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Lazard
United States

Lazard Welcomes Will Thompson as Managing Director, Healthcare Services

Press releases – Financial Advisory – October 15, 2024 London, 15 October 2024 – Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) today announced that Will Thompson is joining the firm on 4th November 2024 as Managing Director, Healthcare. Based in London, he will join Lazard’s financial advisory practice for Europe, headed by Cyrus Kapadia and Jean-Louis Girodolle, and its global healthcare group, led by David Gluckman. With his focus … Continue reading Lazard Welcomes Will Thompson as Managing Director, Healthcare Services

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Smartsheet
United States

Smartsheet Appoints Enterprise Tech Leader Helen Masters as Managing Director of APJ

Masters brings 25 years of experience to Smartsheet, where she will be responsible for growth acceleration in the APJ region SYDNEY, Australia, October 15, 2024 —  Smartsheet Inc. (NYSE: SMAR), the enterprise work management platform, today announced the appointment of Helen Masters as Managing Director of APJ. Masters will be responsible for driving the continued growth of Smartsheet across Asia Pacific and will work closely with customers … Continue reading Smartsheet Appoints Enterprise Tech Leader Helen Masters as Managing Director of APJ

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NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer
United States

NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer

October 14, 2024 Global public health and safety organization announces new Commercial lead to drive growth and innovation. ANN ARBOR, Mich – NSF, a leading global public health and safety organization, has named Melissa (Mel) Cash its Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Cash will be responsible for accelerating growth across NSF’s global markets through commercial go-to-market strategies, sales enablement, brand awareness, program … Continue reading NSF Welcomes Mel Cash as Chief Commercial Officer

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Cognite
United States

Cognite Launches the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents

The industry’s first language model performance report ensures reliability, accuracy, and effectiveness in developing trustworthy industrial AI solutions. October 14, 2024 – AUSTIN, Texas & OSLO, Norway – Cognite, the global leader in AI for industry, today announced the launch of the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents. The first-of-its-kind report addresses the shortcomings of general benchmark datasets by tailoring large language … Continue reading Cognite Launches the Cognite Atlas AI™ LLM & SLM Benchmark Report for Industrial Agents

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HOLT Truck Centers
United States

HOLT Truck Centers® Acquires Kyrish Truck Centers

October 14, 2024 – SAN ANTONIO – HOLT Truck Centers, a HOLT Group operating company, announced today that it has acquired Kyrish Truck Centers, a leading provider of new and used on-highway trucks that operates 20 International Motors, Fleetrite Truck Parts, Idealease, and Longhorn Bus dealerships and service centers in Texas. “As a family-owned company, this acquisition marks an important milestone in our growth and … Continue reading HOLT Truck Centers® Acquires Kyrish Truck Centers

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SA AI Association Official
Africa

The South African AI Association Raises Concern about AI Model Training by the LinkedIn Platform

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 15th October (South African AI Association) – The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA), an industry body focused on promoting the advancement of responsible AI in South Africa, has made a submission to the Information Regulator of South Africa around the use of data to train AI Models for the LinkedIn Platform without prior consent. SAAIA seeks to encourage stakeholders to adopt … Continue reading The South African AI Association Raises Concern about AI Model Training by the LinkedIn Platform

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Nobel Prize
Global

Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

Announcement – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used … Continue reading Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo

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GE HealthCare
Global

GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

Chicago — October 13, 2024 — GE HealthCare will take a leadership role in Synthia, a consortium project to evaluate synthetic data generation methods, both for the creation of synthetic datasets and for their use in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. GE Healthcare will join other healthcare industry organizations including Gates Ventures, NovoNordisk, and Pfizer and we well as academic partners including La … Continue reading GE HealthCare to Lead Consortium on Synthetic Data Generation for AI in Healthcare

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