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New nonprofit to certify AI models that only use copyrighted training data with permission
A new nonprofit will issue certifications to artificial intelligence companies that don’t include copyrighted materials in their training datasets unless they obtain permission to do so. The organization, Fairly Trained, launched today. It was founded by Ed Newton-Rex, the former vice president of audio at well-funded generative AI startup Stability AI Ltd. Newton-Rex reportedly left the ...
Google disrupts malware campaign run by Russia-linked hacking group
Google LLC’s TAG research team, which tracks state-backed hacking groups, has disrupted a malware campaign launched by a Russian threat actor. The search giant detailed the operation in a blog post today. The hacking group behind the disrupted malware campaign is tracked as Coldriver by researchers. It focuses on carrying out phishing attacks against individuals ...
Researchers disclose vulnerability in GPUs from AMD, Apple and Qualcomm
Researchers at Trail of Bits Inc., a New York-based cybersecurity company, have disclosed a vulnerability that may affect millions of graphics processing units. Wired reported the discovery on Tuesday. The vulnerability, which Trail of Bits’ researchers have named LeftoverLocals, can be used by hackers to access the output of artificial intelligence models. The cybersecurity company ...
Samsung debuts AI-equipped Galaxy S24 smartphones and Galaxy Ring
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today debuted its new flagship smartphone lineup, the Galaxy S24 series, which features artificial intelligence software from Google LLC and Qualcomm Inc.’s fastest mobile chip. The handset family is headlined by the Galaxy S24 Ultra, a 6.8-inch flagship that will sell for $1,300. It’s joined by the 6.2-inch Galaxy S24 and ...
Apple revises App Store terms to let apps link to external payment methods, but for a hefty fee
Apple Inc. has relaxed the App Store’s terms of service to comply with a 2023 antitrust ruling by a federal appeals court — but it’s being criticized for charging a hefty fee for processing app purchases through outside payment platforms. Until today, iOS apps distributed in the U.S. could only process user purchases with a ...
Vicarius nabs $30M for its AI-powered vulnerability remediation platform
Vicarius Inc., a startup helping enterprises find and fix vulnerabilities in their software, today announced that it has raised a $30 million funding round. Cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm Bright Pixel Capital led the Series B investment. It was joined by AllegisCyber Capital, AlleyCorp and Strait Capital. New York-based Vicarius provides a software platform called vRx ...
Seagate introduces nanophotonic hard drive architecture for data centers
Seagate Technology Holdings plc today debuted Mozaic 3+, a new hard drive architecture that features a so-called nanophotonic laser for writing data and several other hardware innovations. The company will use Mozaic 3+ to power its flagship Exos line of data center HDDs. According to Seagate, the new hard drives it’s bringing to market will ...
IDC: Apple sold more smartphones than Samsung for the first time in 2023
Apple Inc. became the world’s largest smartphone maker by unit shipments in 2023, according to preliminary International Data Corp. research published today. The top spot in IDC’s handset sales ranking was held by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for more than a decade. The last time the company didn’t nab first place was in 2010, when ...
Quantum computer developer Quantinuum raises $300M at $5B pre-money valuation
Quantinuum Ltd., a quantum computing company majority-owned by Honeywell International Inc., today announced that it has closed $300 million in funding. JPMorgan Chase & Co. led the investment. It was joined by Honeywell, Tokyo-based industrial giant Mitsui & Co. and biotechnology company Amgen Inc. The investment closed at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion. The ...
Synopsys to buy Ansys for $35B in engineering software megadeal
Two of the engineering software market’s largest players are set to join forces in a $35 billion cash-and-stock deal. Synopsys Inc., which makes chip design software, today announced that it will pay $197 per share of Ansys Corp., whose engineering applications are used to develop both processors and other products such as medical devices. Ansys ...