In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, a new open-source model from Chinese AI firm Minimax is making a significant impact. Released in late October 2025, Minimax M2 has rapidly gained acclaim for its innovative approach to reasoning, impressive performance, and cost-effectiveness, positioning it as a formidable competitor to established proprietary models. A New Architecture for a […]
Generative AI
Quick Introduction – Microsoft Copilot For Beginners
The Evolution of Microsoft Copilot Copilots journey starts from the time when Microsoft developed Cortana – a digital assistant to support Windows. But over time, AI has evolved and Microsoft began to adapt advanced features of AI, harnessing all the necessary features to be put on. Moreover, with the development of text summarization and Generative […]
The Human Pulse: Navigating Fraud Detection in the Digital Age with the Four Ps
In speaking recently with my current co-worker Amanda Estiverne-Colas, who serves as Director and Head of Payments Practice at Perficient, Amanda shared with me statistics she had provided to her audience at the 2025 GULF AML Forum, an annual conference for anti-money laundering (AML) professionals in the financial services industry and government. The statistics, which I found both fascinating and scary, included: Phishing attacks have surged by 4,151% just since ChatGPT’s […]
Trust Is the New Currency in Financial Services and Customers Are Setting the Terms
In financial services, trust has always been foundational. But today, it’s being redefined, not by brand reputation or policy language, but by how customers experience speed, control, and transparency in real time. According to Adobe’s report, “State of Customer Experience in Financial Services in an AI-Driven World,” 96% of financial services executives say customers value […]
Building for Humans – Even When Using AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Every month brings new features promising “deeper thinking” and “agentic processes.” Tech titans are locked in trillion-dollar battles. Headlines scream about business, economic, and societal concerns. Skim the news and you’re left excited and terrified! Here’s the thing: we’re still human – virtues, flaws, quirks, and all. We’ve always had […]
Spring Boot + OpenAI : A Developer’s Guide to Generative AI Integration
Introduction In this blog, we’ll explore how to connect OpenAI’s API with a Spring Boot application, step by step. We’ll cover the setup process, walk through the implementation with a practical example. By integrating OpenAI with Spring Boot, you can create solutions that are not only powerful but also scalable and reliable. Prerequisites Java 17+ […]
Perficient at Microsoft Ignite 2025: Let’s Talk AI Strategy
Microsoft Ignite 2025 is right around the corner—and Perficient is showing up with purpose and a plan to help you unlock real results with AI. As a proud member of Microsoft’s Inner Circle for AI Business Solutions, we’re at the forefront of helping organizations accelerate their AI transformation. Whether you’re exploring custom copilots, modernizing your […]
Salesforce AI for Financial Services: Practical Capabilities That Move the Organization Forward
Turn on CNBC during almost any trading day and you’ll see and hear plenty of AI buzz that sounds great, and may look great in a deck, but falls short in regulated industries. For financial services firms, AI must do two things at once: unlock genuine business value and satisfy strict compliance, privacy, and audit […]
The Personalization Gap Is Hurting Financial Services, Here’s How to Close It
In today’s financial landscape, personalization is no longer a luxury; it’s a customer expectation. Yet, according to Adobe’s latest State of Customer Experience in Financial Services in an AI-Driven World report, only 36% of the customer journey is currently personalized, despite 74% of financial services executives acknowledging that their customers expect tailored interactions. This gap […]
When AI Becomes the Gatekeeper of Your Brand Message
Search is no longer just about blue links and ten results per page. With the rapid adoption of Generative AI, consumers are increasingly turning to AI-written summaries to get quick, contextual answers without ever clicking through to a website. According to Bain & Company, 80% of consumers now rely on AI-generated summaries for at least […]
What is Microsoft Copilot Studio?
Microsoft Copilot Studio is a low-code/no-code workspace from Microsoft that helps you build, customize, and manage AI-powered assistants (called copilots or agents) for your organization. Think of it as a visual toolkit that connects large language models (LLMs) to your data sources (SharePoint, OneDrive, Dataverse, etc.), custom logic, and UI behaviors, enabling you to create […]
Vibium – The Next Evolution of Test Automation: AI, Intent, and a Global Device Network
“What Selenium did for browsers, Vibium aims to do for the age of AI.” — Jason Huggins (Creator of Selenium and Appium) A New Chapter in Test Automation Selenium, Appium, and Playwright have revolutionized QA testing automation over the last two decades. But even today, automation engineers spend hours maintaining brittle scripts, chasing broken locators, […]