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28 Aug

Cockroach Labs changes its self-hosting license to a single enterprise model – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAICockroach Labs changes its self-hosting license to a single enterprise model, Kyt Dotson, SiliconANGLE

Cockroach Labs Inc., maker of the distributed and resilient CockroachDB database, said today that it’s changing its licensing to better align with the needs of its customers, startups and scaled-up companies alike. The company said today that it’s consolidating its self-hosted license under a single model that will provide smaller companies access to the tools and capabilities they need and encourage big companies to pay up. With the upcoming introduction of version 24.3 on Nov. 18, the company said, it will retire its free Core offering and introduce a new Enterprise license structure for all self-hosted users. The new structure…

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28 Aug

Caresyntax raises $180M for its surgical data management platform – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAICaresyntax raises $180M for its surgical data management platform, Maria Deutscher, SiliconANGLE

Caresyntax Inc., a startup that helps surgeons provide better patient care, has raised $180 million from investors to enhance its technology. The company detailed today the capital infusion came as an extension to a Series C round it had originally closed in 2021. The bulk of the financing, $100 million, was provided as equity funding while the rest took the form of growth debt. The round included the participation of medical technology investor surgical.ai, BlackRock, French insurer Relyens and several other institutional backers. Caresyntax provides a device called the Smart OR Box that hospitals can install in operating rooms to…

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28 Aug

Environmentalists sound alarm over Virginia’s data centers as water consumption skyrockets – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIEnvironmentalists sound alarm over Virginia's data centers as water consumption skyrockets, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Concerns are being raised over the environmental impact of Virginia’s data centers after a report revealed they have increased their water consumption by almost two-thirds in the last five years. With the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, there are fears that the situation will only get worse. The report by the Financial Times cites data obtained via freedom of information requests revealing that Virginian data centers used more than 1.85 billion gallons of water in 2023 alone, up from 1.13 gallons in 2019. The numbers reportedly come from water authorities in the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Fauquier. The…

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28 Aug

Snowflake beats expectations but stock falls on fears of decelerating revenue growth – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE, Snowflake beats expectations but stock falls on fears of decelerating revenue growth

Updated: Shares of the cloud data warehouse giant Snowflake Inc. were battered and bruised in extended trading today, even though the company delivered solid second-quarter results and guidance that came in above expectations. The company’s stock fell more than 7% after-hours, with analysts saying that its likely shareholders are concerned over the possibility of a second-half revenue deceleration implied by the outlook. Update: Shares closed down almost 15% Thursday. Snowflake reported second-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 18 cents per share, while revenue jumped 29%, to $868 million. The numbers were better than expected, since analysts…

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28 Aug

Divers recover body of Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch from superyacht wreckage – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIDivers recover body of Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch from superyacht wreckage, Maria Deutscher, SiliconANGLE

Divers have recovered the bodies of Mike Lynch and four of his guests from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, the Italian Coast Guard announced today. The vessel sank near the coast of Sicily early Monday morning amid an intense storm. Fifteen passengers were rescued by the crew of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a Dutch ship that was anchored nearby. Lynch’s daughter is still missing. Lynch was one of the U.K.’s most prominent technology entrepreneurs and investors. In 1996, he co-founded Autonomy Corp., a major provider of unstructured data management and search software. The company was acquired by HP…

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28 Aug

Redis debuts new data integration and AI features for its database – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMaria Deutscher, Redis debuts new data integration and AI features for its database, SiliconANGLE

Redis Inc. today updated its namesake database with a set of new features designed to ease software development for customers. Some of the enhancements are rolling out for the core open-source version of the platform. Others will become available in the paid version, which includes additional features that simplify infrastructure maintenance and data processing tasks. Many enterprise applications keep their information in two separate programs: a primary database and a second, faster database known as the cache. The cache holds the most frequently accessed records. Workloads can retrieve those records from the cache faster than they could from the primary…

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28 Aug

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe Back California’s AI Watermarking Bill

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OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe are publicly supporting the AB-3211 bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content in California. Watermarks must be added to the metadata of photos, videos, and audio recordings that were produced or significantly modified by generative AI systems, according to the legislation. The bill will also require large social media platforms, such as X and Instagram, to apply “easy-to-understand” labels to uploaded content that users can click to view. Visual labels should be applied to audio clips and music videos. OpenAI penned its support in a letter to California State Assembly member Buffy Wicks,…

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28 Aug

Generative AI Transformed English Homework. Math Is Next

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIapps, artificial intelligence, ByteDance, education, fast forward, learning, math

ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed to try to detect AI-generated essays, and in turn, students scrambled to find out how to cloak their synthetic compositions. But by focusing on writing assignments, educators let another seismic shift take place in the periphery: students using AI more often to complete math homework too.Right now, high schoolers and college students around the country are experimenting with free smartphone apps that help complete their math homework using generative AI. One of…

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28 Aug

Quest Software announces enhanced data intelligence and modeling tools to boost AI data quality – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMike Wheatley, Quest Software announces enhanced data intelligence and modeling tools to boost AI data quality, SiliconANGLE

Quest Software Inc., the former Dell Technologies Inc. business unit that’s focused on enterprise data management and security, today announced a major update to its popular erwin Data Intelligence and erwin Data Modeler tools. The revamped offerings enable companies to pursue a more comprehensive approach to managing, governing and using data to fuel their ambitions around artificial intelligence, according to Quest. The company explains in its pitch that the ability to manage data effectively is essential for modern organizations, not just to become a leader in their industry, but simply to remain competitive at all. These days, as every organization…

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28 Aug

Data management startup Cribl nabs $319M at $3.5B valuation – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIData management startup Cribl nabs $319M at $3.5B valuation, Maria Deutscher, SiliconANGLE

Cribl Inc., a startup with a suite of data management tools for enterprises, has closed an oversubscribed late-stage investment worth $319 million. The Series E deal, which was announced this morning, included $200 million in equity funding and a $119 million secondary sale. Alphabet Inc.’s GV startup investment arm was the lead investor. CapitalG, another Alphabet-operated venture fund, participated as well along with GIC, IVP and CRV. “Every company must modernize its data stack as legacy systems already can’t handle today’s rapid data growth, and the arrival of AI further accelerates the need for a modern data platform,” said GV…

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