Monthly Archives: May 2023

Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US

This week, ten-year-old drone company ACSL announced plans to enter the U.S. commercial drone market. The firm has already taken a sizable bite out of the market in its native Japan, with a certification from the country’s Ministry of Land, … Continue reading

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Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model

AI startup Hugging Face and ServiceNow Research, ServiceNow’s R&D division, have released StarCoder, a free alternative to code-generating AI systems along the lines of GitHub’s Copilot. Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode; Amazon’s CodeWhisperer; and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers Copilot, provide … Continue reading

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Top 10 Digital Transformation Companies in 2023

Digital transformation is exciting, and it is happening all around us. It is not just a passing trend but a fundamental shift in the way we live, work, and interact with one another. There were the days we used to … Continue reading

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Shopify cuts 20% of its workforce; shares surge on earnings beat

The cuts represent the second round of layoffs for Shopify in the last year.

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Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupt some 911 services

The City of Dallas in Texas has confirmed a ransomware attack has downed key services, including 911 dispatch systems.  City officials confirmed on Wednesday that a number of the city’s servers had “been compromised with ransomware,” causing widespread service outages. … Continue reading

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HV Capital closes €710M fund amidst the wider European and global funding downturn

If you’ve heard of Flixbus, SumUp, StudiVZ, Seatwave, Cafe Press, Zalando, Wooga, HelloFresh, Depop, Delivery Hero, and Agreena, then you’ve heard of companies invested in by HV Capital. The German early and growth stage VC has been a stalwart of … Continue reading

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LinkedIn Turns 20. Its Next Career Move: A Big AI Push

The social network has survived by rebuilding itself from the ground up several times. Its latest project aims to help users with ChatGPT-like “copilots.”

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Shopify offloads logistics business to Flexport

The sale marks a reversal for Shopify, which had spent years building out its own logistics and order fulfillment operations.

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‘We’re not at the moon yet’: Human-like A.I. is still some way off, early investor in Google’s DeepMind says

We are still some way off reaching human-level artificial intelligence despite rapid advances in the technology, an early investor in DeepMind told CNBC.

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ChatGPT is the fastest-growing area of interest for professional learners, Udemy reports

Interest in the artificial intelligence chatbot has grown over 4,000% quarter-over-quarter since ChatGPT was released in November 2022. The post ChatGPT is the fastest-growing area of interest for professional learners, Udemy reports appeared first on TechRepublic.

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