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Time-series database Timescale adds vector search for AI
Timescale Inc., the creator of a cloud time-series database that’s based on PostgreSQL, is looking to cater to artificial intelligence developers with the launch of its latest vector capabilities. Announced today, Timescale Vector sits atop the company’s cloud-based PostgreSQL platform, enabling the management of vector embeddings alongside the relational, time-series, analytics and event-based data that ...
Huawei subsidiary ships advanced surveillance camera chips in another sign it’s skirting US sanctions
A subsidiary of China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is reportedly shipping homegrown chips with advanced capabilities for surveillance cameras, in yet another sign that it’s managing to get around U.S. export controls. Huawei’s HiSilicon chip design business began shipping its newest chips to surveillance camera manufacturers in both China and abroad earlier this year, Reuters ...
Intel Trust Authority boosts confidential computing with remote verification of trust in any environment
Intel Corp. said today it has reached a key milestone in its mission to enable “confidential computing” with the general availability of Intel Trust Authority, a new service that attests to the validity of its Trusted Execution Environments. Intel’s TEEs sit at the heart of its confidential computing strategy. Confidential computing is the term used ...
Lenovo expands infrastructure-as-a-service model to edge AI platforms
Lenovo Group Ltd. today is expanding its TruScale infrastructure-as-a-service model to its portfolio of specialized “edge AI” servers, enabling businesses of all sizes to deploy artificial intelligence applications at the network edge. The expansion of its pay-as-you-go model to edge AI comes as Lenovo announced its most powerful such server yet. The ThinkEdge SE455 V3 is ...
OpenAI seeks diverse group of domain experts to help develop safer, more robust AI models
Artificial intelligence industry leader OpenAI LP is calling for a diverse group of experts to join its newly established Red Teaming Network, in order to evaluate and stress test its AI models. The initiative, announced today, aims to identify potential risks and improve the safety of AI applications such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. Red teaming ...
Automation Anywhere doubles down on generative AI to power business automation
Automation Anywhere Inc., the robotic process automation software provider, today announced an expanded portfolio of artificial intelligence capabilities. Unveiled at the company’s Imagine 2023 event, the new capabilities include a generative AI Autopilot that enables automation across every team, system and business process. The company said today’s updates are all about accelerating business productivity, and will ...
Intel makes progress on advanced chip manufacturing process as it strives for relevance in AI
Hosting its third annual Intel Innovation event today, Intel Corp. took the opportunity to announce an array of new silicon platforms that it says will support artificial intelligence in every location, making it accessible across client devices, the edge and the cloud. Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger (pictured) took to the stage, and during his ...
Red Hat rebrands OpenStack Platform for building and managing private clouds
Red Hat Inc. said today it’s rebranding the Red Hat OpenStack Platform, which will now be known as Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift. The rebrand follows a years-long effort by the company, owned by IBM Corp., to integrate Red Hat OpenStack Platform more tightly with Red Hat OpenShift. The goal is to help service ...
Oracle taps generative AI to improve customer services and boost marketing and sales
Oracle Corp. is jumping on the generative artificial intelligence train with the addition of dozens of new capabilities designed to help organizations boost productivity in areas such as customer service, marketing and sales. The new generative AI capabilities in the Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience platform were announced today at Oracle’s CloudWorld event in Las ...
Tabular, the vendor-neutral data store based on Apache Iceberg, raises $26M in funding
Startup Tabular Technologies Inc., creator of an independent data platform based on the open-source Apache Iceberg data lake software, said today it has closed on a $26 million round of funding. Today’s round was led by Altimeter Capital, and saw participation from the previous lead investor of Tabular’s earlier round, Andreessen Horowitz, as well as ...