NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer

NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer

October 14, 2024 Global public health and safety organization announces new Commercial lead to drive growth and innovation. ANN ARBOR, Mich – NSF, a leading global public health and safety organization, has named Melissa (Mel) Cash its Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Cash will be responsible for accelerating growth across NSF’s global markets through commercial go-to-market strategies, sales enablement, brand awareness, program … Continue reading NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer

Cognite

Cognite Launches the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents

The industry’s first language model performance report ensures reliability, accuracy, and effectiveness in developing trustworthy industrial AI solutions. October 14, 2024 – AUSTIN, Texas & OSLO, Norway – Cognite, the global leader in AI for industry, today announced the launch of the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents. The first-of-its-kind report addresses the shortcomings of general benchmark datasets by tailoring large language … Continue reading Cognite Launches the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents

HOLT Truck Centers

HOLT Truck Centers® Acquires Kyrish Truck Centers

October 14, 2024 – SAN ANTONIO – HOLT Truck Centers, a HOLT Group operating company, announced today that it has acquired Kyrish Truck Centers, a leading provider of new and used on-highway trucks that operates 20 International Motors, Fleetrite Truck Parts, Idealease, and Longhorn Bus dealerships and service centers in Texas. “As a family-owned company, this acquisition marks an important milestone in our growth and … Continue reading HOLT Truck Centers® Acquires Kyrish Truck Centers

SA AI Association Official

The South African AI Association Raises Concern about AI Model Training by the LinkedIn Platform

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 15th October (South African AI Association) – The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA), an industry body focused on promoting the advancement of responsible AI in South Africa, has made a submission to the Information Regulator of South Africa around the use of data to train AI Models for the LinkedIn Platform without prior consent. SAAIA seeks to encourage stakeholders to adopt … Continue reading The South African AI Association Raises Concern about AI Model Training by the LinkedIn Platform

Nobel Prize

Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

Announcement – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

GE HealthCare

GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

Chicago — October 13, 2024 — GE HealthCare will take a leadership role in Synthia, a consortium project to evaluate synthetic data generation methods, both for the creation of synthetic datasets and for their use in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. GE Healthcare will join other healthcare industry organizations including Gates Ventures, NovoNordisk, and Pfizer and we well as academic partners including La … Continue reading GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

EUR 72.6 million in investment aid granted to 13 clean energy projects

EUR 72.6 million in investment aid granted to 13 clean energy projects

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment Publication date 14.10.2024 – Press Release The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, EUR 28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration … Continue reading EUR 72.6 million in investment aid granted to 13 clean energy projects

Ultramid® Advanced N3U41 G6

Save energy, increase power and efficiency: high-performance PPA by BASF for next-generation IGBT semi-conductors

For next-generation power electronics, BASF has developed a polyphthalamide(PPA) that is especially suited for manufacturing housings of IGBT (insulated-gatebipolar transistor) semi-conductors. Ultramid® Advanced N3U41 G6 addresses thegrowing demand for high-performance, reliable electronic components for e.g.,electric vehicles, high-speed trains, smart manufacturing and the generation ofrenewable energy. Semikron Danfoss, a global technology leader in powerelectronics, now uses the BASF PPA as housing in its Semitrans 10 IGBT … Continue reading Save energy, increase power and efficiency: high-performance PPA by BASF for next-generation IGBT semi-conductors