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AIShield and DEKRA forge partnership to secure AI systems of the world

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AIShield, a Bosch startup specializing in AI Application Security, has announced a strategic partnership with DEKRA, a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services. The collaboration aims to enhance the security of AI models and systems through advanced training, assessment, and protection, ensuring the deployment of trustworthy AI models and systems. The partnership will focus on AI security and adherence to relevant standards and regulations, including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and MITRE ATLAS and ENISA’s recommendations. AIShield and DEKRA are dedicated to accelerating AI adoption while ensuring cyber-resilience and compliance across industries. AIShield will provide the technology for security testing and evaluation of AI models, while DEKRA will leverage its expertise in testing and certification. The partnership aims to foster safe and trustworthy AI adoption across various industries, including Automotive, Manufacturing, Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, and Critical Infrastructure.

BENGALURU, India, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — AIShield, a Bosch startup with a globally recognized AI Application Security product, is thrilled to announce a partnership with DEKRA, one of the world’s leading testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) companies. This collaboration is aimed at strengthening the security of AI models and systems through advanced training, assessment, and protection, resulting in the deployment of trustworthy AI models and systems. Both organizations are deeply committed to the principles of safe, secure and trustworthy AI with a special focus on AI security, including adherence with the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and other relevant standards and regulations while releasing implementations of MITRE ATLAS and ENISA’s recommendation.

“Excited to partner with AIShield to enhance AI cybersecurity testing,” – Dr. Xavier Valero, DEKRA’s AI Director. “Our combined expertise ensures robust security testing for AI models, meeting stringent standards. Together, we’ll foster responsible AI frameworks and build trust in AI technologies.”

The global AI market is projected to reach close to $2,000 billion by 2030, demonstrating the speed of adoption of AI in businesses around the world. With the increasing market adoption of AI, the necessity to secure AI models is imminent. Unsecure AI can result in significant direct business and revenue losses, while non-compliance with evolving AI security regulations can potentially result in severe penalties. AIShield and DEKRA’s partnership is dedicated to accelerating AI adoption while ensuring cyber-resilience and compliant AI across industries, safeguarding organizations, and encouraging trust in AI technologies.

Under this partnership, AIShield will assume the role of the technology provider for security testing and evaluation of AI models and systems. DEKRA AI Cybersecurity expert testers will be leveraged by AIShield’s advanced AI security software, conducting rigorous assessments to identify vulnerabilities and check compliance with upcoming regulations and standards.

DEKRA, an innovator in safety and security testing solutions, brings its extensive experience in testing and certification to the partnership. With a global network of 48 state-of-the-art digital and product testing laboratories and facilities, DEKRA’s industry knowledge, and commitment to innovation will significantly contribute to the global mission of advancing trustworthy AI and assuring secure AI in collaboration with AIShield. Recently, DEKRA launched its first generation of AI Testing & Certification Services.

“This partnership with DEKRA signifies an important milestone in ensuring the security and trustworthiness of AI systems,” said Manojkumar Parmar, Founder, CEO, and CTO of AIShield. “By combining AIShield’s advanced AI security technology with DEKRA’s expertise in testing and certification, we are well-positioned to address the evolving challenges of AI security. Together, we will provide organizations with the necessary technology and measures to foster safe and trustworthy AI adoption.”

“We are excited to partner with AIShield to enhance our testing capabilities in AI cybersecurity,” said Dr. Xavier Valero, Director of AI & Advanced Analytics at DEKRA “In building trustworthy AI, testing and certificating the security of AI solutions and components plays a crucial role. Our combined expertise will enable us to provide robust security testing and evaluation, ensuring that AI models and systems meet stringent standards and regulations. Together, we will contribute to the development of responsible AI frameworks and establish trust in AI technologies.”

DEKRA is shaping trustworthy AI worldwide. With special focus on the German market, DEKRA has recently launched the Joint Venture CertifAI. “Our colleagues from CertifAI will also benefit from having cutting-edge tools like AIShield to address AI testing in challenging industries such as automotive, industrial and medical” said Dr. Valero.

By aligning their efforts and expertise, AIShield and DEKRA will accelerate the adoption of AI by enabling secure AI experimentation and scaling while providing compliance readiness for the regulatory guidelines across multiple industries, like Automotive, Manufacturing, Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, and Critical Infrastructure.

About AIShield:

AIShield is a leading Gartner-recognized AI security provider powered by Bosch that aims to secure AI systems around the world. AIShield’s AI security technology is backed by over 35 patents and is been used by over 40 organizations in the automotive, manufacturing, banking, and healthcare industries since 2022. AIShield offers comprehensive solutions for vulnerability analysis, endpoint protection, and resilience against emerging AI threats thus securing AI systems of the world across lifecycle and deployment scenarios for any model, framework, or attacks Including Generative AI. The state-of-the-art technology ensures the safety and security of AI-based application workloads across cloud, edge, and on-premises environments, empowering organizations across industries to adopt AI with confidence. The vision for the company is to empower organizations across industries to adopt AI with confidence, securing over 1000 AI systems globally by 2025 and beyond.

About DEKRA:

DEKRA has been active in the field of safety for almost 100 years. Founded in 1925 in Berlin as Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-2berwachungs-Verein e.V., it is today one of the world’s leading expert organizations. In 2022, DEKRA generated sales totaling nearly EUR 3.8 billion. The company currently employs almost 49,000 people in approximately 60 countries on five continents. With qualified and independent expert services, they provide safety on the road, at work and at home. These services range from vehicle inspection and expert appraisals to claims services, industrial and building inspections, advisory and training services, testing and certification of products and systems, also in the digital world, as well as temporary work. The vision for the company’s 100th birthday in 2025 is that DEKRA will be the global partner for a safe, secure, and sustainable world. With a platinum rating from EcoVadis, DEKRA is now ranking in the top one percent of sustainable businesses.

For more information, please visit AIShield’s website at www.boschaishield.com and DEKRA’s website at www.dekra.com.

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BCE reports results of Series S and T preferred share conversions

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MONTRÉAL, Oct. 19, 2026 /CNW/ — BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that 400 of its 4,798,333 fixed-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series T (“Series T Preferred Shares”) have been tendered for conversion on November 2, 2026, on a one-for-one basis, into floating-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series S (“Series S Preferred Shares”). In addition, 676,765 of its 1,866,877 Series S Preferred Shares have been tendered for conversion on November 2, 2026, on a one-for-one basis, into Series T Preferred Shares. Consequently, on November 2, 2026, BCE will have 5,474,698 Series T Preferred Shares and 1,190,512 Series S Preferred Shares issued and outstanding. The Series T Preferred Shares and the Series S Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BCE.PR.T and BCE.PR.S, respectively.

The Series T Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on November 2, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed cash dividend based on an annual fixed dividend rate of 5.523%.

The Series S Preferred Shares will continue to pay a monthly floating adjustable cash dividend for the five-year period beginning on November 2, 2026, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE. The monthly floating adjustable dividend for any particular month will continue to be calculated based on the prime rate for such month and using the Designated Percentage for such month representing the sum of an adjustment factor (based on the market price of the Series S Preferred Shares in the preceding month) and the Designated Percentage for the preceding month.

About BCE
BCE is Canada’s largest communications company1, leading the way in advanced fibre and wireless networks, enterprise services and digital media. By delivering next-generation technology that leverages cloud-based and AI-driven solutions, we’re keeping customers connected, informed and entertained while enabling businesses to compete on the world stage. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.

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3M announces collaboration with GSEO to advance Expanded Beam Optical manufacturing and development

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ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced a collaboration with Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. (GSEO, Taiwan: 3406), an optical technology company, to advance technology development and manufacturing for 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) solutions. In support of these efforts, 3M expects to make a strategic investment to acquire approximately 4.7% of GSEO’s common shares as part of the company’s private placement of newly issued shares, subject to customary closing conditions.

The collaboration brings together 3M’s EBO technology leadership, optical interconnect expertise, materials science, manufacturing scale and customer relationships with GSEO’s precision optics manufacturing capabilities and production scale. Together, the companies aim to support EBO commercialization and long-term capacity expansion to meet growing demand from hyperscale data centers and other advanced connectivity applications.

“3M is investing in capabilities and partnerships that can accelerate innovation for our customers,” said William Brown, 3M Chairman and CEO. “By selecting GSEO as a manufacturing partner and investing in the company, we are strengthening the path to scale next-generation optical connectivity solutions for high-performance data center infrastructure.”

GSEO’s existing precision optics manufacturing capabilities and technical development experience are expected to support manufacturing readiness for 3M’s EBO ferrules, co-packaged optics solutions and related optical interconnect applications. The collaboration is part of 3M’s broader EBO ecosystem strategy, which includes continued work with customers and partners across the optical interconnect market.

“GSEO is pleased to expand its relationship with 3M as we work together to advance optical interconnect solutions for next-generation data center infrastructure,” said Micro Kuo, GSEO CEO and President. “This collaboration brings together complementary technology and manufacturing strengths to support continued innovation and help meet the performance demands of high-growth connectivity markets.”

3M expects the strategic investment to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

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About 3M
3M (NYSE: MMM) is focused on transforming industries around the world by applying science and creating innovative, customer-focused solutions. Our multi-disciplinary team is working to solve tough customer problems by leveraging diverse technology platforms, differentiated capabilities, global footprint, and operational excellence. Discover how 3M is shaping the future at 3M.com/news.

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Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers Announces Second Annual Operation Fur-Ever Home Pet Adoption Event at Lafreniere Park

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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers is excited to announce the return of its second annual Operation Fur-Ever Home, a free community pet adoption event taking place on Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Lafreniere Park in Metairie, Louisiana.

The free, family-friendly event will give attendees the opportunity to meet adoptable pets from local animal shelters, learn about responsible pet ownership, and potentially welcome a new furry companion into their homes. Those who preregister for the event will also be entered for a chance to win a Soundcore speaker and a free pet adoption.

“Last year’s event was everything we hoped it would be, and we are incredibly excited to bring Operation Fur-Ever Home back for a second year,” said David Vicknair, founding partner of Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers. “There is something special about watching a family meet a pet that could become part of their lives for years to come. We wanted to create another opportunity to make those connections while supporting the organizations that work tirelessly to care for animals in our community.”

Building on the success of the first event, this year’s event continues the firm’s commitment to supporting local animal shelters and creating meaningful opportunities for families throughout Southeast Louisiana.

“Giving back to our community has always been an important part of who we are as a firm,” said Vicknair. “Whether we are helping students prepare for school, recognizing deserving teachers, or supporting local animal shelters, our goal is to make a positive difference in the communities we serve.”

Operation Fur-Ever Home is free and open to the public. Families, animal lovers, and anyone interested in adopting a pet are encouraged to attend and preregister.

About Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers

Scott Vicknair Personal Injury Lawyers is a New Orleans-based personal injury firm committed to providing exceptional legal representation while also investing in the communities it serves. Their experienced team of dedicated attorneys specializes in car accidents, personal injury, and wrongful death cases in New Orleans. With diverse personal and professional backgrounds, they craft legal strategies tailored to each client’s specific case and needs.

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