Kaspersky Lab said Monday it will start winding down its U.S. operations and lay off U.S.-based employees next month following a recent Commerce Department ban.
Why it matters: Shuttering Kaspersky's U.S. office marks the end of a years-long fight between the Russian antivirus maker and the U.S. government.
Google parent company Alphabet is in advanced talks to buy cloud security company Wiz for around $23 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Why it matters: This would be Alphabet's largest-ever acquisition, and its first major cybersecurity purchase since buying Mandiant for $5.4 billion in 2022.
C3.ai, the enterprise AI startup run by Tom Siebel, is announcing today a new effort to help government agencies use generative AI to deliver and explain the services they provide.
Why it matters: Government contracts can be a lucrative addition to an enterprise business, but often require additional security guarantees and the ability to navigate complex bureaucracies.
Driving the news: C3 Generative AI for Government Programs, as the new service is dubbed, taps Google's cloud to securely deliver the product for federal, state or local governments that want to improve the productivity of their online chat and contact centers.
Medicare for the first time is proposing to reimburse doctors for digital mental health therapies like apps and software to treat behavioral health conditions.
Why it matters: The movecould be a boost for digital therapeutics like wellness apps or video games that have been slow to gain adoption because there aren't consistent payment and coverage pathways.
OpenAI researchers believe the company is closing in on building AI that can perform human-level "reasoning," per reports out of Bloomberg and Reuters.
Why it matters: AI experts disagree over whether today's large language models, which excel at generating text and images, will ever be capable of broadly understanding the world and flexibly adapting to novel information and circumstances.
