AI & Robotics

One time, a large enterprise Gary Harbison worked for was targeted by a hacker looking to execute a fraudulent payment.  They were persistent, first sending an email, then following up with what they thought would be a sly voice call impersonating the CEO. But they hadn’t done their research: The company’s head exec was Scottish. The employee who answered immediately picked up on the…

International telecommunications giant NTT expects that energy consumption of generative AI models and value-based pricing will be among the most significant challenges facing enterprises as they move towards more broad adoption and integration of the burgeoning technology. In a panel discussion at the VentureBeat Transform 2023 conference on Wednesday with NTT VC founding partner Vab Goel…

Business process automation has been around for decades, and it is not being disrupted by the power of generative AI. At today’s VentureBeat Transform 2023, Kognitos founder and CEO Binny Gill and Wipro Ventures managing partner Biplab Adhya discussed how generative AI can help improve automation. The panel was moderated by VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen.  Back in February, Kognitos raised $6.8…

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…