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Tools Emerge to Comply with California Data Law

As California prepares to roll out a consumer privacy law regulating how businesses handle customer information, vendors are introducing new compliance tools designed to locate and catalog sensitive data covered under gl Read more…

Latest Bot Targets Hadoop Clusters

Hadoop clusters are under siege by a recently discovered malware threat designed to take over cloud-based servers as a platform for launching distributed denial-of-service attacks. The malware dubbed DemonBot was repo Read more…

From NSA Whistleblowers to Analytics Entrepreneurs

A pair of NSA analysts who blew the whistle on the spy agency’s misuse of their security and privacy controls have come out of retirement to form a startup providing data analytics services based on a proprietary “de Read more…

ML Enlisted to Slow the Spread of Fake News

As should be obvious by now, traditional fact-checking methods have failed to stop “fake news” from spreading like wildfire via social media circuits. While platforms like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) are developing new Read more…

Filling Policy Void, U.S. AI Report Outlines Stakes

Who’s ahead in the race to win the global AI race is the subject of intense debate, much of it centered on China’s all-out effort to dominate AI development and whether the U.S. can get its act together in time to ke Read more…

This Just In

Bias in AI Computer Vision Systems Dramatically Reduced with Synthetic Data ‘Digital Humans’

Oct 23, 2023 |

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2023 — Mindtech, the developer of the end-to-end synthetic data creation platform for training AI vision systems, has announced the launch of its Digital Humans 2.0 within its Data Ops Platform. Read more…

Robust Intelligence and MongoDB Partner to Secure Generative AI and Enterprise Data

Oct 5, 2023 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2023 — Robust Intelligence, a leading end-to-end AI risk management company, today announced a partnership with MongoDB to help customers thoroughly and efficiently secure generative AI models enhanced with enterprise data. Read more…

Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative Launches Certification Program

Oct 4, 2023 |

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2023 — The Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI) is an industry-led consortium of web data collectors focused on strengthening public trust, promoting ethical guidelines, and helping businesses and their customers make informed data extraction choices. Read more…

DataGrail’s Inaugural Summit to Converge Global Thought Leaders on Data Privacy’s Role in AI

Aug 17, 2023 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2023 — DataGrail today announced its first ever DataGrail Summit, a unique event that brings together leaders in security, legal, and privacy to discuss the issues that will define the future, particularly in light of generative AI advances and global privacy legislation. Read more…

Osano Secures $25M Series B to Advance Data Privacy Platform

Aug 10, 2023 |

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 10, 2023 — Osano, a leader in data privacy management software, today announced a $25 million Series B funding round led by Baird Capital, with participation from Jump Capital, LiveOak Venture Partners, Next Coast Ventures, TDF Ventures and First Ascent Ventures. Read more…

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