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Artificial intelligence agent and assistant platform provider Vectara Inc. today announced the launch of Open RAG Eval, an open-source evaluation framework for retrieval-augmented generation. RAG is a technique that enhances AI responses by retrieving relevant external data to inform its output. The …
Fortanix introduces Armet AI for compliant, secure enterprise generative AI deployment
Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced the public preview of Fortanix Armet AI, a new service that allows enterprises to create secure and compliant custom generative artificial intelligence applications to mitigate data exposure risk. Armet AI has been designed to assist organizations that …
Corsha raises $18 million to expand machine identity security platform
Machine-to-machine communications startup Corsha Inc. announced today that it has raised $18 million in new funding to expand go-to-market efforts, launch Corsha Labs and enhance its machine identity platform with artificial intelligence-driven behavioral and adaptive access controls for securing machine-to-machine communication. Founded …
SignalFire secures $1B to expand early-stage AI-focused investments
San Francisco-based venture capital firm SignalFire Ventures today announced that it has raised more than $1 billion in new capital to bring its total assets under management to $3 billion. Founded in 2013 by Chris Farmer and Ilya Kirnos, SignalFire is best …
Stytch and Cloudflare partner to secure Remote MCP servers with OAuth
Identity platform startup Stytch Inc. today unveiled Remote MCP Authorization, a new service created in partnership with Cloudflare Inc. that allows developers to add authorization to Remote MCP Servers built on Cloudflare Workers and any other frameworks supporting MCP Servers. Model Context Protocol, or …
Xanthorox AI emerges as a new malicious threat in cybercrime communities
A new report released today by phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. details the emergence of a next-generation malicious artificial intelligence platform called Xanthorox AI, which is being promoted in underground cybercrime forums as a modular, self-hosted tool for automated hacking operations. Malicious AIs are not …
Google DeepMind outlines safety framework for future AGI development
A new paper from Google DeepMind Technologies Ltd., the artificial intelligence research laboratory that is part of Alphabet Inc., this week laid out a comprehensive framework for navigating the risks and responsibilities of developing artificial general intelligence, marking one of the clearest commitments …
Microsoft scales back global AI data center expansion plans amid emerging low-cost model trends
Microsoft Corp. has reportedly pulled back on multiple planned data center projects three months after it announced plans to spend $80 billion to build artificial intelligence data centers through the current fiscal year. Bloomberg, referencing people familiar with the situation, claims that …
Oracle reportedly informs clients of system breach following earlier denial
Oracle Corp. has reportedly told some customers that a hacker broke into computer systems and stole old client login credentials. The admission comes after the company publicly denied any breach had taken place following a hacker offering allegedly stolen Oracle data on …
AI phishing hits its Skynet moment as agents outperform human red teams
A new report out today from cybersecurity training services company Hoxhunt Ltd. reveals that artificial intelligence-powered phishing agents have surpassed elite human red teams in crafting effective phishing attacks, a milestone that arguably reshapes the cybersecurity threat landscape. The report describes AI as having reached …