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Google LLC today debuted a set of new capabilities for Chrome Enterprise, a paid version of its browser geared towards organizations. Some of the feature additions are designed to help administrators enforce cybersecurity rules. The others focus on making workers more productive. …
Business travel startup Hotel Engine reels in $140M at $2.1B valuation
Hotel Engine Inc., the operator of a hotel booking platform for business travelers, today announced that it has closed a $140 million Series C funding round. Private equity firm Permira led the investment at a $2.1 billion valuation. That’s up from the …
Google to roll out features for detecting AI-generated images across several services
Google LLC plans to implement C2PA, a technology for verifying the authenticity of media files, in its search engine and advertising systems. The company detailed the initiative today. The C2PA, or Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, is an industry group that …
Email security startup EasyDMARC closes $20M funding round
EasyDMARC Inc., a startup helping companies implement the DMARC email security standard, today announced that it has raised $20 million in an early-stage funding round. New York-based venture capital firm Radian Capital led the Series A investment. Hackers often attempt to disguise …
Supermaven nabs $12M for its AI coding assistant
Supermaven Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence coding assistant of the same name, today announced that it has closed a $12 million funding round led by Bessemer. The investment also included contributions from several angel investors. The group included OpenAI co-founder …
Slack introduces new AI agents and automation workflows
Slack is updating its collaboration platform with a set of artificial intelligence features designed to save time for knowledge workers. The Salesforce.com Inc. unit detailed the enhancements today ahead of its parent company’s Dreamforce 2024 product event, which will kick off on …
Meta to resume training AI models on UK users’ Facebook and Instagram posts
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to resume its use of U.K. adults’ Facebook and Instagram posts in artificial intelligence training projects. The company disclosed the decision today. The move comes about three months after Meta paused the practice over privacy concerns. Meta develops …
Google debuts new accuracy-optimized DataGemma LLM series
Google LLC has developed a series of language models that can answer questions about numerical facts more accurately than earlier algorithms. The DataGemma series, as the model lineup is called, debuted on Thursday. Google has made the source code for the algorithms …
CoreWeave reportedly planning secondary sale at $23B valuation
CoreWeave Inc. is negotiating a secondary sale will that enable investors to offload $400 million to $500 million worth of shares, Bloomberg reported today. The paper’s sources said that the deal is set to value CoreWeave, which operates a cloud platform optimized …
Ireland opens privacy probe into Google’s PaLM 2 language model
Ireland’s privacy regulator has opened a probe into Google LLC over its PaLM 2 large language model. The Data Protection Commission, or DPC, announced the move today. Officials will review whether PaLM 2 was built in a manner compliant with the European …