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A bipartisan group of lawmakers today took the wraps off of a new piece of legislation that would require federal agencies and the artificial intelligence service providers they use to adopt guidelines to manage the risks associated with the technology. The proposed …
Google battles billion-dollar patent lawsuit over its TPU AI chips
Google LLC today denied allegations that its Tensor Processing Units were developed using stolen designs, in a jury trial brought against it by a company called Singular Computing LLC. The company has been accused of infringing on patents held by Singular and …
Generative AI startup Ask-AI, which breaks down data silos for customer service teams, raises $11M
Artificial intelligence startup Ask-AI Technologies Ltd. today announced the launch of its new Generative AI Sidekick tool alongside an $11 million round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by Leaders Fund and saw participation from Vertex Ventures, State of Mind …
Luma, developer of generative AI models that create 3D objects, raises $43M
Computer vision startup Luma AI Inc. said today it has closed on a $43 million round of funding as it looks to build a new generation of generative artificial intelligence models capable of seeing the world around them. Today’s Series B round …
Intel targets automotive sector with AI-enabled system-on-chip for next-generation cars
Intel Corp. is making an ambitious play for the automotive sector with the launch of specialist versions of its newest, artificial intelligence-enabled chips. With the launch, the company is throwing down the gauntlet to rivals Nvidia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., which currently …
It’s official: HPE confirms plans to acquire Juniper Networks for $14B
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today confirmed reports that it’s intending to acquire Juniper Networks Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at around $40 per share, or roughly $14 billion. The confirmation came after reports of an acquisition emerged around 24 hours earlier, …
Intel debuts refreshed Raptor Lake CPUs for desktops and laptops
Intel Corp. today announced a new lineup of processors for desktops, laptops and mobile devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but they’re not based on the eagerly anticipated seven-nanometer Meteor Lake architecture that was launched in December. Surprisingly, the chipmaker …
Report: HPE closing on $13B deal to buy Juniper Networks
In a surprising move, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is said to be close to negotiating a deal to buy the publicly listed networking company Juniper Networks Inc. The deal, reportedly worth $13 billion, could be announced as early as this week, the …
Twilio co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson bows to pressure from activist investors to step down
Communications and customer engagement software provider Twilio Inc. said today that its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lawson is stepping down from his role with immediate effect. He’ll be replaced by longtime company executive Khozema Shipchandler, who also assumes a seat …
Nvidia’s latest RTX GPUs will bring generative AI to millions of laptops and PCs
Nvidia Corp. took to the stage at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today to unveil its latest artificial intelligence hardware, the GeForce RTX SUPER desktop graphics processing unit, which it says enables “supercharged generative AI workloads” on laptop personal …