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Endform Raises €1.5M as Faster AI-Generated Code Increases Pressure

The Swedish testing startup has secured seed funding to take on the CI pipeline bottleneck in the age of AI-generated code. The code review has always had a bottleneck, not the code itself, but the wait. As test suites swell alongside faster development cycles, engineering teams have increasingly found themselves staring at CI pipelines that […]

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Gestala, a Chinese BCI startup, raises $21.6M for non-invasive ultrasound brain technology

The startup, founded just two months before its raise, has secured China’s largest early-stage brain-computer interface round, heavily oversubscribed. Phoenix Peng has already built one brain-computer interface company. NeuroXess, his first venture, develops implantable BCI systems designed to restore communication and motor function for people with severe neurological conditions. His second company, Gestala, takes a […]

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Assistance for Gemini at Home Significantly Enhanced with Major Patch Update

Google has acknowledged the slow response times of its AI when it comes to user commands and has initiated measures to resolve the problem. The chief product officer for Home, Anish Kattukaran, revealed a major update to the Gemini voice assistance system. This enhancement aims to lower latency by about 30% to 40%, providing a faster and more responsive experience for users. The upgrade primarily focuses on frequently used voice requests, such as switching off lights, and has also significantly decreased error rates. Users have indicated that previous latency problems made the AI seem more like a novelty, with response times of 10 to 15 seconds for basic commands. The update has now been completely implemented, improving the user experience with more effective and dependable AI interactions.

EU Lawmakers Reach Deal to Ban Non-Consensual Intimate Deepfakes Using AI

A March 11 political agreement on AI Act amendments will add an explicit prohibition on non-consensual intimate AI-generated images, direct fallout from the Grok scandal. It took a scandal, a wave of regulatory anger, and a coalition of 57 European Parliament members to get there,  but the EU’s landmark AI Act will now contain an […]

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Elaia Closes Its Third Deep-Tech Seed Fund at €134M

The Paris-based VC backed by Bpifrance and Université PSL has exceeded the €120M goal it set at first close in March 2024. When Elaia first raised its third deep-tech seed fund in March 2024, the target was €120 million. The final figure has come in higher. The Paris-based venture capital firm has closed its DTS3 […]

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COM HPC Mini-sized VersaLogic Raptor: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC “Embedded Processing Unit”

VersaLogic Raptor

VersaLogic Raptor (VL-EPU-5530) Embedded Processing Unit is powered by a 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1345URE or Processor U300E SoC and designed for high-performance computing applications in harsh environments with a -40 to +85°C temperature range and MIL-STD-202H shock and vibration qualification. The COM HPC Mini-sized (95 x 80 x 36mm) board supports up to 64 GB of soldered-down LPDDR5 memory, features vertical USB4, USB 3.0 Type-A, and mini DisplayPort connectors, two 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports with TSN support, and three M.2 expansion sockets for NVMe SSDs, AI accelerators, or other expansion modules. Specifications: Raptor Lake SoC (one or the other) Intel Processor U300E 5-core/6-thread processor with 1x P-core @ 1.1 GHz / 4.3 GHz (Turbo) 4x E-cores up to 3.2 GHz (Turbo), 8MB Cache, 48EU Intel UHD Graphics up to 1.1 GHz; PBP: 15W Intel Core i5-1345URE 10-core/12-thread processor with 2x P-cores @ 1.4 GHz / 4.6 GHz (Turbo), 8x […]

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