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CIOs contend with gen AI growing pains

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MIT event, moderated by Lan Guan, CAIO at Accenture Accenture “98% of business leaders say they want to adopt AI, right, but a lot of them just don’t know how to do it,” claimed Guan, who is currently working with a large airliner in Saudi Arabia, a large pharmaceutical company, and a high-tech company to implement generative AI blueprints in-house.

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Wilco gamifies your path through your software engineering career

TechCrunch

Why not do the same thing airline pilots need to do before they take the steering wheel on a plane? What’s currently broken about training for software engineers? These might include strategies for debugging complex systems, team communications, responding to high-pressure crisis situations.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

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Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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Joby Aviation acquires Avionyx to accelerate aerospace software certification

TechCrunch

Joby Aviation , a California-based company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) for commercial passenger service , announced the acquisition of Avionyx , an aerospace software engineering firm, on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on Wednesday.

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Joby Aviation secures certificate to operate commercial air taxis

TechCrunch

That said, Joby recently acquired Avionyx , an aerospace software engineering firm with a long track record of helping aviation companies secure FAA certifications. Joby would not disclose what test routes it intends to fly on, but the company is currently flying an employee shuttle between San Jose and Marina, California.

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Beaconstac lands $25M investment for its QR code management platform

TechCrunch

That’s benefitted startups like Beaconstac , which works with companies including United Airlines, Amazon and Deloitte to create end-customer QR code experiences. Maddimsetty, a software engineer, was an IT associate at Morgan Stanley and contributed to open source Linux projects including the GNOME desktop environment.

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Digits: A novel queen, a secret bunker, airline hassles, and more

The Hustle

26k+: The number of complaints customers filed against US airlines in the first five months of 2023, up 100%+ YoY. Airlines and air traffic control centers continue to face staffing shortages, an issue that arose amid the pandemic. For those of you traveling for the holidays, good luck.