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The Cloud Enhanced Open Software Defined Mobile Wireless Testbed for City-Scale Deployment (COSMOS), a National Science Foundation PAWR (Platform for Advanced Wireless Research) platform led by Rutgers University/WINLAB together with Columbia University and New York University, is collaborating with Intel and Airspan Networks to integrate, test, and evaluate the OCUDU (open source CU/DU) software stack in the context of end-to-to open source 5G deployments, paving the way to NextG.

D-Fend Solutions, which operates in counter-drone technology, has been acquired by Motorola Solutions, in a deal that provides public safety and enterprise customers with access to advanced counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) designed to safely neutralise rogue drone threats. Greg Brown, chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions. observed, "D-Fend's field-proven counter-drone technology is a powerful complement to our mission-critical ecosystem, providing differentiated airspace protection for our customers around the world."

UK consumers can now access their personal Experian Credit Score within an AI platform, following a major upgrade to the ChatGPT Experian app. This is significant because nearly two-thirds (62%) of regular ChatGPT users saying they turn to AI tools for support in helping them reach their financial goals - but, when seeking information about credit scores, AI platforms can offer generic, generalised answers, based on publicly-available sources - which may not be accurate. The upgraded Experian app solves that issue.

AI-native behaviour security company Abnormal AI has formed a strategic partnership with OpenAI to accelerate the safe adoption of AI across the enterprise, expand Abnormal’s use of OpenAI internally across its business and product development, and explore new security capabilities. Abnormal trains and deploys behavioural AI to stop sophisticated cybersecurity attacks that. OpenAI develops models and products that help defenders investigate threats, identify and validate vulnerabilities, and turn findings into fixes.

Agentic software quality assurance enterprise Sauce Labs has introduced a bring-your-own-model capabilities are available now to Sauce Labs enterprise customers. Organisations can work with their Sauce Labs account team to enable model choice within AURA. An industry first for release assurance, AURA now supports open-source, open-weight, or proprietary large language models (LLMs) as its underlying model layer, standardizing release assurance without forcing organizations to rely on a single AI provider for coding.

Italian retail chain Max Factory Group has selected Vonage to transform how it connects with customers. By integrating the Vonage Messages API via WhatsApp and Vonage Conversational Connect – a multi-channel messaging platform that enables brands to create, launch, and manage personalised campaigns across WhatsApp, RCS, and SMS – Max Factory has achieved a 100% increase in its active customer user base and a 65% read rate for its personalised email marketing campaign in just one year.