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• Microsoft adds M365 Copilot to more apps, extends customer trial to 600 firms

  09-05-2023 20:42
  
  Microsoft will expand customer trials of its Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant to 600 businesses as it continues to integrate the chatbot across its portfolio of Office apps. This includes new ways to use Copilot with Outlook, PowerPoint, and Whiteboard, and a new data “map” to help businesses integrate the AI tool, the company said Tuesday.Microsoft unveiled the M365 Copilot in March after striking a partnership to bring OpenAI’s Chat-GPT 4 technology to its software product
  
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• Post-PC? Apple gives iPads Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro

  09-05-2023 17:44
  
  Is the iPad a computer? Apple has now raised an even bigger argument that its tablet is a viable PC replacement with the introduction of Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad.These are among the pro apps frequently cited by those who claim iPads cannot replace computers, so the arrival of iPadOS versions for the tablet further undermines those arguments. The launch will certainly once again foster speculation that Apple could one day introduce Xcode for iPad. What Apple said
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• AI to create new ways to work, and users are all for it: Microsoft report

  09-05-2023 17:31
  
  AI is set to completely transform the way people work, helping to reduce burnout  and increase productivity — and workers are ready to embrace the change, according to Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index.To compile its latest report, Microsoft surveyed 31,000 people in 31 countries and analyzed trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, along with labor trends from the LinkedIn Economic Graph. This resulted in three key findings: an abundance of digital notifications is h
  
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• Informatica integrates ClaireGPT, AI copilot to augment its IDMC offering

  09-05-2023 15:13
  
  Enterprise data management vendor Informatica will be adding generative AI capabilities to its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) via the addition of ClaireGPT and AI copilot.IDMC, which was launched in May 2021, is a suite that sits on top of enterprise databases and manages data from various data sources by ingesting, cataloging, and applying data governance rules.The suite, which includes extract, transform, load (ETL), data observability for data quality, and master data management to
  
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• Challenges in the role of a Global and Multi-Market IT Executive - microsoft.cioreview.com

  09-05-2023 14:52 via news.google.com
  
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• Challenges in the role of a Global and Multi-Market IT Executive - CIOReview

  09-05-2023 14:52 via news.google.com
  
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• Don't replace your people with ChatGPT or other AI services

  09-05-2023 13:30
  
  Goldman Sachs predicts generative A.I. will replace 300 million full-time jobs because it can "generate content that is indistinguishable from human-created output." Meanwhile, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has paused hiring because A.I. chatbots could replace 7,800 workers.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• After the remote-work rush, vacant offices and empty downtowns

  09-05-2023 12:00
  
  Core business centers in large and small cities throughout the US are suffering the effects of hybrid- and remote-work policies, which has led to a 20% to 40% reduction in office space use, according to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.The switch to primarily remote work at the start of the COVID pandemic in March 2020 left downtowns largely empty. Since then, commercial areas have seen a slow, but steady, return to the office, with average office occupancy hitting 50% o
  
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• A smart new way to stack Android widgets

  09-05-2023 12:00
  
  Happy Google I/O week, my fellow Android-appreciating animal! While we wait for El Googlenheim to drop all sorts of interesting new goodies on our suspiciously greasy domes, I've got a trio of important truths for you to chew over:
  One of the best parts about Android is how easy the operating system makes it to take total control of your experience and make your phone work any way you want.
  One of the best ways to harness that power is by taking advantage of a custom Android launcher — an
  
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• LinkedIn lays off 716 staffers, to shut China job app

  09-05-2023 08:39
  
  Employment-focused social media platform LinkedIn on Tuesday said it would let go of 716 staffers as it shuts down a job search app in China and prepares for tapering revenue growth. “As we guide LinkedIn through this rapidly changing landscape, we are making changes to our Global Business Organization (GBO) and our China strategy that will result in a reduction of roles for 716 employees,” CEO Ryan Roslansky wrote in a letter to employees, which was later posted as a blog.As o
  
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