Highlights from an in-depth interview with Workday partners leader Matthew Brandt, who emphasized customer outcomes and trusted AI solutions.

AI Ecosystem Report Ep 48: Anthropic is searching for new evaluation benchmarks for AI models; FindMine gains funds for its AI fashion platform; Meta, YouTube take steps toward combating synthetic content.

Alliance between AI software pioneer and Google Cloud aims to democratize access to government services for all citizens by tapping the power of GenAI.

Joe Evans’ life, marked by unwavering faith, devotion to family, and overcoming significant challenges, is celebrated.

Larry Ellison’s commitment to embed GenAI across Oracle’s expansive product portfolio positions his company as a leader in the AI ecosystem, building on its history of tech innovation.

A tribute to Joe Evans underscores the importance of cherishing life and loved ones.

Establishing a Chief AI Officer is becoming a vital element of the C-Suite, as more regulations form around AI.

Breakthroughs in quantum computing from three Cloud Wars Top 10 firms, plus Honeywell, are opening up new frontiers in technology and industry applications.

Expanded Autopilot functionality and LLMs aim to streamline software development tasks and enhance document processing capabilities.

Oracle applies AI to a common problem among healthcare providers: click fatigue that distracts from their patient focus.

Investigations that find AI firms bypassing a protocol that disallows certain content to be crawled highlight the need for, and current lack of, strong AI governance.

Microsoft Azure services are transforming manufacturing through AI integration, enhanced cybersecurity, and streamlined operations.

The report is a compilation of the AI innovations, funding, products, and solution highlighted in AI Ecosystem Reports from Q2 2024.

AWS is expected to achieve or exceed a 17.2% growth rate in Q2, driven by robust demand for GenAI and its other AI services including Bedrock and SageMaker.

Daniela Amodei co-founded Anthropic with the goal of maintaining helpfulness, honesty, and harmlessness in the development of AI.

AWS anticipates steady Q2 revenue growth driven by AI advancements and increased customer spending, according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

Google Cloud partners and ISVs exec Stephen Orban discusses the ecosystem’s evolution in the AI era, how the company’s Partner Advantage increases deal sizes, and how AI is impacting cybersecurity.

AI Ecosystem Report Ep 47: Google continues updating its Gemini LLM; Axelera AI gains funds for edge computing AI chips; Sonia provides therapy services on mobile devices.

Google Cloud is dedicated to ensuring trusted AI and promoting cybersecurity vigilance throughout its partners ecosystem.

Amazon Bedrock’s rapid adoption by tens of thousands of businesses for generative AI applications underscores AWS’s significant momentum.

UiPath delivers several automation and AI products, building on its RPA roots, to deliver quality customer experiences, transform enterprise operations, and increase productivity and performance.

AWS’s growth in the cloud computing market includes success with its AI service Bedrock, boasting tens of thousands of customers, and demonstrates its competitive edge against Microsoft with a strong security focus.

In a move to integrate AI into its products, Apple launched “Apple Intelligence” and “Privacy Cloud Compute” for enhanced privacy, with a beta release set for this fall.

Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PC, featuring a built-in neural processing unit (NPU), boosts AI performance on laptops, enabling powerful on-device AI tasks, reducing cloud dependence, and providing features like real-time translation and advanced video conferencing tools.

Apple’s AI initiative, Apple Intelligence, will integrate AI into their devices via a partnership with OpenAI, emphasizing strong privacy measures like end-to-end encryption and Privacy Cloud Compute or PCC.

Interface enhancement to Anthropic Claude chatbot improves the level of human-AI interaction while potentially opening a new battleground.

SAP’s chief partner officer weighs in on co-creation, the AI-driven evolution of the partners ecosystem, as well as trust and cybersecurity considerations as partners engage with customers.