California-based generative artificial intelligence startup SydeLabs has secured $2.5 million from a seed funding round, which will be spent toward establishing a security and risk management platform aimed at addressing generative AI cybersecurity threats, SecurityWeek reports.
Malicious websites redirecting to fraudulent giveaways, tech support scams, and spam subscriptions were discovered by search engine optimization expert Lily Ray and pushed by Google's newly launched artificial intelligence-based Search Generative Experience functionality.