(Bloomberg) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. won a deal worth more than $1 billion to provide Elon Musk’s Social Network X with servers optimized for artificial intelligence work. Most read on Bloomberg The deal closed late last year, according to people familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous because the deal was private….
Key Points The FunkSec ransomware group emerged in late 2024 and published over 85 victims in December, surpassing every other ransomware group that month. FunkSec operators appear to use AI-assisted malware development which can enable even inexperienced actors to quickly produce and refine advanced tools. The group’s activities straddle the line between hacktivism and cybercrime,…
Microsoft managers use forms to request retention bonuses for employees they can’t afford to lose. One of these documents, viewed by BI, includes a field specific to employee AI contributions. Microsoft AI employees earn significantly more than their colleagues, according to payroll data seen by BI. Some Microsoft executives may make more of an effort…
Ads that target AI agents rather than humans may sound like something ripped from the pages of science fiction, but it’s a concept that’s gaining traction among marketers thanks to recent thoughts from Perplexity CEO, Aravind Srinivas. On “contrarian marketing” podcasthe painted a picture of a future in which “the user never sees advertising. Unlike…
Nvidia revealed an AI avatar prototype at CES 2025 that lives on your PC’s desktop. The AI assistant, R2Xlooks like a video game character and can help you navigate applications on your computer. The R2X avatar is rendered and animated using Nvidia’s AI models, and users can run the avatar on popular LLMs of their…
Targeting artificial intelligence microchips, the Biden administration is proposing new export restrictions that could have a big effect on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, Financials) and Nvidia (NVDA, Financials). Intended to divide countries into three tiers based on their access to sophisticated U.S. chip technology, the proposed rules aim to restrict sales in many global markets….
Robots from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich play football at ITU AI for Good Global … [+] Summit in Geneva on May 30, 2024 AFP via Getty Images In the fast-paced pace of AI development, risk managers are often trying to stay ahead of the curve. As stories of bots and AI tools…
The Food and Drug Administration wants developers of medical devices that rely on artificial intelligence to disclose far more details about how their devices were developed and tested, and what needs to be done to guard against safety risks in medical settings. In a new draft guidelinesThe FDA is calling on AI device makers to…
Day 2 of CES 2025 has begun, with more reveals and show highlights We’re now a few days into our CES coverage, and while the main press events are over, there’s still plenty to showcase at the show floor and beyond at the Las Vegas convention centers. Today’s expansion of SteamOS to devices adds to…
(Reuters) – U.S. asset management firm Vanguard Group increased its stake in independent power producer Talen Energy Corp to 10.4 percent, according to a filing on Wednesday. As Big Tech invests billions of dollars in AI technology, the demand for electricity to power energy-hungry data centers has also increased. The main beneficiaries of this demand…