Lindsey Wilkinson

1 week ago | retaildive.com | Lindsey Wilkinson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ulta Beauty is working to take advantage of improvements to core technology systems with an eye toward growth, executives said during an April investor conference. “[For] the last three years, we've been in a heavy investment cycle on our foundational systems,” CEO and President Kecia Steelman said during the event.

1 week ago | ciodive.com | Lindsey Wilkinson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Albertsons is strengthening its data science capabilities as it expands AI adoption and aims for productivity improvements, executives said during the company’s Q4 2024 earnings call Tuesday. “Most recently, we built a real-time comprehensive data platform designed to enable data science and artificial intelligence,” COO and CEO-elect Susan Morris said during the financial report.

1 week ago | ciodive.com | Lindsey Wilkinson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Small AI models will continue to gain traction among enterprises in the next two years, Gartner analysts anticipate, according to a report published last week. Gartner predicts organizations will use small, task-specific models three times more than general-purpose large language models by 2027 as leaders look to minimize compute and reduce operational and maintenance costs.

1 week ago | itmedia.co.jp | Lindsey Wilkinson

ChatGPTが一般公開されてから2年以上経った現在においても（注4）、同社はビジネスへの影響や戦略的な優先事項との整合性を慎重に見極めつつ、生成AIの導入を進めている。 「われわれにとって『なぜこれを行うのか』という問いから始めることが最も重要だ。つまり、ビジネスの機会が何かを明確にすることだ。現在においても、われわれはビジネス戦略との整合性を何よりも重視し、投資に見合うリターンを求めている」（アンダーソン氏） Aflacは保険会社として規制の順守とデータセキュリティに重点を置いている。同時にコスト意識を持つことも重要だ。アンダーソン氏は「この2つの目標を達成するためには、生成AIの技術をハイブリッドアーキテクチャで運用する必要がある」と述べた。 「クラウド環境とオンプレミス環境のどちらを選ぶかを考えたとき、データの安全性やセキュリティを確実に確保するにはオンプレミスが望ましいと考えがちだ。だが、そのための価格設定を考えると、慎重に選択する必要がある。要するにバランスが重要だ」（アンダーソン氏）...

1 week ago | cfodive.com | Lindsey Wilkinson

Ulta Beauty is working to take advantage of improvements to core technology systems with an eye toward growth, executives said during an April investor conference. “[For] the last three years, we've been in a heavy investment cycle on our foundational systems,” CEO and President Kecia Steelman said during the event. “In this competitive environment, you've got to continue to invest in your business or you're going to become irrelevant.