California-based Voiceflow, a startup looking to build the ‘Figma’ of conversational AI, today announced it has raised $15 million in a fresh round of funding led by OpenView Venture Capital. The company said it will use the capital to expand its product’s capabilities and enable more teams to build conversational AI agents targeting different use cases.
The development comes at a time when…
In the latest example of the trend towards smaller, domain-specific large language models (LLMs) trained on proprietary data, Dialpad, the AI-powered customer intelligence platform, announced today the launch of DialpadGPT. It is the first LLM specifically designed and…
How FraudGPT presages the future of weaponized AI
August 15, 2023
FraudGPT, a new subscription-based generative AI tool for crafting malicious cyberattacks, signals a new era of attack tradecraft. Discovered by Netenrich’s threat research team in July 2023 circulating on the dark web’s Telegram channels, it has the potential to…
On the main stage at the DEF CON security conference in a Friday afternoon session (Aug. 11), Craig Martell, chief digital and AI officer at the U.S. Defense Department (DoD), came bearing a number of key messages.
First off, he wants people to understand that large language models (LLMs) are not sentient and aren’t actually able to reason.
Martell and the DoD also want more rigor in model…
Forget SEO: Why ‘AI Engine Optimization’ may be the future
August 15, 2023
According to founder, investor and longtime industry analyst Jeremiah Owyang, Bill Gates’ vision of a personal AI is coming.
That future is one that will disrupt SEO and e-commerce and require marketers and creators to move beyond optimizing traditional search engines to…
Anthropic is on a fundraising spree. After its massive series C round in May and subsequent support from SAP, the AI startup, known for its ChatGPT competitor Claude, is raising an additional $100 million from South Korean telecom major SK Telecom (SKT).
According to a press…
Clari, a leading revenue operations platform, announced today that it has acquired Groove, a leading sales engagement platform, for an undisclosed amount. The deal will enable Clari to offer the first end-to-end revenue platform that executes all internal and external revenue workflows, from prospecting to closing to renewing.
“This is the most transformative day of our history,” Andy Byrne…
Have you ever tried to intentionally forget something you had already learned? You can imagine how difficult it would be.
As it turns out, it’s also difficult for machine learning (ML) models to forget information. So what happens when these algorithms are trained on…
Some of the most advanced Roomba robot vacuums are on sale right now. Wellbots has the poop-detecting iRobot Roomba j7+ for an all-time low price of $549. Or, you can opt for our favorite vacuum / mop hybrid, the upgraded Roomba j7+ Combo, for $799. In both cases, you can…
Nvidia’s FlexiCubes uses generative AI to create 3D meshes
August 12, 2023
Nvidia has launched FlexiCubes, a new way to use AI to generate 3D meshes for a wide range of 3D applications.
The FlexiCubes can integrate with physics and make it easy to create flexible objects like bagels in 3D models.
This innovative approach to mesh generation promises to transform AI pipelines and deliver high-quality meshes across a wide range of applications, Nvidia said.
From scene…
