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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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Tech Moves: Hootsuite hires CTO; Cascadia Capital CEO moves to Austin; and more

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-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Papatsaras was previously chief technology officer of the contract lifecycle management product suite at Docusign.

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About WayIn: A Social Media Intelligence Company

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This social intelligence company integrates content into new experiences for consumers and also provides enterprises with new ways to deliver value from social media. WayIn provides an ability to aggregate, curate, integrate and measure social content and data in real-time. Source: About Wayin - Our History and Mission.

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Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal replaces Jack Dorsey as CEO

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The company confirmed that CTO Parag Agrawal would succeed him and take a seat on the board, effective immediately, while Bret Taylor is taking over as the board’s new chairman. Dorsey returned to lead the company as CEO in 2015 despite being forced out of the post in 2008. There aren’t many companies that get to this level.

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Microsoft and Google back Typeface, an enterprise generative AI startup led by ex-Adobe CTO

GeekWire

Typeface emerged from stealth mode Monday and unveiled its new platform tailored for businesses to create content ranging from product images, blogs, social media posts, job listings, and more. Many of these companies are building enterprise tools to help workers become more efficient. ” Parasnis was previously CTO at Adobe.

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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

The Verge

Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The rebrand would likely position the blue Facebook app as one of many products under a parent company overseeing groups like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. The company sold more than 204 tickets every minute. The company sold more than 204 tickets every minute.