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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Theres too much attention on AI for code development, which is actually just a fraction of the whole software development process. Nobody wants to be hired or fired by a machine that has no accountability. Its a step forward in terms of governance, trying to make sure AI is being used in a socially beneficial way.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

CIO Business Intelligence

For the past 18 years, Sun worked at Microsoft, most recently as VP of AI for its business and applications platform group. Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities. Enterprise Applications, SAP

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, developers using GitHub Copilots code-generating capabilities have experienced a 26% increase in completed tasks , according to a report combining the results from studies by Microsoft, Accenture, and a large manufacturing company.

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech hires commercial officer; Instacart names new president; and more

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Former Microsoft CVP Carolyn Everson will take over as president of San Francisco-based grocery delivery company Instacart in September. At Microsoft, she led global ad sales and strategy. Everson most recently was VP of Facebook’s global marketing solutions which works with the social networks top agencies and advertisers.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

GeekWire

Microsoft gaming exec James Gwertzman has joined Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner on the consumer investing team. Gwertzman founded gaming infrastructure startup PlayFab, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, and sold Sprout Games to PopCap Games in 2005. and merged with Payfactors earlier this year.

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