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IBM debuts automated, AI-powered platform QRadar Security Suite to accelerate threat detection and response
IBM Corp. today announced a new security suite called IBM Security QRadar Security Suite that’s aimed at unifying and accelerating threat detection, investigation and response across the entire incident lifecycle. Built on an open foundation and designed for multicloud operations, the suite makes every capability accessible through a single, modernized user interface that provides embedded ...
Riverlane raises £15 million as it strives to solve quantum error correction
British quantum engineering startup Riverlane Ltd. said today it has closed on a £15 million ($18.65 million) round of funding. The Series B round, which significantly boosts its valuation, will enable it to continue innovating until it becomes cash flow positive, the company said. Molten Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from Altair Engineering ...
Moderna to harness IBM’s quantum computers and advanced AI models for mRNA vaccine research
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical firm Moderna Inc., best known for its COVID-19 vaccine, said today it’s working with IBM Corp. to explore ways in which quantum computing and generative artificial intelligence can advance its mRNA technology. The two companies have signed an agreement that will allow Moderna’s scientists to access IBM’s quantum computing systems, which ...
Retrocausal’s Kaizen Copilot to enhance industrial manufacturing operations with generative AI
Manufacturing process management software provider Retrocausal Inc. jumped onto the generative artificial intelligence bandwagon today, announcing the launch of its new LeanGPT service. LeanGPT is a collection of proprietary foundation models that are specifically designed for the manufacturing domain. It powers a new application called Kaizen Copilot, also announced today, which is meant to assist ...
Distributed database Ditto raises $45M to help apps sync data offline
Distributed database startup DittoLive Inc. said today it has closed on a $45 million early-stage round of funding to help enterprises synchronize application data in situations where there’s no internet connectivity. The Series A round was led by Acrew Capital and saw participation from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund and existing investors True Ventures and ...
Atlassian infuses generative AI into Confluence and Jira collaboration platforms
Atlassian Corp. Plc today became the latest technology company to add generative artificial intelligence smarts to its flagship collaborative software offerings. The new technology, Atlassian Intelligence, is based partly on in-house models the company gained via its acquisition of Percept.AI in January 2022. It also leverages OpenAI LP’s GPT-4 model, which notably powers the ChatGPT chatbot ...
Comet brings prompt tuning tools for large language model development to its platform
European machine learning operations startup Comet ML Inc. is evolving its MLOps platform to work with large language models of the kind that powers ChatGPT. The startup said today it’s introducing a number of “cutting-edge” LLM operations tools in its platform to help development teams with prompt engineering and managing LLM workflows, so as to ...
Microsoft and Epic partner to bring GPT-4 and generative AI to healthcare providers
Healthcare software giant Epic Systems Corp. said Monday it’s partnering with Microsoft Corp. to embrace generative artificial intelligence through its Azure AI platform. Under the partnership, Epic will integrate OpenAI LP services such as GTP-4 into its electronic healthcare records, Epic said in an announcement at the HIMSS conference in Chicago. Microsoft’s OpenAI services are ...
European Union gives green light to €43B Chips Act
The European Union’s plan to boost computer chip production is ready to move ahead after the so-called Chips Act was given the green light by politicians today. The Chips Act is a range of measures that is designed to boost the EU’s share of the global semiconductor value chain from less than 10% now to ...
European lawmakers call for tighter controls on powerful general-purpose AI
A group of 12 European Parliament members has called on the European Union to create a new set of rules aimed at regulating a wider range of artificial intelligence tools. The proposed “AI Act” would cover AI tools beyond those identified as being explicitly high risk. In an open letter published today, the MEPs further called ...