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DataStax acquires Langflow to accelerate enterprise generative AI app development | VentureBeat

DataStax acquires Langflow, an open-source platform for building retrieval-augmented generation applications, to accelerate enterprise adoption of generative AI and simplify AI app development.

Pixelynx marries Korus with Vipe's avatar market to make game-like metaverse music apps | VentureBeat

Pixelynx, maker of the Korus immersive and gamified music platform, said Korus will be integrated with the Vipe avatar market.

OpenAI releases new AI fine-tuning tools to develop custom models | VentureBeat

These updates are set to empower developers with unprecedented control over AI model fine-tuning, while also offering new avenues for constructing custom models tailored to specific business needs.

Aerospike set to grow real time database for AI with $109M raise | VentureBeat

Real time database vendor Aerospike is raising new funding as it builds out vector support for AI and expands its core database capabilities.

Yuga Labs' Dookey Dash: Unclogged hits soft launch with creator mode and a $1M esports tournament | VentureBeat

Think Web3 games are crappy? Yuga Labs is leaning into that with Dookey Dash: Unclogged, a Bored Ape universe game with a lot of toilets.

LightLink $6.2M for faster and gasless Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain | VentureBeat

Layer 2 blockchain LightLink announced it has raised $6.2 million in funding in an extended seed round.

Ravel announces Orchestrate GenAI simple interface software | VentureBeat

Ravel announced today its newest product is Ravel Orchestrate GenAI, a simple interface for easy management and deployment of genAI.

S&P Global launches groundbreaking AI benchmark for financial industry | VentureBeat

S&P Global launches S&P AI Benchmarks by Kensho, a groundbreaking solution for evaluating the performance of large language models (LLMs) in complex financial and quantitative applications, setting a new standard for AI adoption in the financial industry.

Relic Entertainment joins layoff list after splitting from Sega | VentureBeat

Relic Entertainment becomes another company to lay off employees in 2024, as 41 employees have been cut following its independence.

Razer Blade 18 debuts with fast graphics and 4K 200Hz display | VentureBeat

Razer unveiled the latest Razer Blade 18 laptop with faster graphics and a 4K 200 Hz display for high-performance gaming.

Writer: Gen AI embraced by enterprise as key growth enabler | VentureBeat

A survey by Writer reveals CIOs overwhelmingly believe gen AI will be a key enabler for business growth and that the technology is not a fad.

Lara Croft crowned the most iconic video game character of all time | BAFTA | VentureBeat

Lara Croft of Tomb Raider has been crowned the most iconic video game character of all time, according to a poll by BAFTA.

Salesforce strengthens Mulesoft with AI tools to extract data, automate workflows | VentureBeat

The new Mulesoft offerings include an Intelligent Document Processing tool and the integration of Einstein assistant to help users drive their workflows with natural language prompts.

With little urging, Grok will detail how to make bombs, concoct drugs (and much, much worse) | VentureBeat

Adversa AI researchers tested several jailbreak methods against seven top large language models, with Grok doing the worst and LLaMA the best.

Hercules AI unveils 'assembly line' to help companies quickly deploy AI agents | VentureBeat

Hercules AI's debuts an "assembly line" approach to building and deploying AI agents for the enterprise in regulated industries.

Berkeley SkyDeck to reveal 17th accelerator class on April 10 | VentureBeat

Berkeley SkyDeck a global hub for entrepreneurship and a leading accelerator, said its Demo Day for Batch 17 will take place April 10, 2024.

Epic Games faces complaints of UEFN DMCA takedown manipulation and 'like cheating' | VentureBeat

Cohere's new Command R+ enterprise LLM beats GPT-4 Turbo | VentureBeat

Cohere launches Command R+, a powerful, enterprise-ready large language model optimized for real-world business applications, now available on Microsoft Azure.

Assembly AI Releases Universal-1 Speech Recognition Model | VentureBeat

Assembly AI claims its new Universal-1 speech recognition model beats OpenAI's Whisper Large-3 and other AI providers in accuracy and latency.

The impressive progress of Omniverse and digital twins | Nvidia GTC 24 panel | VentureBeat

AWS adds Mistral Large model to Amazon Bedrock | VentureBeat

Amazon Web Services makes the Mistral Large model public on Amazon Bedrock, giving developers an advanced LLM from which to build gen AI apps.

Google Cloud and CSA: 2024 will bring significant generative AI adoption in cybersecurity, driven by C-suite | VentureBeat

The majority of orgs will incorporate generative AI into cybersecurity this year, and many security teams are already tinkering with it.

Meta's image generator has a problem with (some) mixed-race couples and friends | VentureBeat

Meta's chatbot also seems to dislike platonic mixed-race friends, reinforces stereotypes and reflects biases around age in relationships.

Codium debuts Codiumate AI for enterprise software development | VentureBeat

The agent presents the plan to the human user for review, which the human developer can then edit and adjust at will — any portion of it.

Stability AI brings new clarity and power to gen AI audio with Stable Audio 2.0 | VentureBeat

Stable Audio 2.0 introduces the ability to produce complete musical tracks with coherent musical structure and generate compositions up to 3 minutes long containing distinct intro, development and outro sections.

Perplexity's Growth Upends Marketers' Fear of AI's SEO Impact | VentureBeat

A new report reveals that Perplexity's AI search engine yields referral traffic and relevant results just as good as Google's.

Coachella and Avalanche create Web3 loyalty game for Coachella Quests | VentureBeat

Coachella and Avalanche have partnered to launch Coachella Quests, a new blockchain-based loyalty game to drive engagement and loyalty.

Dofus Touch mobile MMORPG relaunches with international focus | VentureBeat

Ankama is relaunching its free-to-play mobile MMORPG, Dofus Touch, with English language servers to boost its international appeal.

Homeworld: Vast Reaches is series' first VR title, launches this year | VentureBeat

Homeworld is getting a VR title called Vast Reaches, which is set to launch on Meta Quest platforms later this year.

Voldex acquires Roblox sports game Ultimate Football | VentureBeat

Voldex has acquired one of Roblox's top-grossing sports games, Ultimate Football, with the co-creators joining the developer.

Bitkraft Ventures launches third gaming fund with $275M to invest | VentureBeat

Alsym Energy raises $78M to make batteries that don't use lithium | VentureBeat

Alsym Energy has raised $78 million to make batteries that don't use lithium or other materials that result in supply problems or high costs.

U.S. Q1 2024 venture capital investments fall 29% to $36.6B | NVCA | VentureBeat

The first quarter of 2024 was a relatively calm (or weak if you prefer) quarter for U.S. venture capital investments.

Lil Snack raises $3.1M for snackable games built by devs with AI tools | VentureBeat

Lil Snack has raised $2 million for snackable games on a platform that entices players to come back every day.

Cloudflare moves Workers AI, Hugging Face integration into GA | VentureBeat

Cloudflare opens up its Hugging Face integration to all, making it easy to deploy models with one click, moves its severless inference, Workers AI, generally available.

Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold 2.5M units despite launch controversy | VentureBeat

Capcom announced its new RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold over 2.5 million units in less than two weeks, despite some player backlash.

Chipotle's Burrito Vault digital game offers $1M sweepstakes | VentureBeat

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced today a new interactive game, Burrito Vault, that will give away 100,000 Buy-One-Get-One free entrée codes.

Defending against IoT ransomware attacks in a zero-trust world | VentureBeat

Attacks on IoT and ICS networks are becoming so pervasive that it's common for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue cybersecurity advisories.

Gen Z workers say they get better career advice from ChatGPT | VentureBeat

63% of Gen Z workers feel their employer prioritizes productivity over career development, and 75% say that they’ve received bad career advice.

Microsoft upgrades Copilot for 365 with GPT-4 Turbo and more | VentureBeat

Microsoft in fact, seems to encourage users to trust Copilot with their sensitive company data, including email and contact details.