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White House’s chief technology officer becomes Pentagon’s top techie as well

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White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios speaks at the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Tech Prom in 2018. White House chief technology officer Michael Kratsios ?— has himself been enlisted for another role as the Defense Department’s top official for technology.

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Shift AI Podcast: Setting AI guidelines at work, with City of Seattle interim CTO, Jim Loter

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Jim Loter, a longtime tech leader inside the city of Seattle, currently serves as interim chief technology officer. Speaking on a new episode of the Shift AI Podcast, Loter mentioned a new learning initiative that will bring city employees together to explore this new technology. Being mission-driven is important to me.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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Legal-tech startup uses AI to search relevant case history to better predict case outcomes

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Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. Photos courtesy of Predict.law) Predict.law , a stealthy new Seattle-area legal-tech startup, is using artificial intelligence to help attorneys and their law firms better predict the outcome of legal cases.

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Tech Moves: Appen lands ex-Upwork CTO; DocuSign hires former Amazon GM

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Appen Photo) — Saty Bahadur is now chief technology officer at Appen, a publicly traded IT services and consulting company that provides training data for artificial intelligence systems. Bahadur also worked at Microsoft for a decade years and helped develop the Windows mobile operating system.

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After tripling revenue in 2022, Lexion lands $20M to expand AI-powered contract management software

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From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Lexion Photo) Lexion gained a foothold by using artificial intelligence to help legal departments manage contracts. But now it’s taking aim at a much larger vision.

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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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Wokelo co-founders Saswat Nanda, left, and Siddhant Masson, both worked previously as management consultants. Wokelo Photos) If one promise of artificial intelligence is to minimize mind-numbing business tasks, look no further than the drudgery of doing research for mergers and acquisitions.