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IT leaders go small for purpose-built AI

CIO

SLMs and other traditional non-LLM AI technologies have many applications, particularly for organizations with specialized needs, says Dave Bullock, CTO at UJET, a contact-center-as-a-service provider experimenting with small language model AIs. It could be a very, very low barrier to entry.”

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

CIO

With an undergraduate degree in political science and time spent as a Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteer, Lain McGrath hardly envisioned a career in software engineering. The problem: She had no formal training and experience in computer science. Melanie Frank, vice president of cyber engineering, Capital One.

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5 machine learning essentials nontechnical leaders need to understand

TechCrunch

Snehal Kundalkar is the chief technology officer at Valence. Few people in the industry have substantial experience delivering production-grade ML (for instance, you’ll sometimes notice resumes that specify experience with ML models but then find their models are rule-based engines rather than real ML models).

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Manara gets $3M to grow tech talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa

TechCrunch

Edtech startup Manara has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding for its cohort-based training ­­platform geared toward growing the tech-talent pool in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Manara fashions itself as a social impact edtech startup, offering training in computer science to anyone that qualifies for the program.

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UI-licious gets $1.5M led by Monk’s Hill Ventures to simplify automated UI testing for web apps

TechCrunch

UI-licious’ co-founders, chief technology officer Eugene Cheah (left) and chief executive officer Shi Ling Tai (right). The problem is that most software testers are not trained programmers, sometimes they may be the marketing or sales team that owns the project. million in pre-Series A funding.

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Chief AI officer: What it takes to land the C-suite’s hottest new job

CIO

Ozzie Coto, chief AI officer and CTO at The Cult Branding Co., Coto co-founded the company, served as its initial chief technology officer, and was later tasked with overseeing AI investments as well. There are so many benefits that will be left on the table if you do not embrace this technology.”

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Top 20 Female Speakers in Software Development Events

Apiumhub

Mentorship and Training: Providing mentorship and training opportunities for aspiring female speakers can help them develop their public speaking skills and build confidence to speak at software development events.