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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

During COVID-19 lockdowns, for example, specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle developed a VPA to provide self-service assistance to over 7,000 employees at home, including a natural language interface with a chat bot, and enough AI to help people interface seamlessly with several business applications at a time.

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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

The Verge

It was inspired by an Onion headline, Yang explained: “ American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress.”). Fist pumps, unselfconscious dancing, cameras extending in the air for videos, all of it. He touted the time he hired a chief blockchain architect, Thaddeus Batt, for the state.