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The cybercriminals who hit storage maker Western Digital Corp. in a network breach earlier this month have returned to demand ransom for stolen data, which includes customer information The hackers have claimed the theft of more than 10 terabytes of data and …
Italian regulators outline rules for reinstatement of OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Italy’s data protection agency announced Wednesday that it will lift the country’s ban on OpenAI LP’s artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT if the company agrees to enforce a set of rules that will protect users’ privacy by April 30. The Guarantor for the …
Ethereum completes major upgrade allowing withdrawal of staked tokens
The Ethereum blockchain completed its “Shapella” upgrade on Wednesday evening, allowing users who locked up Ether tokens to support the network to withdraw their cryptocurrency for the first time. The upgrade happened at 6:27 p.m. EDT when the Shanghai and Capella forks …
Creative.ai uses generative AI to help publishers produce video game ads
Austin-based Creative.ai is putting advances in generative artificial intelligence to use for mobile game publishers to help them create video advertisements. Generative AI has taken the internet by storm for its ability to create new content based on data used to train …
Databricks releases Dolly 2.0, an open-source AI like ChatGPT for commercial use
Big-data and machine learning software provider Databricks Inc. today released Dolly 2.0, the next iteration of the company’s open-source generative artificial intelligence model that has ChatGPT-like capabilities. Databricks released Dolly two weeks ago as a response to the multitude of large language …
Sei Labs nabs $30M to develop high-speed blockchain for trading
Sei Labs, a contributor to the Sei blockchain focused on trading, said today that it has raised $30 million across two strategic funding rounds, according to a press release. Sei is a top-level, or Layer 1, blockchain designed to facilitate digital asset …
AI-driven building monitoring startup Infogrid raises $90M
Infogrid, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize building management, today announced that it has raised $90 million in new funding to build out its “smart building” platform that allows customers to monitor data on air quality, occupancy and energy consumption. …
PagerDuty launches AIOps solution to reduce noise for incident response
Observability firm PagerDuty Inc. today announced it’s launching its AIOps solution into general availability to provide greater incident automation capabilities to DevOps and information technology teams by reducing noise and labor. Developers, information technology teams and site reliability engineers are often faced …
CryptoGPT raises $10M led by DWF Labs for AI-focused blockchain
CryptoGPT, a zero-knowledge layer 2 blockchain that aims to help users make money from data for artificial intelligence use, today announced it has raised $10 million in new funding led by DWF Labs at a $250 million valuation. The company was founded …