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Vendict emerges with $9.5M in funding to automate security compliance with generative AI

July 12, 2023
Today, enterprise software vendors must often fill out questionnaires proving they are compliant with the security requirements of the customers they seek to service — a highly manual, technical and time-consuming process. Vendict wants to change all that. The Israeli startup is emerging from stealth today with $9.5 million in funding led by NFX, Disruptive AI and Cardumen Capital and joined by…
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How to avoid pitfalls and navigate the ethical landscape of generative AI

July 12, 2023
We still have a lot to figure out. That was my impression of a panel at our Transform 2023 event yesterday that drilled into the ethics of generative AI. The panel was moderated by Philip Lawson, AI policy lead at the Armilla AI | Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. It included Jen Carter, global head of technology at Google.org, and Ravi Jain, chair of the Association for…
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Generative AI is ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’ in the enterprise, says Mastercard CDO

July 12, 2023
What a difference a year makes: At the Women in AI breakfast that kicked off VentureBeat Transform 2023 in San Francisco this morning, Mastercard chief data officer JoAnn Stonier said that right now generative AI in the enterprise is like the Oscar-winning movie — Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. That’s a big shift from last July, when the same Women in AI discussion at Transform focused…
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Embracing responsibility with explainable AI

July 12, 2023
Explainability is not a technology issue — it is a human issue.  Therefore, it is incumbent on humans to be able to explain and understand how AI models come to the inferences that they do, said Madhu Narasimhan, EVP and head of innovation, strategy, digital and…
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Slack’s vision for enterprise AI: Empower ‘everybody to automate’

July 12, 2023
The messaging software company Slack sees massive potential in generative AI and large language models, allowing more automation to improve workplace productivity and efficiency, said Steve Wood, Slack’s SVP, product management at the VentureBeat Transform 2023 conference on Tuesday.  “For me, I think automation, integration and AI are going to have a profound impact on how we experience…
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