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Desperately seeking AI ROI as IT budgets tighten

October 5, 2024 15:09:34

Data from recent surveys shows that the scenarios we’ve been putting forth throughout 2024 continue to be in play. Specifically, we cite three main dynamics affecting the tech spending climate, including: 1) Information technology budgets continue to be constrained as; 2) Generative artificial intelligence is being funded by stealing from other budget buckets; and 3) The return […]

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Composable data systems: The future of intelligent data management

October 5, 2024 00:04:27

TheCUBE talks about composable data systems with Voltron's Josh Patterson, co-founder and CEO, and Rodrigo Aramburu, co-founder and field CTO -CUBE Conversation 2024.

In a diverse and dynamic technology landscape, how can companies create a more intelligent approach to data management? Composable data systems based on open standards may be the next big thing for infrastructure modernization. Organizations are seeking new ways to build out today’s modern data stacks, which have become increasingly diverse. Recent research of 105 joint […]

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What to expect during the ‘Partnerships for Smarter Security’ event: Join theCUBE Oct. 9

October 4, 2024 21:34:48

Explore partnerships for smarter security as Dell Technologies collaborates with industry leaders to enhance enterprise cybersecurity.

Detect. Respond. Recover. Those three actions capture the three-pronged security methodology for how Dell Technologies Inc. helps customers reduce the attack surface inside the IT environment. Yet there is a fourth action that also plays a significant role: collaborate. This concept is at the heart of Dell’s “Partnerships for Smarter Security” initiative, which emphasizes the importance […]

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Reinforcing cybersecurity: How NDR and EDR integration defends against ransomware with AI-driven precision

October 4, 2024 21:00:23

Kanaiya Vasani, chief product officer of ExtraHop Networks Inc., talks to theCUBE during Fal.Con 2024 about the key role that an NDR plays in the mitigation of cyberattacks.

Based on the explosion of ransomware, combining network and security through strategies, such as network detection and response, is important since an NDR detects, analyzes and responds to threats in real time. Given that an NDR complements other security measures through enhanced network traffic visibility and real-time response, it helps maintain a strong cybersecurity posture, […]

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Cyber insurance and AI collide: Aflac leading the charge against evolving threats

October 4, 2024 20:26:11

DJ Goldsworthy, VP and global practice lead of security operations and threat management at Aflac, talks to theCUBE about leveraging AI and and cyber insurance to stay ahead of emerging threats at Fal.Con 2024.

As cyber threats become more sophisticated, insurance companies are evolving to safeguard customers’ data and financial well-being. American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus is leading this transformation by integrating cybersecurity into its core services, offering enhanced cyber insurance solutions. Through advanced fraud detection technologies, Aflac is addressing the growing risk of phishing attacks and […]

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EU’s top court rules against Meta in data privacy case

October 4, 2024 19:40:09

The European Union’s top court today ruled against Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that focused on the way the company processes user data. The decision could also have implications for other players in the social media market. The lawsuit in which the Court of Justice of the European Union, or CJEU, issued the ruling […]

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Identity-based attacks fuel rise in cyber threats across public and private sectors

October 4, 2024 19:22:32

Adam Meyers, senior vice president of intelligence at CrowdStrike talks to theCUBE about identity-based attacks at Fal.Con 2024.

Whether it’s the Volt Typhoon hack or one of several other attacks targeting the healthcare sector, something has become clear: speed is the name of the game. In addition, there’s been a rise in identity-based attacks aimed at crippling or, at the very least, disrupting public and private-sector operations. “We had a customer that on a […]

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Intel and Dell collaborate with CrowdStrike on managing enterprise security for the full stack

October 4, 2024 18:55:38

Rick Echevarria, VP of security sales at Intel, and JR Balaji, director of product management, security and manageability, of the Client Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, talk with theCUBE about enterprise security during Fal.Con 2024.

One of the basic problems confronting enterprise security is that malicious actors have more attack techniques available than defenders have detections for them. This reality was confirmed earlier this year when a security industry report found that enterprise security information and event management tools or SIEMs had detections for only 38 out of over 200 […]

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OpenAI sets a VC fundraising record — but can it fulfill the promise?

October 4, 2024 17:33:18

If OpenAI could just monetize all the ink that gets spilled on the company, perhaps it could justify raising such a crazy amount of money this week. And get this: The $6.6 billion round, at a (gulp) $157 billion valuation, the biggest VC round ever, won’t even be enough to relieve CEO Sam Altman from having to […]

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Three insights you might have missed from Ray Summit

October 4, 2024 14:15:03

Discover how Anyscale Ray simplifies AI infrastructure scaling, with insights from Ray Summit on handling complex enterprise workloads.

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is driving significant changes in the enterprise landscape, and companies such as Anyscale Inc. are at the forefront of this transformation. With the complexity of AI infrastructure increasing, businesses are turning to innovative solutions to help them scale AI efficiently. At the heart of this evolution is Anyscale […]

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Meta advances generative AI video creation with Movie Gen

October 4, 2024 13:00:57

Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research team has showcased a new family of generative AI models for media that can generate and edit videos from simple text prompts. Though the models are still a work in progress, the company said they will provide the foundation of new video creation features set to appear in Facebook, […]

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Dave Vellante’s Breaking Analysis: The complete collection

October 4, 2024 10:33:12

Breaking Analysis is a weekly editorial program combining knowledge from SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE with spending data from Enterprise Technology Research. Branded as theCUBE Insights, Powered by ETR, the program is our opportunity to share independent, unfiltered editorial with SiliconANGLE, theCUBE and Wikibon communities. The program and conclusions we produce are data-driven, tapping ETR’s proprietary spending data set. Episode 221 – […]

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Texas AG sues TikTok over breach of new child safety law

October 4, 2024 01:32:39

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against the social media giant TikTok for allegedly sharing the personal data of young people, a violation of the state’s new child safety law. That law, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, or SCOPE, is part of a wider push by U.S. politicians to […]

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Unlocking a multimodal future: How computer vision is revolutionizing data analytics and decision-making

October 3, 2024 23:54:49

Ayush Kumar, associate principal data scientist at IBM Corp., talks to theCUBE during Media Week NYC: theCUBE + NYSE Wired 2024 about why artificial intelligence sectors, such as computer vision, are game changers.

With the rise of visual data in inbound telemetry, computer vision has the potential to transform analytics. It automates the extraction of insights from videos and images. By offering real-time visual data analysis and insights, computer vision is a transformative technology that will boost decision-making, automate data extraction and optimize processes across enterprises, according to […]

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Google’s lightweight Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B hits general availability

October 3, 2024 23:53:34

Google LLC is making a new version of its popular Gemini 1.5 Flash artificial intelligence model available that’s smaller and faster than the original. It’s called Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B, and it’s much more affordable, at half the price. Gemini 1.5 Flash is the lightweight version of Google’s Gemini family of large language models, optimized for speed […]

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OpenAI releases new ChatGPT tool for editing text and code

October 3, 2024 23:26:35

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT with a new interface section, called canvas, that promises to make the chatbot more useful for writing and coding tasks. The company debuted the feature today. It marks OpenAI’s first product update since the announcement of its record-setting $6.6 billion funding round earlier this week. The deal included the participation of […]

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Justice Department and Microsoft target Russian phishing campaigns with domain seizures

October 3, 2024 23:03:01

The U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft Corp. have seized 107 websites allegedly used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies in the U.S. as part of a crackdown on computer fraud and abuse. The Justice Department seized 41 domains named via warrant, while Microsoft managed to seize 66 domains through civil action. Collectively, the […]

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Google brings ads to its AI Overviews, Lens search tools

October 3, 2024 21:56:49

Google LLC will enable brands to display ads in AI Overviews, the natural language explainers that its search engine generates in response to some queries. The change is part of a broader product update that the Alphabet Inc. company detailed this morning. Google is refreshing not only AI Overviews but also Lens, an intelligence tool […]

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AI trends shaping the future: The role of data engineering and scalable platforms in industry transformation

October 3, 2024 21:03:07

Anand Pradhan, senior director of technology at the AI Center of Excellence at Intercontinental Exchange (he also runs the NYSE Launchpad Lab)., talks to theCUBE during Media Week NYC: theCUBE + NYSE Wired 2024 about why AI trends are a force to be reckoned with since they are opening new avenues for innovation.

Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology in the enterprise world, increasingly adopted for its potential to enhance human capabilities. AI trends are driving industrial transformation across sectors. Large language models, infrastructure optimization, generative AI and platforms for scaling have already hit the road when it comes to notable AI trends, according to Anand Pradhan (pictured), […]

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Five takeaways from New York Climate Week and the Global Citizen Festival

October 3, 2024 20:53:23

At last week’s Climate Week and the Global Citizen Festival in New York, both committed to making the world a better and more livable place for future generations, technology was viewed by many as the driving force to shift to a cleaner, more sustainable future. One of the more interesting events was held at the Midtown […]

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Glean’s AI-driven enterprise search aims to ease enterprise woes

October 3, 2024 20:11:24

Arvind Jain, founder and chief executive officer of Glean, talks about the company's AI enterprise search tool at theCUBE + NYSE Wired 2024.

Employees can spend up to one-third of their time looking up information in the company, and until now enterprise search has not been up to snuff. That looks to change with Glean Technologies Inc.’s artificial intelligence-based enterprise search tool. With this product, users will have all of a company’s data at their fingertips, based on […]

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Causal AI: The next evolution in machine learning

October 3, 2024 19:39:03

Scott Hebner, principal analyst of AI at theCUBE Research, talks about the importance of causal AI at theCUBE + NYSE Wired 2024 event.

As the initial hype for artificial intelligence dies down, the question of which trends are going to stick around is on everyone’s minds. Causal AI and small language models are the answer, according to Scott Hebner (pictured), principal analyst of AI at theCUBE Research. Ultimately, he believes these trends will coalesce into a cohesive machine […]

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Snowflake, Databricks back $20M round for AI data management startup Voyage AI

October 3, 2024 19:29:45

Voyage AI Inc., a startup with software for organizing the data processed by artificial intelligence models, today announced that it has raised $20 million in funding. CRV led the Series A investment. It was joined by Snowflake Inc., Databricks Inc., Wing VC, Conviction, Pear VC, Tectonic Capital, Mayfield Fund and Fusion Fund. Voyage AI’s total […]

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3Laws nabs $4.1M in seed funding to make autonomous robots safer to operate

October 3, 2024 18:40:15

3Laws Robotics Inc., a company that makes safety solutions for autonomous robotics systems, today announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding led by TenOneTen with participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. The company’s technology was originally developed at the California Institute of Technology and supported by a deep collaboration of industry leaders […]

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Submer raises $55.5M to scale sustainable immersion cooling for AI and data center servers

October 3, 2024 16:20:56

Cooling specialist firm Submer today announced it has raised $55.5 million in new funding to scale up its sustainable liquid cooling solutions for data centers, aiming to address the artificial intelligence revolution’s growing problem of keeping servers from melting down. Existing investors Planet First Partners and Norrsken VC joined the Series C funding round, which […]

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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz discusses the future of cybersecurity

October 3, 2024 16:07:19

George Kurtz, founder, president and chief executive officer of CrowdStrike, talks to theCUBE about AI in cybersecurity at Fal.Con 2024.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way businesses approach cybersecurity, helping organizations tackle increasingly sophisticated threats with more precision and speed. As AI in cybersecurity evolves, it’s no longer just about detecting malware, but about predicting and preventing complex attacks across cloud and network environments. These advancements in AI in cybersecurity, combined with growing collaboration between […]

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Credo AI debuts its Integrations Hub for embedded responsible AI

October 3, 2024 14:00:16

CredoAI Inc., the artificial intelligence governance software startup, said today it’s making its new Integrations Hub generally available. The company says it now becomes simple for enterprises to connect their AI systems and applications to Credo AI’s specialized platform that helps to automate risk and oversight management. The startup, which made headlines in late July when […]

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Sonar now inspects AI-generated code for glitches

October 3, 2024 13:00:11

Sonar, which sells tools that check software code for bugs, inconsistencies and security flaws, today announced two new products aimed at artificial intelligence-powered software development. AI Code Assurance for the company’s SonarQube and SonarCloud managed services inspects code created by generative AI copilots to ensure it meets a business’s quality and security standards. A companion […]

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Dataiku launches LLM Guard Services to enhance generative AI deployment

October 3, 2024 13:00:02

Artificial intelligence data analytics startup Dataiku Inc. today announced the launch of a new suite designed to advance enterprise generative AI deployments at scale from proof-of-concept to full production. Called LLM Guard Services, the new suite offers generative AI deployment that does not compromise on cost, quality or safety. The suite includes three solutions — […]

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Darktrace expands AI detection to Azure for faster, agentless deployment

October 3, 2024 11:00:10

Machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC today announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence-driven cloud detection and response system Darktrace / CLOUD to support Microsoft Azure environments, enabling faster and more efficient deployment through an agentless approach. Also available for AWS deployments, Darktrace / CLOUD leverages Darktrace’s “Self-Learning AI” to monitor cloud assets, containers and users and […]

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