Cohere has acquired Ottogrid, a Vancouver-based AI startup, to integrate its document analysis and data extraction tools into Cohere’s enterprise-focused AI platform, North. The move underscores Cohere’s strategic shift toward vertical AI solutions for specialized industries.
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Salesforces new Agentforce AI agents for Slack can automate multi-step tasks, pull CRM data, and learn from workflows, with early adopters reporting significant productivity gains and cost savings. These specialized bots, designed for roles like Customer Insights and Employee Onboarding, turn Slack into a hub of autonomous helpers that act on context and execute tasks.
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Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Discovery, an AI platform that accelerates scientific R&D, demonstrated by identifying a novel coolant prototype in 200 hoursa process that usually takes months or years. The platform, already adopted by major companies like GSK and NVIDIA, combines specialized AI agents with transparent reasoning to transform discovery across industries.
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Vectara Inc. has launched the Hallucination Corrector to reduce false AI responses, claiming early success in cutting hallucinations to 0.9%, though experts caution the system’s reliability depends on underlying evaluation models.
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