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Sancha Norris [Executives] 💬

Sancha Norris, an executive at Intel, provided opening remarks and closing summaries during the GenAI monthly webinar. Below is a detailed list of her statements and contributions:

Opening Remarks

  • Introduction: Sancha welcomed attendees to the GenAI monthly webinar series.
  • Housekeeping Items:
    • The presentation would last approximately 40 minutes.
    • A Q&A session would follow the presentation.
    • PowerPoint slides would be made available in follow-up emails.
    • Attendees were encouraged to ask comprehensive questions throughout the presentation.

Introductions

  • Speakers:
    • Brian Sathianathan: Co-founder and CTO of Iterate.ai, leading the development of the Interplay platform. Previously founded Avot Media, which was acquired by Smith Micro. Transitioned to investments and contributed to 13 investments and acquisitions at Turner Media.
    • Ekta Chopra: Chief Digital Officer of e.l.f. Beauty, bringing over 25 years of technology experience from private equity and retail companies. Spearheaded the digital transformation at e.l.f. Beauty covering e-commerce, engineering, data ecosystems, security, metaverse, and AI.

Closing Summary

  • Key Takeaways:
    • Choosing the Right Use Case: Whether for making money, saving money, or accelerating innovation, choose the right use case and partner with someone who can work with you long-term.
    • Customizing Large Language Models: Fine-tune or use retrieval augmentation generation (RAG) to customize large language models for your business and keep data private.
    • Employee Engagement: Bring employees along the AI journey, allowing AI to handle mundane tasks while staff focuses on creative work.
    • Inclusivity and Bias: Ensure AI is inclusive and without bias to build relationships with every customer.
    • Optimizing Compute Costs: Look for ways to optimize compute options to manage costs.
    • Iterative Improvement: Keep an open mind and continuously test and learn throughout the AI journey.

Additional Information

  • Intel AI Platform:
    • Intel offers a broad portfolio of software tools for optimizing AI workflows, including Fast Track, PyTorch, DeepSpeed, and OpenVINO.
    • Intel’s hardware offerings include the Gaudi accelerator for large model training and inference, Xeon CPUs with AI capabilities, and Intel Core processors with integrated GPU, CPU, and NPU for high throughput and lower power consumption.
    • Mentioned that Databricks conducted an independent evaluation of competitive processors for GenAI, and Intel’s Gaudi had the best result for training and inference in terms of performance per dollar.

Next Webinar Announcement

  • The next webinar is scheduled for April 23, featuring a guest speaker from Landing AI, a company known for its innovation in AI technology.

Closing Remarks

  • Sancha thanked the speakers, Ekta Chopra and Brian Sathianathan, for sharing their experiences.

  • She invited attendees to take a survey at the end of the webinar to provide feedback.

  • Sancha thanked all attendees for participating in the webinar.

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