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After personal experience with cyberstalking, tech founder launches startup battling deepfake content

GeekWire

Certifi AI Photo) In January, pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were viewed by millions of people on X and other social media platforms before the sites took action. Hutchins, who is CEO and co-founder of Certifi AI, has bootstrapped the company and is currently the only full-time employee.

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

GeekWire

As CEO of a cybersecurity company that’s raised nearly $15 million in funding, Frances Dewing has a surprising confession to make. “I I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. The company pitches itself as a security solution for people’s private and professional lives that’s accessible for non-tech experts.

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

GeekWire

The surprise removal of the OpenAI CEO on Friday is the buzz of the tech industry — raising questions about the company’s role in the AI revolution, the ambitions of Altman and his team, the impact of his exit on the rest of the tech industry, OpenAI’s complex corporate structure, and its unusual partnership with Microsoft.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. His transition to tech began at Corbis, the image archiving company founded by Gates in 1989.

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Blue Origin gets ready to test its suborbital spaceship with COVID-19 safety in mind

GeekWire

All mission crew supporting this launch are exercising strict social distancing and safety measures to mitigate COVID-19 risks to personnel, customers and surrounding communities.” . “We always take the time to get it right to ensure our vehicle is ironclad and the test environment is safe for launch operations.

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Longtime UX leader Karen Clark Cole on staying present and learning to tell good fear from bad

GeekWire

The two might sound unrelated, but for Cole, who is CEO of the Seattle-based UX company Blink , kiteboarding plays a big role in her success on the job. She moved to Seattle, worked briefly at a web development company and then convinced a colleague to start a company with her that focused on UX. Blink Photo).

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Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch

The Verge

To spread their fake goods on platforms like Facebook and Amazon, counterfeiters take advantage of a legal provision that protects those companies from user-generated copyright infringement. Even people who should be experts in copyright matters can struggle to contend with takedown policies.

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