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Lutra AI launches to make building automated AI workflows easy
A new startup named Lutra AI launched today with a platform aimed at helping users create personal artificial intelligence workflows and automate repetitive tasks without the need for deep technical expertise. Lutra is led by co-founder and Chief Executive Jiquan Ngiam, who previously worked at Google LLC and the online education provider Coursera Inc. He saw ...
Messenger gets end-to-end encryption privacy enabled by default
Meta Platforms Inc. is finally upgrading Messenger to be end-to-end encrypted by default, ending a multiyear journey to make the messaging app secure for its users. The company announced the completion of the project on Wednesday, noting that the upgrade will bring E2EE, as it’s known in short, to all users without them having to select the ...
Coinbase Wallet now allows sending crypto via links on messaging apps or email
Users of Coinbase Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet developed by the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. that gives users full control of their crypto tokens, said today they can now transfer crypto payments with a link through popular messaging apps, text or email. The objective of the new service is to make it easier for users to ...
Gecko Robotics raises $100M to maintain critical infrastructure with AI-powered robots
Gecko Robotics Inc., the developer of artificial intelligence-powered software and advanced robotics that work to maintain physical infrastructure for energy and defense projects that can be hazardous to humans, announced Tuesday it has raised $100 million in new funding. The initial Series C round raised $73 million for the company last year from Drive Capital ...
JetBrains unleashes AI-powered coding assistant across its developer productivity tools
Professional software development tools company JetBrains s.r.o today announced the release of a new artificial intelligence-powered coding companion called “AI Assistant,” now generally available to users of the company’s independent development editors. The new coding assistant is powered by multiple generative AI models and deeply integrated with the company’s IDEs, which are software applications used by software ...
Web3 firm Thirdweb discloses major vulnerability in common open-source NFT library
Thirdweb, a platform that provides developers with tools to build Web3 apps, disclosed that the company became aware of a security vulnerability in a common open-source library used by major blockchain companies to construct smart contracts for nonfungible tokens. The company revealed Monday that it became aware of the vulnerability in a post on X, ...
IBM unveils next-gen 133-qubit Heron quantum processor and its first modular quantum computer
IBM Corp. today announced the launch of its newest quantum processor “Heron,” featuring 133 qubits of computing power that will serve as the foundation for a new series of processors capable of providing practical utility for science and research. Alongside the new processor, the IBM unveiled the Quantum System Two, the company’s first modular quantum ...
AWS improves SageMaker Studio AI-development tool with new web-based interface, code editor
Amazon Web Services Inc. has released an improved version of its SageMaker Studio, a development interface that provides access to purpose-built artificial intelligence and machine learning development tools from preparing data, building training, deploying and managing machine learning models. Announced today during re:Invent 2023, the company’s annual conference in Law Vegas, the new version includes a ...
OpenAI reinstates Altman as CEO with changes to the governing board
OpenAI announced that Sam Altman (pictured) was officially reinstated as chief executive and that the company will have a new non-profit board, including a non-voting observer from Microsoft Corp. The announcement came Wednesday in a blog post written by Altman two weeks after the previous board oversaw his sudden departure from the company amid claims ...
AWS rolls out new Titan AI models for image and text generation
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced two new artificial intelligence foundation models for Amazon’s Titan family, including an image generator and a model capable of taking text or images and turning them into AI readable vector embeddings. The new models were announced today during the company’s annual re:Invent 2023 conference. Amazon also announced that text-generating models Titan ...