AI & RoboticsNews

Announcing the winners of VentureBeat’s 5th Annual Women in AI awards

VentureBeat announced the winners of the fifth annual Women in AI Awards today at VB Transform.  The awards recognize and honor the women leaders and changemakers in the field of AI. The nominees were submitted by the public and winners chosen by a VentureBeat committee. Winners were selected based on their commitment to the industry, their work to increase inclusivity in the field and their…
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MobileNews

Honor's Magic V2 is the thinnest foldable phone to date

With the arrival of Xiaomi’s Mix Fold 2 last August, it was only a matter of time before other brands would catch up with similarly impressive slimness for their next foldable phones. So far this year, we have Huawei’s Mate X3 which finally broke Xiaomi’s…
DefenseNews

Biden nominates Mingus as next US Army vice chief of staff

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden nominated Lt. Gen. James Mingus to become the Army’s next vice chief of staff, according to a notice in the Congressional Record. Mingus, who will pin on a fourth star if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, comes from the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, where he has served as director since June 2022. He joined the staff in October 2020 as director for operations. Over the…
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GamingNews

Xbox launches new reporting feature for in-game voice chats

Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Xbox announced today that it’s testing a new safety feature for users to report inappropriate voice chats they receive in-game. Specifically…
AI & RoboticsNews

Vendict emerges with $9.5M in funding to automate security compliance with generative AI

Today, enterprise software vendors must often fill out questionnaires proving they are compliant with the security requirements of the customers they seek to service — a highly manual, technical and time-consuming process. Vendict wants to change all that. The Israeli startup is emerging from stealth today with $9.5 million in funding led by NFX, Disruptive AI and Cardumen Capital and joined by…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How to avoid pitfalls and navigate the ethical landscape of generative AI

We still have a lot to figure out. That was my impression of a panel at our Transform 2023 event yesterday that drilled into the ethics of generative AI. The panel was moderated by Philip Lawson, AI policy lead at the Armilla AI | Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. It included Jen Carter, global head of technology at Google.org, and Ravi Jain, chair of the Association for…
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