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• Ditto, startup di IA per la sanità con sede a Rotterdam, ha ottenuto un finanziamento di 7,6 milioni di euro guidato da Heal Capital per espandere la sua applicazione di comunicazione tra paziente e medico basata su IA nei mercati europei. • La piattaforma sfrutta l'IA per automatizzare e personalizzare le interazioni con i pazienti, migliorando l'efficienza della comunicazione sanitaria e il coinvolgimento dei pazienti per i fornitori di cure mediche. • Il finanziamento dimostra la fiducia degli investitori nelle soluzioni di IA per l'amministrazione sanitaria e la gestione dei pazienti, un segmento in crescita all'interno della tecnologia sanitaria.

Gruppi criminali e attori legati a Stati sembrano utilizzare modelli commerciali per affinare e ampliare gli attacchi. Business live – ultimi aggiornamenti. In soli tre mesi, l'hacking potenziato dall'IA è passato dall'essere un problema nascente a una minaccia su scala industriale, secondo un rapporto di Google. I risultati del gruppo di threat intelligence di Google si aggiungono a un'intensificandosi discussione globale su come i modelli di IA più recenti siano estremamente abili nella programmazione e stiano diventando strumenti estremamente potenti per sfruttare le vulnerabilità in una vasta gamma di sistemi software. Continua a leggere...

Mosca avvolta da un pesante dispositivo di sicurezza nonostante l'annuncio dell'ultimo minuto di un cessate il fuoco di tre giorni con l'Ucraina Vladimir Putin ha dichiarato che la Russia sarà sempre vittoriosa mentre presiedeva una parata del Giorno della Vittoria ridimensionata in Piazza Rossa, tenutasi sotto una stretta sorveglianza a causa dei crescenti timori di attacchi ucraini e della crescente stanchezza pubblica per la guerra. Parlando alla folla, il leader russo ha evocato i sacrifici della seconda guerra mondiale per raccogliere sostegno per i suoi soldati che combattono nella guerra in Ucraina. Continua a leggere...

• NTT launched Scale Academy as part of its enterprise AI and security initiatives during the two-week period beginning April 13, 2026. • The academy program targets organizations seeking to develop internal capabilities around artificial intelligence adoption and implementation. • The initiative reflects growing enterprise demand for structured training programs to build AI competency across workforce and organizational functions.

• The White House stated China steals US AI technology at industrial scale via joint ventures, cyber intrusions, talent poaching, and front companies targeting universities and labs. • Tactics include spear-phishing, zero-day exploits in software pipelines, and supply chain diversion of AI hardware like GPUs, fueling China's surveillance and weapons programs. • Impacts could erode US AI competitive advantage, raise R&D costs for cybersecurity, and devalue intellectual property incentives for American firms.

Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidentsThe UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country’s online security agency.Richard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will warn today that nation states now account for the most significant incidents the NCSC deals with. Continue reading...

• Anthropic launched Claude Mythos Preview on April 7, 2026, an advanced AI model designed for defensive cybersecurity that uncovered thousands of major vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser. • Through Project Glasswing, access granted to tech giants including Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, and over 40 organizations maintaining critical software infrastructure. • Rising concerns from experts and governments about misuse risks to economies, public safety, and national security; US software stocks tumbled on April 9 amid fears of AI disruption to traditional security firms.

• Scale AI raised $2.5 billion in fresh funding on April 19, 2026, at a $15 billion valuation, backed by Meta and Tiger Global. • Capital expands US data annotation workforce to 50,000, focusing on synthetic data for autonomous vehicles and LLMs. • Funding counters labor-intensive bottlenecks in AI training, vital for US competitiveness.

The S&P breached 7,000 points for the first time in history, in a rally that erased stark losses incurred at start of warWall Street scaled a fresh all-time high on Wednesday amid growing optimism among investors that the US-Israel war on Iran will soon be over.The benchmark S&P 500 breached 7,000 points for the first time in history, after climbing 0.8% over the course of the day, finishing at 7,022.95. The tech-heavy Nasdaq also rose 1.6% to 24,016.02, its own record high, while the Dow Jones industrial average remained broadly flat. Continue reading...

• NTT Research in Sunnyvale, California, launched Scale Academy on April 15, 2026, an incubator led by SVP Bennett Indart to commercialize lab technologies from NTT divisions. • The first product, SaltGrain, is a zero-trust data security suite using attribute-based encryption (ABE) developed by NTT's Cryptography lab director Dr. Amit Sahai and Dr. Brent Waters. • Scale Academy aims to accelerate breakthrough products for market, focusing on quantum-safe security amid rising threats.

• Nava, an AI infrastructure startup, raised $22 million in funding led by Greenoaks Capital to expand its GPU cloud and data center capabilities. • The investment targets growing US demand for high-performance computing to train and deploy advanced AI models. • Nava's platform supports AI developers with scalable resources amid chip shortages and cloud competition.

• Scale AI raised $1 billion on April 9, 2026, at $2.5 billion valuation from Accel and Founders Fund for US data labeling expansion. • Funding supports hiring 1,000 engineers in San Francisco to improve RLHF datasets for models like Llama 4. • Positions Scale as critical US AI infrastructure player, with CEO Alexandr Wang noting 'data is the new oil.'

• Organizers reported 'No Kings' day protests drew huge crowds in major cities across the United States and internationally on March 28, with demonstrations described as potentially one of the largest in US history. • More than 3,100 protest events took place nationwide, reflecting widespread mobilization against Trump administration policies. • The scale of turnout underscores significant public opposition to current political leadership and Trump's governing agenda.

• Edmonton-born startup Smart Access raised $12 million in Series A funding from Bay Area investors Lobby Capital, Aspenwood Ventures, and Coelius Capital to expand its digital workforce management platform. • The company, co-founded by Tim Regnier and John White, helps large distribution operations optimize training, safety programs, and adherence to standard operating procedures across their workforce. • Smart Access, which relocated its operating base to San Francisco while maintaining Edmonton roots since its 2015 founding, plans to scale deployments across North America using the new capital.