Captions, the two-year-old AI video startup founded by Gaurav Misra, former head of design engineering at Snap and a former software development engineer (II) at Microsoft, is not resting on its laurels.
Fresh off of a $25 million funding round from top VCs announced earlier this summer, the company is also launching a new, dedicated AI dubbing app called Lipdub, which automatically translates and…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced today plans to acquire Nod.ai, a startup that specializes in optimizing AI software for high-performance hardware.
The purchase of Nod.ai, founded just three years ago, shows that AMD is serious about staking a claim in the rapidly…
AI startups in Israel, which have provided some of the country’s biggest tech success stories, are trying to carry on with regular business operations after the violent surprise attack by Hamas left over 900 Israelis killed and hundreds kidnapped over the weekend. At the…
Goldman Sachs CIO is ‘anxious to see results’ from GenAI, but moving carefully | The AI Beat
October 11, 2023
With all the generative AI hype swirling among evangelists, one might think that the Fortune 500 is galloping wildly towards putting large language models (LLMs) into production and turning corporate America into one big chatbot. To that, I say: “Whoa, Nelly!” — meaning, think again.
That’s because for all the C-suite executives out there feeling generative AI FOMO and getting pressure…
Simplex Accelerates VERSE Token and Wider Cryptocurrency Adoption – Sponsored Bitcoin News
October 11, 2023
Since 2016, Simplex’s bond with Bitcoin.com has continued strengthening, aimed at streamlining access to cryptocurrencies and increasing adoption globally. As part of Nuvei, a NASDAQ listed company with over 20 years in payments, Simplex combines convenience, reliability…
Bitcoin Stands Apart in the Crypto Economy, Fidelity Digital Assets Report Says – Bitcoin News
October 11, 2023
A new report from Fidelity Digital Assets argues that Bitcoin is fundamentally different from other digital assets and should be evaluated separately when constructing crypto investment portfolios.
Fidelity Digital Assets Highlights Distinctive Value and Assessment of…
Israel Police Freeze Crypto Accounts at Binance Allegedly Used by Hamas – Exchanges Bitcoin News
October 11, 2023
The Israel Police have frozen crypto accounts held at Binance allegedly used by Hamas to collect crypto donations as tensions between Israel and Hamas escalate. In addition, the Israel Police have frozen a Hamas-linked account at Barclays Bank.
Hamas-Linked Crypto Accounts at Binance Frozen
The Israel Police’s official account on social media platform X announced on Tuesday that cryptocurrency…
5 Things to Know About NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications
October 11, 2023
NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications from as far away as Mars. Launching with NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid of the same name on Thursday, Oct. 12, DSOC…
Seeing an opportunity to scale AI and reduce how overburdened compliance and security teams are with repetitive tasks, Vanta is launching its Vanta AI suite today. The suite relies on AI and large language models (LLMs) to help teams get more of their time back by automating…
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