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Shadow AI surge heightens enterprise security risks, study finds

Wed, 6th Aug 2025
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Enterprise use of generative AI platforms has surged 50%, with shadow AI posing rising data security risks as unsanctioned apps operate beyond IT control.
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Alibaba unveils Wan2.2, open-source suite for AI video creation

Tue, 29th Jul 2025
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Alibaba launches Wan2.2, an open-source AI suite enhancing cinematic video creation with improved quality, efficiency, and user control for creators worldwide.
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Alibaba unveils Qwen3-Coder open-source AI model for coding tasks

Thu, 24th Jul 2025
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Alibaba launches Qwen3-Coder, an open-source AI model designed for efficient code generation, debugging, and complex software workflows worldwide.
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Alibaba Cloud named leader for GenAI cloud in Omdia report

Mon, 21st Jul 2025
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Alibaba Cloud has been named a leader in Omdia's GenAI cloud report, praised for advanced AI models and broad developer support across Asia and Oceania.
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Critical mcp-remote flaw lets attackers hijack AI client systems

Mon, 14th Jul 2025
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A critical flaw in mcp-remote lets attackers hijack AI client systems by executing arbitrary OS commands, urging users to update to version 0.1.16 immediately.
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NVIDIA & Black Forest Labs boost AI image editing with FLUX.1

Fri, 4th Jul 2025
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NVIDIA and Black Forest Labs have optimised the FLUX.1 Kontext AI image editing model for RTX GPUs, doubling performance and simplifying workflows with natural language prompts.
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Tenable to acquire Apex Security, bolstering AI risk control

Tue, 3rd Jun 2025
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Tenable plans to acquire Apex Security, enhancing its AI risk control and exposure management platform amid rising cyber threats from AI adoption.
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Red Hat leads launch of llm-d to scale generative AI in clouds

Wed, 21st May 2025
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Red Hat launches llm-d, an open source project for scalable generative AI inference, backed by Google Cloud, IBM, NVIDIA and others to support any model, hardware or cloud.
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Red Hat launches enterprise AI inference server for hybrid cloud

Wed, 21st May 2025
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Red Hat unveils AI Inference Server to boost generative AI performance and efficiency across hybrid cloud platforms with broad model and hardware support.
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Alibaba releases VACE, an open-source AI video editor

Thu, 15th May 2025
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Alibaba launches Wan2.1-VACE, an open-source AI model combining video generation and editing, streamlining content creation for various media platforms.
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Alibaba launches Qwen3, open-source AI for global developers

Mon, 5th May 2025
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Alibaba has open-sourced Qwen3, a new large language model series with up to 235B parameters, supporting 119 languages and advanced hybrid reasoning.
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Sonatype updates Repository Firewall to target open-source malware

Thu, 1st May 2025
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Sonatype enhances Repository Firewall to proactively block open source malware, integrating Zscaler and supporting Docker and AI models for robust DevSecOps protection.
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Cloudflare launches Realtime suite for AI app development

Fri, 11th Apr 2025
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Cloudflare has unveiled Cloudflare Realtime, a new suite aimed at simplifying the development of real-time audio, video, and AI applications for developers.
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Sourcetable unveils first AI-driven spreadsheet solution

Tue, 1st Apr 2025
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Sourcetable has launched the world's first AI-driven spreadsheet, promising to revolutionise data analysis for the 750 million global users of spreadsheets.
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Alibaba Cloud unveils Qwen2.5-Omni-7B multimodal AI model

Fri, 28th Mar 2025
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Alibaba Cloud has unveiled the Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a new multimodal AI model capable of processing various media types in real time, aimed at enhancing edge devices.
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JFrog & Hugging Face join forces to secure AI models

Tue, 18th Mar 2025
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JFrog has partnered with Hugging Face to enhance security for machine learning models, boosting safety measures on the Hugging Face Hub against potential threats.
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Sonatype launches AI tool to secure open source tech use

Fri, 7th Mar 2025
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Sonatype has unveiled its new AI Software Composition Analysis capabilities to enhance security and governance for open source AI technologies in enterprises.
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Alibaba Cloud open sources AI models for video creation

Thu, 27th Feb 2025
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Alibaba Cloud has unveiled four open-sourced AI models from its Wan2.1 series for video generation, enhancing accessibility for researchers and developers.
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Alibaba chair Joe Tsai advocates for open-source AI future

Fri, 14th Feb 2025
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Joe Tsai, Chairman of Alibaba, has urged a focus on open-source AI models, predicting their role in driving economic growth and accessibility in tech.
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Endor Labs unveils AI open source model discovery tool

Fri, 31st Jan 2025
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Endor Labs has launched AI Model Discovery, a feature helping businesses identify and manage open source AI models, enhancing application security.