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Social robotics company Furhat buys Sphero spin-out company Misty Robotics

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Today, Swedish social robotics company Furhat Robotics is offering the beleaguered startup a gentle landing in what the Swedish company says is an all-cash deal. “Acquisitions in the world of social robotics are very rare. .” “Acquisitions in the world of social robotics are very rare. After raising $11.5

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Tonal adds live classes to its strength training workouts

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Wall-mounted fitness startup Tonal this morning announced that it’s bringing live courses to it portfolio of strength training workouts. The new offering provides real-time feedback from coaches, coupled with a “social zone” for interacting with fellow Tonal users. The portfolio is also getting four new coaches for live workouts.

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Is AI in the enterprise ready for primetime? Not yet.

CIO

At work, we’re efficient at processing multiple inputs in rapid time to take into account issues of safety, social norms, the needs of our colleagues and employer, as well as accuracy and strategic goals. Hallucinations can be reduced within enterprise deployments by fine-tuning LLMs through training them on private data that’s been verified.

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO

Social engineering – with social engineering, the cyber criminal will “trick” a victim into releasing confidential information, such as passwords and other logins. A truly robust endpoint solution will provide protection at all levels of the device, from the core BIOS, through to the hardware, firmware and application layers.

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Medical simulation platform FundamentalVR raises $20M to help surgeons learn through VR

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More recently, VR has been used in all manner of health care scenarios, from treating social anxiety and other mental health conditions , to surgical training. Big impact. FundamentalVR: Ocular gene therapy simulation. “This makes the solutions highly scalable and affordable.”

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Salesforce plans generative AI boost for ESG reporting with Net Zero Cloud

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Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

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Prakash previously founded social media search platform Topsy, which was acquired in 2013 by Apple, where he later became a senior director. As for Re, he’s co-founded various startups, including SambaNova , which builds hardware and integrated systems for AI. Google Cloud, AWS, Azure). Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).