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RALEIGH, N.C., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges approved several new programs and certifications at the April 19 board meeting, demonstrating the importance of preparing students for emerging industries. Among the new programs are Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Technician Certification, Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operator Flight Training, and UAS Operations Management. "By prioritizing active listening to employers, maintaining agility, and responding swiftly to market demands, we're ensuring that educational offerings remain relevant and impactful," said State Board Chair Tom Looney. "Investing in high-cost, high-growth programs is a strategic move that addresses the current needs of our employers and positions students for lucrative, cutting-edge career opportunities." Details of each program are illustrated below: Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment Technician Certification – Wake Technical Community College will offer students an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of electric vehicle charging at different levels of charging infrastructure, manufacturers and products, regulations governing chargers, and charging installations.

CULVER CITY, Calif., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Animal today unveiled an introductory suite of AI-assisted enhancements to its proprietary medical software, Claude. Designed to streamline administrative tasks that burden veterinary practitioners, these additions will elevate the quality of service for the nearly 60,000 pets and their families who trust the pioneering veterinary health network for care.

RALEIGH, N.C., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Element451, a leader in AI-first student engagement and CRM software, today announced the launch of Bolt Discovery, a revolutionary AI search tool that transforms how students get answers to their questions about colleges. Bolt Discovery combines the technology of advanced large language models with an institution's website to create a conversational experience where students simply ask questions rather than hunt for information. "With Bolt Discovery, we are reimagining how students interact with university content," said Ardis Kadiu, CEO and founder of Element451. "This innovative tool provides instant, accurate answers and anticipates student needs, offering a seamless and intuitive search experience." The new approach could replace the often mammoth scope of university websites that make it challenging for prospective and current students to swiftly — and reliably — learn about everything from dining plan options and registration deadlines to scientific breakthroughs and alumni successes.

AI21's Jamba model integrated with Microsoft Azure AI, with 256K context window and 3X throughput TEL AVIV, Israel, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AI21, a leader in building foundation models and AI systems for the enterprise proudly unveils a new collaboration with Microsoft that will bring AI21's latest cutting-edge Jamba-Instruct model to the Microsoft Azure AI as part of its Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering. This collaboration enables Azure customers to be the first to benefit from AI21's new foundation models benefitting from a novel architecture approach that drives quality, performance, and long context windows on a much smaller and more cost-effective hardware.

New tool for public safety can help answer and triage calls, respond via text, and consolidate data from multiple sources around a single incident NEW YORK, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidSOS, the intelligent safety company, today announced Harmony, the first copilot for public safety designed to integrate billions of data payloads into 911 and first responders' existing software and operational procedures during an emergency. Harmony will initially assist public safety professionals in three ways: Synthesizing key information from data feeds around an emergency into one unified picture of an incident Automating the time-consuming, manual processing of alarm calls, making actionable data available faster with less human effort Extracting key insights from text and video, including sentiment analysis, language translation, keyword alerting, and video object detection, acting as the first AI co-pilot for 911 professionals communicating with those in need Sitting behind Harmony are foundational models including a large language model (LLM) with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) purpose-trained for public safety.

HOUSTON, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Wildcatters, a community for the next generation of energy professionals, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), a global leader in geophysical research, today announced a groundbreaking partnership. Under the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the partnership will focus on expanding the knowledge base of Digital Wildcatters' cutting-edge, energy-specific AI platform, Collide.

The WitnessAI Secure AI Enablement Platform provides visibility, control and protection of enterprise AI usage. SAN MATEO, Calif., May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WitnessAI, creator of the first enablement platform for safe AI use, today announced a $27.5 million Series A round, co-led by GV and Ballistic Ventures.

NinjaTech AI, an SRI-backed generative AI spinout, powered by custom Ninja LLMs, has created a multi-agent personal AI that can plan and execute real-world tasks asynchronously, such as researching multi-step complex topics and scheduling meetings on its users' behalf. AWS's Trainium and Inferentia2 machine learning chips enable NinjaTech AI to train and serve AI agents quickly, on demand and sustainably, delivering the power of generative AI to help everyone be more productive.

Microsoft Azure AI Deploys HiddenLayer Model Scanner to Protect Customers using Open Source Models AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HiddenLayer, the leading security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, today announced Microsoft Azure AI as a new user of its Model Scanner. The Model Scanner will scan third-party and open-source models in the model collection curated by Azure AI, providing verification that they are free from cybersecurity vulnerabilities, malware, and other signs of tampering.

Thomson Reuters CoCounsel and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 will provide professionals with an improved AI experience - taking GenAI assistant know-how to the next level. As previewed at the Microsoft Build 2024 Keynote – watch here TORONTO, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI), a global content and technology company, today brought to life the combined power of Thomson Reuters CoCounsel, its professional-grade AI Assistant with deep subject-matter expertise, with Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft's AI companion.