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Tech accelerator for Washington and Oregon startups encourages underserved applicants

GeekWire

Photo courtesy of Devon Horace) RAIN Catalysts , a Pacific Northwest-based nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship for underrepresented groups, is accepting applications for its first tech accelerator. Devon Horace, director of the RAIN Tech Accelerator. The free and virtual 10-week program, funded by the U.S.

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he spoke Thursday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco. Less than two weeks later, the OpenAI board removed him from the position.

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Tech Moves: Washington STEM names new CEO; Conversica and Iterable hire marketing vets

GeekWire

Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. Conversica provides virtual assistants for revenue teams using conversational artificial intelligence. Milton Lang. Washington STEM Photo).

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

GeekWire

— Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. UiPath also recently promoted Munil Shaw from senior vice president of engineering to chief technology officer of cloud. Graham Sheldon.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO Business Intelligence

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit.

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Avaaz: Facebook continues to fail at flagging false and misleading posts about U.S. elections

Venture Beast

According to nonprofit group Avaaz, Facebook is failing to flag false information about the upcoming U.S. special elections in Georgia. Read More.

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The West is testing out a lot of shiny new military tech in Ukraine

Vox

Schmidt traveled to Ukraine not just as a former tech CEO, but as a billionaire investor in military technology startups who has served on influential federal boards advising the US government on adapting more artificial intelligence. The use of artificial intelligence in war is incredibly controversial, but undeniably advancing.