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Meta Platforms Inc. today released the code for ImageBind, an internally developed artificial intelligence model that can process six different types of data. Meta says ImageBind outperforms some traditional models that focus on processing only one type of data. Moreover, the company …
IBM debuts watsonx product suite to streamline enterprise AI projects
IBM Corp. today debuted watsonx, a product suite designed to help companies more easily build and deploy artificial intelligence models. Watsonx was previewed at the company’s annual Think conference alongside several other new offerings. For its cloud platform, IBM is rolling out new …
Google Cloud rolls out differential privacy technology to its BigQuery data warehouse
Google LLC’s cloud business today introduced a differential privacy feature for its BigQuery data warehouse. The feature, which is currently public preview, will enable enterprises to more effectively protect their customers’ data against hackers. It’s based on a major computer science breakthrough …
Intel to make more layoffs as it targets $10B in annual savings
Intel Corp. is reportedly planning to lay off up to 20% of the employees at its client computing and data center divisions. Annual savings are the main target for the Intel layoffs in 2023. Dylan Patel, the chief analyst at market research …
Qualcomm buys vehicle chip startup AutoTalks in reported $350M+ deal
Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring AutoTalks Ltd., a chip startup with technology that enables vehicles to detect obstacles around corners and stop automatically. The acquisition was announced this morning. Sources told TechCrunch that Qualcomm is paying $350 million to $400 million for AutoTalks, …
New York attorney general proposes new cryptocurrency legislation
New York Attorney General Letitia James today proposed legislation that would ban cryptocurrency companies from engaging in deceptive business practices. The Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight Act, or CRPTO Act for short, also seeks to tackle other issues such as conflicts of …
Google Cloud and KPMG launch generative AI collaboration
Google LLC’s cloud unit and KPMG LLP today announced that they’re joining forces to help enterprises deploy generative artificial intelligence software. KPMG is a major professional services provider that specializes mainly in accounting. It also has an information technology business. KPMG’s IT …
Report: OpenAI weighs raising more funding after losses doubled in 2022
OpenAI LP is weighing to raise more funding after its losses doubled to $540 million last year, according to a new report. The Information reported the development on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. One factor seen as a contributor …
Datadog’s first-quarter revenue tops analyst expectations
Shares of observability provider Datadog Inc. climbed more than 14% in trading today after the company reported higher-than-expected first-quarter sales. Datadog generated $481.7 million in revenue during the three months ended March 31, which amounts to a 33% year-over-year increase. The company …
ServiceNow and Hugging Face release open-source AI model for generating code
ServiceNow Inc. and Hugging Face Inc. today introduced StarCoder, an open-source artificial intelligence model model that can generate code in multiple programming languages. The companies claim that StarCoder is the most advanced model of its kind in the open-source ecosystem. It was developed …