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United Airlines sets its flight plan for gen AI success

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CIO Jason Birnbaum has ambitious plans for generative AI at United Airlines. With the core architectural backbone of the airlines gen AI roadmap in place, including United Data Hub and an AI and ML platform dubbed Mars, Birnbaum has released a handful of models into production use for employees and customers alike.

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Network problems delay flights at two oneworld Alliance airlines

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IT problems struck flights at two oneworld Alliance member airlines this week, leading to delays and flight cancellations. Network equipment connecting internal and external systems at Japan Airlines (JAL) malfunctioned early on Dec. 26 after receiving a large amount of data from an external source, the company said.

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American Airlines to buy 20 jets from Boom Supersonic

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American Airlines will buy up to 20 jets from Boom Supersonic, an aircraft maker that aims to commercialize supersonic, and super-fast, flight. Concorde jets were also incredibly loud due to their “sonic booms” — so loud, in fact, that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) banned overland supersonic commercial flights.

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Delta Airlines to ‘rethink Microsoft’ in wake of CrowdStrike outage

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In the wake of the widespread outage caused by a defective update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity platform, Delta Airlines is among the first enterprises to come forward to demand compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the enormous losses caused by the interruption of its flights during the failure.

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Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation

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WritePath make the process faster and scalable by combining its AI tech with human translators. The Taipei-based startup’s clients include Foxconn, ASUS, China Airline, the Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taiwan Mobile. The company’s platform combines tech like Warren, its in-house machine translation engine, with human translators.

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Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service

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Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. The auto giant led Joby’s $590 million Series C round in 2020 and has shared expertise with the startup on electrification technology, as well as manufacturing, quality and cost controls, according to a Joby spokesperson.

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Report: Technical Debt is Costing You More Than You Think

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Report: Technical Debt is Costing You More Than You Think [link] pic.twitter.com/MHIGkKrXk6. The most obvious contributing factor in this are those massive application failures that become public relations fiascos for companies like Wells Fargo, United Airlines and their friends. What is Technical Debt? NEW POST ??