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US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and Americans’ communications in response to the massive hack of telecom providers allegedly done by Chinese government hackers.  In a press release on Tuesday, Wyden announced the Secure American Communications Act. The bill would order the Federal… Continua a leggere US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

Google kicks off $20B renewable energy building spree to power AI

Google signed a deal with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate to spin up enough carbon-free power to drive several gigawatt-scale data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Stainless helps build SDKs for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta

Devs expect tech vendors to supply software development kits, or SDKs, alongside their products to make it easier to create apps using those products. But many vendors only offer APIs, which are simply protocols that enable software components to communicate with each other. Alex Rattray, the founder of Stainless, thinks AI can assist, here. Stainless… Continua a leggere Stainless helps build SDKs for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta

Stainless helps build SDKs for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta

Devs expect tech vendors to supply software development kits, or SDKs, alongside their products to make it easier to create apps using those products. But many vendors only offer APIs, which are simply protocols that enable software components to communicate with each other. Alex Rattray, the founder of Stainless, thinks AI can assist, here. Stainless… Continua a leggere Stainless helps build SDKs for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta

Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here’s how they’ll integrate

Data protection startup Cohesity completed its merger with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, creating one entity with 12,000 customers that is valued at $7 billion. The deal was originally announced in February 2024. Cohesity valued Carlyle-owned Veritas’ data protection business at $3 billion at the time, according to CRN reporting. Cohesity declined to comment on… Continua a leggere Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here’s how they’ll integrate

A new wave of desalination startups argues that deeper is better

Advances in robotics and seabed electrification have enabled a trio of startups to pursue deep sea reverse osmosis. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud

Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages by focusing on how native speakers learn: Using AI, the startup generates audio conversations and listens to users’ responses to improve their grasp of… Continua a leggere OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud

OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud

Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages by focusing on how native speakers learn: Using AI, the startup generates audio conversations and listens to users’ responses to improve their grasp of… Continua a leggere OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud

Amazon forms an AI agent-focused lab led by Adept’s co-founder

Amazon says that it’s establishing a new R&D lab in San Francisco, the Amazon AGI SF Lab, to focus on building “foundational” capabilities for AI agents. The Amazon AGI SF Lab will be led by David Luan, the co-founder of AI startup Adept, and will seek to build agents that can “take actions in the… Continua a leggere Amazon forms an AI agent-focused lab led by Adept’s co-founder

X says its new image generator, Aurora, will launch for all users within the week

X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, quietly added a new image generator to its Grok assistant this past Saturday. Then, it removed it. Now, it’s bringing it back — and officially announcing it. The image generator, called Aurora, was developed by Musk’s AI company, xAI, and trained on billions of examples from the… Continua a leggere X says its new image generator, Aurora, will launch for all users within the week