: Todd R. Weiss

Todd R. Weiss

As the Energy Industry Transforms, AI Automation is Its Next Opportunity

January 3rd, 2022 (0)

The global energy system is in transition – from renewable energy generation to electric vehicles – and this is leading to an increasingly diverse, integrated and electrified power network. But it comes at a cost – to reach that ...

AIoT and Edge Analytics: A Powerful Combination

December 29th, 2021 (0)

The internet of things and AI are groundbreaking business technologies on their own, but when they are combined, their benefits are magnified for enterprise users. IoT connects devices together, giving and receiving signals like a nervous system, while AI ...

The Metaverse: What Will 2022 Bring?

December 23rd, 2021 (0)

The term “metaverse” certainly got more attention in October when social media company Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta. The renaming was done, the company said, to focus its work on bringing the metaverse to life so it ...

2021: An Incredible Year of AI in Review

December 22nd, 2021 (0)

From the still-menacing COVID-19 pandemic to new virus variants and overwhelmed hospitals, to extreme weather events, continuing global supply chain issues and a world clamoring for some semblance of recovery and normalcy, 2021 sure has been exhausting. It was ...

Technical Debt and AI: What It Is and How to Fight It

December 17th, 2021 (0)

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic created worldwide uncertainty in markets including semiconductors, food, vehicles and building materials, financial investments in artificial intelligence (AI) companies continued to grow. New research from CB Insights shows that the sector is shattering funding ...

Nvidia, Utilidata Partner on Software-Defined Smart Grid Chip Development

December 16th, 2021 (0)

Nvidia and energy meter software vendor Utilidata are collaborating to make regional electrical grids smarter and more energy-efficient by developing special software-defined smart grid chips that aim to dramatically upgrade the nation’s power-distribution system. The chips, which will powered ...

Conversational AI Continuing to Mature for Customer Service

December 15th, 2021 (0)

As more companies use conversational AI bots as a front line of customer service for consumers, the experience can typically be either helpful or maddening. Ganesh Gopalan, the CEO and co-founder of conversational AI vendor Gnani.ai, told EnterpriseAI that ...

GPT-3 Made Better: OpenAI Adds Model Fine-Tuning Capabilities to its GPT-3 API

December 14th, 2021 (0)

OpenAI’s GPT-3 natural language model just got faster and less expensive to use, thanks to a new API feature that integrates fine-tuning so users can customize their models to produce better results from their workloads. By harnessing automated fine-tuning ...

C3 AI Gets $500M Deal with DOD in Midst of Stock Price Struggles

December 10th, 2021 (0)

Enterprise AI vendor C3 AI announced the receipt of a $500 million AI modeling and simulation software agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that aims to help the military accelerate its use of AI in the nation’s ...

Embedded ML Platform Vendor Edge Impulse Secures $34M in New Funding

December 9th, 2021 (0)

Edge Impulse, which offers a SaaS-based machine learning platform for creating projects for edge devices, has received $34 million in new Series B funding to grow its operations, marketing and staff. The two-year-old startup announced the additional funding, which ...