Equinix, a Redwood, California-based digital infrastructure company, is investing an initial $260 million to establish its sixth International Business Exchange data center in Singapore. Called SG6, the new IBX aims to support the delivery of digital infrastructure vital to the development artificial intelligence capabilities across industries in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, Equinix said Tuesday....
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Report: Six US Tech Companies Part of NATO’s Initial Accelerator Program
The first cohort of NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic includes six U.S. tech companies, a senior official of the security alliance confirmed. Citing unpublished NATO documents it obtained, DefenseScoop reported that the six are among the 44 companies selected for the effort. Four of the U.S. companies were selected for DIANA’s undersea...
Carahsoft to Deliver Qmulos Risk Management Automation Solutions to Canada; Matt Coose Quoted
Carahsoft will offer Qmulos compliance, security and risk management automation solutions to the Canadian government as part of an expanded partnership. Qmulos products and services include the Q-Compliance platform, which analyzes data to identify compliance gaps and security weaknesses, and the Q-Audit platform for insider threat management. Both applications are powered by Splunk and are...
US, Italy to Fund Joint Artificial Intelligence Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has allotted funding for collaborative American and Italian research projects on artificial intelligence under a memorandum of understanding signed with Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research. The MOU, which the NSF announced on Tuesday, outlines the framework for U.S. researchers to secure funding from the foundation and for their Italian...
Google Digital Futures Project to Promote Best AI Deployment in Europe
Google has launched the Digital Futures Project to support its objective of deploying the best artificial intelligence technologies in Europe. According to Kent Walker, president of global affairs at Google, the project underscores the company’s conviction that Europe has a big role to play in advancing the future of AI. Delivering his speech at the...
Academic, Industry Experts Join UK AI Taskforce Advisory Board
The UK government has appointed academic and industry experts as members of the Frontier AI Taskforce’s external advisory board. The new appointees will support the task force’s mission to identify artificial intelligence systems that could threaten public safety and global security, according to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award...
UK Cyber Chief Urges Developers to Secure AI Tech
Security should be a core requirement in developing artificial intelligence capabilities, according to Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre in the U.K. Appearing as a keynote speaker at the recent Chatham House Cyber 2023 conference, Cameron called on developers to anticipate security risks and embed mitigating measures when designing AI tools, the...
UK Outlines Key Objectives of AI Safety Summit in November
The UK government has outlined its core objectives for the Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit, which will be held on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bletchley Park in England. The summit will gather select countries and various technology, academic and nonprofit groups to discuss the safe advancement of AI. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
New Export Restrictions Imposed on Nvidia, AMD’s AI Chips
The United States is requiring Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia to secure licenses prior to exporting artificial intelligence chips to some countries in the Middle East. According to a Reuters article, Nvidia said in a regulatory filing that the new export rule would not have “immediate material impact” on its financial results. AMD does not...
Elbit Systems to Deliver Counter-Drone Systems to the Netherlands Under $55M Contract
The Netherlands has ordered anti-drone systems from Israel-based defense company Elbit Systems. Elbit will deliver the ReDrone counter-unmanned aerial systems under a four-year, $55 million contract. ReDrone comes with a command and control system, the DAiR X-band software-defined radar system, signal intelligence sensors and a COAPS-L electro-optical payload, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning...