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A startup called Firefly that's tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding. The firm's latest success also comes on the heels of tragedy, as co-founder CTO Joseph “Sefi” Genis was among the hundreds killed by Hamas in October 2023 at the now-infamous Nova music festival. Firefly was hatched in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, amid a huge burst of “digital transformation."
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UK's AI Safety Institute easily jailbreaks major LLMs
Researchers found that LLMs were easily to jailbreak and can produce harmful outputs.
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Samsung reportedly requires independent repair stores to rat on customers using aftermarket parts
The details were revealed thanks to 404 Media, which obtained a contract that Samsung requires all independent repair stores to sign in exchange for selling them genuine repair parts.
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The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days
The nonprofit organization has announced that it's currently in its "third day of warding off an intermittent DDoS cyber-attack."
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WitnessAI is building guardrails for generative AI models
Generative AI makes stuff up. Rick Caccia, the CEO of WitnessAI, believes it can. "Securing AI models is a real problem, and it’s one that's especially shiny for AI researchers, but it’s different from securing use," Caccia, formerly SVP of marketing at Palo Alto Networks, told TechCrunch in an interview.
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Google tweaks the business of clicks
The gatekeeper of the internet is revamping its most important product, but it's not clear how advertising fits into AI-infused answers.
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What went wrong with Google's new AI search feature — and what the company is doing to try to fix it
Google's new AI search feature was bound to have its issues. Now, after weeks of jokes and memes on social media, the tech giant is responding.
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AWS confirms it will launch European 'sovereign cloud' in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European "sovereign cloud," which is designed to enable greater data residency across the region. The company said that the first AWS sovereign cloud region will be set up in the German state of Brandenburg and will go live by the end of 2025. AWS added that it plans to invest €7.8 billion ($8.5 billion) in the facility through 2040.
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OpenAI is reportedly working on a search feature for ChatGPT
According to Bloomberg, the company is currently developing the capability, which can scour the web for answers to your queries and spit out results complete with citations to their sources.
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What are Google’s AI Overviews good for?
Google has been taking heat for some of the inaccurate, funny and downright weird answers that it’s been providing via AI Overviews in search. AI Overviews are the AI-generated search results that Google started rolling out more broadly earlier this month, with mixed results — apparently, a user looking for help in getting cheese to stick to their pizza was told to add glue (the advice was pulled from an old Reddit post), and someone else was told to eat “one small rock per day” (from The Onion). “The vast majority of AI Overviews provide high quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web,” the spokesperson said.
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Microsoft outage impacts Bing, Copilot, ChatGPT internet search and other sites
Multiple Microsoft services including Bing and Copilot, along with ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo are down in Europe.
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Benches clear as Red Sox's Chris Martin takes exception to Brewers bunting on him
An argument between Boston Red Sox reliever Chris Martin and Milwaukee Brewers first base coach Quintin Berry caused a bench-clearing confrontation at Fenway Park on Sunday.
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Sky-Fever fallout: Foul on Caitlin Clark upgraded to flagrant-1, Angel Reese fined $1,000 for skipping interviews
The Sky have also been fined $5,000.
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Aaron Judge finishes off torrid May by breaking a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Yankees record
The Yankees slugger was struggling massively in April. He now leads MLB in home runs.
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Ukraine’s best hope may be a faltering Russian economy
Sanctions are hurting Russia's economy more than President Vladimir Putin wants anybody to think. Keeping the pressure on might ultimately help Ukraine win.
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The Spin: Making a call on 5 slumping fantasy baseball stars
All five of these hitters were drafted highly in fantasy baseball leagues. So far, they have not lived up to their ADPs — and that's an understatement. Scott Pianowski analyzes.
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Top 10 cars with drivers who get speeding tickets in 2024
The most recent study from Insurify lists the car models with drivers who have received the most speeding tickets so far in 2024.
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Warren Buffett's son Howard Buffett on his life as the potential next chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Howard Buffett talks about life at Berkshire Hathaway and why he is donating hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukraine.
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Yankees' Juan Soto called out, Aaron Boone ejected on another bizarre infield fly interference play
Two runners have been called out for interference on an infield fly in the past week.
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Former 76ers player Drew Gordon, older brother of Nuggets starter Aaron Gordon, dies in car accident at 33
Drew Gordon played all over Europe after a college career at UCLA and New Mexico.