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OpenAI today launched a new large language model series, o1, that can decode scrambled text, answer science questions with better accuracy than PhD holders and perform other complex tasks. The LLM series better-known by it code name Strawberry, comprises two models on …
Mastercard acquires threat intelligence provider Recorded Future for $2.65B
Mastercard Inc. today announced plans to acquire Recorded Future Inc., the world’s largest provider of information about hacker activities. The $2.65 billion deal likely represents a sizable return for Insight Partners, which spent $780 million five years ago to buy a controlling interest …
OpenAI reportedly seeking $6.5B investment at $150B valuation
OpenAI is seeking to raise $6.5 billion from investors at a $150 billion pre-money valuation, Bloomberg reported today. The report comes about two weeks after rumors first emerged that the ChatGPT developer is in talks for a new multibillion-dollar funding round. At …
Meta confirms it scrapes Australian users’ posts for AI training without opt-out option
Meta Platforms Inc. is scraping Australian users’ Facebook and Instagram posts without providing an opt-out option, the company acknowledged today. Melinda Claybaugh, Meta’s global privacy director, detailed the practice during a hearing before the Australian Senate. The executive stated that the company …
Oracle to offer ‘world’s first’ zettascale AI cluster via its public cloud
Oracle Corp. plans to equip its public cloud with what it describes as the world’s first zettascale computing cluster. The cluster, which the company previewed today at its Oracle CloudWorld conference, will provide up to 2.4 zettaflops of performance for artificial intelligence …
ServiceNow debuts array of new AI features for its platform
ServiceNow Inc. today introduced a raft of new artificial intelligence features designed to help enterprises make their employees more productive. NYSE-listed ServiceNow provides a popular cloud platform, the Now Platform, that companies rely on to deliver services. It can be used to …
Autonomous driving startup Forterra closes $75M investment
Forterra, a supplier of autonomous driving technology for military and commercial vehicles, today announced that it has closed a $75 million Series B investment. The startup says that it secured more than two and a half times the sum it had originally …
EU’s top court rules against Apple, Google in multibillion-dollar cases
The European Union’s top court has ruled against Apple Inc. and Google LLC in a pair of cases that focused on their tax and e-commerce practices, respectively. The Apple case revolved around the effective tax rate that applied to the company in …
AMD reveals plans to unify its data center and consumer GPU architectures
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will unify the architectures that power its data center and consumer graphics cards. Jack Huynh, the executive who leads the AMD unit that develops the chips, disclosed the plan in a Tom’s Hardware interview published today. AMD offers …
Progress to acquire file sharing provider ShareFile for $875M
Progress Software Corp. has inked a $875 million deal to acquire ShareFile Inc., the developer of a popular file sharing platform for enterprises. The companies announced the deal today. Progress plans to finance the transaction with a combination of cash on hand …