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eSentire releases AI-powered preemptive cybersecurity tool
eSentire releases AI-powered preemptive cybersecurity tool
Waterloo, Ont.-based cybersecurity firm eSentire has launched Atlas Preempt, an artificial intelligence-powered system that tests a company’s defences by running cybersecurity attack simulations.
Top developers are pivoting from chatbots to physical AI
Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to hit a dead end. The researcher quit university and started Overworld.
Superhuman, formerly Grammarly, acquires GPTZero
Superhuman, formerly known as Grammarly, has acquired GPTZero, an AI detector that checks for large language model-generated content across the internet. The two companies announced the deal on Tuesday, with the intent of building the internet’s “authenticity layer.”
TechNX is taking a vacation June 29 to July 5
TO OUR VALUED READERS: TechNX staff will be taking our annual break for a hard-earned vacation during the week of June 29 through July 5, returning on July 6, 2026.
Hamilton just hit pause on all AI data centres. This is big
Hamilton city council voted Wednesday to support a one-year pause on all artificial intelligence (AI) data-centre development in the city. Hamilton is the first city to confront the question of, what are the rules for building AI data centres responsibly?
Former Databricks’ AI chief aims to cut AI’s power by 1,000x
Unconventional AI is looking at rebuilding computing architecture. Led by Naveen Rao, formerly the head of artificial intelligence at Databricks, it promises to make inference processing vastly more power efficient with a new kind of oscillator-based computer architecture.
Meta, Microsoft lead US$850B boom in data centre leases
Meta Platforms and Microsoft each committed tens of billions of dollars in additional data centre leases in their most recent quarters, adding to the massive sums the industry is spending on artificial intelligence now at US$850 billion.
Anthropic backer Menlo raises US$3B for startup investment
In 2024, Menlo Ventures made the risky decision to raise US$500 million to invest in Anthropic PBC, then an underdog rival to OpenAI that had yet to gain mainstream adoption. Menlo’s stake in Anthropic is currently approximately US$14B.
AI not yielding meaningful return to business leaders: BDO
Forty-sex per cent of Canadian business leaders surveyed are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) without achieving a meaningful return on their investment. The report by BDO Canada says organizations need to use AI in a way that creates value.
Adyen thinks Canada is ready for a new era of payments
Most consumers have never heard of Adyen. That's by design. The Dutch fintech giant operates largely behind the scenes, powering payments for companies including Airbnb, Uber, Microsoft, Netflix, and in Canada, Air Canada, Lululemon, Simons, Groupe Dynamite and Lightspeed.
FDATA's head touts ‘sponsored’ accreditation model
Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA) is an industry association that’s been advocating for open banking in Canada and the U.S. BetaKit spoke with FDATA executive director Steve Boms to ensure its roll out doesn’t lock out smaller startups.
Apple raises MacBook, iPad prices as memory costs bite
Apple has raised iPad and MacBook prices, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry’s data-centre build-out. The move does not affect Apple’s main cash cow, the iPhone.
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