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Today we're excited to officially launch AI Explain on ThoughtSpot for Sheets, the ultimate cheat code for data literacy and exploration. AI Explain integrates Google's PaLM 2 LLM, specifically leveraging the Bison model to automatically generate the top data stories for any visualization created with our Sheets extension.

The nursing profession is in crisis. According to McKinsey, over 30% of surveyed nurses said they may leave their current patient care jobs in the next year, and for inpatient nurses it’s higher at 45%. Meanwhile, the average professional tenure of nurses dropped from 3.6 years to 2.8 years between 2020 and 2023. These alarming trends have healthcare systems on red alert. Ninety-four percent of surveyed health system senior executives said the nursing shortage is critical.

Consumer privacy has increasingly become important for businesses and individuals alike. As data is becoming more and more widespread, people are more worried about where their data is going, how it’s being used, and how it’s facilitated. This has made data security paramount and front-of-mind for many organizations.

Is the generative AI honeymoon over already? After months of buzz around its transformative possibilities, excitement is now starting to be tampered by a growing concern on trust and data privacy. Just in the last few weeks, there have been several lawsuits launched against AI companies, including a well publicized charge of copyright infringement.

Many businesses are facing new challenges in the wake of a looming recession caused by many factors, along with challenges carried over from previous years since the pandemic. As supply and demand shifts, prices of goods and services increase, causing inflation to rise. In response, the Federal Reserve attempts to control inflation through interest rate hikes, which lead to tightened credit conditions.

Generative AI has already had a massive impact on business and society, igniting innovation while delivering ROI and real economic value. According to research by QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, titled “The economic potential of generative AI”, generative AI use cases have the potential to add $2.6T to $4.4T annually to the global economy. This potential spans more than 60 use cases across all industries.