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MLSE looks to revolutionize sports experience with digital R&D lab

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Digital solutions and data analytics are changing the world of sports entertainment at a rapid clip. From how players train, to how teams make strategic decisions during games, to how venues operate and fans engage, sports organizations are turning to software engineers and data scientists to help transform the sport experience.

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Higher-ed CIOs embrace academia’s AI challenges

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Broadly speaking, it’s needed by researchers, in fields from medical studies to social sciences, and is a vital tool to keep universities running efficiently, assist professors with courses, predict academic failure in time to make changes, and give students the help they need with administration.

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With generative AI, IT must deliver knowledge…not just technology

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IT organizations have responded in kind, with 52% already building or deploying GenAI solutions according to Dell research 1. Invest the time to go hands-on with users Imagine that the generative AI app or technology you’ve rolled out to users is a sports car. Make two-way communication a critical part of your GenAI program.

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Collectible card trading platform Alt raises $75M as it eyes other asset categories and preps its mobile launch

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When we last checked in with Alt back in March, it had just raised $31 million for its alternative asset platform — a platform, thus far, used primarily by those looking to research, trade and securely store high-value sports cards. ” Sports trading card platform Alt launches with $31 million in funding and plenty of market hype.

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Gingko Bioworks, valued at $15B, begins trading today: Here’s how their business works

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The imagery is clearly sporting Jurassic Park themes, as MIT Tech Review’s Antonio Regalado pointed out. The decor also sports a company motto: “Grow everything.” Gingko, he says, aims to “program cells like you can program computers.” So far, Gingko has added thirty programs this year, says Kelly.

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A CIO primer on addressing perceived AI risks

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Other than those of our fellow humans who hunt for sport it’s rare for species to harm members of other species just for the heck of it. In AI terms, thinking slow is what expert systems, and for that matter, old-fashioned computer programming, do. There’s active research into developing what’s called “explainable AI.”

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

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Recent research from industry analyst firm IDC showed that there are 210,000 data science jobs listed on LinkedIn. The research report also noted that top enterprises, such as Deloitte, Amazon and Microsoft, are looking to fill a wide spectrum of technical jobs but data science far outweighs all other roles. Oshkosh Corp.,

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