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Oracle touts speedy vector search in new Exadata machine
Oracle Corp. today is rolling out the latest version of its Exadata database-optimized computing platform, claiming 55% better performance on vector searches used in artificial intelligence model training, 2.2 times faster analytics scanning throughput and 25% speedier transaction processing performance than its predecessor. The Exadata X11M succeeds the Exadata X10M, which was introduced 18 months ...
Dell overhauls brand portfolio and adds NPU-equipped portables and desktops
Dell Technologies Inc. is using the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas today to announce a broad streamlining of its brand portfolio and new personal computers and monitors addressing uses ranging from schoolwork to artificial intelligence development to high-end design. The company also said it’s expanding its relationship with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to ...
AI agents may lead the next wave of cyberattacks
While artificial intelligence agents are expected to lead the next wave of AI innovation, they’ll also empower cyberattackers with a more potent set of tools to probe for an exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise defenses. That’s according to Reed McGinley-Stempel, chief executive officer of identity platform startup Stytch Inc. OpenAI LLC’s GPT-4 large language model, which debuted early ...
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TransUnion’s AI initiatives pay off in some unexpected ways
Since launching a massive data lake earlier this year to support its analytics, application development and artificial intelligence use cases around the globe, TransUnion LLC has begun to realize the benefits of deploying artificial intelligence models in back-office cases – and they’re not necessarily what you would expect. Self-service AI models for data preparation are helping ...
Florida rolls out AI-driven emergency warning system
Following the second-costliest hurricane season on record, the Florida Division of Emergency Management is launching a warning system that uses artificial intelligence to deliver detailed information to affected residents at what it says are unprecedented speeds and levels of detail. The Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications Operations Network, which news syndicator Futuri Media LLC developed ...
Sonar acquires open-source security specialist Tidelift
SonarSource SA, which does business as Sonar, said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tidelift Inc., a provider of services to manage open-source components. Terms weren’t disclosed. Sonar, which sells tools that check software code for bugs, inconsistencies and security flaws, said the deal will help round out its offerings in the ...
Tray.ai unleashes low-code platform for building AI agents
Tray.ai Inc., the maker of a cloud-based, composable software integration platform, today is embellishing its Merlin Intelligence artificial intelligence development platform with features for building agents. Those autonomous systems can make decisions and take actions to achieve specific goals or tasks without direct human or programmatic oversight. The company is also bundling a set of prepackaged ...
Red Hat expands AI model support in new release of Linux AI platform
IBM’s Corp.’s Red Hat subsidiary today released to general availability the latest generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, a version of the company’s core Linux platform optimized for developing, testing and running artificial intelligence large language models. RHEL AI provides a foundation model for building and running LLMs and includes image mode, which allows ...
Together AI acquires CodeSandbox, adds code interpreter to its AI development platform
Together Computer Inc., which does business as Together AI, today said that it has acquired CodeSandbox B.V, a startup that builds isolated cloud-based code execution environments known as devboxes. Together AI said combining the two companies will enable it to add a code interpreter component to its Together Inference Platform. The goal is to enable developers to run ...
EnterpriseDB expands AI development features in PostgreSQL
EnterpriseDB Corp., which sells a commercial version of the popular open-source PostgreSQL database management system, today said it enhanced the hybrid features of its EDB Postgres AI platform with unified management and features that speed artificial intelligence development and processing. Citing its own research that found that 56% of enterprises use a hybrid model combining ...