Emilia David / VentureBeat: Google unveils Project Oscar, an open-source platform to help product teams monitor software issues or bugs via AI agents, at its I/O Connect Bengaluru event  —  Google has announced Project Oscar, a way for open-source development teams to use and build agents to manage software programs. Source link

OpenAI has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its ChatGPT chatbot and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs), but the company’s safety record has sparked concerns. A new report has claimed that the AI firm is speeding through and neglecting the safety and security protocols while developing new models. The report highlighted that

Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: Germany-based One Data, which provides AI-powered enterprise data management software, raised a €32M Series B extension led by Vsquared, Molten, and HV Capital  —  One Data’s AI-powered data product builder enables businesses to build, manage, and share data products while saving around 80 per cent of their time. Source link

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale will start in India on July 20 and will last through July 21. A variety of items will be available at discounted rates, considerably lower than their usual prices. Products like personal electronic items such as smartphones, earphones, tablets and more will be available at lower prices, as well as

Sara Fischer / Axios: Taboola’s CEO says the company has struck a deal with Apple to power native advertising within the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps; TBLA stock jumps 9%+  —  – Taboola’s effort to build trust with Apple across its various teams and stakeholders was “a multiyear process,’” Singolda said. Source link

Apple has seeded the first iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and tvOS 18 public beta, providing non-developers a safer way to try the upcoming operating systems. The iOS 18 offers a wide range of new features for compatible iPhone users including home screen customisation options, a revamped Control Centre, RCS support, a

Adam Bumas / Wired: Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos’ fourth boxing tournament in Madrid, with matches between influencers, set a record 3.85M+ concurrent viewers at its peak on July 13  —  A boxing tournament in Spain didn’t need the Fresh Prince’s help to become the most popular stream in the platform’s history. Source link

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” according to a person familiar with the matter and internal documentation reviewed by Reuters. The project, details of which have not been previously reported, comes as the Microsoft-backed startup races to show that the types of

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon says its AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus is now live in the Amazon mobile app for all US customers, after launching in beta in February 2024  —  Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday. Source

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