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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Still, gen AI for software development is in the nascent stages, so technology leaders and software teams can expect to encounter bumps in the road.

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AI development booms as open source startups fill the gap

Dataconomy

A recent publication emphasizes the increasing demand for startups dedicated to developing open-source tools and technologies in the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence. It has created an open-source framework for developing applications using large language models (LLMs).

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GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

GeekWire

GitHub says Copilot Workspace will debut in 2024, using AI to help developers from the outset of a project. Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects.

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Software vendors dump open source, go for the cash grab

Computerworld Vertical IT

A company will make its program using open source, make millions from it, and then — and only then — switch licenses, leaving their contributors, customers, and partners in the lurch as they try to grab billions. Its program, which goes by the same name, is an extremely popular in-memory database. I'm sick of it.

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Seattle Children’s spins out BrainChild Bio, a startup developing therapies for incurable brain cancers

GeekWire

The startup has an exclusive license to use novel CAR T-cell technology developed by Jensen and his team. “With our clinical trials and our academic programs, we can treat and help dozens or tens of dozens of patients,” Jensen said.

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How generative AI could change the way video games are developed, tested, and played

GeekWire

Rec Room screenshot) Video game companies are dipping their toes into the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI with behind-the-scenes development. Much of that debate, however, has been crowded out of the limelight by other concerns, such as a year-long wave of layoffs that has cost roughly 10,000 developers their jobs since January.

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