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OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, a startup attempts a humanoid robot, and Salesforce turns it around

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It’s that time of week again — the time for Week in Review , where we recap the past five days in tech news. Now, here’s the Week in Review! most read ChatGPT in API form: OpenAI introduced an API that’ll allow any business to build ChatGPT tech into their apps, websites, products and services. (As

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

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Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. Inmates can go well over a decade without access to technologies like smartphones and only limited familiarity with the internet.

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Filevine raises $108 million for tools that streamline legal workflows

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CEO Ryan Anderson said that the proceeds will be put toward pursuing new market opportunities, specifically in the nonprofit, insurance, and public sectors, and “further evolv[ing] the [Filevine platform] to meet changing legal demands.” ” Legal tech suite. ” Legal tech suite.

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Valence raises $25M to track team performance with continuous reviews

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Prior to Valence, Mitchell was a consultant at McKinsey and co-founded the nonprofit Engineers without Borders and Significance Labs, the latter of which was folded into the Robin Hood Foundation. However, it’s unclear how effectively surveys, semiregular dialogues, and emails can replace one-on-one guidance. billion last year.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

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When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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Burn, baby, burn. Real estate-focused fintech startups feel the heat

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Factor in that more people were spending more time at home than ever due to COVID shelter-in-place orders, home took on new meaning. Layoffs in the sector began — and they took place in a range of real estate tech companies, big and small. More fintechs are focusing on nonprofits. Suddenly, many needed more space.

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2021 Data/AI Salary Survey

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In June 2021, we asked the recipients of our Data & AI Newsletter to respond to a survey about compensation. The average salary for data and AI professionals who responded to the survey was $146,000. A study by the IEEE suggests that the average salary for technical employees increased 3.6% Executive Summary. Demographics.

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