Discovery of Impossible Planet Challenges Scientific Understanding
The exoplanet 8 Ursae Minoris b should not exist. It orbits its host star at just half the Earth-Sun distance, and by all indications, the star should have gone through a phase in which it bloated up enough to engulf that entire orbit and then some. Yet 8 Ursae Minoris b definitely appears to exist.
CalypsoAI Raises $23 Million to Dominate Enterprise AI Security Sector
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More CalypsoAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) security startup based in Washington D.C., announced today that it has raised $23 million in series A-1 financing to accelerate the development of its AI governance solutions.
Origin of the enigmatic Geminid meteor shower finally unveiled
Each year, skywatchers get to gaze at the spectacle of the Geminids streaking through the night sky from mid-November through late December. However, this meteor shower is highly unusual, and not only because it is one of the easiest to view. Meteor showers usually originate from comets that fly close to the Sun. Comets are
Snowflake Unveils LLM-powered Document AI and Other Innovations at Annual Conference
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Snowflake is making another generative AI push. Today at its annual conference, the data cloud company announced Document AI, a new large language model (LLM)-based interface that allows enterprises to quickly extract
Databricks and MosaicML CEOs: $1.3 Billion Deal Aims to Empower Enterprises in AI IP Creation
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More The news that Databricks had signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI startup MosaicML for an estimated $1.3 billion made headlines yesterday. But for the two companies’ CEOs, the deal was a
NoTraffic secures $50M funding to equip roads with intelligent sensors, aiming to alleviate traffic congestion
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More NoTraffic, an Israeli traffic management startup, today announced its $50 million series B funding round. The company is on a quest to live up to the promise of its name by outfitting
Electrifying Volcano Eruption Triggers Unprecedented Lightning Storm
When Tonga’s underwater Hunga Tonga volcano lost its temper in an eruption on January 15, 2022, it belched gobs of magma and exhaled clouds of ash and water vapor out of the ocean, triggering intense lightning. This was no ordinary thunderstorm. Hunga is infamous for its tantrums, but it has outdone itself. That storm now
Hugging Face CEO Assures US House: Open-Source AI Strongly Aligned with American Interests
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue, in testimony to the full U.S. House Science Committee this morning for a hearing on Artificial Intelligence: Advancing Innovation Towards the National Interest, said in his opening
Woman with untreated TB escapes prison
A woman in Tacoma, Washington, with an infamous case of tuberculosis is now out of jail—with strings attached. Further ReadingWoman with untreated TB finally in custody—held in “negative pressure” roomLaw enforcement agents took the woman—identified only as "V.N." in court documents—into custody on June 1. At that point, V.N. had spent a year and half
Nvidia Supports Flywheel with $54M Funding to Boost Advancements in Medical AI
Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Hours after teaming up with data cloud provider Snowflake, Nvidia has backed a vendor working to overcome data hurdles associated with medical AI development. NVentures, the venture capital arm of the computing
