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David brings 25 years of High Tech experience from a variety of roles at venture-funded start-ups, software companies, and currently serves as Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture for a large mid-west compliance company.
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US And A Dozen Other Countries Sign "Secure By Design" AI Agreement

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Easterly testifies on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for CISA. David Sloat • 21 hours ago
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Amazon Launches Generative AI Tool Called Q

An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Amazon announced that it will buy Whole Foods Market, Inc. for over $13 billion. David Sloat • 21 hours ago
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GM Cruise To Restart Robotaxi Service

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: (L-R) TechCrunch Transportation Editor Kirsten Korosec and Cruise Founder & CEO Kyle Vogt speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 at Moscone Center on September 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. David Sloat • 2 days ago
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Chick-fil-A Tests Drone Delivery Service

NOVATO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 01: Customers enter a Chick-fil-A restaurant on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. The fast food chain is drawing criticism on social media for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy. David Sloat • 2 days ago
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AI Graphic Tools Becoming Popular In Art World

David Sloat • 3 days ago
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Tech Companies Quietly Assist In War In Ukraine

A logo sits illuminated outside the Cisco booth at the SK telecom booth on day 1 of the GSMA Mobile World Congress on February 28, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual Mobile World Congress hosts some of the world's largest communications companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and wearables gadgets like foldable screens. David Sloat • 3 days ago
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Unreported Injuries Plague Tesla's Texas Gigafactory

The Tesla logo adorns the facade of a building at the Tesla factory on July 17, 2023 near Gruenheide, Germany. Tesla will reportedly present its plans tomorrow to expand production at the factory, from thee current level of approximately 250,000 cars per year to one million. The plan calls for the construction of a new assembly hall that will be the size of 60 soccer fields, which is likely to draw opposition from local communities. David Sloat • 5 days ago
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OpenAI Rival Anthropic Launches Update For Chatbot Claude

David Sloat • 5 days ago
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AI Is Supercharging Genealogical Research

Abstract Circuit Board Electronics Concept Circuit connection, modern system, AI system, artificial intelligence mechanism David Sloat • 6 days ago
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Lawsuit Alleges UnitedHealth Used AI To Wrongly Deny Claims

David Sloat • 6 days ago
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The Faceless Army Of Workers Training AI Models

David Sloat • 7 days ago
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Google Helps To Optimize Traffic With Project Green Light

The new Google logo is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 2, 2015 in Mountain View, California. Google has made the most dramatic change to their logo since 1999 and have replaced their signature serif font with a new typeface called Product Sans. David Sloat • 7 days ago
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Sam Altman Back As OpenAI CEO

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks during an event at Keio University on June 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Altman discussed with students at the event hosted by one of Japan's leading private universities as he expressed his intentions to open an office and broaden services in the country. David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Broadcom Finalizes $69 Billion Acquisition Of VMware

David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Autonomous Cars Hit The Brakes As Cruise CEO Steps Down

David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Elon Musk Files Lawsuit For Defamation Against Media Matters

David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Meta Dissolves Responsible AI Division

Facebook logo on screen of mobile phone on Meta word background David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman To Join Microsoft

David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Google Crowd Sources Answers With Notes And Follow Features

The Google logo adorns the outside of their NYC office Google Building 8510 at 85 10th Ave on June 3, 2019 in New York City. Shares of Google parent company Alphabet were down over six percent on Monday, following news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to launch an anti-trust investigation aimed at Google. David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Sam Altman Ousted As CEO Of OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The APEC summit is being held in San Francisco and runs through November 17. David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Apple Caves To Green Bubble Campaign

The "leaf" on the logo of Apple store turns green to welcome the World Earth Day on April 20, 2016 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Apple Inc. has declared that the "Leaves" on all 132 Apple Stores' logos in world would turn green from April 15 to 22 for the upcoming World Earth Day which falls on April 22 each year. David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Hyundai And Amazon Announce Multi-Level Partnership

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Deepfake Technology Gets Boost From Big Tech

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Microsoft Developers Event Announces New AI Offerings

Microsoft logo at office building, Munich Germany David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Can Open-Source Alternatives Outplay X?

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Apple Has Big Plans For iOS 18

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Electric Air Taxis Run Test Flights In New York City

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Nvidia Announces New AI Chip Will Debut In 2024

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Elon Musk Challenges ChatGPT With A Chatbot Called Grok

David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Researchers Work Toward Developing Hardware That Mimics Brain Activity

Concept of human intelligence with human brain on blue David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Easterly testifies on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for CISA.
Tech News

US And A Dozen Other Countries Sign "Secure By Design" AI Agreement

  The United States, the UK, Germany, Italy, and several other countries around the worl... David Sloat • 21 hours ago
An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Amazon announced that it will buy Whole Foods Market, Inc. for over $13 billion.
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Amazon Launches Generative AI Tool Called Q

  AWS re:Invent, Amazon's annual conference for its web services division, got off to a... David Sloat • 21 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: (L-R) TechCrunch Transportation Editor Kirsten Korosec and Cruise Founder & CEO Kyle Vogt speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 at Moscone Center on September 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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GM Cruise To Restart Robotaxi Service

  Cruise, the GM-owned autonomous car company has announced plans to restart its fleet o... David Sloat • 2 days ago
NOVATO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 01: Customers enter a Chick-fil-A restaurant on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. The fast food chain is drawing criticism on social media for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy.
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Chick-fil-A Tests Drone Delivery Service

  Chick-fil-A, one of the largest fast-food franchises, has long been known for its chic... David Sloat • 2 days ago
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AI Graphic Tools Becoming Popular In Art World

  One of the seemingly myriad ethical questions that surround the use of generative AI is th... David Sloat • 3 days ago
A logo sits illuminated outside the Cisco booth at the SK telecom booth on day 1 of the GSMA Mobile World Congress on February 28, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual Mobile World Congress hosts some of the world's largest communications companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and wearables gadgets like foldable screens.
Tech News

Tech Companies Quietly Assist In War In Ukraine

  Last fall, as the temperatures in Ukraine fell, the nation's power grid software was attac... David Sloat • 3 days ago
The Tesla logo adorns the facade of a building at the Tesla factory on July 17, 2023 near Gruenheide, Germany. Tesla will reportedly present its plans tomorrow to expand production at the factory, from thee current level of approximately 250,000 cars per year to one million. The plan calls for the construction of a new assembly hall that will be the size of 60 soccer fields, which is likely to draw opposition from local communities.
Tech News

Unreported Injuries Plague Tesla's Texas Gigafactory

  When Tesla opened its 10 million square foot Gigafactory near Austin, Texas in April 2022,... David Sloat • 5 days ago
Tech News

OpenAI Rival Anthropic Launches Update For Chatbot Claude

  While OpenAI took a stumble last week with a much-publicized ouster and ultimate return of... David Sloat • 5 days ago
Abstract Circuit Board Electronics Concept Circuit connection, modern system, AI system, artificial intelligence mechanism
Tech News

AI Is Supercharging Genealogical Research

  One of the common benefits of artificial intelligence is its ability to ingest vast quanti... David Sloat • 6 days ago
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Lawsuit Alleges UnitedHealth Used AI To Wrongly Deny Claims

  The families of two deceased UnitedHealth patients are suing the company over claims denia... David Sloat • 6 days ago
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The Faceless Army Of Workers Training AI Models

  One of the new jobs that has been created out of the AI revolution is that of data enrichm... David Sloat • 7 days ago
The new Google logo is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 2, 2015 in Mountain View, California. Google has made the most dramatic change to their logo since 1999 and have replaced their signature serif font with a new typeface called Product Sans.
Tech News

Google Helps To Optimize Traffic With Project Green Light

  The Google Research Initiative recently presented an update at Sustainability '23 on w... David Sloat • 7 days ago
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks during an event at Keio University on June 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Altman discussed with students at the event hosted by one of Japan's leading private universities as he expressed his intentions to open an office and broaden services in the country.
Tech News

Sam Altman Back As OpenAI CEO

  It has been a whirlwind week in the life of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Less than a week aft... David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Broadcom Finalizes $69 Billion Acquisition Of VMware

  US chipmaker Broadcom has cleared worldwide regulatory investigations into the merger with... David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Autonomous Cars Hit The Brakes As Cruise CEO Steps Down

  Kyle Vogt, the CEO of GM's autonomous car company Cruise, has stepped down after a series... David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Elon Musk Files Lawsuit For Defamation Against Media Matters

  It seems OpenAI doesn't have the monopoly on corporate meltdowns as the team from X is hav... David Sloat • 1 week ago
Facebook logo on screen of mobile phone on Meta word background
Tech News

Meta Dissolves Responsible AI Division

  Meta has re-shuffled its generative AI teams and disbanded a standalone group that was foc... David Sloat • 1 week ago
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman To Join Microsoft

  In a story with more dramatic turns than a soap opera, recently ousted OpenAI founder and... David Sloat • 1 week ago
The Google logo adorns the outside of their NYC office Google Building 8510 at 85 10th Ave on June 3, 2019 in New York City. Shares of Google parent company Alphabet were down over six percent on Monday, following news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to launch an anti-trust investigation aimed at Google.
Tech News

Google Crowd Sources Answers With Notes And Follow Features

  Google is testing a new feature in its Search Labs that allows users to ask for advice... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The APEC summit is being held in San Francisco and runs through November 17.
Tech News

Sam Altman Ousted As CEO Of OpenAI

  The board of directors for OpenAI announced that Sam Altman, the company's CEO and one... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
The "leaf" on the logo of Apple store turns green to welcome the World Earth Day on April 20, 2016 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Apple Inc. has declared that the "Leaves" on all 132 Apple Stores' logos in world would turn green from April 15 to 22 for the upcoming World Earth Day which falls on April 22 each year.
Tech News

Apple Caves To Green Bubble Campaign

  Apple recently announced that it will begin to support RCS (Rich Communication Service... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
Tech News

Hyundai And Amazon Announce Multi-Level Partnership

  Amazon and South Korean automaker Hyundai announced a broad-reaching partnership whic... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
Tech News

Deepfake Technology Gets Boost From Big Tech

  The risks associated with emerging tech can often take years to materialize and early warn... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
Microsoft logo at office building, Munich Germany
Tech News

Microsoft Developers Event Announces New AI Offerings

  At Microsoft's annual developers conference called Microsoft Ignite, there was one topic t... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Can Open-Source Alternatives Outplay X?

  There has been much written about X, the former Twitter, this year. And while much of t... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Apple Has Big Plans For iOS 18

  Apple's iOS 17 is just a few months old, but the speculation about next year's upgrade is... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Electric Air Taxis Run Test Flights In New York City

  The skies of New York are accustomed to the noise of helicopters coming and going but in a... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Nvidia Announces New AI Chip Will Debut In 2024

  AI chip maker Nvidia announced details about their new GPU - the H200 - at the Supercomput... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
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Elon Musk Challenges ChatGPT With A Chatbot Called Grok

  Elon Musk's company, xAI, released its AI chatbot offering into beta testing recently for... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago
Concept of human intelligence with human brain on blue
Tech News

Researchers Work Toward Developing Hardware That Mimics Brain Activity

  It is nearly impossible to escape discussions on generative AI and the large language mode... David Sloat • 2 weeks ago