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Artificial intelligence safety platform startup WitnessAI Inc. today launched as it announced it has raised $27.5 million in funding from GV Management Co. LLC and Ballistic Ventures LLC to accelerate the development of new AI safeguards. WitnessAI’s path to becoming a venture …
New JFrog-Datadog integration aims to streamline cloud migrations and log analysis
Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today announced a new integration with application monitoring and security platform provider Datadog Inc. that gives developers visibility into logs for JFrog-managed instances of Artifactory in the cloud. The integration sees JFrog SaaS Log Streamer integrating with Datadog to allow …
Perception Point partners with Pax8 to provide AI-powered security solutions
Email and collaboration security startup Perception Point Inc. today announced a new partnership with cloud commerce marketplace provider Pax8 Inc. that will provide access to Perception Point’s advanced threat prevention solution to allow Pax8 partners to safeguard their customers. The partnership sees Perception Point …
Scale Ventures highlights widening resource gaps and funding challenges in cybersecurity
A new report out today from venture capital firm Scale Venture Partners details the challenges faced by chief information security officers and other senior security staff, ranging from security risks to funding problems, with some interesting takeaways on how resources are not …
Immersive Labs warns generative AI bots are highly vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
A new report from cybersecurity training company Immersive Labs Inc. released today is warning of a dark side to generative artificial intelligence that allows people to trick chatbots into exposing company secrets. The “Dark Side of GenAI” report delves into the generative AI-related risk …
Australian startup SpatialAI raises $3.4M to advance AI in architecture and construction
New Australian generative artificial intelligence startup SpatialGPT.AI Pty. Ltd. has raised AU$5.1 million ($3.4 million) in seed funding to redefine spatial environments across the architecture, construction, education, healthcare and retail sectors. Announced today, the funding came from InnovateGPT Pty. Ltd., a company …
Palo Alto Networks posts strong earnings, but stock dips on disappointing forecast
Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc. fell nearly 9% in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported beats in its fiscal third quarter but disappointed investors with its fourth-quarter forecast. For the quarter that ended on April 30, …
Google issues emergency Chrome update to patch critical new vulnerability
Google LLC has released a new emergency Chrome browser security update following the emergence of a new zero-day security vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4947, the zero-day vulnerability is a “type confusion bug” in V8 in Google …
PolyAI raises $50M to enhance AI voice automation technology
Enterprise voice assistant startup PolyAI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand and enhance its artificial intelligence-powered voice automation technology, scale operations, innovate multilingual support, improve customer experiences and grow its market presence. Founded in …
Microsoft offers overseas transfers to China-based cloud and AI staff amid geopolitical tensions
Microsoft Corp. has reportedly asked hundreds of employees in its cloud-computing and artificial intelligence operations in mainland China to consider transferring outside of the country amid growing geopolitical tensions, but exactly how many staff may have been asked is uncertain. The story …