Attracting Deep Tech Talent from Big Companies is Now Easier for Startups, According to Mytra CEO Chris Walti
For startups, attracting deep tech talent from large companies is more attainable than ever, says Mytra CEO and cofounder Chris Walti Chris Walti knows a thing or two about robots. Walti spent more than seven years at Tesla, where he ultimately led the project that became the much-discussed humanoid robot Optimus. Since 2022, he’s been […]
Wolf, the cofounder of Hugging Face, explains why the advantages of open-source AI outweigh the potential risks
Hugging Face cofounder Wolf on why open-source AI’s benefits outweigh the risks In this edition…a Hugging Face cofounder on the importance of open source…a Nobel Prize for Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield…a movie model from Meta…a Trump ‘Manhattan Project’ for AI? Hello, and welcome to Eye on AI. Yesterday, I had the privilege of moderating […]
Former Amazon VP leading Hershey’s technology revolution
Meet the former Amazon VP driving Hershey’s tech transformation With a dozen years at Amazon under his belt, Deepak Bhatia made a big career change last year when he joined Hershey as the candymaker’s first-ever chief technology officer. “The goal is not to simply take things that were at Amazon and bring them over,” says […]
Dockworkers Temporarily End Strike, Yet Automation Job Dispute Persists as a Decades-Long Issue
The dockworkers’ strike ends for now—but the fight over automating jobs continues, as it has for decades Dockworkers across the East Coast and Gulf ports went on strike this week, picketing against the threat that automated technologies such as driverless trucks pose to their livelihood. After a three-day walkout, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and […]
AI assistants, such as Otter.ai, are exposing negative remarks about colleagues
AI assistants like Otter.ai are ratting you out for badmouthing coworkers If you’ve ever been in a Zoom meeting and seen an Otter.ai virtual assistant in the room, just know they’re listening to you—and recording everything you’re saying. It’s a practice that’s become somewhat mainstream in the age of artificial intelligence and hybrid or remote […]
New Facebook update brings increased posts from unfamiliar users, significant changes ahead
Facebook update brings more posts from strangers, big changes Meta is looking to collapse barriers between its platforms and give users more recommended content with its newest update. The social media giant announced changes to Facebook and Messenger at its Facebook IRL event in Austin, Texas, on Friday, including multiple new tabs. The key changes […]
Broadband surpasses Tesla in the Magnificent 7 ranking
Broadband knocks Tesla out of Magnificent 7 With hardly anyone noticing, a tech titan you’ve probably never heard of has booted Tesla out of the heavily-hyped Magnificent Seven. Can it stay there? The overlooked Magnificent Seventh is Broadcom, a tech company that produces both hardware and software. It’s well known in the infotech world but […]
One Apple Executive Predicts AI Will Transform the Music Industry
Here’s how AI is going to change the music industry, according to one of the leaders of Apple’s first foray into music Way back in 1995, as all forms of popular entertainment were becoming digitized and the new World Wide Web was turning the internet into a mass medium, I co-founded Apple Music Group, where […]
Qualities of Humanity for AI Job Roles: Insights from Indeed CEO Chris Hyams
Human qualities to hire for in AI jobs landscape: Indeed CEO Chris Hyams AI is changing the employment game, there’s no doubt about that. But the extent to which it actually transforms the labor market and displaces current workers is very much up for debate. The pessimists believe that robots will take over human jobs, putting […]
Big AI Dominates as Startups Bow Out of Race to Develop Massive Language Models
Big AI thins out the competition as startups quit the race to build large language models Hello and welcome to Eye on AI! In this edition…Big tech increasingly squeezes startups out of the generative AI market; an AI-discovered cancer drug begins clinical trials; another OpenAI cofounder joins Anthropic; and spend on LLMs booms (though still only […]