Photo by Scott Graham / Unsplash The Indian motor insurance market is currently valued at around $13.19 billion and is projected to reach $21.48 billion by 2030. While the industry continues to grow steadily, regulators have also issued strong mandates to insurers to improve their turnaround times and provide better customer experiences. For one of India’s biggest private insurers, which prided itself on a high claim settlement ratio, this meant finding new ways to streamline its back-office processes and reduce manual errors. But it wasn’t easy. They process more than 350,000 cases annually— each file contains over 10 types of documents, varying formats and structures, 30+ line items, and multiple ingestion channels. They had a backend team of 40 data entry clerks and automobile experts manually inputting information from repair estimates, invoices, and supporting documents into their claim management system This inefficient, unscalable workflow couldn’t meet the regulator’s turnaround time mandates, forcing a re-evaluation of their motor claim processing approach. Let’s explore how they went about it. What changed in motor claim processing in 2024 In June 2024, IRDAI, the Indian insurance regulator, issued new guidelines aimed at improving motor insurance claim settlement processes.  The key changes...

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You’re not short on tools. Or models. Or frameworks. What you’re short on is a principled way to use them — at scale. Building effective generative AI workflows, especially agentic ones, means navigating a combinatorial explosion of choices. Every new retriever, prompt strategy, text splitter, embedding model, or synthesizing LLM multiplies the space of possible workflows, resulting in a search space with over 10²³ possible configurations.  Trial-and-error doesn’t scale. And model-level benchmarks don’t reflect how components behave when stitched into full systems. That’s why we built syftr — an open source framework for automatically identifying Pareto-optimal workflows across accuracy, cost, and latency constraints. The complexity behind generative AI workflows To illustrate how quickly complexity compounds, consider even a relatively simple RAG pipeline like the one shown in Figure 1. Each component—retriever, prompt strategy, embedding model, text splitter, synthesizing LLM—requires careful selection and tuning. And beyond those decisions, there’s an expanding landscape of end-to-end workflow strategies, from single-agent workflows like ReAct and LATS to multi-agent workflows like CaptainAgent and Magentic-One.  Figure 1. Even a simple AI workflow requires selecting and testing multiple components and hyperparameters. What’s missing is a scalable, principled way to explore this configuration space. That’s where syftr comes...

ChatGPT Rival Abandons Chatbot Updates ChatGPT competitor Claude is no longer focused on improving the AI writing features if offers. Hey There, Good Lookin’ ChatGPT is now able to auto-format the research it does for you into beautifully presentable, downloadable, .PDFs. ChatGPT’s Workhorse AI Engine Still Solid Choice While ChatGPT-4o remains formidable, some problems are cropping up with experimental models. Gone Fishin’ RobotWritersAI.com is playing hooky. We’ll be back Sept. 2, 2024 with fresh news and analysis on the latest in AI-generated writing. Google AI Offers Free Ride for College Students Google is offering U.S. college students a one-year free ride on Google One AI Premium. For Writers, ChatGPT-4o Still the Best AI Engine Despite a flurry of new AI engines just released by OpenAI, the current default –ChatGPT-4o – is still best for writers. ChatGPT Free for Millions of College Students College students in the U.S. and Canada now have a standing invitation to try ChatGPT-Plus — normally $20/month — gratis. Top Ten Stories in AI Writing: Q1, 2025 Top Ten Stories in AI Writing, Q1, 2025. ChatGPT’s New AI Image-Maker: ‘Astounding’ ChatGPT’s new AI-image generator has become a viral...

What is this Every Thursday, I will share a dev diary about what we’ve been working on over the past few weeks. I’ll focus on the interesting challenges and solutions that I encountered. I won’t be able to cover everything, but I’ll share what caught my interest. Why am I doing it I want to bring our community along on this journey, and I simply love writing about things I’m passionate about! This is my unfiltered dev journal, so please keep in mind that what I write here are my thoughts and will be outdated by the time you read this, as so many things change quickly. Any plans I mention aren’t set in stone and everything is subject to change. Also, if you don’t like spoilers, then don’t read this. Space Engineers 2 We released a much requested set of blocks this week 😉 The team is working on VS 1.2, VS 1.5 and VS 2, but I was focusing on other projects this week so I don’t have that many SE2 updates We tweaked the ‘acceleration-based camera shake’ feature, which creates camera movement proportional to acceleration. Higher acceleration produces more shake.The feature is disabled for standard walking/running movements...

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If you think of SAS as a data, AI and analytics powerhouse, Epic Games as the studio behind Fortnite and Georgia-Pacific as the company that makes paper towels and more, you’re not wrong. But you’re also missing the bigger story. One that – quietly and collaboratively – is reshaping how industrial companies use real-time AI to solve real-world problems. At the heart of this transformation is an innovative combination of AI, real-time analytics and 3D visualization to modernize manufacturing. Executives from SAS, Epic Games and Georgia-Pacific took the stage at SAS Innovate 2025 in Orlando to pull back the curtain on what they’ve been building – and why it matters. The technology stack reads like a wish list for forward-thinking operations leaders: SAS® Viya® for advanced analytics and machine learning, Epic Games’ Unreal Engine for hyper-realistic 3D visualization, and a connected digital twin infrastructure for Georgia-Pacific that mirrors real factory environments. But the magic isn’t just in the tools – it’s in how they’re integrated. Keep reading about this collaboration or watch it in action in the video above. Or, both. Digital twins, reimagined We’ve heard the term “digital twin” tossed around in boardrooms and white papers. But as SAS...

Xero AI Accounting work has always been tedious. Every day, we spend hours on tasks that should be simpler. We are forced to manually enter data, reconcile transactions, and sift through files trying to locate financial information we need.  But artificial intelligence is starting to change this reality. Xero, one of the leading cloud accounting platforms, has integrated AI features that are streamlining these daily tasks. From their new conversational assistant JAX to automated bank reconciliation, these tools are helping accountants and business owners reclaim time for more valuable work. Xero AI: Native features explained At Xerocon 2024, one main product reveal was an AI assistant named JAX (Just Ask Xero). It represented an interesting shift in how we interact with accounting software. Instead of navigating menus and forms, you can simply message JAX through WhatsApp or email to create invoices, check cash flow, or handle bills. Xero has added several AI capabilities that can make a difference in how you handle daily accounting tasks. Let’s break them down. 1. Just Ask Xero (JAX) Here’s how the conversational AI, JAX, helps make bill creation easier. JAX marks Xero’s biggest step into conversational AI. Announced in February 2024,...

The conference features a range of events designed to enrich attendees’ understanding of the chatbot industry: Expert Keynotes: Get insights from industry leaders at the forefront of AI innovation. Workshops: These certified workshops provide hands-on experience, helping participants design and deploy their own AI agents. Whether you’re looking to master AI automation or enhance chatbot designs, these workshops are crafted to guide you through each step​. Panels and Discussions: Interactive panels allow you to learn directly from pioneers in the field, addressing topics like AI ethics, automation, and cognitive frameworks. If you’re eager to stay ahead of the curve, the Chatbot Conference offers a unique opportunity to: Learn from the Best: Access cutting-edge knowledge from top AI developers and researchers. Network with Peers: Engage with a vibrant community of innovators, entrepreneurs, and AI professionals. Discover the Future of AI: From exploring AI multi-agent systems to gaining insight into practical implementations of chatbots in business, the event provides a glimpse into the next wave of conversational technology​. With upcoming events already lined up, now is the time to get involved. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical skills or understand how AI can revolutionize your business, the Chatbot Conference offers a...

But Experimental Alternatives Have Problems While ChatGPT-4o – the default AI engine for writing, research and similar work – remains formidable, some problems are cropping up with experimental models. Specifically, ChatGPT-o3, ChatGPT-o4 mini and ChatGPT-o4 mini high – which use advanced reasoning – ‘make-up-facts’ more often when responding to questions from users. Bottom line: If you want to be sure ChatGPT sticks-to-the-facts when auto-writing your emails and other text, there’s a prompt you can use that eliminates such hallucinations. For the prompt, simply check-out the free sample read of “Auto Writing World-Class Emails With ChatGPT,” by Joe Dysart, available on Amazon. Once you’re on the Amazon book page, click the free sample read button, scroll to Chapter 6 and grab the free prompt there that deep-sixes hallucinations. In other news and analysis on AI writing: *Mark Zuckerberg Releases ChatGPT-Competitor: Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg has released a direct competitor to ChatGPT, dubbed ‘Meta AI.’ While Zuckerberg – CEO of Facebook parent company Meta – has already infused many of his company’s apps with artificial intelligence, this is the first time he’s going in a head-to-head competition against today’s major chatbot competitors with a stand-alone AI chatbot. Designed with the look and...