Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.
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Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.

Microsoft laid off an AI ethics team while charging ahead on products powered by OpenAI. On March 6, the tech giant dissolved the Ethics & Society unit in its Cognition group, which researches and builds AI services, amid ongoing cutbacks that have affected 10,000 workers to date...

March 22, 20232 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
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Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
Product Development

Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
How AI Ventures Spend Their Capital: AI Startups Invested Billions In Other AI Startups in 2021
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How AI Ventures Spend Their Capital: AI Startups Invested Billions In Other AI Startups in 2021

AI startups are putting their cash into . . . AI startups.What’s new: Young AI companies flush with venture capital are purchasing startups to expand the range of services they can offer.

April 20, 20222 min read
How AI Ventures Spend Their Capital: AI Startups Invested Billions In Other AI Startups in 2021
Product Development

How AI Ventures Spend Their Capital: AI Startups Invested Billions In Other AI Startups in 2021

AI startups are putting their cash into . . . AI startups.What’s new: Young AI companies flush with venture capital are purchasing startups to expand the range of services they can offer.

April 20, 20222 min read
How to Get a Job in AI
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How to Get a Job in AI

If you want to work in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science, I have great news: New jobs are opening in these areas at a great rate, and there’s no reason why you can’t get one of them.

January 19, 20224 min read
How to Gain Practical Machine Learning Experience
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How to Gain Practical Machine Learning Experience

Academic courses can teach you the ins and outs of machine learning, but they can't fully prepare you for putting your work into production. To get the experience you need, you need to come up with your own projects from scratch.

January 19, 20222 min read
How to Get a Job in AI
Product Development

How to Get a Job in AI

If you want to work in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science, I have great news: New jobs are opening in these areas at a great rate, and there’s no reason why you can’t get one of them.

January 19, 20224 min read
How to Gain Practical Machine Learning Experience
Product Development

How to Gain Practical Machine Learning Experience

Academic courses can teach you the ins and outs of machine learning, but they can't fully prepare you for putting your work into production. To get the experience you need, you need to come up with your own projects from scratch.

January 19, 20222 min read

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