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CIOs help set the workforce AI training agenda

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The pressure is on for CIOs to deliver value from AI, but pressing ahead with AI implementations without the necessary workforce training in place is a recipe for falling short of their goals. For many IT leaders, being central to organization-wide training initiatives may be new territory. “At

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Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world

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Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. Since its launch, Virtual Internships has increased its revenue from $100,000 in fiscal year 2019/2020 to $4.1

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

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AI-powered text-, art- and audio-generating systems will soon make — and already are making — their way into the tools people use every day, from programming environments and spellcheck plugins to concept art creation platforms. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. .

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AWS offers new AI certifications

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In October 2023 the company released a new virtual program, Cloud Institute, in an effort to reduce the scarcity of cloud developers trained on its platform. Earlier this year, the company had added the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certification.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

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However, training and recruitment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for companies, a heavy investment that is hard to explain during volatile times. To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology.

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AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. Programs like AWS Impact Accelerator amount to more than lip service. ” In truth, the reality probably lies somewhere in the middle.

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Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program

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According to the statement released by the company, Google will give full scholarships (with certifications in Android and cloud development) to the top 1,000 students (beginner and intermediate developers) at the end of the training. The announcement, which took place from a virtual event, was also detailed in the company’s blog post.