Agentic go-to-market automation startup Alta AI Inc. said today it has raised $25 million in an early-stage round of funding as it tries to accelerate its mission to enhance customer acquisition for enterprises. The Series A round follows a period of explosive growth for the company, which now wants to sustain that momentum by scaling…
The state House voted Tuesday to advance legislation to create a digital ad tax, which proponents say would generate at least $330 million in revenue for the state. But similar efforts in other states have been tied up by legal challenges. House Bill 1678 would make digital advertising subject to the state’s gross receipts tax,…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is slated to debut new guidance on artificial intelligence-specific cybersecurity to help mitigate AI-enabled digital threats while maximizing the benefits of safe AI adoption. Speaking at a Qualys conference on Thursday, Victoria Pillitteri, the manager of the Security Engineering and Risk Management Group at NIST, said she expects…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous, with countless applications used across multiple industries. In addition to chatbots, virtual assistants, cybersecurity, navigation, ride-sharing, and machine learning, it has also become widely adopted in finance, manufacturing, medicine, and content creation. Into the sea of applications, software developers are working to develop another use for AI that will…
How well can AI build Android apps? Google aims to find out Google has introduced a new benchmark designed to evaluate how effectively artificial intelligence models can develop Android applications. The platform, called Android Bench, measures the performance of different AI systems on tasks related to app development and ranks them on a public leaderboard. …
The leaked document says the primary goal is to accelerate the adoption and integration of Google and third-party AI technologies within AI2. In addition, it points to standard practices across engineering, product management, and technical program management (TPM), as well as operations. The materials also link the effort to risk management. The document says standardized…
Music therapy can be extremely helpful as a mental health technique, which can be augmented via the use of modern generative AI. getty In today’s column, I examine how AI can clinically assist in enacting a therapeutic method known as music therapy. Yes, in case you aren’t already aware, the use of music as a…
