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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

TechCrunch

As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. Poly’s first tool in its planned web-based suite generates 3D textures with physically-based rendering maps. Image Credits: Poly.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

CIO

The retail industry has no shortage of cases on display where generative AI has shown tangible benefits. They had ChatGPT write the script, and other gen AI tools to create a digital person who reads the script, a scalable process with at least one measurable benefit: speed. The new ads were created very quickly,” says Banks.

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AI avatars in the workplace: A tricky equation CIOs must prepare for

CIO

As generative AI capabilities expand, CIOs will soon have to make difficult decisions about how far to allow AI to represent company employees, whether in internal meetings or when meeting with customers or partners. No virtual avatar can know what’s in my head, no matter how well trained.”

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO

How Nvidia got here and where it’s going next sheds light on how the company has achieved that valuation, a story that owes a lot to the rising importance of specialty chips in business—and accelerating interest in the promise of generative AI. Nvidia gets two bites at this market. The other is the cars themselves.

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10 highest-paying IT skills for 2024

CIO

A quick scan of these roles tells you all you need to know about what companies are looking for: hard-to-acquire skills around AI, machine learning, and software development. Chat applications such as ChatGPT have made strong headway, as have image-generators such as DALL-E 3, capturing the imagination of businesses everywhere.

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Thinking of hibernating through the metaverse winter?

CIO

If you’re skeptical about dipping your enterprise’s virtual toes into a metaverse, rightfully so. While some investors and developers pulled back , others kept forging ahead, developing chips for augmented and virtual reality, trialing advertising through augmented reality, and “stockpiling gaming content,” according to CBInsights.

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Managing CEO expectations is this year’s Priority No. 1

CIO

If we aren’t, they’ll want Tony Stark’s ability to conjure up high-tech solutions by gesticulating into a 3D touch interface while arguing with the AI that ran the Iron Man’s lab. Generative AI vs. MCU AI In the MCU, not to mention Star Trek and Alexa ads, computer users tell the AI to do something, and the AI gets it done.