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Former Starbucks engineering exec joins education-focused AI startup that just raised $4M

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) Seattle-area entrepreneur and tech vet Ryan Bruels joined education-focused artificial intelligence startup Atypical AI as founding head of engineering. The San Francisco-based company said it raised $4 million in pre-seed funding to boost development of its AI-powered tutoring, teaching and grading tools.

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Google says it’s committed to ethical AI research. Its ethical AI team isn’t so sure.

Vox

Six months after star AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru said Google fired her over an academic paper scrutinizing a technology that powers some of the company’s key products, the company says it’s still deeply committed to ethical AI research.

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

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Christine Hendric kson as VP of strategic initiatives. Carol Grant as VP of marketing. A Microsoft alum, Grant has worked as a consultant and is a former Zillow director of product marketing. Apptio promoted Jeremy Ung to the newly established role of chief engineering officer. He will continue to be based in Seattle.

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

GeekWire

He is currently chairman of Locke Global Strategies, a consulting group, and a senior advisor and consultant for law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, specializing in doing business in China and the U.S. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. ambassador to China and secretary of commerce.

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Tim Cook, CEO — covering “Apple’s corporate values; Apple’s business and operations; development and launch of the App Store; competition faced by Apple.” However, as Bloomberg notes , Epic withdrew a request for testimony from Facebook’s gaming head Vivek Sharma — whose name doesn’t appear in the latest filings. Apple’s witness list.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. Pujari has over 25 years of experience across sectors including BFSI, manufacturing, consulting, publishing, airlines, and healthcare. Kamal Goel Web Werks. December 2021.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

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. — Convoy’s vice president engineering Tim Prouty recently departed the freight marketplace to join Headway, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed mental health care platform, as VP of engineering. . Prouty joined Convoy in 2017 and previously led Uber’s Seattle engineering center. Mike Davidson. Richland, Wash.-based