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Robotics & AI

Simplifying Agent Creation with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Agent Builder

AI agents are the new hot craze in generative AI. On Tuesday at Google Cloud Next, the company introduced a new tool to help companies build AI agents. “Vertex AI Agent Builder allows people to very easily and quickly build conversational agents,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said. In this case, it’s relying on Google Search (which in reality could or could not be accurate). “We’re now bringing you grounding in Google Search, bringing the power of the world’s knowledge that Google Search offers through our grounding service to models.

Max Chen
April 9, 2024

Enterprise, Robotics & AI

“Ultimate Acquisition Enhances Zendesk’s AI Agent Capabilities for More Flexibility”

Earlier this year, Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor launched a new company, Sierra with the goal of building these flexible AI agents. “We believe that somewhere between 70% and 90% of interactions are going to be through AI agents in the future. And Ultimate has done a really nice job solving up to 80% of interactions via their AI agents,” Eggemeier told TechCrunch. He says that while the plan is to incorporate Ultimate technology into the Zendesk platform, they will continue to offer stand-alone products to other companies. Ultimate launched in 2017 and raised $27 million, per Crunchbase.

Ava Patel
March 13, 2024

Media & Entertainment, Robotics & AI

Google’s Deepmind AI learns to be your ultimate video game ally

AI models that play games go back decades, but they generally specialize in one game and always play to win. From this data — and the annotations provided by data labelers — the model learns to associate certain visual representations of actions, objects, and interactions. AI agents trained on multiple games performed better on games they hadn’t been exposed to. But of course many games involve specific and unique mechanics or terms that will stymie the best-prepared AI. And simple improvised actions or interactions are also being simulated and tracked by AI in some really interesting research into agents.

Zara Khan
March 13, 2024

Enterprise, Venture

Prevu Anticipates Boost in Online Home Sales with Cash-Back Incentives

The traditional role of the real estate agent has long been challenged as the internet has made it easier for people to search for, and tour, homes. The buyers’ agent commission varies from transaction to transaction depending on what is offered by the seller. In a scenario where the buyer’s agent commission is 3%, for example, the home buyer would receive up to 1.5% as a rebate and Prevu as a company would retain the other 1.5%. Buyers receive the commission rebate via check after closing. Making home buying “more attainable”So besides rebates, what is Prevu doing that’s different from its competitors?