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These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

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The hype around ChatGPT , OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. That’s the vibe one gets from Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 batch, which features no fewer than four startups that claim to be building a “ChatGPT for X.” Only time will tell.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. Lawyer Steven A.

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The AI continuum

CIO

ChatGPT has turned everything we know about AI on its head. Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are only one aspect of AI. In many ways, ChatGPT put AI in the spotlight, creating a widespread awareness of AI as a whole—and helping to spur the pace of its adoption. AI encompasses many things.

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How gen AI is joining the holiday shopping season

CIO

Just a year after the release of ChatGPT, gen AI is generating value in many different industries, including retail. They can analyze natural-language conversations managed by chatbots built with the ChatGPT API to better understand customer preferences or problems related to products, transactions, or service.

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Survey: Marketers embrace AI at expense of metaverse investments

CIO

The B2B marketing landscape is experiencing a seismic shift fueled by the ascent of ChatGPT and other generative AI (GAI) apps. In a testament to its growing importance, 80% of marketers have experimented with or deployed the burgeoning technology, in some cases redirecting budgets from last year’s forays into the metaverse.

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What are the main challenges CISOs are facing in the Middle East?

CIO

From a cybersecurity perspective, how has been 2023? According to Statista, the number of IoT devices exceeded 15 billion in 2023. Ransomware attacks have also increased in 2023 probably due to their perceived profitability. Cybersecurity is an expensive process, and resources must be available and appropriately budgeted.

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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

CIO

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94%