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Enterprise hits and misses - generative AI bears down on industries, disruptive employees get analyzed, and fall events roll on This article is sponsored by:

This week - generative AI's impact leads to industry assessments. Next up: insurance. Fall event season is (still) in high gear - roundups of our Workday and Confluent user event coverage are still piping hot. Disengaged and disruptive employees hurt companies, but how did we get here? Plus: AI whiffs.

Why Responsible AI wants to lead Big Tech towards a better future This article is sponsored by:

An alliance of Big Tech, academia, and government wants to lead the debate on safe AI. But does it see the big picture as clearly as the details?

It isn’t the job of diverse role models to lead DEI strategies for free - change comes at a cost This article is sponsored by:

Tech workers from under-represented groups set out the DEI policies they’d like to see become the norm.

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AI's value will come when we know it can do work for us, according to UiPath's Ed Challis This article is sponsored by:

Ed Challis, UiPath's Senior Director of Engineering, on AI, personal productivity and associated issues.

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Workday Rising '23 - Workday reveals its approach to generative AI and customer data privacy This article is sponsored by:

At Workday Rising, you couldn't miss the emphasis on responsible AI. But how much would Workday reveal about its generative AI approach? What about pricing, customer data privacy, opt-ins, and LLM accuracy? Here's what I learned.

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Accenture's full year generative AI revenues come in at $300 million out of a $64.1 billion total. There's a long way to go, says CEO Julie Sweet This article is sponsored by:

Gen AI revenue has doubled in the past quarter, but projects are typically experimental and there's a lot of caution alongside the curiosity.

Sitecore shifts to a composable architecture and focuses on AI innovation This article is sponsored by:

Dave O'Flanagan, Sitecore's Chief Product Officer, on how the vendor is approaching generative AI.

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McAfee adopts microservices using Confluent Cloud to scale its architecture and services This article is sponsored by:

Cybersecurity giant McAfee has shifted from an on-premise monolith to microservices in the cloud, underpinned by real-time streaming data using Confluent.

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Workday Rising '23 - bringing generative AI to heel in the service of enterprise productivity This article is sponsored by:

At Workday Rising, the vendor reveals how it's using domain-specific LLMs and an AI gateway to build trust among customers and developers for its implementation of generative AI.

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Workday Rising '23 - Whole Foods Market tastes success with Workday Finance, over a decade on from HCM This article is sponsored by:

Whole Foods Market has been a long time user of Workday for HCM. Now its finance function has moved onto the same platform for enterprise transformation.