The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Deeploi, an “IT-as-a-service” startup for SMEs, has raised $6.5 million in a seed round of funding led by European VC Atomico. The one-year-old German startup serves to help companies reduce the friction and, ultimately, productivity loss that arises from a sub-par IT setup — particularly those that lack the resources for a dedicated IT department. […]
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India’s Meesho is rapidly gaining user traction, challenging entrenched leaders Flipkart and Amazon. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which operates a social commerce platform, is currently at a GMV run rate of over $5 billion and its eponymous app grew 32% year-over-year in December 2023, far outpacing Flipkart’s 21% growth and Amazon’s 13% user growth over the […]
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When Anomalo’s co-founders left Instacart in 2018, they thought they could put machine learning to work to solve data quality problems inherent in large data sets. Five years later, the company’s idea is even more relevant as data quality takes center stage with large language models. Today, the startup announced a $33 million Series B, […]
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Businesses are moving faster than ever to use generative AI and bring it to both their employees and users. Moving fast and security don’t always go hand-in-hand, though, so it’s only now that many businesses are waking up to the potential security concerns related to using generative AI. Israel-based Prompt Security wants to help organizations […]
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Data from various surveys show that there’s an exodus in academia where it concerns top AI talent — and where they end up.
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The succession process requires an open and genuine dialogue between the senior retiring and incoming management teams.
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