Tagged: generative ai

April 17, 2024 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte announced the expansion of its global Generative AI (GenAI) incubator network to include regional hubs in the US, Canada, India, Egypt, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal and Romania—allowing clients to experiment and innovate with GenAI technology, and to develop, deploy, and scale solutions in their local… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 10:30 am By Aaron Rafferty  |  

Generative AI [artificial intelligence] has taken the world by storm, especially with the proliferation of OpenAI’s massively popular ChatGPT. However, these generative AI models can potentially make an even greater impact than one might imagine. In the commercial real estate sector, generative AI has inspired… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HighRadius announces the launch of Accounts Payable Automation, the GenAI native solution, to automate the entire payer-supplier payment process. AP teams have been working “with traditional, one-way applications intended to reduce manual processes and save costs.” However, these haven’t helped suppliers, “who get limited payment… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Generative AI firm, Hazy, and Open Banking data ownership platform, Unbanx, announced today the launch of the ethical data cooperative comprising synthetically generated financial transaction data. Transaction datasets provide analysts, hedge funds and other financial institutions with invaluable insights “into behaviors and trends which drive… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Generative AI (Gen AI) became popular or more widespread with consumers in 2022, when several user-friendly text-based AI systems were released to the public, according to a recent update shared by KPMG. Yet despite its infancy, respondents to a new KPMG UK poll have “expressed… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finastra’s Filogix team has unveiled new generative AI (Gen AI) capabilities in its Expert Pro Canadian Mortgage Point of Sale (POS) solution. The function automates the creation of borrower narratives (notes) that “aids in lender underwriting – streamlining processes, saving time and minimizing errors for… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grasshopper, the client-first digital bank built for the business and innovation economy, and Greenlite, the generative AI platform for compliance teams, today announced their partnership to leverage Greenlite’s AI-enhanced due diligence suite to bolster Grasshopper’s risk decisioning proficiency for small and medium-sized business (SMB) and… Read More

February 2, 2024 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The “explosion” of generative AI [artificial intelligence] saves the AI sector from the worst of the venture drought, according to an update from CBInsights. The CBInsights team notes that although AI venture activity slowed down in 2023, the sector — and particularly, generative AI —… Read More

January 26, 2024 @ 11:29 am By Michael Wong  |  

Addlly AI, a Singapore-based Generative AI startup, announced the successful closure of its seed funding round, achieving a valuation cap of S$5 million. The fresh funding will be used for the strategic expansion of the company’s capabilities in AI-driven digital marketing, according to the announcement…. Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA is looking to spot and train the best in-house talent in the use of the large language models (LLMs) that are behind the success of the likes of ChatGPT, as it drives the exploration of projects based on generative artificial intelligence. To succeed in… Read More

December 26, 2023 @ 12:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a global provider of information and analytics, announced it is expanding U.S. law school access to Lexis+ AI, a transformative legal generative AI solution that supports conversational search, intelligent legal drafting, insightful summarization, and document analysis. Earlier this fall, Lexis+ AI… Read More

December 14, 2023 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One in five are not confident that their organizations are well-positioned to “take advantage of the potential benefits AI might bring,” according to an update from Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) which released its 2023 Financial Services GenAI Survey. Nearly all (99%) of the financial… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex shared data on the impact of a new generative AI tool that enhances the speed and efficacy of its “Know your Customer” (KYC) and onboarding processes. The new tool reduces ‘false positives’ by 50 percent “on average, while boosting the number of customers that… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom across all industries has fueled “anxiety” in the workforce, with employees fearing ethical usage, legal risks and job displacement, according to new data from Ernst & Young LLP (EY US). The AI Anxiety in Business Survey is based “on findings… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the two companies will collaborate to help developers and enterprise customers accelerate the adoption of advanced generative AI technology. Generative AI shows promise in “transforming software development and application modernization.” Building on its AI-focused strategic… Read More

November 22, 2023 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyber and digital technology risks are a key concern for businesses and risk leaders in 2023, even as 60% see GenAI “as an opportunity for their businesses,” according to PwC’s 2023 Global Risk Survey, published recently. More than 3,900 business and risks leaders – “from… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced enhancements to the bank’s virtual assistant, Cora, that will use generative AI to provide customers with access to a wider range of information through conversational interactions. The bank will be among the first in the UK to deploy generative… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Guidde, the video documentation platform harnessing generative AI, today announced a $11.6 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, joined by existing investors Entrée Capital, Honeystone Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and new investor Tiferes Ventures. The Series A investment round comes “within a… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Glia, the customer interaction leader unifying Digital Customer Service (DCS), phone and automation on a single platform, is offering new generative AI tools to help financial institutions drive efficiency and improve the customer experience in a safe, secure way. Justin DiPietro, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU) is starting to test this week a new solution that applies generative artificial intelligence as a virtual assistant to further enhance customer service. In this initial stage, the AI solution will “focus on presenting personalized possibilities related to credit granting within the Nubank… Read More