Your weekly round-up; here are the headlines:

• Meta unveils "Gen AI Personas" for engaging younger users

• Narrative BI enhances marketing analytics and reporting

• Cisco acquires Splunk for $28B to strengthen AI-driven security

• OpenAI introduces DALL·E 3 for advanced text-to-image AI

• Amazon Alexa undergoes significant AI upgrades for better user interaction

• Google's Bard Extensions enhance customization and integration for Workspace

Meta bets on AI personalities for younger users

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is said to be preparing to unveil an artificial intelligence chatbot known as "Gen AI Personas" in an effort to attract younger users. This chatbot, similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT, is scheduled for release during Meta's upcoming Connect Event. The chatbot is in testing phase, offering various personas designed to engage young users, with one of them being a "sassy robot" persona inspired by Bender from Futurama, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

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Cisco bolsters AI security with a $28B Splunk acquisition

Cisco is acquiring cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 billion, bolstering its AI-driven security measures, APNews reports. The deal involves Cisco paying $157 per Splunk Inc. share. The merger aims to enhance security, with Cisco's CEO, Chuck Robbins, emphasising a focus on AI-enabled threat detection, response, prediction, and prevention for organisations of all sizes.

OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3

OpenAI has unveiled DALL·E 3, the latest iteration of its text-to-image AI system, scheduled for release this autumn on platforms like ChatGPT Plus, ChatGPT Enterprise, Bing's AI Image Creator, and Microsoft Designer. This update brings enhancements in image precision, increased subtlety - and a heightened focus on user input text. Take a look!

Amazon Alexa gets major AI upgrades

Amazon has unveiled an exciting development for Alexa at its recent fall hardware event. The company introduced an entirely new Alexa voice assistant, harnessing the capabilities of its latest Alexa large language model. This upgraded Alexa is poised to understand conversational phrases, provide context-aware responses, and efficiently handle multiple requests within a single command, promising an interesting evolution for the popular voice assistant. Read the full article here.

Google announces Bard Extensions for Workspace

Bard's latest update brings improvements to how you can customise, making it an even more valuable tool for users. This experiment in generative AI now integrates with Google apps and services, offering enhanced responses. Additionally, the "Google it" feature has been refined for accuracy, and Bard's capabilities have been extended to more platforms and contexts. Discover more about the new updates here.

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