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7 ways diversity and inclusion help teams perform better

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become important social issues. In the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders of 2020, companies made massive, highly publicized efforts to correct for systemic bias and improve the mix of race, gender, and lived experiences in the workplace. It gives you better business results.”

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Bobidi launches to reward developers for testing companies’ AI models

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In a 2018 report , Gartner predicted that 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms or the teams responsible for managing them. ” To test models, the Bobidi “community” of developers builds a validation dataset for a given system. the number of edge cases). per hour.

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8 ways IT can help supercharge your sales team

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Building sales requires a well-equipped sales team, and in today’s digital world, that means IT must become a strong support partner. Is your IT organization doing all it can to help sales team members build and retain customers? It requires a deep commitment to frequent, clear communication and coordination on mutual goals.

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Elodie Games obtains $32.5M round to make social co-op gaming better

TechCrunch

But a social, cooperative, fun and cross-platform gaming experience is remarkably hard to find — and Elodie Games is here to change that. The team already numbers 30 (and they’re hiring), and the game they’re working on is still something of a mystery; the images on its site are just general ideas, nothing from development.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Undervaluing unstructured data Much of the data organizations accumulate is unstructured, whether it’s text, video, audio, social media, images, or other formats. The proper use of unstructured data will become of increasing importance to IT leaders,” says Kevin Miller, CTO of enterprise software developer IFS. “It

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.”

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UnitQ raises $30M in Accel-led round to help companies improve product quality

TechCrunch

In a nutshell, the company uses artificial intelligence to help businesses determine what is specifically impacting product quality at any given time, notes unitQ co-founder and CEO Christian Wiklund. Currently, the company integrates into, and pulls insights from, 26 platforms and also ingests the data from anywhere there is user feedback.

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