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Cutting cloud waste at scale: Akamai saves 70% using AI agents orchestrated by kubernetes

June 17, 2025
Particularly in this dawning era of generative AI, cloud costs are at an all-time high. But that’s not merely because enterprises are using more compute — they’re not using it efficiently. In fact, just this year, enterprises are expected to waste $44.5 billion on unnecessary cloud spending. This is an amplified problem for Akamai Technologies: The company has a large and complex cloud…
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SAG-AFTRA board approves agreement with game companies on AI and new contract

June 13, 2025
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group. The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. The new contract accomplishes important guardrails and gains around AI, including the requirement of informed…
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite’s AI character creation tool has ambitions beyond Darth Vader

June 12, 2025
Epic Games took a big step with conversational AI when it added a new version of Darth Vader in Fortnite that could speak with players. But later this year, any creator using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) will be able to make their own AI-powered characters with the same underlying technology behind Vader. During the 2025 State of Unreal keynote, Epic revealed that a new tool in UEFN called…
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Securing AI at scale: Databricks and Noma close the inference vulnerability gap

June 6, 2025
CISOs know precisely where their AI nightmare unfolds fastest. It’s inference, the vulnerable stage where live models meet real-world data, leaving enterprises exposed to prompt injection, data leaks, and model jailbreaks. Databricks Ventures and Noma Security are confronting these inference-stage threats head-on. Backed by a fresh $32 million Series A round led by Ballistic Ventures and Glilot…
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