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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 ...
Cisco acquires cloud security startup Lightspin
Cisco Systems Inc. is acquiring Lightspin Technologies Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises find and understand vulnerabilities in their cloud infrastructure. Cisco announced the deal today without disclosing financial terms. Previously, Lightspin received $20 million from investors. “The Lightspin team has extensive technical expertise in cloud security, product development, and SaaS security products,” Vijoy Pandey, senior ...
Tech executives, researchers and others call for pause on cutting-edge AI model development
More than 1,000 people including prominent tech executives, researchers and authors are urging a pause on the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems. The group called for the pause today in an open letter released by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute. The signatories include bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, ...
Hygraph raises $30M for its content federation platform
Hygraph GmbH, a startup helping companies manage content assets such as product listings and marketing copy, today announced that it has raised $30 million in funding. The Series B round was led by One Peak. Berlin-based Hygraph said that it will use the capital to speed up product development initiatives. Additionally, the startup will expand ...