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Deepchecks raises $14M to validate machine learning models continuously
Continuous machine learning validation startup Deepchecks Ltd. has made its platform generally available today after closing on a $14 million seed funding round. The round was led by Alpha Wave and included participation from Hetz Ventures and Grove Ventures. Deepchecks was co-founded by Chief Executive Philip Tannor (pictured, right) and Chief Technology Officer Shir Chorev ...
Report: AWS considers diversifying its AI server offerings with AMD’s new chips
Public cloud infrastructure giant Amazon Web Services Inc. may become the first major customer to adopt new artificial intelligence chips made by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., according to a report from Reuters. However, the company has decided not to buy entire systems from AMD’s rival, Nvidia Corp. AWS, the world’s largest cloud computing company, is ...
Google debuts AI-powered ad placement tools
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said today it’s enhancing its online advertising placement capabilities with the launch of two new artificial intelligence-powered tools that are designed to find the best ad placements for brands automatically across its range of websites and services. AI has become one of the hottest trends in the technology industry this year thanks to ...
OctoML debuts self-optimizing compute service for generative AI applications
Artificial intelligence optimization startup OctoML Inc. is shifting gears today with the launch of what it says is the industry’s first self-optimizing compute service for AI models. The new service is called OctoAI, which the company explained is a new foundational infrastructure for developers looking to build and scale AI applications with the model of ...
AMD launches new Instinct MI300X AI chip to take on Nvidia’s GPUs
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is taking on Nvidia Corp. with the launch of a new artificial intelligence accelerator chip, announced at its Data Center & AI Technology Premiere event today. During a keynote speech, AMD Chair and Chief Executive Lisa Su (pictured) announced the company’s new Instinct MI300X accelerator, which is targeted specifically at ...
Databricks hits $1B revenue milestone as it doubles down on AI with Rubicon acquisition
Big-data analytics firm Databricks Inc. revealed today that it surpassed the $1 billion revenue milestone during its most recent fiscal year, at a time when it’s diversifying its business into new areas such as artificial intelligence. And that diversification continued apace today, as the company announced it’s acquiring an AI storage startup called Rubicon Inc. ...
Generating mania: Month-old Paris-based startup Mistral AI raises $113M in seed funding
French generative artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI, led by a team of former Meta Platforms Inc. and Google DeepMind researchers, said today it has scooped up €105 million ($113 million) in seed funding to aid its push to become a “global player” in the market, just four weeks after it was founded. Today’s round was ...
Red Hat upgrades OpenStack Platform to support modern network deployments
Enterprise Linux company Red Hat Inc. today announced the upcoming launch of its newest version of OpenStack. Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 will be released in the coming weeks, with new management and operations tools designed to enhance its flexibility, efficiency and security and improve its usefulness at the network edge. The Red Hat OpenStack Platform is ...
Meta AI researchers unveil I-JEPA, a computer vision model that learns more like humans do
Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. say they’re making progress on the vision of its Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun to develop a new architecture for machines that can learn internal models of how the world works. The idea is that such an architecture would help AI models to learn faster, plan how to ...
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Oracle beats expectations, reveals upcoming generative AI service, sending stock higher
Oracle Corp.’s stock gained more than 3% in extended trading today, after making even bigger gains during the regular trading session. It was all thanks to strong earnings, solid guidance, promises of an upcoming generative artificial intelligence service and an optimistic report from Wall Street analysts. The database giant reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $3.32 ...