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Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

GeekWire

Nashlie Sephus, an applied science manager for Amazon Web Services AI, introduces the new Sagemaker Clarify feature at AWS re:Invent Tuesday. Screenshot via webcast). It also analyzes the machine learning model itself to help ensure the accuracy of the resulting predictions.

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Former Tableau execs launch new Seattle startup that helps companies manage cloud costs

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(Millworks Analytics Photo) Former Tableau CFO Damon Fletcher is coming out of retirement to launch a startup that helps tech companies get a hold of their cloud costs amid a surge in spending driven by artificial intelligence. Before that, he held managerial roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and was most recently CFO at DataRobot.

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AI and telecom breakthroughs dominate ‘Innovation of the Year’ category for 2024 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

It’s a big year for artificial intelligence, telecom advances, and tools designed to make these emerging technologies safe and transparent, judging from the finalists in the category of Innovation of the Year. The company, founded in 2018 by Robby Hamblet and Michael Johnston, Jr.,

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ChatGPT, the rise of generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

ChatGPT was trained with 175 billion parameters; for comparison, GPT-2 was 1.5B (2019), Google’s LaMBDA was 137B (2021), and Google’s BERT was 0.3B (2018). Some examples are originating from Microsoft , Amazon Web Service , Google , IBM , and more, plus from partnerships among players.

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Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

GeekWire

Didascalou was most recently VP of IoT at Amazon Web Services and previously Microsoft’s CVP of technology and research, where he worked on the Surface Hub and led the Smart Things team. Founded in Seattle in 2012, Actively Learn was acquired in 2018 by New Jersey educational technology company Achieve3000. Mónica Guzmán.

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Ex-Apple engineers raise $7.5M for new Seattle data storage startup

GeekWire

A trio of former Apple engineers is leading a new data storage platform for developers building machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. XetHub resembles GitHub, a commercial service based on the Git open-source project founded in 2008 and acquired by Microsoft in 2018. XetHub Photos).

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An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

GeekWire

Salesforce cut 10% of its workforce in early 2023, and Tableau was hit hard by the cutbacks , just as the rise of generative artificial intelligence began to redefine the tech landscape. .” Resetting customer relationships Aytay was named Tableau CEO at a pivotal moment for Salesforce and the broader industry.