Slack CEO Lidiane Jones is ready to ride AI wave

Slack CEO Lidiane Jones is ready to ride AI wave

Artificial Intelligence is transforming Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, its CEO told AFP just nine months after taking on one of the most high profile jobs in Silicon Valley. Lidiane Jones was handed the reins to Slack after the departure of its co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield who exited two years after his … Read more

John Warnock, computer scientist who co-founded Adobe – obituary

John Warnock, computer scientist who co-founded Adobe – obituary

Further product developments, and a series of judicious acquisitions, facilitated a move by Adobe towards electronic publishing. In 1991 Warnock launched a project called “Camelot” with a view to developing software that would “effectively capture documents from any application, send electronic versions of these documents anywhere, and view and print these documents on any machines”. … Read more

Will responsible AI neutralise tech carbon footprint?, ET CIO

Will responsible AI neutralise tech carbon footprint?, ET CIO

Across the globe, data servers are humming, consuming both megawatts and precious natural resources to bring life to our digital world. The planet’s 8,000 or so data centers are the foundation of our online existence, and will grow ever further with the advent of artificial intelligence — so much so that research estimates that by … Read more

Two tech luminaries quit their jobs to build AI inspired by fish and bees

Two tech luminaries quit their jobs to build AI inspired by fish and bees

A new artificial intelligence research lab aims to solve the field’s most pressing problems by drawing inspiration from the animal kingdom — like the movements of a school of fish or the coordination of a colony of bees. As many of the top companies in the field seek to outdo each other by building ever-larger … Read more

Keto helped heal my son’s bipolar disorder. More people need to know

Keto helped heal my son’s bipolar disorder. More people need to know

A ketogenic meal laid out on a dining table with the hands of people serving themselves. A keto diet is a low carb, high fat diet that avoids many fruits. Fertnig/Getty Images At 4 a.m. the Friday before Christmas, I lay curled up and crying on my bedroom floor, convinced my son was no longer … Read more