Cindy Gordon

Toronto

Contributor at Forbes

@saleschoice_inc Founder of Helix Commerce, CEO, SalesChoice. Expert in CRM, Innovation, Collaboration, SaaS, Social Media

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Virtual Avatars fueled by Generative AI increasing B2B sales and marketing scalability

Apr 15, 2024 | itworldcanada.com | Cindy Gordon

Vidyard, a popular video messaging company, has recently announced its entry into the virtual digital avatar market and secured new funding of $15M from Export Development Canada (EDC), BMO Capital Partners, and existing investors Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and iNovia Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $90.7M.
Collaborative Robotics Enroute To Unicorn Status

Apr 10, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

Brad Porter, CEO of Collaborative Robotics, “Cobot”, announced today a $100M, Series B Funding led by General Catalyst and joined by Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Lux Capital. Existing investors include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Neo, 1984 Ventures, MVP Ventures, and Calibrate Ventures, bringing the total funding raised to over $140 million in less than two years.
The White House Announces New AI Rules To Protect Public

Mar 31, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

Vice President, Kamala Harris, told reporters Thursday last week, that the US federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under the announcement unveiled by the White House.
Microsoft And OpenAI Partnering On Stargate, A $100B U.S. Data Center

Mar 31, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

Microsoft and OpenAI announce that Stargate, a new AI super-computer data center project to be headquartered in the U.S. could cost over $115 billion and is planned for launch in 2028. Sky rocketing demands for generative artificial intelligence have accelerated demands for AI-centric data centers that can handle more advanced tasks than traditional data centers. The Stargate supercomputer project is designed over five phases.
Is OpenAI Voice Engine Adding Value Or Creating More Societal Risks?

Mar 31, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

Innovative futuristic technology continues to burst from OpenAI research labs. Voice Engine, just announced, generates natural speech that resembles the original speaker in a fifteen second audio capture. The tool can recreate voices in english, Spanish, French or Chinese. Although the Voice Engine was in their labs in 2022, OpenAI stated they were being cautious in their release and want to start a dialogue on responsible deployment of synthetic voices.
Amdocs Reveals Insightful Generative AI Research

Mar 21, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX), a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies operates in more than 90 countries, with its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, and has approximately 30,000 employees. Revenues reported in 2023 were $489 billion. Today it just released a major research report on genAI that will surely accelerate strategic investments by communication service providers (CSPs).
Humanoid AI Smart Robots Driving New Job Realities

Mar 17, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

General-purpose humanoid robots using AI are advancing and increasingly gaining investment support to perform tasks that humans do easily. According to SkyQuest Technology Research, the Humanoid Robot Market size was valued at USD $1.48 billion in 2021, and projected to grow from USD 42.10 billion in 2022 to USD $34.96 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 42.1% in the forecast period of 2023-2030.
AI And Robotics Paving The Way For New Work Bills For More Happiness

Mar 16, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

The times are a changing written by Bob Dylan in 1963 seems appropriate given the recent developments in the senate last week when Senator Bernie Saunders introduced a new bill on March 14, 2024 with Sen. Laphonza Butler and Mark Takano . “While CEOs’ wages continue to increase, our workers are finding themselves doing more, yet earning less than they have in decades,” Butler wrote in a statement.
ChatGPT And Generative AI Innovations Are Creating Sustainability Havoc

Mar 12, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

ChatGPT and Generative AI innovations are creating havoc on water and energy consumption. Leadership is needed and new policies to avoid more waste.
How The Telecom Industry Can Accelerate Growth From Generative AI

Mar 10, 2024 | forbes.com | Cindy Gordon

I have been engaged in the telecommunications (”telco”) industry for over 25 years, and it is so refreshing to see the positive energy moving into this sector, as a result of applying generative AI (”gen-AI”) technologies. Gen-AI can easily analyze different types of data such as: text, images, code, voice and even create new content on demand, enabling personalization, and new customer or employee engagement experiences.