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SK Telecom announces $10M investment in Perplexity AI

Ryan Daws — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:23:04 +0000

SK Telecom (SKT) has announced a $10 million investment in generative AI search engine startup Perplexity AI. The partnership enhances SKT’s presence in the field of generative AI search technology, an area that has drawn considerable interest from major tech companies. The collaboration is expected to bolster SKT’s ‘AI personal assistant’ services. Perplexity, a rapidly... Read more »

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NTT: AI risks ‘enormous and irreversible damage’ to society

Ryan Daws — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:13:33 +0000

In a joint proposal, Japanese telecom giant NTT and newspaper publisher The Yomiuri Shimbun have warned that generative AI poses risks of causing “enormous and irreversible damage” to society if left unchecked. The companies acknowledge the benefits of generative AI, including user-friendly interfaces and improved productivity from summaries. However, they raise concerns about the lack... Read more »

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BT boosts developer productivity with Amazon’s generative AI coding assistant

Ryan Daws — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:01:43 +0000

BT Group’s Digital unit has announced the deployment of Amazon CodeWhisperer, a generative AI coding assistant from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This marks a significant step in the company’s drive for modernisation, efficiency, and improved tooling for its workforce. CodeWhisperer provides real-time AI-powered code suggestions, from snippets to full functions, in multiple integrated development environments... Read more »

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Capgemini highlights telcos’ generative AI interest

Ryan Daws — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:09:22 +0000

Generative AI is gaining significant attention in the telecom industry, with 97 percent of surveyed companies indicating its presence on their boardroom agendas. The statistic comes from Capgemini, which surveyed 1,000 organisations – including 10 percent from the telecom sector – focused on exploring the use cases and potential impacts of generative AI. Franck Greverie,... Read more »

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