EP-102 Salesforce’s $1.9b Buyout 💸, Broadcom’s Q3 Beat 📊, Microsoft Tackles Ai-generated Exploit 🌐

AI Briefing Room

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, september 6th! dive into today's top tech stories:

• salesforce acquires own co.: salesforce agrees to buy the startup for $1.9 billion in cash, aiming to enhance their cloud-based data backup capabilities. the deal is expected to be finalized by january 2025.
• broadcom q3 results: broadcom surpasses wall street expectations with $13.07 billion in revenue but sees shares drop due to a $1.88 billion net loss from a tax provision and modest guidance.
• microsoft combats ai-generated explicit images: microsoft partners with stopncii, enabling victims to create digital fingerprints of explicit images for removal from bing search results, aligning with efforts from other major platforms.
• u.s. & u.k. ai treaty: the u.s. and the u.k. sign the first legally binding framework convention on ai, ensuring ai use complies with human rights, democracy, and rule of law principles.
• u.s. indicts russian hackers: five russian military hackers are charged with cyberattacks on ukraine's government and nato countries, focusing on the whispergate cyberattack supporting russia's invasion.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!