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Say hello to IBM Granite 3.0 👋 Open-source, high performing, and built for responsible #AI. Our new enterprise-grade language models are available now under an Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face and watsonx․ai. Start building today: https://ibm.biz/BdavpB

Reflecting on an inspiring time at IBM TechXchange 2024 in Las Vegas! I had the pleasure of meeting with our talented university students from across the globe who showcased their innovative AI use cases. Their projects included 1. a real-time flood monitoring solution that uses traffic cameras, Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze social media, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for urban flood management 2. an energy efficiency model created from building blueprints 3. a virtual pet app designed to offer personalized content to support seniors at home with engaging conversations and essential reminders 4. an AI powered platform designed to transcribe, translate, annotate, and analyze customer calls 5. a watsonx powered rescue robot for disaster zones designed to communicate with survivors and guide rescue efforts. Their creativity and drive give me such confidence in the future of AI, and it was thrilling to see the passion they bring to tech. I was also honored to announce the winners of our TechXchange watsonx Hackathon! The participants’ solutions demonstrated not only advanced technical skills but also a commitment to solving real client and societal challenges. Congratulations to the third and second-place finalists Team Golden, and Team EYers! And a special shout out to the WINNERS, Team Daimyo, a student team from PES University! Built on a Granite foundation model, “Daimyo” automates and streamlines data access for restaurants, offering custom alerts for restaurants, allowing them to better engage with customers. The hackathon was very competitive so kudos to everyone who participated. As part of our commitment to giving back, IBM was also proud to donate over 1,500 backpacks with school supplies to Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, and provide career advice to future tech leaders through CareerVillage.org. It was a very productive, inspiring, and fun conference and I look forward to returning next year! #IBMTechXchange #watsonx #AI #Hackathon #IBMSkillsBuild #IBMImpact Lydia Logan, Sowmya Kannan, Claudia Cortes Romanelli, Sara Link, Carmen San Segundo, Leslie Hernandez, Lee Wilson, John McNamara, Roberto Villa, Martin Maehler, Matthew DePace, Ayal Steinberg, David Jenness, Dinesh Nirmal

What separates #AI Leaders from the pack? 🤔 Our new AI in Action 2024 report, based on a survey of 2,000+ organizations, reveals the strategies and best practices used by AI Leaders to drive real ROI. Turn up the sound, dive into the report below, and discover ways to turn your investments into profit: https://ibm.biz/Bdae7F

Congratulations Team Daimyo, Team Golden, and Team EYers, the winners of our 2024 TechXchange watsonx Hackathon! 👏 Over 4,000 participants came together pre-event for one challenge: build your own solution using watsonx․ai featuring IBM Granite or watsonx Orchestrate. We appreciate all of those who participated and we hope to work with you all again next year! 

IBM TechXchange 2024 is officially wrapped! 🎉 Want to catch up on all the exciting announcements from the week? Check them out here: https://ibm.biz/BdaKUc Thank you to all our attendees, production crew, and honored guests for a truly memorable event. We'll see you again next year!

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CEO Arvind Krishna on $IBM's 3Q 2024 earnings results. Read more: https://ibm.co/4fcgm2u

Developers Developers Developers Developers DEVELOPERS! ➡️ Introducing the watsonx Developer Hub – making it easier than ever to use our APIs and SDKs. Four weeks ago, a small cross-functional squad came together to discuss how we could improve developers' experiences using our products. At IBM, we offer a broad range of functionalities, which can sometimes be confusing for our customers and users. We often lack simplicity and great experience. New use cases and technologies like RAG and agentic workflows also come with learning curves, making adoption more challenging. We decided to create an experience that differs from traditional product documentation, providing guidance to make things as simple as possible. Introducing the ⭐ watsonx Developer Hub ⭐ – a central resource offering quick starts, guides, APIs, and SDKs to help developers get started and achieve their first use case quickly. We also have a Discord channel where users can connect directly with the product team. You can access it here: https://lnkd.in/gKWR38Ek This is the first version, and we are committed to making it even better. Don’t be shy, give it a try, and share your feedback! ____ Please repost it ♻️ and follow me, Armand Ruiz, for more similar posts.

We're making big waves at #IBMTechXchange. Here are a few of the announcements we just made at the Las Vegas event. 1️⃣ Granite 3.0 is here! Highlighted by 8B and 2B models, our latest foundation models outperform or match similar-sized models on key benchmarks. Plus, they're open source and available under the Apache 2.0 license. This new family includes Granite Guardian 3.0, which advances safe and trustworthy #AI with comprehensive guardrail capabilities. 2️⃣ The next generation of watsonx Code Assistant. Powered by Granite coding models, this next-generation assistant uses #genAI and advanced automation to simplify coding workflows across multiple languages, including Python, Java, C, C++, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript and more. 3️⃣ IBM Consulting Advantage is getting a major expansion. This AI-powered delivery platform will empower 160,000 IBM consultants to deliver better and faster client value at a lower cost. Get more info about our announcements: https://ibm.biz/BdaKUc

🚀 IBM's mic-drop moment, Granite's coming out party 🎤 💥 Today, we’re unveiling IBM Granite 3.0, the next evolution of LLMs designed specifically for enterprise needs. [press: https://lnkd.in/gSN5t9ty] This launch is a game-changer for enteprises, delivering unparalleled performance, safety, speed, and cost efficiency. Playing with Granite 3.0 for last few weeks has me so pumped ! Here is why... State-of-the-Art Language Models: ☑️ Models: Granite-3.0-8B-Instruct & Granite-3.0-2B-Instruct ☑️ Trained on 12T+ tokens across 12 languages and 116 programming languages, these dense models offer superior multilingual performance and advanced reasoning. ☑️ Crushing benchmarks on performance and safety in its weight class. Granite Guardian Models: 🛡️ Granite-Guardian-3.0-8B & Granite-Guardian-3.0-2B are optimized for responsible AI, with built-in capabilities to detect and prevent hallucinations, bias, jailbreak attempts, and harmful outputs. 🛡️ Outperforms other models, including Meta LlamaGuard, in safety benchmarks! Mixture of Experts (MoE): 🧠 Granite-3.0-3B-A800M & Granite-3.0-1B-A400M are designed for high inference efficiency, maintaining top performance with <1B parameters at inference time. 🧠 Perfect for on-device apps and ultra-low latency use cases, with training on over 10T+ tokens. Speculative Decoding: 🏎️ 💨 The Granite-3.0-8B-Instruct-Accelerator achieves a 220% speedup in token generation, drastically reducing latency and increasing throughput. Why Should Enterprises Care? ❤️ Fit-for-Purpose & Cost-Effective: Granite models are designed to scale efficiently, lowering the costs of deployment while boosting innovation. ❤️ Full Commercial Flexibility: Released under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing you to build proprietary solutions with commercial rights and IBM-backed indemnification when consumed on watsonx. ❤️ Trust & Safety First: Strong guardrails ensure AI use is responsible, with comprehensive risk detection across use cases. ❤️ Continuing IBM’s commitment to sustainability, IBM Granite 3.0 language models are trained on Blue Vela, powered by 100% renewable energy. Availability & How to Get Started: 🖥️ Available now on Watsonx.ai, Google Vertex AI, Hugging Face, NVIDIA NIM, Ollama, and Replicate. 🖥️ Granite Playground: https://lnkd.in/gY93aw6p 🖥️ LangChain AI agent with Granite https://lnkd.in/eSe8nxrH 🖥️ LangChain RAG system with Granite https://lnkd.in/ePHBB9Se Stay tuned for more updates, including expanded context windows, enhanced multilingual support, and new multimodal capabilities in 2024! Huge congrats Dario Gil, Sriram Raghavan, Kush Varshney, Kate Soule. Armand Ruiz, Maryam Ashoori, PhD, Kareem Yusuf Ph.D, Ritika Gunnar, Parul Mishra, Mohamad Ali, Kelly Chambliss #AI #GenerativeAI #IBMGranite -------- 🔔 I encourage you to connect, comment and repost ♻️ Subscribe to my free ‘AI with Whiskey’ newsletter https://lnkd.in/gK4zrSYv --------