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SydeLabs raises $2.5M seed to develop an intent-based firewall guard for AI
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 23:52
SydeLabs launched its red teaming solution, SydeBox, on March 1, 2024, and has since seen adoption from 15+ enterprises that have detected over 10,000 vulnerabilities across 50+ applications/models.
Rooster Teeth to launch final Red vs Blue season as a movie
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 22:31
Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue will return with on final season as a full-length movie, called Restoration, which launches on May 7.
MineOS aims to illuminate the AI 'black box' for enterprise
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 22:26
MineOS enters the high-stakes race for enterprise AI governance with a new module designed to peer inside the black box of AI systems and provide the visibility needed for oversight and control.
GDC 2024: The state of the gaming industry, from layoffs to the metaverse and more
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 21:15
VB LAB INSIGHTS: Presented by Xsolla Live on the show floor of GDC 2024, GamesBeat lead writer Dean Takahashi took the temperature of the game industry in a conversation with Xsolla's president David Stelzer and Chris He...
AI21 Labs juices up gen AI transformers with Jamba
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 21:15
According to AI21 Labs Jamba can outperform traditional transformer-based models on generative reasoning tasks as measured by benchmarks such as HellaSwag.
Unleashing generative AI's power: Secure the future of your enterprise at the Atlanta AI Impact Tour (April 10th)
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 20:45
This AI Impact Tour stop will bring together leaders in generative AI and enterprise security, and features case studies from industry giants like Honeywell and Ally Financial, showcasing how they're both leveraging gene...
Microsoft launches new Azure AI tools to cut out LLM safety and reliability risks
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 18:57
Beyond working to block out safety and security-threatening prompt injection attacks, Microsoft has also introduced tooling to focus on the reliability of gen AI apps.
Story Protocol and Magma will help artists grow with 'programmable intellectual property'
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 18:00
Story Protocol is teaming up with art platform Magma to help millions of artists monetize their creations through programmable IP.
Lightning AI launches next-gen AI compiler 'Thunder' to accelerate model training
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 17:11
According to Lightning AI, the compiler Thunder achieves up to a 40% speed-up for training LLMs when compared to unoptimized code in real-world scenarios.
Omeda Studios launches open beta for free-to-play MOBA Predecessor
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 17:00
Omeda Studios launched its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Predecessor into open beta today on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Pocket Worlds launches Highrise Studio and Highrise 4.0 for creator-driven virtual experiences
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 16:00
Pocket Worlds has launched Highrise Studio and Highrise 4.0 to empower creators to easily build and monetize virtual experiences.
Wargaming cofounder launches Mika Games to invest up to $50M in mobile games
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 15:30
Wargaming cofounder Nick Katselapov has launched Mika Games, a gaming investment сompany that aims to invest $50 million in mobile game studios.
Shifty Eye Games raises $580K and appoints gaming luminaries as advisers
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 15:00
Shifty Eye Games has raised $580,500 in funding from Canadian government groups and recruited a trio of game industry veterans as advisers.
How SAG-AFTRA union views AI and gaming negotiations | Sarah Elmaleh interview
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 14:30
Voice actor Sarah Elmaleh spoke at the GDC last week, but she also had a side duty, as she is chair of a union committee for SAG-AFTRA.
Benjamin Capital Partners raises $5.5M to reward cash for gamers and more
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 14:00
Benjamin Capital Partners has raised $5.5 million to invest in its cash rewards business built around the Benjamin app.
WorldWinner kicks off 25th anniversary with bilingual Lotería Fantástica game
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 14:00
WorldWinner is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the launch of the Lotería Fantástica on Worldwinner.com and mobile apps.
Palworld maker Pocketpair teams up with Tencent Cloud so you don't have to wait for multiplayer servers
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 08:44
Palworld creator Pocketpair just teamed up with Tencent, the world's biggest game company on cloud technology.
Take-Two to acquire Gearbox from Embracer
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 05:59
Take-Two announced today that it has acquired Borderlands developer Gearbox for $460M, over 60% less than what Embracer paid for it in 2021.
With Quiet-STaR, language models learn to think before speaking
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2024 01:04
Researchers have taught AI models to think before responding to prompts -- just as (most) people consider what to say before speaking.