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TransUnion’s AI initiatives pay off in some unexpected ways
Since launching a massive data lake earlier this year to support its analytics, application development and artificial intelligence use cases around the globe, TransUnion LLC has begun to realize the benefits of deploying artificial intelligence models in back-office cases – and they’re not necessarily what you would expect. Self-service AI models for data preparation are helping ...
Florida rolls out AI-driven emergency warning system
Following the second-costliest hurricane season on record, the Florida Division of Emergency Management is launching a warning system that uses artificial intelligence to deliver detailed information to affected residents at what it says are unprecedented speeds and levels of detail. The Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications Operations Network, which news syndicator Futuri Media LLC developed ...
Sonar acquires open-source security specialist Tidelift
SonarSource SA, which does business as Sonar, said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tidelift Inc., a provider of services to manage open-source components. Terms weren’t disclosed. Sonar, which sells tools that check software code for bugs, inconsistencies and security flaws, said the deal will help round out its offerings in the ...
Tray.ai unleashes low-code platform for building AI agents
Tray.ai Inc., the maker of a cloud-based, composable software integration platform, today is embellishing its Merlin Intelligence artificial intelligence development platform with features for building agents. Those autonomous systems can make decisions and take actions to achieve specific goals or tasks without direct human or programmatic oversight. The company is also bundling a set of prepackaged ...
Red Hat expands AI model support in new release of Linux AI platform
IBM’s Corp.’s Red Hat subsidiary today released to general availability the latest generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, a version of the company’s core Linux platform optimized for developing, testing and running artificial intelligence large language models. RHEL AI provides a foundation model for building and running LLMs and includes image mode, which allows ...
Together AI acquires CodeSandbox, adds code interpreter to its AI development platform
Together Computer Inc., which does business as Together AI, today said that it has acquired CodeSandbox B.V, a startup that builds isolated cloud-based code execution environments known as devboxes. Together AI said combining the two companies will enable it to add a code interpreter component to its Together Inference Platform. The goal is to enable developers to run ...
EnterpriseDB expands AI development features in PostgreSQL
EnterpriseDB Corp., which sells a commercial version of the popular open-source PostgreSQL database management system, today said it enhanced the hybrid features of its EDB Postgres AI platform with unified management and features that speed artificial intelligence development and processing. Citing its own research that found that 56% of enterprises use a hybrid model combining ...
Acceldata adds AI-assisted reconciliation to its data observability platform
Data observability startup Acceldata Inc. today is adding artificial intelligence-powered data reconciliation capabilities to its platform that automate many manually intensive tasks such as column alignment across diverse datasets, rule creation, and handling nested arrays and complex structures. Acceldata’s platform provides insights into data quality, pipeline performance and infrastructure efficiency to support more reliable and efficient data operations. Functions include ...
IBM touts fiber optic technology it says can cut AI training times and energy use by 80%
One of the ironies of graphics processing units is that, despite their high cost and limited availability, the chips spend much of their time waiting to receive instructions. A big reason, say IBM Corp. researchers, is that the connections within data centers still rely largely on copper wire instead of speedy fiber optics. “We estimate ...
Vaultree open-sources its technology for computation on encrypted data
Data encryption startup Vaultree Ltd. said today that it has released and open-sourced elements of its data encryption technology stack that permit operations to be performed on encrypted data without the need for a decryption stage. The Cork, Ireland-based company’s technology is designed to address the scalability limitations of Fully Homomorphic Encryption schemes, which permit arbitrary computations, ...