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OpenAI's ChatGPT explodes to 400M weekly users, with GPT-5 on the way
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 20:47
OpenAI's ChatGPT reaches 400M weekly users and doubles enterprise adoption to 2M+ users, signals major AI shift as company prepares GPT-5 launch amid growing competition from DeepSeek and xAI.
Medical training's AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 20:20
NYU Langone has built an LLM research companion and medical advisor, and is pioneering what it calls AI-driven "precision medical education."
OpenInfer raises $8M for AI inference at the edge
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
OpenInfer has raised $8 million in funding to redefine AI inference for edge applications. It’s the brain child of Behnam Bastani and Reza Nourai, who spent nearly a decade of building and scaling AI systems together a...
Invisible, autonomous and hackable: The AI agent dilemma no one saw coming
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
How can enterprises protect against the unique vulnerabilities of AI agents? Consider treating them as their own identities.
AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
Why enterprises must embrace an AI-first strategy that unifies endpoint, identity and network security within a zero-trust framework.
Identity is the breaking point -- get it right or zero trust fails
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
It's on security leaders to shift their security strategies to better fight against identity-driven attacks.
How Cisco's AI defense stacks up against the cyber threats you never see
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
Cisco AI Defense is purpose-built to address the security paradox AI creates with its exponential growth in enterprises
The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 19:00
Cybersecurity insurance is increasingly critical, particularly as AI transforms (and simplifies) hackers' methodologies.
Treasury sets March 21 deadline for millions of businesses to report ownership information or risk fines of $10,000 or more
CNBC - 20 Feb 2025 18:45
The Treasury set a March 21 deadline to report "beneficial ownership information" after a Texas court lifted a block on enforcement.
CalArts launches D.R.E.A.M.S. program to train students in location-based entertainment
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 16:30
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has launched the D.R.E.A.M.S. (Digital Research Entertainment Arts Media Storytelling) Initiative supported by a gift from Tom Dolan and the Dolan Family Foundation. The ini...
Voltron Data just partnered with Accenture to solve one of AI's biggest headaches
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 16:00
Voltron Data partners with Accenture to revolutionize enterprise data processing with GPU-powered analytics engine Theseus, promising up to 100x performance gains for AI-driven companies facing massive data challenges.
Nvidia helps launch AI platform for teaching American Sign Language
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 16:00
Nvidia has unveiled a new AI platform for teaching people how to use American Sign Language to help bridge communication gaps. The Signs platform is creating a validated dataset for sign language learners and developers ...
Unit Network raises $18M for decentralized platform enabling real-world and digital asset trading
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 15:00
Unit Network, a decentralized financial ecosystem enabling tradING of real-world and digital assets through tokenization, has raised $18 million.
Breaking down Grok 3: The AI model that could redefine the industry
Venture Beat - 20 Feb 2025 02:03
Grok-3 still hasn't fully shipped yet. But it will surely set the tone for how other AI labs release future models.