Llama 2 now available for global usage on Cloudflare’s serverless platform, providing privacy-first, local inference to all

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced a partnership with Meta to make the Llama 2 open source large language model (LLM) available to developers building AI applications on Cloudflare’s developer platform, Workers.

Until recently, the only way to have access to an LLM was through calls to proprietary models. Training LLMs is a serious investment — in time, computing, and financial resources — and thus not something that’s accessible to most developers. Meta’s release of Llama 2, a publicly available LLM, has presented a major shift, allowing developers to run and deploy their own LLMs. However, this still requires access to, and managing, the infrastructure to run the LLM.

Now, more than a million developers already building on Cloudflare have access to a leading LLM to enrich their applications. Cloudflare’s hyper-distributed edge network will enable developers anywhere to build applications with Llama 2. And with Cloudflare’s Data Localization Suite, they will be able to do this while controlling where their data is handled. Cloudflare’s privacy-first approach to application development can help companies earn trust with their customers by ensuring data used for inference is not used for training or improving the LLM.

“Giving every developer access to Llama 2, one of the most robust LLMs to date, no configuration required, is going to propel generative AI forward in ways we’ve only imagined so far,” said Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder, Cloudflare. “Meta has been a great contributor to the open source community, and bringing that same approach to AI is going to help ensure that powerful AI is accessible to all developers, and their communities, around the world, with data localization built in.”

Grammarly’s generative AI solutions help enterprises get better work done faster without compromising security

Grammarly, the company helping over 30 million people and 50,000 teams work smarter and faster wherever they write, today announced its recognition as a Sample Vendor in 23 Gartner Hype Cycle reports in 2023, including for Artificial Intelligence,¹ Midsize Enterprises,² Higher Education,³ and 20 others listed below. This acknowledgement comes as Grammarly delivers on the growing demand for enterprise-ready AI, helping businesses save 19 working days a year per employee through more productive communication.*

Across the reports, Grammarly was named as a Sample Vendor in either the Everyday AI or Generative AI categories. According to Gartner, Everyday AI “refers to snippets of AI services that help workers improve productivity, deliver higher-quality work and save time.”³ Generative AI, meanwhile, “has profound business impacts, including on content discovery, creation, authenticity and regulations; automation of human work; and customer and employee experiences.”¹

“Generative AI brings remarkable new benefits, but it’s also helping create a massive amount of content at a time we’re already drowning in information,” said Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, CEO of Grammarly. “We don’t need more—we need better. Unlike many AI solutions that make this problem worse, Grammarly provides our customers with contextually relevant writing support in all the apps they already use. That means less noise, more clarity, and more time spent on doing work people actually enjoy.”

According to Gartner, “Most technology products and services will incorporate generative AI capabilities in the next 12 months, introducing conversational ways of creating and communicating with technologies, leading to their democratization. Generative AI will progress rapidly in industry verticals, scientific discovery and technology commercialization. Sadly, it will also become a security and societal threat when used for nefarious purposes. Responsible AI, trust and security will be necessary for safe exploitation of generative AI.”¹

“Organizations know they need to deploy AI to stay ahead, but if they don't have an enterprise-wide strategy to do so safely, their employees will beat them to the punch,” said Suha Can, Chief Information Security Officer at Grammarly. “By then, it'll be too late to fully control the proliferation of unchecked AI in the workplace, creating a high-risk situation that will be costly to unravel. We’re here to help every step of the way as they navigate this daunting landscape.”

Grammarly has delivered secure AI for over 14 years, with the most comprehensive enterprise-grade security certifications of any AI writing assistance company. Teams at leading enterprises like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom already trust Grammarly Business everywhere they write, and 96% of the Fortune 500 have Grammarly users. With Grammarly’s generative AI features and upcoming app integrations, customers can communicate better wherever they’re working, without having to waste time switching apps or searching for information.

In addition to the reports above, Grammarly was named as a Sample Vendor in the following reports:

• Gartner Hype Cycle for Workforce Transformation, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Workplace Applications, August 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Hybrid Work, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Natural Language Technologies, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Marketing, August 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Customer Service and Support Technologies, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Government Services, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Data Science and Machine Learning, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Data and Analytics Programs and Practices, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for IT Management Intelligence, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for ITSM, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Deep Technology, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Finance Analytics, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Strategy, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Public Safety and Law Enforcement, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Platform Services, July 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Human Services in Government, August 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Software Engineering, August 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, August 2023
• Gartner Hype Cycle for K-12 Education, July 2023

Built Directly into the Solutions That Power Mission-Critical Processes, Joule Is a Copilot That Truly Understands Business

SAP SE today announced Joule, a natural-language, generative AI copilot that will transform the way business runs. Joule will be embedded throughout SAP's cloud enterprise portfolio, delivering proactive and contextualized insights from across the breadth and depth of SAP's solutions and third-party sources. By quickly sorting through and contextualizing data from multiple systems to surface smarter insights, Joule helps people get work done faster and drive better business outcomes in a secure, compliant way. Joule delivers on SAP's proven track record of revolutionary technology that drives real results.

"With almost 300 million enterprise users around the world working regularly with SAP cloud solutions, Joule has the power to redefine the way businesses – and the people who power them – work," said Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. "Joule draws on SAP's unique position at the nexus of business and technology and builds on our relevant, reliable, responsible approach to Business AI. Joule will know what you mean, not just what you say."

Joule will be embedded into SAP applications from HR to finance, supply chain, procurement and customer experience, as well as into SAP Business Technology Platform. Joule transforms the SAP user experience – it's like tapping your smartest colleague on the shoulder. Employees simply ask a question or frame a problem in plain language and receive intelligent answers drawn from the wealth of business data across the SAP portfolio and third-party sources, retaining context. Imagine, for example, a manufacturer asking Joule for help understanding sales performance better. Joule can identify underperforming regions; link to other data sets that reveal a supply chain issue; and automatically connect to the supply chain system to offer potential fixes for the manufacturer's review. Joule will continuously deliver new scenarios for all SAP solutions. For example, in HR it will help write unbiased job descriptions and generate relevant interview questions.

"As generative AI moves on from the initial hype, the work to ensure measurable return on investment begins," said Phil Carter, Group Vice President, Worldwide Thought Leadership Research, IDC. "SAP understands that generative AI will eventually become part of the fabric of everyday life and work, and is taking the time to build a business copilot that focuses on generating responses based on real-world scenarios – and to put in place the necessary guardrails to ensure it's also responsible."

Joule will be available with SAP SuccessFactors solutions and SAP Start later this year, and with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition early next year. SAP Customer Experience and SAP Ariba solutions along with SAP Business Technology Platform will follow with many other updates across the SAP portfolio to be announced at the SuccessConnect event on October 2–4, the SAP Spend Connect LIVE event on October 9-11, the SAP Customer Experience LIVE event on October 25 and the SAP TechEd conference on November 2–3.

Joule builds on and enhances existing SAP Business AI offerings. More than 26,000 SAP cloud customers have access to SAP Business AI across multiple scenarios and partner solutions. SAP's comprehensive strategy to build an enterprise AI ecosystem of the future also includes direct investments, such as those announced in July with Aleph Alpha, Anthropic and Cohere, as well as third-party partnerships including those with Microsoft, Google Cloud and IBM announced in May. Sapphire Ventures LLC, a global software venture capital firm, is backed by SAP and is dedicating over US$1 billion to fund AI-powered enterprise technology startups.

Mage Data™, the leading data security and privacy solutions provider has announced the addition of one of the world's leading technology conglomerates as a new customer.

The Mage Data Security Platform is expected to have a transformative impact on the customer's data handling and management strategies. Key benefits include:

• Privacy Regulation Compliance: Mage Data's cutting-edge solutions will help in ensuring compliance with global data protection laws and safeguarding sensitive customer data.
• Cost Savings through Outsourcing: By enabling the secure transfer of sensitive data across regions, the organization can realize significant cost savings by allocating resources more strategically across their businesses worldwide.
• Empowered Testing and Support Teams: The organization's testing and support teams will have access to realistic and anonymized data sets that replicate real production data, enabling them to conduct rigorous testing and support operations without the risk of exposing sensitive data, enhancing the overall quality and security of their services.

"We are honored to onboard such a prestigious organization as a customer and support their diverse portfolio of businesses in navigating the complex landscape of data security and privacy" said Ashok Krishnarao, VP of Business Development at Mage Data™. "With our world-class data security and privacy solutions, we are confident in our ability to not only help them meet regulatory requirements but also optimize operational efficiency."

"We are excited to continue expanding our growing family of satisfied customers with the addition of this reputable organization" said Anil Bhat, Senior VP of Engineering and Customer Success at Mage Data™. "We look forward to a successful partnership by delivering exceptional service and providing the necessary tools to help meet their requirements, enabling continued focus on innovation and growth while ensuring regulatory compliance."

Fully integrated with Image Relay’s Marketing Delivery platform, Digital Proofing centralizes all digital asset feedback and approvals—expediting creative project management

Image Relay, delivering a single source of truth for all digital assets and product information, today announced the launch of Digital Proofing. The new solution streamlines the collaboration, review, and approval cycles for brands’ creative assets. Integrated into Image Relay’s Marketing Delivery platform, Digital Proofing empowers creative teams, marketing departments, and agencies of any size and creative focus to much more efficiently manage projects and deliver campaign results on accelerated timelines.

“We’re excited about Digital Proofing—it offers our customers a visually collaborative environment with very streamlined processes for preparing and refining creative brand assets,” said Jeff Olsen, Director of Product, Image Relay. “With Digital Proofing, teams and brands’ external partners can communicate and collaborate like never before, sharing their exact thoughts and requirements alongside the assets themselves—and it’s all within the Marketing Delivery platform that will seamlessly deploy those completed assets to market. We’re looking forward to seeing how our customers leverage Digital Proofing to increase their digital asset workflow productivity (and reinvest that newfound bandwidth into new creative achievements).”

Teams still relying on manual review processes with long email chains or external platforms have productivity stifled by slow and poor communication, leading to campaign delays. With Digital Proofing integrated directly into Marketing Delivery and Image Relay’s Asset Library, creative asset management and proofing collaborations all happen in one place. Rather than trying to track versions and describe nuanced change requests across emails or written logs, Digital Proofing establishes a single source of truth and allows teams to provide detailed and visual feedback directly to assets—whether that’s an image, video, PDF, or other file type. Teams working with the same asset can easily add comments, visual cues, and timestamps, and tag other editors to call attention to feedback. Empowered by precise and contextual communication, this enhanced project visibility results in highly efficient collaboration across both internal teams and external partners.

“Upgrading from much more manual processes to Marketing Delivery’s modernized, streamlined digital asset management and product information management capabilities is driving our company to around $1M in cost savings and increased productivity,” said Caleb Brown, the Creative Director at Kinder’s Sauces and Seasonings, which makes BBQ sauces, marinades, and grilling spices. “The addition of Digital Proofing into Marketing Delivery will further improve how our teams ideate, perfect, and access creative brand assets. We’re excited about even more digital asset communication and workflow efficiency—enabling us to tell consistent and effective brand stories to the market and our brand partners.”

Digital Proofing includes a powerful versioning feature that enables team members to effortlessly compare different asset versions and review rounds, and to leverage a clear audit trail of past notes and comments. Teams can easily track changes, compare alterations, and implement revisions—enhancing control over the creative process and facilitating more effective decision-making based on accurate and up-to-date information. The solution also eliminates delays and difficulties that would otherwise arise if a decision maker missed an email or wasn’t cc’ed on a message chain: Digital Proofing provides real-time notifications to keep all stakeholders in the loop and informed on project progress.