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On Monday, a new Model Context Protocol security startup calledRunlayerlaunched out of stealth with $11 million in seed funding from Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois and Felicis.  It was created by third-time founder Andrew Berman (previous companies: baby-monitor maker Nanit and an AI video conferencing tool, Vowel, that sold toZapier in 2024). In the four months […]

South Korea’s major defense giants have amassed roughly $69 billion in order backlogs as of late 2024,according to media reports. Seoul isalsoaccelerating investment in advanced weapons systems and expanding its defense ties, particularly with Europe. Withthe new EU–South Korea Security and Defence Partnership in 2024and growing exports of vehicles and artillery, the country has becomethe

As U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic race to develop the large language models that underpin their AI products, startups such asSakana AI,Mistral AI,DeepSeekandAI21 Labsare carving out their own niche with specialized models designed for specific regions, industries, or unique features. In pursuit of that goal, Tokyo-basedSakana AIhas closed a ¥20 billion (approximately $135

AI engineers often chase performance by scaling up LLM parameters and data, but the trend toward smaller, more efficient, and better-focused models has accelerated.  The Phi-4 fine-tuning methodology is the cleanest public example of a training approach that smaller enterprise teams can copy. It shows how a carefully chosen dataset and fine-tuning strategy can make

Physicists reveal a new quantum state where electrons run wild Electricity keeps modern life running, from cars and phones to computers and nearly every device we rely on. It works through the movement of electrons traveling through a circuit. Although these particles are far too small to see, the electric current they produce flows through

Despite new methods emerging, enterprises continue to turn to autonomous coding agents and code generation platforms. The competition to keep developers working on their platforms, coming from tech companies, has also heated up. AWS thinks its offering, Kiro, and new capabilities to ensure behavioral adherence set up a large differentiator in the increasingly crowded coding

When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a must-have infrastructure layer for the gen AI era. Billions of venture dollars flowed, developers rushed to integrate embeddings into

According toa new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year — $40 billion more than will be spent finding new oil supplies. Those numbers help to illustrate some big shifts in the global economy, and comparing data centers and oil seems particularly apt given concerns

A single beam of light runs AI with supercomputer power Light-based tensor computing could push AI into a new era of ultra-fast, energy-efficient performance. Tensor operations are a form of advanced mathematics that support many modern technologies, especially artificial intelligence. These operations go far beyond the simple calculations most people encounter. A helpful way to

The race to deploy agentic AI is on. Across the enterprise, systems that can plan, take actions and collaborate across business applications promise unprecedented efficiency. But in the rush to automate, a critical component is being overlooked: Scalable security. We are building a workforce of digital employees without giving them a secure way to log