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Spectro Cloud brings secure, flexible Kubernetes management to government users
Kubernetes management startup Spectro Cloud Inc. today debuted a new version of its platform, aiming to meet the particular requirements of government, public sector organizations and other users where security and compliance are of paramount importance. Spectro Cloud is the creator of Palette, a complete and integrated platform that allows organizations to manage the entire ...
MLCommons announces MedPerf, a new benchmark for validating medical AI models
The Medical Working Group of the open machine learning consortium MLCommons today announced the availability of a new and open benchmarking platform called MedPerf. MedPerf is a big deal, the group says, as it enables medical-focused artificial intelligence models to be validated on diverse, real-world healthcare data without revealing that information. It’s hoped that the ...
Azure Active Directory rebrands to Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Corp. today announced that its long-lived and much-loved identity and access management service Azure Active Directory is being rebranded, and will henceforth be known as Microsoft Entra ID. The rebrand is part of Microsoft’s effort to simplify its suite of identity and access tools, with Entra ID sitting alongside products such as Entra Permissions ...
AP partners with OpenAI to explore news industry use cases for generative AI
The Associated Press is partnering with ChatGPT creator OpenAI LP to explore the possible applications of generative artificial intelligence in the news industry. Under the deal revealed today, AP will license a part of its enormous archive of historical news stories to OpenAI, Axios reported. Meanwhile, AP will gain access to OpenAI’s large language model technology, ...
AI startup Nomic raises $17M to build its open-source alternative to GPT-4
Artificial intelligence startup Nomic AI said today it has closed on a $17 million early-stage funding round. The Series A investment, which values Nomic at around $100 million, was led by Coatue and saw participation from Contrary Capital, Betaworks Ventures, SV Angel, Story Ventures and Factorial Capital, plus a host of angel investors. New York-based ...
Auvik debuts SaaS management tool to combat shadow IT
Auvik Networks Inc., a well-funded provider of cloud-based network management software, said today it’s lending its expertise to help companies deal with an increasingly troublesome problem known as software-as-a-service sprawl. The company announced a new service called Auvik SaaS Management, which provides organizations with much greater visibility into their use of SaaS products and helps ...
Stability AI releases sketch-to-image generative AI tool
Stability AI Ltd. is adding to its arsenal of generative artificial intelligence tools with the launch of Stable Doodle today. The company said it’s a sketch-to-image tool that works by converting simple sketches into more dynamic images, and it’s aimed at everyone from creative professionals to hobbyist artists. The launch of Stable Doodle builds on ...
Zluri raises $20M to help enterprises deal with SaaS application sprawl
Software-as-a-service management startup Zluri Technologies Private Ltd. has closed on a $20 million funding round that brings its total amount raised since its founding in 2020 to $32 million. Today’s Series B round was led by Lightspeed and saw the participation of existing investors MassMutual Ventures, Endiya Partners and Kalaari Capital. India-based Zluri is the ...
Elon Musk is leading a new AI startup that aims to understand the universe and compete with ChatGPT
Elon Musk today revealed that he has founded yet another company, an artificial intelligence startup called xAI Corp. that will compete against ChatGPT maker OpenAI LP, Google LLC and others. It’s unclear what the startup’s specific objectives are or what kind of AI it intends to focus on, but on its website it boldly proclaims ...
Dell announces new advisory services for Microsoft customers
Dell Technologies Inc. announced today it’s launching a portfolio of new services specifically for Microsoft Corp. technology customers. The services cover areas such as multicloud, modern workforces, applications and data, and resiliency and security. They’re aimed at helping customers extract more value out of their Microsoft technology investments and enhance innovation. In a blog post, ...
