Periodic Labs, founded by Ekin Dogus Cubuk and Liam Fedus, has emerged from stealth mode with an impressive seed funding round of $300 million. This funding has come from a prestigious group of investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others. Cubuk, formerly with Google Brain and DeepMind, led efforts in AI projects such […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed SB 53, a groundbreaking bill that introduces unprecedented transparency requirements for large AI companies. This legislation, the first of its kind in the United States, mandates that major AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind, disclose their safety protocols. Passed by the state legislature two weeks […]
Manny Medina, renowned as the founder of sales automation platform Outreach, has successfully attracted significant funding for his latest venture, Paid. The startup raised $21.6 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Lightspeed while building upon an earlier pre-seed round of €10 million raised in March. With this new funding, Paid has amassed a […]
Researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking method for exposing privacy vulnerabilities in AI models, known as CAMIA (Context-Aware Membership Inference Attack). This approach, developed by experts from Brave and the National University of Singapore, significantly surpasses prior techniques in revealing whether specific data was utilized during the training of AI systems. Concerns regarding "data memorisation" in […]
Silicon Valley has recently made headlines with significant investments in AI infrastructure, particularly involving major players like Nvidia and OpenAI. Nvidia announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, which in turn disclosed its intentions to develop five new Stargate AI data centers in collaboration with Oracle and Softbank. This expansion aims to […]
Samsung is addressing the limitations of existing benchmarks for evaluating the real-world productivity of enterprise AI models with the introduction of a new system called TRUEBench. Developed by Samsung Research, TRUEBench aims to bridge the gap between theoretical AI performance and its practical utility in workplace settings. As organizations increasingly adopt large language models (LLMs) […]
The retail sector has rapidly adopted generative AI technologies, with a striking increase from 73% to 95% of organizations utilizing these applications in just one year, according to cybersecurity firm Netskope. However, this boom in AI usage comes at a significant cost—heightened security risks. The report mentions that while retailers embrace generative AI, they simultaneously […]
OpenAI has announced plans to construct five new AI data centers in collaboration with Oracle and SoftBank as part of its Stargate project. This expansion is significant, as it will increase Stargate’s energy capacity to a remarkable seven gigawatts, sufficient to power over five million homes. The partnership includes three data centers being developed with […]
A recent study from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Ipsos highlights a significant public trust deficit in AI technologies, despite government enthusiasm for their potential benefits. This trust issue is identified as a major barrier to the public’s willingness to embrace generative AI. Key Findings of the Report The research uncovers a […]
For years, Big Tech executives have painted a picture of AI agents capable of autonomously handling software tasks for users. However, current offerings, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent and Perplexity’s Comet, still exhibit noticeable limitations. Enhancing the functionality of these AI agents may require advanced techniques that are still emerging in the industry. One promising […]