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EU asks Amazon for information about its DSA compliance
European Union officials have asked Amazon.com Inc. for information about its compliance with the DSA, a piece of tech industry regulation that the bloc rolled out in 2022. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, disclosed the move today. The request marks the third time that regulatory officials in the bloc have asked Amazon for ...
Meta open-sources new ‘multi-token prediction’ language models
Meta Platforms Inc. has open-sourced four language models that implement an emerging machine learning approach known as multi-token prediction. VentureBeat reported the release of the models today. Meta made their code available on HuggingFace, a popular platform for hosting artificial intelligence projects. Large language models generate the text or code they output one token at ...
AWS to build $1.3B top-secret cloud for Australia’s government
Amazon Web Services Inc. has inked a deal to build data centers in Australia for the country’s defense and intelligence agencies. Officials announced the project today at a press conference in Canberra. The initiative is expected to cost 2 billion Australian dollars, or $1.3 billion, over the next decade. AWS estimates that it will support ...
Law enforcement task force disrupts infrastructure used for Cobalt Strike cyberattacks
An international task force has taken down hundreds of IP addresses and domain names that were used by hackers to launch cyberattacks. The task force, which was coordinated by Europol, disclosed the development on Wednesday. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency led the group. It was joined by law enforcement agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, the ...
Amazon ends its Astro for Business security robot program
Amazon.com Inc. is discontinuing Astro for Business, a program that enabled businesses to monitor their facilities using the company’s Astro home robot. TechCrunch reported the development today, citing an email to customers. The move comes less than a year after Astro for Business made its debut. Robots sold through the program are set to stop ...
Cloudflare rolls out feature for blocking AI companies’ web scrapers
Cloudflare Inc. today debuted a new no-code feature for preventing artificial intelligence developers from scraping website content. The capability is available as part of the company’s flagship CDN, or content delivery network. The platform is used by a sizable percentage of the world’s websites to speed up page loading times for users. According to Cloudflare, the ...
Legal AI startup Harvey reportedly seeking $100M in funding at $1.5B valuation
Harvey, a startup that provides artificial intelligence tools for lawyers, is reportedly seeking to raise $100 million in funding. The Information today cited sources as saying that Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund is expected to lead the round. The investment is reportedly set to value Harvey at $1.5 billion, about twice what it was worth following ...
Google’s emissions grew 13% in 2023 amid increasing AI energy demand
Google LLC produced 13% more emissions in 2023 than a year earlier, the search giant disclosed today. The Alphabet Inc. unit attributed the increase primarily to its supply chain and higher data center energy consumption. According to the company, the higher energy demand was partly driven by artificial intelligence workloads. Google and other major cloud ...
Rapid7 acquires rival Noetic Cyber to help enterprises fix vulnerabilities faster
Rapid7 Inc. has acquired Noetic Cyber Inc., a startup with a platform for detecting vulnerabilities in enterprise networks. The companies announced the deal on Monday. The acquisition comes amid reports that an activist investor is pushing Rapid7 to explore a sale. The investor, Jana Partners, last week disclosed that it had acquired a “significant” stake ...
Biden administration awards $504M to 12 regional technology hubs
The Biden administration has awarded $504 million to 12 regional technology hubs that will support research initiatives in areas such as quantum computing, chip production and autonomous driving. The White House announced the move today. The research centers that are set to receive funding are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Nevada, New ...