Geekwire’s Taylor Soper first reported the news. According to Soper, Adept co-founder and CEO David Luan will join Amazon, along with Adept co-founders Augustus Odena, Maxwell Nye, Erich Elsen and Kelsey Szot and other Adept employees. Adept isn’t closing up shop, however. Zach Brock, head of engineering, is taking...

Amazon hires founders away from AI startup Adept

But what’s interesting with Dust is the differences with other companies working on enterprise agents or AI assistants in general. Unlike a consumer-facing tool like ChatGPT, Dust assistants are connected to a company’s data and documents. For instance, when you build a new assistant in Dust, you can associate it with Notion pages, documents stored in Google Drive, Intercom conversations or Slack.

Dust grabs another $16M for its enterprise AI assistants connected to internal data

Sarah Bitamazire is the chief policy officer at the boutique advisory firm Lumiera, where she also helps write the newsletter Lumiera Loop, which focuses on AI literacy and responsible AI adoption. Before this, she was working as a policy adviser in Sweden, focused on gender equality, foreign affairs legislation, and...

Women in AI: Sarah Bitamazire helps companies implement responsible AI

Founded in 1972, SAP’s valuation currently sits at an all-time high of $234 billion. The Germany-based enterprise software provider was valued at $92 billion two years ago, and $156 billion 12 months back, meaning its market cap has grown more than 50% in the past year alone. Market valuations...

SAP, and Oracle, and IBM, oh my! ‘Cloud and AI’ drive legacy software firms to record valuations

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A newly discovered security vulnerability in artificial intelligence (AI) systems could pose significant risks to eCommerce platforms, financial services and customer support operations across industries. Microsoft has unveiled details of a technique called “Skeleton Key,” which can bypass ethical safeguards built into AI models businesses use worldwide. “Skeleton...

Microsoft Reveals AI Security Flaw That Threatens eCommerce and Financial Services

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

Chinese fast-fashion-cum-junk retailer “is a data‑theft  business.”. Do you have the Temu app installed on your phone? You might wanna think twice about that. The Arkansas is suing Temu’s owners, accusing them of deeply shady privacy practices. But not everyone is buying the Natural State’s narrative....

Temu is Malware — It Sells Your Info, Accuses Ark. AG

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Google is making some serious changes to digital certificate security on the web, the company announced on its Security blog. The big news is that Google will no longer trust certificates from two large security firms — Entrust or AffirmTrust — due to repeated security lapses. According to...

Google is cracking down on internet security in this big way

Rohlik — which means “baker” in Czech (and also a little roll the baker might make) — has aimed to carve out a differentiated position. Its focus has been on operating smaller warehouses and linking up ties with local producers and sellers, such as butchers and fishmongers, rather than reproducing what a large supermarket might sell online (or indeed stock in a physical store). In reference to the Rohlik of its name, it bakes bread at its distribution centers.

Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others

Mobile phones purchased from a carrier are generally locked to that carrier until either the contract is up or the phone is paid off. But despite improvements to the process over the years (unlocking was flat-out illegal not long ago), it still isn’t quite clear to all consumers when and how they can unlock their phone and take it to the carrier (or country) of their choice.

FCC rule would make carriers unlock all phones after 60 days

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The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

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Have an Android device? It might be time for a wellness check.

These seemingly harmless apps found to have malware that will steal your bank info

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Passwords are still criminally insecure and can be cracked or guessed by hackers with ease, but what precautions can you take to avoid getting breached?

Most passwords take a matter of minutes to crack – here’s how you can create strong, hacker-resistant credentials

The round valued the company between $700 million and $800 million, although TechCrunch couldn’t verify whether that valuation is pre- or post-money. (One possible scenario is $700 million pre/$800 million post.) Hebbia disclosed in an SEC filing in May that it had by then raised $93 million out of a hoped-for $100 million, but we understand from two of the people that the round hit a near $100 million mark and has closed.

Hebbia raises nearly $100M Series B for AI-powered document search led by Andreessen Horowitz

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FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

The startup tested the calling feature ahead of today’s public launch. During that time, it said that more than 3 million users had made over 20 million calls. The company also noted that calls with AI characters can be useful for practicing language skills, giving mock interviews, or adding them to the gameplay of role-playing games.

Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls

The Supreme Court announced Friday morning that it had ruled 6-3 (you know who voted how) to overturn Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case from 1984 that established a very important doctrine in federal regulation. Federal law is by necessity broad, applying as it does across so many...

Forget the debate, the Supreme Court just declared open season on regulators

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The color yellow is gorgeous, eye-catching, and downright happy for most people. So much so that it's the main hue in the world-famous happy face—but science says it's not the best color to wear on a date.

You Shouldn't Wear Yellow on First Dates, Here's Why

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PortSwigger, the company behind the Burp Suite of security testing tools, swallows $112M

Nearly two decades ago, living in the small market town of Knutsford in Cheshire in the northwest of England, Daf was working as a security consultant...

PortSwigger, the company behind the Burp Suite of security testing tools, swallows $112M

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