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Data security startup Immuta Inc. today announced new data governance and audit capabilities for retrieval-augmented generation-based generative artificial intelligence solutions across multiple cloud platforms. Retrieval-augmented generation applications supply large language models with external knowledge sources to improve the accuracy and relevance of generated content. …
OpenAI disrupts international influence operations using its AI tools
OpenAI revealed in a blog post today that it identified and disrupted five covert influence operations in the last three months that were attempting to manipulate public opinion or influence political outcomes. The influence campaigns disrupted by OpenAI are claimed to have …
Asana impresses investors with better-than-expected results
Asana Inc. impressed investors with its earnings report today, beating expectations on revenue and earnings in its fiscal 2025 first quarter. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Asana reported an adjusted loss per share of six cents, up from a …
Elastic shares climb 8% on strong earnings and revenue beats in fourth quarter
Shares in Elastic N.V. rose nearly 8% in late trading after the enterprise-grade search software company today reported better-than-expected results in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Elastic reported adjusted earnings per share of 21 cents …
Zscaler posts strong growth, but SentinelOne shares fall on missed outlook metric
It was a tale of different outcomes in security company quarterly earnings reports today, with Zscaler Inc. shares surging and SentinelOne Inc. falling, the latter on a missed metric on outlook. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Zscaler reported adjusted …
Department of Justice says it has taken down a large botnet with 19M unique IP address
The U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, says it has taken down a large botnet and arrested its administrator, YunHe Wang. The botnet, called 911 S5, was allegedly used to commit cyberattacks, large-scale fraud, child exploitation, harassment, …
ShinyHunters lists 560M stolen Ticketmaster user records for sale following BreachForums resurgence
A day after it was reported that the infamous hacking site BreachForums had returned after yet another Federal Bureau of Investigation “takedown,” ShinyHunters, the hacking group that brought the site back, is now claiming to have stolen data related to 560 million …
Okta shares rise on strong earnings and upbeat outlook
Share in Okta Inc. rose nearly 3% in late trading today after the identity and access management company reported earnings and revenue beats in its first quarter and also forecast an outlook higher than analyst expectations. For the quarter ended April 30, …
Salesforce shares tumble after-hours on first earnings miss since 2006
Shares in Salesforce Inc. plunged over 15% in after-hours trading today after the cloud-based software company missed on revenue in its fiscal first quarter — the first time it has reported a revenue miss since 2006 — and also fell short on …
Maven AGI unveils AI platform after securing $20M for global expansion
Artificial intelligence startup Maven AGI Inc. today launched with $20 million in funding to expand its engineering, marketing and partnership teams. Founded in 2023, Maven AGI debuts with a platform that is designed to transform enterprise customer support through generative AI. The …