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Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub said today it’s making one of the main features of its enhanced copilot tool available to developers in limited beta test mode. Github Copilot Chat is described as the “centerpiece feature” of Github Copilot X, an enhanced version of …
Sustainable energy storage startup Energy Dome extends Series B funding to €55M
Clean energy storage startup Energy Dome S.p.A. said today it has closed on a €15 million extension of its Series B funding round, bringing its amount raised to €55 million, or about $60 million. The Series B extension was led by Innovation …
FedML raises $11.5M to foster collaborative AI model training at the edge
The collaborative machine learning startup FedML Inc. said today it has closed on an $11.5 million seed funding round. The round was made up of two separate tranches. The first raised $4.3 million and was disclosed in March, while the second pulled …
AI21 Labs announces a plug-and-play tool that promises to fix AI hallucinations
Generative artificial intelligence startup AI21 Labs Ltd. said today it has created a new plug-and-play tool that will forever banish the plague of AI hallucinations by ensuring chatbot responses are based on an organization’s own knowledge base. The new tool is called …
Asus agrees to keep Intel’s NUC mini-PC brand alive
Taiwanese laptop computer maker ASUSTek Computer Inc. has agreed to take up the mantle of Intel Corp.’s Next Unit of Compute systems, signing an agreement with the chipmaker to design, manufacture, sell and support future generations of the product. Intel’s NUC computers …
Microsoft launches Bing Chat Enterprise with full protection for sensitive corporate data
Microsoft Corp. said today it’s expanding the capabilities of its new, artificial intelligence-powered Bing chat engine to the workplace with the launch of Bing Chat Enterprise. The new tool leverages the same generative AI technology behind ChatGPT to bring a more conversational …
Deloitte’s new engineering practice to help enterprises accelerate product development
Technology consultancy firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. has launched a new engineering practice it says will help clients scale up their own software engineering and product innovation efforts. Announced today, Deloitte Engineering is focused on helping clients get ahead of the curve …
Wing Cloud raises $20M to build a unified programming language that tames cloud complexity
Cloud-native programming language startup Wing Cloud Ltd. is exiting stealth mode today armed with a hefty $20 million in seed funding. Today’s round was led by an impressive list of venture capital firms, including Battery Ventures, Grove Ventures and StageOne Ventures. Secret …
DataStax adds vector search to boost support for generative AI workloads
Database startup DataStax Inc. has announced general availability of its new vector search capability for every version of Astra DB, a popular database-as-a-service offering that’s built atop the open-source Apache Cassandra product. Announced today, the new capability makes Astra DB much more …
MongoDB brings its cloud-hosted database Atlas to public sector organizations
Database company MongoDB Inc. today announced a new, government-focused edition of its cloud database MongoDB Atlas, one of the first offerings to emerge from its recently announced MongoDB Atlas for Industries initiative. MongoDB Atlas for Government is a secure and compliant version …