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Artificial intelligence governance software startup CredoAI Inc. said today it has closed on a $21 million funding round to help enterprises advance the development of AI in a more responsible way. Today’s round was led by CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures and FPV …
Vector database startup Weaviate debuts ‘AI workbench’ and flexible storage tiers
AI-native vector database startup Weaviate B.V. is expanding into artificial intelligence development with the launch of a new “workbench” that consists of various cloud-based applications and tools for developers, along with a flexible, tiered storage offering. The company said it was inspired …
Hyperbolic Labs raises $7M for its blockchain-based AI network to use idle GPU capacity
Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Hyperbolic Labs Inc. said today it has closed on a $7 million seed funding round to transform the way AI developers access compute and inference resources. Today’s round was led by Polychain Capital and Lightspeed Faction, and saw …
Automation software firm Workato aims to take the work out of data pipeline orchestration
Enterprise orchestration software company Workato Inc. today announced the launch of new tools that it says will simplify the job of orchestrating data pipelines for artificial intelligence and other workloads. Its new Data Orchestration offerings not only help companies set up new …
Zuckerberg unveils new advances in computer vision AI at SIGGRAPH
Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research team has followed up with a sequel to the popular Segment Anything machine learning model that was released last summer. Segment Anything 2 was announced by Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg during a wide-ranging fireside chat …
Network security firm F5’s stock makes strong gains on solid earnings beat
A solid earnings beat and strong guidance helped push shares of the application services provider F5 Inc. much higher in extended trading today. The company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.44 per share, cruising past analysts’ …
Video game actors to go on strike following breakdown in AI talks with game developers
Video game actors represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have voted to go on strike starting Friday, after a breakdown in negotiations with video game studios over protections from artificial intelligence. The rise of generative AI, …
Google’s free Gemini chatbot gets 1.5 Flash update, making responses faster and smarter
Google LLC said today that its Gemini AI chatbot is being updated with support for Gemini 1.5 Flash, a lightweight large language model that’s designed to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini. Gemini 1.5 Flash is being made accessible to all users, regardless …
Juniper disappoints with earnings that fall well short of forecasts
Juniper Networks Inc. delivered disappointing financial results today in what is likely to be one of the last times it reports as an independent company, prior to being gobbled up by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. The company, which is in the process …
Microsoft debuts AI-powered summaries in Bing search engine
Microsoft Corp. today finally unveiled its response to Google LLC’s experimental AI-powered search experience, with the limited preview launch of a new feature called Bing Generative Search. The company said the new feature combines the foundation of Bing’s search results with the …