Google injects generative AI into its cloud security tools
Many of the announcements had to do with Gemini, Google’s flagship family of generative AI models.
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Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
Google launches Code Assist, its latest challenger to GitHub’s Copilot
Code Assist will be available through plug-ins for popular editors like VS Code and JetBrains.
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Google’s Gemini comes to databases
Gemini in Databases is a bundle of AI-powered, developer-focused tools for Google Cloud customers who are creating, monitoring and migrating app databases.
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Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments
Reshape has developed a robotic imaging system replete with software and AI models to help scientists track visual changes from Petri dishes and similar plate formats.
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AI data security startup Cyera confirms $300M raise at a $1.4B valuation
Artificial intelligence continues to be the biggest threat but also the biggest promise in the world of cybersecurity. Today, one of the startups tackling both the opportunity and the challenge is announcing a major round of funding. Cyera has built an AI-based platform to help organizations understand the location and movement of all of the data […]
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Life360 launches flight landing notifications to alert friends and family
Algorithms can detect takeoff and landing times, and alert family members when you connect to the network post-landing.
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Sprinto raises $20M to bring automation to security compliance management
Sprinto, a startup offering a security compliance and risk platform, has raised $20 million in new investment led by Accel.
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TransferGo raises $10M to expand its remittance business in Asia, doubling valuation
TransferGo, the UK-based fintech best known as a consumer platform for global remittances, has raised a $10 million growth funding round from Taiwan-based investor Taiwania Capital, with a view to expanding in the Asia-Pacific region. It last raised a $50M Series C funding round in 2021. TransferGo claims the new investment doubles its valuation to […]
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India’s Ola retreats from international markets, exiting UK, Australia and NZ
Ola is shutting down its operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, six years after expanding to international markets as it shifts focus to shoring up its domestic business ahead of an initial public offering. An Ola spokesperson told TechCrunch that the SoftBank-backed ride-hailing startup sees “immense opportunity for expansion in India,” where it […]
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Why the Chinese government is sparing AI from harsh regulations—for now
The way China regulates its tech industry can seem highly unpredictable. The government can celebrate the achievements of Chinese tech companies one day and then turn against them the next. But there are patterns in how China approaches regulating tech, argues Angela Huyue Zhang, a law professor at Hong Kong University and author of the…