Accenture collaborated with Anthropic to enhance its cybersecurity with AI-Driven operations. Cyber.AI uses the Claude model for easy setup, quick response, and threat analysis. It has reduced manual work from days to hours. According to the Accenture document, it has implemented Cyber.AI in 6000 applications and 500,000+ APIs. The latest integration has reduced the scan…
OpenAI / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Codex plugins aim to standardize repeatable AI workflows. Marketplace plans signal a broader ecosystem and sharing strategy. OpenAI moves to compete more directly with Claude Code. OpenAI is introducing plugins for its Codex development tool. This move…
Kyle Kucharski and Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Apple has been making a serious play for the budget market. While a high-end MacBook Pro still carries a premium price tag, the introduction of the MacBook Neo — a new entry-level model starting at just $599 — signals a shift toward…
When is Amazon’s Spring Sale? Amazon’s annual Big Spring Sale event runs March 25-31, 2026 When does Amazon’s Spring Sale end? The spring sale ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on March 31. What does HSA/FSA mean? HSAs and FSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that are designed to pay for qualified medical expenses with pre-tax dollars, which…
Enterprise AI company Cohere on Thursday launched its first voice model: Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model that can be used for tasks like note-taking and speech analysis. Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It…
The surveillance tech industry today is in the spotlight, but not for the best reasons. With controversy around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tapping into Flock’s camera network to surveil people, and home camera maker Ring drawing criticism for building new features that would enable law enforcement to ask homeowners for footage of their…
When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. In this episode of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Isaiah Granet, the CEO and co-founder of Bland, a voice AI company that has grown from pre-seed to Series B in just 10 months. Their team has ballooned…
This is one of those Silicon Valley real-life episodes that seem pulled from the HBO satire show. This week, some really atrocious malware was discovered in an open source project developed by Y Combinator graduate LiteLLM. LiteLLM gives developers easy access to hundreds of AI models and provides features like spend management. It’s a breakout…
Autonomous military aircraft maker Shield AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series G funding at a $12.7 billion post-money valuation, the company announced on Tuesday. The deal was led by PE firm Advent (which has a $1 billion budget to invest in defense tech, it says) and a JPMorganChase investment group. In addition, Shield AI…
Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect details on energy use from data centers — and how that use is affecting the…