A New York lawyer has found himself in trouble in a lawsuit between a man and the airline Avianca Holding S.A. after presenting nonexistent citations in the case generated by ChatGPT. The case involved a man named Roberto Mata suing Avianca, claiming he was injured when a metal service cart struck his knee during a ...

Autonomous vehicle software development company Applied Intuition Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire self-driving truck software company Embark Technology Inc. in an all-cash transaction for $71 million. Founded in 2016, Embark designs automotive-grade self-driving software that uses machine learning for perception while relying on a safety-redundant computing system. The company’s custom-built hardware platform, pitched as ...

OpenAI Inc., the nonprofit arm of artificial intelligence company OpenAI LP, today launched a new program that will award grants to fund experiments in setting up a democratic process to devise what rules AI systems should follow. The “Democratic Inputs to AI” program is launching with 10 $100,000 grants to any organization or individuals aiming ...

The popular short video service TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd., is reportedly jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon and testing a new AI-powered chatbot. First reported on by Bloomberg, the chatbot is named Tako and, in its current form, is described as an “experimental chatbot” that can answer questions and have conversations with users. The early ...

Shares in Autodesk Inc. rose slightly in late trading after the computer-aided design software company reported earnings and revenue in line with predictions. For its fiscal first quarter that ended April 30, Autodesk reported earnings before certain costs of $1.55 per share, up from $1.43 per share in the same quarter of last year. Revenue rose 8% from ...

Researchers at Microsoft Corp. today detailed a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at critical U.S. infrastructure, orchestrated by an alleged China-based state-sponsored actor. The hacking group, known as Volt Typhoon, has been active since mid-2021 and is suspected of preparing to disrupt U.S.-Asia communication networks in potential future crises. The sectors affected by the campaign include communications, manufacturing, utilities, ...

Shares in Nutanix Inc. surged in late trading after the cloud-computing company reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal third quarter and gave an upbeat outlook. Nutanix reported adjusted earnings per share of four cents on revenue of $448.6 million, the latter up 11% year-over-year. Analysts had expected earnings of three cents per share ...

Shares in Splunk Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the big data company surprised investors with stronger-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal first quarter. For its fiscal first quarter that ended April 30, Splunk reported adjusted earnings of 18 cents per share, up from a loss of 32 cents per share in the ...

Cybersecurity companies CISO Global Inc. and Halycon Tech Inc. have entered into an alliance to enable enterprises to ward off ransomware and extortion attacks. Under the partnership announced today, both companies will offer each other’s services to deliver integrated offerings designed to defeat ransomware and address other cybersecurity concerns, such as malware and phishing. The ...

New research out today from application programming interface security startup Salt Security Inc. details significant security flaws in the Expo framework, a tool for developing mobile applications. The Expo framework is a set of tools, libraries and services that simplifies the process of building native applications for iOS, Android and web platforms. Rather than developing separate codebases ...