Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile platform for enhanced generative AI, photography and gaming experiences.
The San Diego, California-based company said Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will be adopted by major gadget makers including Honor, iQOO, Realme, Redmi and Xiaomi. Commercial devices are expected to be announced in the coming months.
Marquee features of the latest premium-tier platforms…
Series AI has unveiled its Rho Engine, an AI-driven tool that automates many of the processes of game development.San Francisco-based Series AI launched the Rho Engine as an AI tool that can improve every part of game development, said Pany Haritatos, CEO of Series AI, in an…
So, what makes us better than AI, anyway?
March 18, 2024
In this week’s CarCast, Bruno Aziza sits down with Kenneth Cukier, deputy executive editor of The Economist.
As Aziza describes him, Cukier is “one of these people who just makes you smarter every time you talk to him.” He has written multiple books on data and…
Microsoft’s ‘Copilot for Security’ brings generative AI to the frontlines of cybersecurity
March 15, 2024
Microsoft announced today that Copilot for Security, a generative AI-powered platform designed to assist security professionals in combating the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape, will be generally available worldwide starting April 1st. The launch comes as organizations grapple with an unprecedented surge in cyberattacks and a critical shortage of skilled security personnel.
Vasu Jakkal…
EU Parliament officially adopts AI Act — landmark regulation likely to become law in May
March 15, 2024
Nearly three years after draft rules were proposed, European Parliament lawmakers approved the AI Act today. The approval, which came a month earlier than expected, is the final endorsement of the first comprehensive regulation around high-risk AI systems, transparency for…
Snowflake and Landing AI combine forces to tackle unstructured data challenges with computer vision
March 15, 2024
Earlier this month, Snowflake, the data warehousing giant, announced a strategic investment and partnership with Landing AI, a computer vision startup founded by AI luminary Andrew Ng. The collaboration aims to integrate Landing AI’s advanced computer vision platform into…
Proscia, a leading provider of digital pathology software, announced today that it has raised $9 million in an extension of its Series C funding round, bringing the total round to $46 million. The funding comes on the heels of Proscia’s recent FDA clearance for its software platform, enabling the company to expand its reach in the U.S. diagnostic market.
The Series C extension was led by…
Cerebras breaks ground on Condor Galaxy 3, an AI supercomputer that can hit 8 exaFLOPs
March 14, 2024
Cerebras and G42 said they have broken ground on Condor Galaxy 3, an AI supercomputer that can hit eight exaFLOPs of performance.
That’s a lot of performance which will be delivered over 58 million AI-optimized cores, said Andrew Feldman, CEO of Sunnyvale, California-based…
San Francisco-based startup Anthropic has just released Claude 3 Haiku, the newest addition to its Claude 3 family of AI models. Haiku stands out as the fastest and most affordable model in its intelligence class, offering advanced vision capabilities and strong performance…
Presented by Microsoft
VentureBeat’s AI Impact Tour just wound up its stop in New York City, welcoming enterprise AI leaders in an intimate, invitation-only cocktail salon hosted by Microsoft at the company’s Flatiron office. The topic: How organizations can balance the risks and rewards of AI applications, as well as the ethics and transparency required.
VentureBeat CEO Matt Marshall and…
