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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on the GeekWire Podcast at Amazon in Seattle, focusing on issues including AI and social responsibility. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels , the Amazon chief technology officer.

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We know you, dear readers, have been tracking the megatrend of artificial intelligence. The list is by no means comprehensive, but is definitely representative of what is available now: Artificial Intelligence On Your Phone: Siri : Part of Apple's iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Intelligent personal assistant.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 31, 2024

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… Read More Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after cutting hundreds of jobs this week Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but noted that it’s still hiring in core areas of its business, with thousands of jobs currently posted.

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Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

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From left to right: Pulumi CTO Luke Hoban; Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy; Pulumi co-founder and chairman Eric Rudder; and Madrona Managing Director S. Its tools work across platforms and technologies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and others. “Soma” Somasegar.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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.” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Amazon Web Services sales leader Ernesto Chavarin joined Bellevue, Wash.-based Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai

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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. Fletcher recruited former Tableau colleague Michael Arvold to be the company’s co-founder and CTO.

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Biotech giant Moderna will open tech office in Seattle, plans to hire up to 220 workers

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based biotech company Moderna is opening an office in Seattle to build up its tech capacity, the company announced Friday morning. The office will focus on artificial intelligence, cloud-based tools, and other technology applications. Moderna chief information officer Brad Miller.