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OpenAI exec warns of growing risk that AI could aid in biological weapons development
An OpenAI executive responsible for artificial intelligence safety has warned that the next generation of the company’s large language models could be used to facilitate the development of deadly bioweapons by individuals with relatively little scientific knowledge. OpenAI Head of Safety Systems Johannes Heidecke made the claim in an interview with Axios, saying that he ...
Report: Meta targets former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to boost its AI research efforts
Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly looking to expand its artificial intelligence team with yet another high-profile tech industry luminary: former GitHub Chief Executive Nat Friedman. The parent company of Facebook is also said to be angling to bring aboard Daniel Gross, who is Friedman’s partner in the AI-focused venture capital fund NFDG. The discussions were ...
Tensec to deliver real-time, cross-border payments to smaller businesses after raising $12M in funding
Fintech startup Tensec Holdings Ltd. wants to transform the way financial services are delivered to small and medium-sized businesses after closing on $12 million in seed funding and building what it says is a frictionless, real-time cross-border payments service. Today’s round was led by Costanoa Ventures and saw participation from Quiet Capital, WillowTree Investments, Cambrian ...
Startup Typedef gets $5.5M seed funding to build customized data pipelines for AI model workloads
Data processing startup Typedef Inc. wants to help companies accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence application pilots after closing on $5.5 million in seed funding. Today’s round was led by Pear VC, a specialist early-stage investor, with participation from Verissimo Ventures, Monochrome Ventures, Tokyo Black and several unnamed angels. The startup is targeting what it ...
Clinical AI startup Nabla to focus on agentic automation after raising $70M in funding
Nabla Technologies Inc., the creator of an intelligent copilot for doctors and other healthcare professionals, wants to expand into artificial intelligence agents after raising $70 million in its Series C round of funding today. Today’s round was led by the German venture capitalist firm HV Capital and saw participation from Highland Europe and DST Global, ...
Andy Jassy says generative AI will reduce Amazon’s workforce in the coming years
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy has admitted that his company’s workforce is likely going to become much smaller in the future as more tasks are performed by generative artificial intelligence tools and AI agents. In a memo to employees today, Jassy (pictured) said the company expects it will need “fewer people doing some of ...
With $27M in funding, Fleet wants to bring more freedom to enterprise device management
Open device management startup Fleet Inc. wants to become the go-to platform for enterprises looking to safeguard the thousands of laptops and smartphones they hand out to employees after closing on a $27 million Series B round of funding. Today’s round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and saw participation from CRV, Open Core Ventures, ...
Extend gets $17M in funding to boost the speed and accuracy of document processing with AI models
Document processing startup Extend said today it has raised $17 million via two separate early-stage funding rounds – a seed investment and a Series A round. Innovation Endeavors was the lead investor, while the rounds also saw participation from Y Combinator, Character VC and angels such as the former Adobe Inc. Chief Security Officer Scott ...
Coralogix gets $115M in funding to pioneer agentic AI-powered observability
Coralogix Ltd. says it’s going to automate and extend the value of its observability tools to every business worker after closing on a $115 million late-stage funding today. The Series E round coincides with the launch of its first artificial intelligence agent, called “olly,” which enables nontechnical users to explore the full power of its ...
Diskover gets $7.5M from Snowflake, NetApp and others to facilitate unstructured data discovery for AI
Big-data discovery startup Diskover Data Inc. burst into the limelight today, announcing a $7.5 million seed funding round, its first acquisition and key partnerships with industry giants Snowflake Inc. and NetApp Inc. The startup’s momentum stems from its development of a novel platform that enables enterprises to “structure their unstructured data” and make it more ...