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Google Cloud announces general availability of Application Integration service
Google LLC is making developers’ and business users’ work easier today with the general availability of Application Integration, a standalone integration service that allows developers to connect application logic chains together and automate processes visually, without complex code. Application Integration acts as a cloud-native product that automates business processes by connecting any application, either within ...
RISC Zero raises $40M to simplify zk-proof cryptography for blockchain developers
The Seattle-based startup RISC Zero, the developer of a type of technology that allows blockchain developers to provide enhanced security for network transactions using zero-knowledge proofs, today announced that it raised $40 million in an early-stage round. The new Series A funding was led by Blockchain Capital, a well-known venture capital firm in the blockchain ...
Meta partners with Microsoft to distribute next-gen LLaMA 2 AI model for commercial use
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced that it has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to distribute its latest artificial intelligence models for commercial use that will allow businesses to build their own AI-enabled apps and tools. The new family of large language models, called LLaMA 2, is the next generation of Meta’s AI research into generative AI. ...
Tractable secures $65M for AI-powered visual assessments of car and property damage
Tractable Ltd., a startup that uses artificial intelligence-aided computer vision to determine the condition of cars and homes, said today that it has raised $65 million in late-stage funding to continue the growth of its product and business. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the Series E funding round with participation from existing investors Insight Partners ...
Microsoft builds on the cloud journey with Azure migration and cloud-native tools
To provide enterprise businesses the tools needed to give them a leg up when migrating to the cloud, Microsoft Corp. today announced two new Azure offerings during Microsoft Inspire 2023, “Azure Migrate and Modernize” and “Azure Innovate,” aimed at helping them on that journey. The company’s flagship program Azure Migration and Modernization Program was transformed ...
Microsoft announces AIM to deliver AI-powered business management tools for the cloud
Microsoft Corp. today announced a new program to assist customers in migrating their on-premises enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management apps into the cloud with artificial intelligence-powered insights. During the company’s Inspire 2023 conference, Microsoft revealed AIM, or “Accelerate, Innovate, Move,” a new program designed to help get businesses into the cloud and embrace ...
Actors say Hollywood wants to use AI to reproduce their likenesses forever
In another example of intelligence changing the nature of work, Hollywood actors brought up their own concerns about how studios intend to use the technology to use their likenesses in media forever without compensation. During a press conference Thursday, the actors said that they would be going on strike, Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of ...
Report: Meta plans to release its AI model for commercial use
Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to release a commercial version of its artificial intelligence model designed for commercial use, according to a report today from the Financial Times. Meta released its foundational large language model, known as Large Language Model Meta AI or LLaMA, as open source earlier this year for academics to use for research purposes ...
GitHub becomes passwordless with passkey support public beta
Popular developer code repository platform GitHub announced that it’s releasing passwordless authentication support in public beta, which will allow users to upgrade their security keys to use passkeys for login. Passkeys allow users to associate login information with individual devices or hardware keys that will enable users to eschew the use of passwords — which can ...
Microsoft reveals Chinese hackers breached US government emails
A Chinese-based hacking group has breached Microsoft email accounts belonging to two dozen government agencies, including the State Department, in the United States and Western Europe, Microsoft Corp. and U.S. national security officials revealed late Tuesday. The issue was discovered when U.S. cybersecurity experts reported to Microsoft a troubling vulnerability in the Microsoft 365 cloud ...