Month: July 2024

Evolve hack fallout continues, fintech M&A heats up and Plaid talks enterprise push

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Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the Evolve Bank hack, three notable acquisitions, Plaid’s enterprise customer growth and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story On June 26, Evolve Bank & … Read more

Access control for vector stores using metadata filtering with Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock

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In November 2023, we announced Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock as generally available. Knowledge bases allow Amazon Bedrock users to unlock the full potential of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) by seamlessly integrating their company data into the language model’s generation process. This feature allows organizations to harness the power of large language models (LLMs) while … Read more

Accenture creates a custom memory-persistent conversational user experience using Amazon Q Business

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Traditionally, finding relevant information from documents has been a time-consuming and often frustrating process. Manually sifting through pages upon pages of text, searching for specific details, and synthesizing the information into coherent summaries can be a daunting task. This inefficiency not only hinders productivity but also increases the risk of overlooking critical insights buried within … Read more

Create an end-to-end serverless digital assistant for semantic search with Amazon Bedrock

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With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), an increasing number of organizations use digital assistants to have their end-users ask domain-specific questions, using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) over their enterprise data sources. As organizations transition from proofs of concept to production workloads, they establish objectives to run and scale their workloads with minimal operational … Read more

The Pixel 9’s ‘Google AI’ is like Microsoft Recall but a little less creepy

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The Pixel 9 could come with a new camera bump. | Image: OnLeaks via 91Mobiles The next generation of Pixel phones could come with new “Google AI” features, including one that sounds a little like Microsoft’s controversial Recall tool. As reported by Android Authority, Google is working on a “Pixel Screenshots” feature that can “save … Read more

Cloud Expert Chaitanya Kanth Tummalachervu Uses Complex DevOps and Cloud Architecture on AI Products

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The role of a site reliability engineer (SRE) is not to be understated. With the recent wave of developments in cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), scalability, security, and the actual reliability of these technologies can come into question. One tenured senior site reliability engineer is Chaitanya Kanth Tummalachervu, who has provided his services across … Read more

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs GPT-4o — An honest review

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Anthropic, the company behind the Claude series of models, has released Claude 3.5 Sonnet. It comes at a time when we all have accepted GPT-4o to be the default best model for the majority of tasks like reasoning, summarization, etc. Anthropic makes the bold claim that their model sets the new “industry standard” for intelligence. … Read more

Robots, AI, EW: How War in Ukraine Re-Shapes Military Tech

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Did you know that technologies such as GPS, now indispensable in civilian life, were initially developed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for military purposes? Similarly, laser tag originated from military laser simulators used for training. From the very outset of the war, technology has played a pivotal role in enabling the Ukrainian Armed forces to … Read more

Balancing Usability and Security in the Wake of a Breach: An Interview With Magpie Protocol’s CIO

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As the DeFi space continues to grow, security has emerged as a major stumbling block on the road to mainstream adoption. The space may have made strides in recent years to improve security and protect users’ funds, but hacks and exploits remain a regular occurrence in the ecosystem. In late April, Magpie Protocol suffered an … Read more

Meta plans to bring generative AI to metaverse games

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Meta plans to bring more generative AI tech into games, specifically VR, AR and mixed reality games, as the company looks to reinvigorate its flagging metaverse strategy. According to a job listing, Meta is seeking to research and prototype “new consumer experiences” with new types of gameplay driven by generative AI, like games that “change … Read more

TechCrunch Minute: A beginner’s guide to the fediverse

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“Fediverse” is one of those terms that gets thrown around a lot, but what does it actually mean? The word comes from “federation” and “universe” being smooshed together, and it refers to a group of social networks — a federation, if you will — that can communicate with each other. This approach is pretty appealing when … Read more

FOMO HOUR 150 – BILLY TO A BILLY?

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BTC ETF inflows hit highest in a month. ETH ETF inflows to hit $5bn in 6 months: Gemini. ETH public funds see largest outflow since 2022. SOL hits new ATH for monthly economic value. Sellers starting to look exhausted: Crypto Quant. Silvergate sued by SEC, settles for $63m. Circle gets stablecoin license for USDC in … Read more