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OpenAI lets ChatGPT loose on the internet to search for up-to-date information
OpenAI LP announced today that its powerful chatbot ChatGPT has regained access to the internet to “provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources.” The new capability has been made available through an integration with Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, the company said. Prior to today, ChatGPT had been restricted ...
Soft guidance and lackluster demand weigh on Micron’s stock
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. delivered fiscal fourth-quarter results today that surpassed Walll Street’s expectations, but its forecast for its first quarter came up light, sending its stock lower in extended trading. During the quarter just gone, Micron said it racked up a net loss of $1.43 billion. It reported a loss before certain costs ...
Workday aims to transform human capital and financial management with generative AI
Workday Inc. has become the latest technology provider to embrace the unique potential of generative artificial intelligence to enhance productivity in the workplace. Today the human resources software pioneer unveiled a host of new generative AI capabilities and features in its platform that it says will drive productivity, streamline business processes and empower people to ...
Cloud-native threat detection and response startup Gem Security raises $23M
Cloud detection and response startup Gem Security Ltd. said today it has closed on a $23 million early-stage round of funding. The oversubscribed Series A round was led by GGV Capital and IBM Ventures, and saw the participation of existing backer Team8 and a host of angel investors. Gem Security, which only launched in February when ...
Senser raises $9.5M to transform IT observability with packet filter technology and AI
Artificial intelligence-powered infrastructure monitoring startup Senser Ltd. said today it has closed on a $9.5 million seed funding round. The funds will be used to launch its new AI operations platform, which uses Extended Berkeley Packet Filter technology to monitor complex cloud and on-premises information technology environments. Today’s round was led by Eclipse and saw participation ...
LearnOps startup Cognota lands $5.5M early-stage funding round to boost corporate learning
Canadian corporate development software startup Cognota Inc. has closed on a $5.5 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by Grotech Ventures and saw participation from IDEA Fund Partners, BDC Capital, Generation Ventures, CEAS Investments, Tyton Partners and angel investors Neal Dempsey and Jay Steinfeld. Cognota is the creator of a ...
Revefi raises $10.5M in seed funding to disrupt the data observability industry
Revefi Inc. said today it has armed itself with $10.5 million from a seed funding round, aiming to disrupt the data observability market with its artificial intelligence-powered Data Operations Cloud. Today’s round was led by Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha and saw participation from GTMfund, Neythri Futures Fund and more than 10 other strategic investors. ...
The CIA says it’s building a ChatGPT-style generative AI chatbot to aid data analysts
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says it’s building its own ChatGPT-style chatbot to help analysts sift through enormous amounts of data so it can improve its investigations. The CIA’s chatbot will leverage advanced generative artificial intelligence to help its agents access and understand open-source data, the agency said. The technology was developed by the CIA’s Open ...
Report: Palo Alto Networks targets Dig Security for $300M+ acquisition
Multiple sources are claiming that the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. is closing on the acquisition of Dig Security Solutions Inc., with the deal said to be valued at between $300 million and $400 million. Reports in Calcalist and TechCrunch today said the two companies are now in “advanced negotiations,” though nothing has been finalized ...
Microsoft hedges its bets, seeking more cost-effective AI models
Although Microsoft Corp. is said to own just under half of ChatGPT creator OpenAI LP, it’s also working on alternative artificial intelligence models that are less powerful, but also much more efficient. That’s according to a report today in The Information, which cites unnamed OpenAI employees as saying Microsoft is concerned about the sometimes staggering ...
