Cassidy founder Justin Fineberg champions AI accessibility

AI at the intersection of creativity and technology

Originally, Fineberg considered a career in film.

“I kind of saw myself as a filmmaker when I was younger: building a great product is in many ways about telling a great story. And that kind of ties back to my background in film.” Justin Fineberg, CEO/Founder, Cassidy

In 2022, Fineberg decided to leave his job as a product manager at Blade to team up with his long-time collaborator and engineer, Ian Woodfill. Woodfill’s understanding of the no-code space and Fineberg’s passion for accessible AI solutions led them to start Cassidy, which provides easy ways to build custom generative AI for business organizations read more…

Microsoft Joins Thorn and All Tech Is Human to enact strong child safety commitments for generative AI

While millions of people use AI to supercharge their productivity and expression, there is the risk that these technologies are abused. Building on our longstanding commitment to online safety, Microsoft has joined Thorn, All Tech is Human, and other leading companies in their effort to prevent the misuse of generative AI technologies to perpetrate, proliferate, and further sexual harms against children. Today, Microsoft is committing to implementing preventative and proactive principles into our generative AI technologies and products.

This initiative, led by Thorn, a nonprofit dedicated to defending children from sexual abuse, and All Tech Is Human, an organization dedicated to collectively tackling tech and society’s complex problems read more..

A year of Microsoft Copilot: Accelerating innovation with AI-powered low-code

The past 12 months marked the beginning of the era of AI. In March 2023, Microsoft took the lead in AI transformation with the introduction of Microsoft Copilot, which has since been deeply integrated in the company’s portfolio—including Microsoft Power Platform—with generative AI transforming how organizations work, collaborate, and create.

Before generative AI, Microsoft Power Platform already enabled tech-savvy business users to participate in the creation of digital business solutions. Copilot further democratizes this creation by accelerating development and assisting end users in getting the best out of their data in the applications they use most.

With Copilot in Microsoft Power Platform, organizations have the power to revolutionize the creation of apps, webpages, workflows, and custom copilots for development teams—while also greatly enhancing the experience and value for users for which these read more…

Microsoft at Legalweek: Secure data and gain efficiencies with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery enhanced by generative AI

The legal profession is known for being cautious or hesitant to adopt new technologies. However, when it comes to AI, it seems like legal professionals are ready to be on the leading edge of AI implementation. A Thomson Reuters survey of legal professionals found that 82% agree that AI can be useful in legal work and 51% agree that AI should be applied to legal work.1

With the growing use of AI in litigation and the number of data storage locations, the process of discovery gets increasingly more complex and must be more agile, comprehensive, and integrated. The tools legal professionals need in today’s digital environment necessitate using advanced tools such as AI to locate the relevant data quickly and secure data in a way that complies with myriad regulations and major challenges read more…