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 more new fighters to modernize its fleet.
The service’s budget documents show it plans to request 24 Boeing-made F-15EX jets…
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…
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 as you can see in the video of the guy here, it’s pretty amazing at making simulated people.
The company said the tool can…
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…
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 marketing, customer experience and personalization. One important development is the ongoing evolution of generative AI (gen AI)…
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…
Apple has just released its new 15-inch Macbook Air, and it’s already touting a $100 price cut. Amazon had already run a pre-release sale knocking $50 off the price but the retailer has now discounted the 256GB model in Starlight from $1,300 to $1,200 (Space Gray and Midnight are $66 off), and the 512GB option in Midnight from $1,500 to $1,400. Yes, upwards of $1,000 for a laptop is still…
