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Yahoos Vidya Nayak wants more women in tech

Mashable Tech

Vidya Nayak, Director of Product Design at Yahoo, is aware it’s not easy to be a visible female tech executive. She also knows talking about her experiences as a woman in the industry makes a difference. Tech has significantly made strides, but globally it still remains male-dominated. That needs to change.

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The Future of Associations: Key Takeaways from Association 4.0™ 

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The association industry is at a crossroads. The rapid pace of digital transformation, changing member expectations, and economic uncertainty require associations to rethink their business models and adapt to new realities. Is our tech stack supporting engagement and operational excellence?

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Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”

Ars Technica

On Monday, John Carmack, co-creator of id Software's Quake franchise, defended Microsoft's recent AI-generated Quake II demo against criticism from a fan about the technology's impact on industry jobs, calling it "impressive research work." Read full article Comments

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Japanese railway shelter replaced in less than 6 hours by 3D-printed model

Ars Technica

The replacement, it turned out, could also be a trial for industrial-scale 3D-printing of custom rail shelters. Its station sees between one to three trains per hour at its stop, helping about 530 riders find their way. Its wooden station was due for replacement, and the replacement could be smaller.

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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

million books, to train its AI models. These cases are shining a light on the unscrupulous behaviour exhibited by global tech companies which seemingly exploit copyright-protected material, safe in the knowledge that they will not be held to account," the Society of Authors' letter stated.

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This startup wants to reprogram the mind of AI—and just got $50 million to do it

Fast Company Tech

Anthropic, Menlo Ventures, and other AI industry players are betting $50 million on a company called Goodfire , which aims to understand how AI models think and steer them toward better, safer answers. Cofounder Lee Sharkey pioneered the use of sparse autoencoders in language models.

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AI generators say there are no Black surfers. This group is out to change that

Fast Company Tech

By offering practical guidance and real-world examples, we aim to help the industry build technology that reflects the full spectrum of humanity.” We werent looking for models; we were looking for real people, and that meant being intentional about casting talent that reflected the full spectrum of the demographic, says Mesfin.