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Tuskira unifies and optimizes disparate cybersecurity tools

Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the victims are high-profile. According to a KPMG survey, close to half of companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue recently suffered a security breach. Surprisingly, an overabundance of security tools may … Continue reading

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Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google’s NotebookLM

Spotify Wrapped, the streamer’s highly anticipated annual listening recap, has arrived. In addition to its usual personalized summary detailing your favorite artists, songs, podcasts, and more, the company this year is introducing two new features, including most notably, an AI-powered … Continue reading

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Google’s Gradient backs Cake, a managed open-source AI infrastructure platform

A new company is emerging from stealth today with backing from Google’s AI-focused venture fund to help businesses compile their open-source AI infrastructure and reduce their engineering overheads. Cake integrates and secures more than 100 components for enterprises, including data … Continue reading

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Growl is building the Peloton of boxing

There’s a new connected fitness device in town and it’s called Growl. Inspired by hardware companies like Peloton and Tonal, Growl is building a boxing bag that you can attach to your wall at home. Users can then start immersive, … Continue reading

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Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale

Veeam, which helps its users secure and recover their data, has seen its valuation spike in a recent secondary sale that was aimed at bolstering the company’s cap table before an eventual IPO. The Insight Partners-backed company said on Tuesday … Continue reading

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This ex-Scale AI leader built a platform to automatically extracts insights from customer feedback

In this hyperconnected world we live in, it’s easier than ever to send feedback to the companies we patronize. But just because businesses offer more ways to get in touch doesn’t mean they’re poring over every comment. According to a … Continue reading

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‘Surreal Elderhood’ using OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora

Katsukokoiso.AI is a project from professional photographer Eugenio Marongiu, an alpha tester on OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora. Marongiu used the unreleased Sora model to create a piece titled “Surreal Elderhood,” which aims to balance absurdity and striking realism. Earlier users … Continue reading

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HuggingFace CEO has concerns about Chinese open source AI models

HuggingFace’s CEO warns that open source Chinese AI models risk spreading censorship worldwide. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The abject weirdness of AI ads

“I’m trying to find holiday gifts for my sisters. I open a bunch of tabs, I want my wife’s advice.” That’s CEO of the Browser Company, Josh Miller, in his company’s latest ad for its new AI browser, Dia. Consulting … Continue reading

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ServiceTitan’s IPO keeps getting weirder

ServiceTitan made a few interesting disclosures about what it will do with the money from its IPO and who it will sell the stock to. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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