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Report: OpenAI rival Cohere could raise up to $1B in fresh funding
Cohere Inc., a large language model startup, is holding talks with investors to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in fresh funding. The Financial Times reported the discussions today, citing people familiar with the matter. The investment is expected to give Cohere a “significantly higher” valuation than the $2.2 billion it was worth after ...
AWS will invest $15B+ in Japan to expand its local data center footprint
Amazon Web Services Inc. will invest 2.26 trillion yen, or about $15.24 billion, in Japan through 2027 to expand its local data center network. The cloud giant announced the project today during a news conference in Tokyo. The investment is worth significantly more than the 1.51 trillion yen AWS spent on its Japanese data centers ...
TSMC’s $40B fab construction project in Arizona expected to face additional delays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s plan to build two fabs in Arizona for $40 billion could face more delays, company executives revealed during a news conference today. Three years ago, TSMC set aside $12 billion to build a single chip plant in Arizona. The following year, the company more than tripled the project’s budget to $40 ...
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 ...