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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

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Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. A construction tech boom. Technology startups are emerging to help solve these problems.

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Europe’s deep tech depends on university spinouts

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Deep tech has become a hot topic in Europe, with hopes that the region can have an edge over the rest of the world for innovation rooted in fundamental research. Universities, a deep tech cauldron. “From startups to universities, we join forces to make Europe a world leader in the new wave of deep tech innovation!”

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3 talent strategies to help tackle technical debt

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Technical debt is a growing problem that businesses can’t ignore. These technical challenges can significantly impact the performance and stability of critical operations and must be addressed as a priority. Organizations spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets and investing on technical debt management.

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Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

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It’s reasonable to ask what role ethics plays in the building of this technology and, perhaps more importantly, where investors fit in as they rush to fund it. So some onus lies on investors to make sure these new technologies are being built by founders with ethics in mind. How would the U.S.

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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. TechCrunch first covered WritePath back in 2014 when it was an essay editing service for college applicants, technical writers and academic researchers. Donnelly and Pronexus by combining human translators with AI tech in its workflow.

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Is the gen AI bubble due to burst? CIOs face rethink ahead

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Meanwhile, “traditional” AI technologies in use at the time, including machine learning, deep learning, and predictive analysis, continue to prove their value to many organizations, he says. As the gen AI hype subsides, Stephenson sees IT leaders reevaluating their strategies in favor of other AI technologies.

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5 steps for making tech ethics work for your company

CIO

Generative AI breakthroughs over the past year have crystalized a significant issue that IT leaders have long been aware of but few have addressed programmatically: tech ethics. Confronted with the prospect of destroying civilization, tech leaders have proposed two paths: moratoria on development or legislative regulation.