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ThirdEye, a provider of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (AR/AI) solutions, has secured a contract from the US Navy through its government partner. The advanced AR technology developed by ThirdEye will be utilised by the US Navy to improve and streamline maintenance aviation activities for both the US Navy and Marines across multiple bases in the US and overseas.

San Francisco, USA. 7 March 2023 – Databricks, a lakehouse company, has announced launch of Databricks Model Serving to provide simplified production machine learning (ML) natively within the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. Model Serving removes the complexity of building and maintaining complicated infrastructure for intelligent applications.

Ibex Medical Analytics (Ibex), an AI-powered cancer diagnostics, has announced the receipt of multiple contract awards from the PathLAKE consortium  to provide Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to support cancer diagnosis at 25 NHS Trusts.

Brightfind and Tasio, members of Blue Cypress‘ family of companies, are to announce the launch of Betty Bot, an AI (artificial intelligence)-enabled chatbot for associations. Betty Bot is a solution designed exclusively for member-based organisations, built using advanced AI techniques, generative chat, and language models.

HubSpot, a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies, has announced the launch of two new tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) content assistant and ChatSpot.ai to help its customers save time while creating better connections with their audiences.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc, a launch and space systems company, has announced it has secured a multi-launch deal for a succession of four Electron missions for Capella Space, an American space tech company and a provider of commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery.

The advent of ChatGPT seems to represent a quantum leap in the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape the world we live in. Things are moving quickly, says Jennifer Lee, chief operating officer at Intradiem, and organisations must begin now to think about how they can harness the power of AI to improve their performance beyond what basic process automation has long made possible.

Laserfiche, a SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation, has announced a new MuleSoft Certified Connector for Laserfiche. Accessible in the MuleSoft Anypoint Exchange and the Laserfiche Solution Marketplace, this new connector is designed to allow companies to simplify integration to Laserfiche’s content services platform and build solutions that boost productivity, scale with growth and deliver digital-first customer experiences.

Many people describe their digital state in everyday life as “always on”. Natural disasters in recent years have shown how easily this everyday life can get out of control. Most recently, the earthquake in Turkey. In such a situation, survivors would have decisive advantages if they were still “always on”. But in an emergency, the infrastructure on the ground is often just as affected by the consequences as the people.

droppGroup has announced signing of a Web3 Technology Memorandum of Understanding with Aramco, to explore how the parties may collaborate together to apply dropp’s proprietary Web3 technology in furtherance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” quality of life programme.

Comviva, a provider of customer experience and data monetisation solutions, has announced its partnership with Tunisia’s mobile communication services provider Ooredoo to strengthen customers’ loyalty and engagement.

Clarapath, a robotics company aimed at catalysing change in the way pathology laboratories process human and animal tissue, has announced the acquisition of Mountain View, CA-based Crosscope. Crosscope is a digital pathology company with a turnkey imaging solution providing workflow tools and slide management along with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology to assist pathologists with better and faster decision-making.

Millions of meetings are held daily by people who speak different languages, with varying levels of fluency, which can compromise efficient and natural communication. Considering the need for professionals to express their best ideas in any language across the world, Woopi, Stefanini Group‘s Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, created and launched an AI-based simultaneous translation platform, Voicero.

Advantech, a provider of AIoT platforms and services, has launched its ARK-7060 extreme high-performance edge computer, which brings server-class computing capabilities, flexible expansion, rich storage capacity, and high network bandwidth to the edge. Advantech’s ARK-7060 is an extreme high-performance edge computer with multiple expansion slots and fast data transfer speeds that empower edge data servers, AOI visual inspection, and AI vision equipment applications. It is equipped with Intel Xeon D-1700 series processors up to 10 cores at 67W and 4 x DDR4 SODIMM sockets that support up to 128 GB. ARK-7060 offers 2 x GbE, 4 x USB 3.0, 4 x COM ports for diverse device connections.

Covenant Physician Partners has announced three of their Hawaii locations will offer patients receiving a colonoscopy an enhanced screening with the aid of GI Genius intelligent endoscopy module. The GI Genius module employs artificial intelligence (AI) to help physicians detect polyps a new ally in the fight against colorectal cancer.

Seattle, Washington, United States. 24 February 2023 – Evocalize, a provider of technology that powers many of the largest, most effective cross channel digital marketing solutions, announce the launch of EVOLVE, a new artificial intelligence layer applied to its collaborative marketing platform designed for franchises to save time, maximise efficiency, and improve ROI on local digital marketing initiatives.

Rockwell Automation, Inc., a company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced that it is working closely with one of the water companies Severn Trent and their partners, providing artificial intelligence (AI) to automate and monitor entire waste catchments in the UK. This is part of an trial launched in Derbyshire, Alfreton, which is trialling the AI until 2025 and aims to run indefinitely. The AI technology will predict weather conditions, forecast maintenance, and control waste flow to better manage its sewage network.

Biofourmis, a global technology-enabled care delivery provider, has announced a four-year engagement with Augusta University Health (AU Health) to expand its Virtual Care at Home programme across the continuum. The collaboration will focus on improving throughput in the emergency department (ED) and inpatient setting, reducing hospital readmissions, enabling optimal clinical outcomes, and improving the experience of patients and their families.

Maxar Technologies, a provider of space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has announced availability of SYNTH3D, a high-performance, geotypical 3D representation of the entire planet for gaming, simulation, entertainment, virtual reality (VR), smart cities and metaverse.

Landing AI, a computer vision cloud platform, is democratising the creation of artificial intelligence among companies large and small with an offer to anyone to try its flagship LandingLens product for free.

Olea Edge Analytics, a provider of intelligent solutions and services for the water utility industry, has announced the launch of a pilot programme to deploy smart technology to 25 large commercial meters in California’s Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) service area.

Futuri is a provider in audio industry with the launch of RadioGPT an AI-driven localised radio content solution. RadioGPT combines the power of GPT-3 technology with Futuri’s AI-driven targeted story discovery and social content system, TopicPulse, as well as AI voice tech to provide an unmatched localised radio experience for any market, any format.

Ambience Healthcare, an AI company developing technology to supercharge healthcare providers, has announced public launch of its fully automated AI medical scribe, Ambience AutoScribe. Already in use by provider organisations across North America, AutoScribe is improving the way healthcare providers document patient visits.

London, U.K., 1 March 2023 – Lookout, Inc., an endpoint to cloud security company, today released its Global State of Mobile Phishing report. According to Lookout data, 2022 had the highest percentage of mobile phishing encounter rates ever, with an average of more than 30% of personal and enterprise users exposed to these attacks every quarter.

1 March 2023 – By the end of 2023, 39% of global knowledge workers will work hybrid, up from 37% in 2022, according to Gartner, Inc.

If names such as Conficker, Sasser and MyDoom send a shiver down your spine, you are not alone. In the not-too-distant past computer viruses, whether simple or sophisticated had the power to cripple organisations large and small, as cybercriminals sought to wreak havoc, and gain notoriety and wealth. For security professional’s endpoint/perimeter protection was the name of the game, with firewalls and anti-virus software providing the first line of defence. Whilst this type of malware still exists it is no longer the main attack vector, however, the threat landscape is ever evolving and, with the growth of man-in-the-middle (session hijacking), SIM hacking and targeted phishing attacks, preying on vulnerable authentication, including Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) says Steven Hope, product director MFA at Intercede.

Axelspace Corporation and co-researchers have developed a novel Ka-band radio for microsatellites. This new radio system, when compared to a conventional radio, operates with less than half the power consumption and has a high radiation tolerance.