Refuel AI, a company using large language models (LLMs) to generate high-quality training data for AI models, today came out of stealth with $5.2 million in seed funding. The company said it will use the round to grow its team and build out its platform’s capabilities, preparing it for commercial launch in July.
Founded by Stanford grads Nihit Desai and Rishabh Bhargava, Refuel has also opened…
WASHINGTON — The Air Force would get six more F-15EX Eagle II fighters in fiscal 2025 under the House Armed Services Committee’s proposed version of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
If enacted, the proposal could boost the Air Force’s effort to buy…
WASHINGTON — Two companies developing drone-frying technologies are combining their products to create what they describe as a counter-unmanned aerial system capable of tracking and downing multiple targets.
Epirus, a U.S. company specializing in directed energy, and…
WASHINGTON — A House draft of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill would require the Army secretary conduct an analysis for determining which systems could store and distribute electric power on the battlefield.
The service’s reliance on battery-powered capabilities to manage daily operations is increasing. Soldiers need batteries to, for example, operate the Samsung-based Nett Warrior…
Epic Games launches MetaHuman Animator to capture high-quality human faces with an iPhone
June 15, 2023
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Epic Games has launched its MetaHuman Animator, a tool that enables developers to capture high-quality human faces using just an iPhone and a PC. And…
Movable Ink unveils new AI-powered tool for more efficient personalized marketing emails
June 15, 2023
Movable Ink, a 13-year-old software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in digital marketing tools for enterprises, is jumping headfirst into the generative AI game.
The company is launching a new feature called “Generation Model” that uses OpenAI’s GPT-4…
Dremio, the open data lakehouse vendor that combines the capabilities of a data lake and warehouse on a unified layer, is going all-in on generative AI.
The company today announced two new gen AI capabilities for its platform: a text-to-SQL experience for conversational querying of data, and an autonomous semantic layer to help with data cataloging and processing.
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Elevating customer experience: The rise of generative AI and conversational data analytics
June 15, 2023
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: Building the foundation for customer data quality.
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies is pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in…
Former White House advisors and tech researchers co-sign new statement against AI harms
June 15, 2023
Two former White House AI policy advisors, along with over 150 AI academics, researchers and policy practitioners, have signed a new “Statement on AI Harms and Policy” published by ACM FaaCT (the Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency) which is currently…
MIT-based AI apps startup aims to block supply chain attacks with advanced cybersecurity
June 15, 2023
The digital pandemic of increasing breaches and ransomware attacks is hitting supply chains and the manufacturers who rely on them hard this year. VentureBeat has learned that supply chain-directed ransomware attacks have set records across every manufacturing sector, with medical devices, pharma and plastics taking the most brutal hits. Attackers are demanding ransoms equal to the full amount of…
