The future of EV charging may make you forget about charging altogether.

That’s if efforts to introduce wireless EV charging technology, like what Israeli startup Electreon is now testing on a quarter-mile stretch of road in Detroit, are successful.

“What we’re trying to accomplish is showing that this is a feasible option for multiple use cases,” Stefan Tongur, Electreon’s vice president of business development for the US, told Tech Brew.

The project in Detroit, unveiled late last year, represents what has been described as the first public wireless charging roadway in the US. It’s happening in Michigan Central, a tech and mobility hub Ford is building in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.

Wireless charging is emerging as a technology of interest for the auto industry, with advocates pointing to potential benefits like a more seamless charging experience and possible reductions in battery size because drivers won’t need as much range.

Keep reading here.—JG

Wondering if generative AI will be your cybersecurity ally—or enemy? Surprise, surprise: IT security leaders think the answer is…both.

Splunk breaks down the deets in their new article, How CISOs are (and aren’t) using generative AI. Their article lays out tons of practical advice and actionable insights about the intersection of AI and security, such as:

• advice and opinions on industry trends and best practices
• leadership guidance from fellow leaders
• digestible research curated specifically for the C-suite

Read the whole article to see how your new frenemy, generative AI, can help you manage the more mundane (while still important) parts of cybersecurity—and how to prepare for potential attacks that come with using AI.

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Between ChatGPT-integrated cars and at-home health tests, CES tends to have something for everyone.

While AI dominated this year’s iteration of the tech industry’s biggest showcase, there were also plenty of announcements around car tech, extended reality (XR), and all manner of other gadgets. To help take a sampling of everything there was to see, we asked a slew of tech execs what they saw or were looking to see at CES 2024.

Fresh off a panel on AI and jobs with acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Kathy Baxter, principal architect of responsible AI at Salesforce, told Tech Brew she is always looking to learn about how companies are handling responsible AI.

“We hear over and over again how important it is for the public to trust AI. And so what are companies doing as a result of that?” Baxter said. “So I’m always looking for that tangible kind of example that companies are showing.”

The strong presence of public-sector officials like Su at CES speaks to how policymakers are increasingly looking to better understand AI, she said. “We’re really seeing an explosion of interest among governments,” Baxter said.

Keep reading here.—PK

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How would you describe your job to someone who doesn’t work in tech?

As chief information officer at RXO, I oversee the technology enablement for the organization. My role is to set the strategy and direct the many information technology initiatives, as well as the computer systems required to support our different lines of business. We focus on transportation solutions, and we have built a proprietary technology platform to help connect shippers and carriers and move freight more efficiently.

My daily focus is building products that enable business growth through innovation, along with running, maintaining, and protecting the systems for the organization that ensure every employee can do their job with proper and functioning technology. This includes product capabilities, servers, software, infrastructure, information security, enterprise applications, engineering, data science, and more. In other words, if it runs on electricity, there is a good chance it is part of my responsibility.

What’s the most compelling tech project you’ve worked on, and why?

The most compelling project I have been part of is building our proprietary transportation platform, RXO Connect. The transportation industry is still very inefficient and fragmented, and RXO Connect optimizes the interactions for both shippers and carriers. From a technology perspective, it includes many innovative components and “fun” key ingredients, including building scalable systems from the ground up, developing proprietary machine learning and AI engines that leverage huge data sets, and driving adoption via closed feedback loops. It is exciting to be in a position of delivering capacities that have direct and immediate impact on user adoption, productivity, and business results.

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