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Push Security nabs $15M to secure companies’ cloud applications
Push Security Ltd., a startup helping companies secure their software-as-a-service applications, has raised a $15 million funding round to support its growth. The Series A round was announced today. According to the company, Alphabet Inc.’s GV venture capital arm led the investment. GV was joined by Decibel and multiple angel investors including the co-founders of ...
Google updates its search engine with new travel features
Google LLC today introduced a set of new features for its search engine that will help users more easily book flight tickets and accommodations. The update is part of an effort by the company to make its search engine a more powerful tool for online shopping. Previously, it debuted a capability that uses machine learning to ...
Fourthline bags $54M to ease customer verification for financial institutions
Netherlands-based financial technology startup Fourthline BV today announced that it has raised €50 million, or about $54 million, from Finch Capital and other unnamed returning investors. When a consumer signs up for an online financial service, the bank that provides the service must collect certain documents to perform identity verification. Fourthline offers a cloud platform ...
The state of artificial intelligence: Stanford HAI releases its latest AI Index Report
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence today released the latest edition of its AI Index Report, which explores the past year’s machine learning developments. Stanford HAI, as the institute is commonly known, launched in early 2019. It researches new AI methods and also studies the technology’s impact on society. It releases its AI Index ...
AWS makes its Amazon VPC Lattice networking service generally available
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Amazon VPC Lattice, a service that helps companies manage the network traffic in their cloud environments. Many enterprise applications implement a so-called microservices architecture. A microservices-based application is not one program, but rather a collection of several independent software modules. Those modules are linked together ...
Google upgrades Bard with technology from its cutting-edge PaLM language model
Google LLC has enhanced its Bard chatbot’s capabilities using technology from PaLM, an advanced language model that it debuted last year. Google and Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai detailed the update in a New York Times interview published today. PaLM will “bring more capabilities; be it in reasoning, coding, it can answer maths ...
Microsoft confirms it’s testing ads in Bing Chat
Microsoft Corp. has confirmed recent reports that it’s planning to monetize Bing Chat with embedded ads. Yusuf Mehdi, the corporate vice president of Microsoft’s modern life, search and devices group, wrote in a Wednesday blog post that the company is “exploring placing ads in the chat experience.” Revenue from those ads, the executive added, will ...
Hackers infect popular 3CX communications application with malware
Hackers have compromised 3CX, a popular videoconferencing and business phone management application used by more than 600,000 companies. Multiple cybersecurity providers, including CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., issued warnings about the breach on Wednesday. CrowdStrike believes the hackers behind the breach are associated with a North Korean state-backed threat actor known as Labyrinth Chollima. According to the ...
AI ethics group asks FTC to investigate OpenAI
A nonprofit artificial intelligence ethics group has asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate OpenAI LP, as well as regulate some of its activities. The Center for AI and Digital Policy, or CAIDP, made the request in an FTC complaint released today. At the center of the complaint is the GPT-4 model that OpenAI ...
Apple sets June 5 start date for WWDC 2023 to debut iOS7 and more
Apple Inc. today announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will run June 5-9 in an online format. The company plans to detail new versions of its iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS operating systems at the event. Recent reports suggest that Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset could also make its debut. Apple executives usually ...