Tagged: artificial intelligence

November 3, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights has released the latest State of AI Q3’24 Report. CBInsights noted that the quarterly AI (artificial intelligence) deal count surged to reach “highest” level since Q1’22 peak. In Q3’24, CBInsights revealed that the global AI deal count surged “24% QoQ to reach 1,245 —… Read More

November 3, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FLock.io, a platform for federated learning on blockchain, announced that it has entered into an MoU with Animoca Brands, the company driving digital property rights via NFTs and gaming to help build the open metaverse, to explore “co-creation opportunities” for domain-specific AI models using FLock.io’s… Read More

November 2, 2024 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into the cloud, according to a report from KPMG which revealed that 97 per cent of companies in Germany that use cloud services obtain their AI (artificial intelligence) solutions from cloud providers. The research report noted that the… Read More

October 30, 2024 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian announced the launch of Experian Assistant, a generative AI-enabled solution that accelerates the modeling lifecycle, slashing model-development timelines from months to days. Integrated with Experian Ascend Technology Platform, this solution reportedly empowers users to leverage their data for analytics with less effort. The world’s… Read More

October 29, 2024 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novaprime, a mortgage technology company dedicated to making homeownership more affordable, has recently announced that it makes its public debut with the launch of its AI-powered Loan Quality Platform. The platform is designed to improve the mortgage process by quickly evaluating loan integrity, “reducing processing… Read More

October 23, 2024 @ 10:20 am By Michael Wong  |  

Fintech companies are facing a challenging environment in 2024 due to high interest rates and heightened regulatory scrutiny, but they are also discovering new opportunities, according to the latest Future of Fintech Report from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank. Despite… Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European generative AI market is growing steadily, providing considerable opportunities, however, firms need to still overcome key challenges to ensure people feel comfortable with the tech. This, according to an update from Deloitte. Trust, which is considered to be a cornerstone of “widespread” acceptance,… Read More

September 22, 2024 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report, released by Experian in collaboration with techUK, reveals Generative AI (GenAI) has the potential to boost annual U.K. GDP over the next ten years by up to £120 billion, but cites significant barriers “for businesses to overcome before that figure becomes a… Read More

September 21, 2024 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fathom, the AI-powered meeting intelligence platform that enables teams to have more productive conversations, announced it has raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Telescope Partners. Fathom’s seed investors reportedly include Maven Ventures, Character, Active Capital and Rackhouse Ventures. The company also reserved… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 6:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Results of a recent J.D. Power survey suggest consumers are growing more comfortable with artificial intelligence in financial services, but the concept isn’t over the hump just yet. J.D. Power surveyed more than 2,000 financial services customers in the United States about their utilization and… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than two-thirds (76%) of financial services operations leaders in the US believe that using AI would enable them to make faster, more effective decisions, but 62% lack the data management capabilities and data environment to capitalize on the technology’s potential. That is according to… Read More

September 4, 2024 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Bank has teamed up with Cleareye.ai, an artificial intelligence platform, leveraging AI to enhance the processing and compliance checking of trade finance documentation to enable efficiencies for customers. The innovative tech will use optical character recognition, machine learning and natural language processing algorithms in… Read More

August 27, 2024 @ 7:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create Accenture Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform powered by AWS to help organizations adopt and scale AI rapidly with trust and confidence throughout their enterprise. The rapid rise of… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, the provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention, announced Selfie Reverification – a way to validate return consumers online with a simple selfie from any device in under 2 seconds. The Selfie Reverification capability matches “an incoming selfie… Read More

August 4, 2024 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CBInsights notes in a new report that AI funding has reached $23.2B in Q2’24 — the highest quarterly level on record. CBInsights pointed out that global AI funding “climbed once again in Q2’24, jumping 59% QoQ to hit $23.2B — the highest quarterly level on… Read More

July 29, 2024 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTC Chair Lina M. Khan, alongside international antitrust enforcers and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, issued a statement affirming a commitment “to protecting competition across the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem to ensure effective competition that provides fair and honest treatment for both consumers and… Read More

July 28, 2024 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Applied Systems announced that it has acquired Planck, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) company for the insurance industry. This strategic acquisition will significantly “expand Applied’s AI capabilities, accelerating its vision for the next generation of the digital roundtrip of insurance and creating more value at every… Read More

July 19, 2024 @ 8:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced an additional commitment of S$100 million (about $74 million) under the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Grant Scheme (FSTI 3.0). This funding aims to bolster financial institutions in developing quantum and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and foster the… Read More

July 1, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CBInsights has shared key industry insights in an update, entitled Enterprise AI Roadmap: How the AI development platform landscape has transformed, changing how buyers assess ROI, use cases. The researchers reportedly mined CB Insights data and spoke “with 50+ buyers of AI… Read More

June 30, 2024 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The rapid adoption of AI requires central banks to embrace the new technology, the Bank for International Settlements said recently, urging policymakers to anticipate the transformative effects of AI on the economy and to use it to sharpen their own analytical tools in pursuit of… Read More