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Arist adds $2M to its seed round to grow its SMS-based training service

TechCrunch

This morning Arist , a startup that sells software allowing other organizations to offer SMS-based training to staff, announced that it has extended its seed round to $3.9 million after adding $2 million to its prior raise. ” Profitable is just not a word TechCrunch hears often when it comes to early-stage, high-growth companies.

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Zoom knots itself a legal tangle over use of customer data for training AI models

TechCrunch

The recent terms & conditions controversy sequence goes like this: A clause added to Zoom’s legalese back in March 2023 grabbed attention on Monday after a post on Hacker News claimed it allowed the company to use customer data to train AI models “with no opt out” Cue outrage on social media.

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New trade body wants to license training data for AI use

CIO

Seven companies that license music, images, videos, and other data used for training artificial intelligence systems have formed a trade association to promote responsible and ethical licensing of intellectual property.

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INE Security Enables CISOs to Secure Board Support for Cybersecurity Training

CIO

If there is a single theme circulating among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) right now, it is the question of how to get stakeholders on board with more robust cybersecurity training protocols. Framing cybersecurity training as an essential investment rather than an optional expense is critical.”

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Efficiently train models with large sequence lengths using Amazon SageMaker model parallel

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Across diverse industries—including healthcare, finance, and marketing—organizations are now engaged in pre-training and fine-tuning these increasingly larger LLMs, which often boast billions of parameters and larger input sequence length. Although these advancements offer remarkable capabilities, they also present significant challenges.

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AI & the enterprise: protect your data, protect your enterprise value

CIO

This will require the adoption of new processes and products, many of which will be dependent on well-trained artificial intelligence-based technologies. Stolen datasets can now be used to train competitor AI models. Years later, here we are. Sadly, this is the new reality for CISOs, with data exfiltration creating unprecedented risks.

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How to make coaching work for your sales team

TechCrunch

Sales training statistics paint a grim picture. Some organizations provide no sales training at all, and others simply miss the mark. According to one study, roughly 44% of sales representatives felt their training “needed improvement.”. How can sales leaders and other stakeholders improve how they train the modern sales force?

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