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  1. AI-coded Starling OpenOffice 0.1.0 arrives with Writer, Sheets and Slides

    The Starling project released Starling OpenOffice 0.1.0 on October 14, a suite spanning a word processor (Writer), spreadsheets (Sheets) and presentations (Slides) that runs directly in the browser or as a standalone desktop app for Windows, Linux (DEB/Flatpak) and Apple-silicon Macs, without requiring Starling Desktop first. The project says the suite can open, edit and save DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files, and its own code is released under Apache 2.0 with some underlying components keeping upstream licenses. The report notes this is still an early build and file-format support does not equal full Microsoft Office parity: Windows slideshows stay inside the app window, the macOS Slides font/size menu may crash, and neither the Windows binary (unsigned) nor the Mac app (unnotarized) ships with standard trust signatures.

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  2. NordLayer launches AI Scout to track and police workplace 'shadow AI'

    NordLayer announced AI Scout, a standalone product that monitors which AI services employees actually use at work, distinguishes sanctioned from unsanctioned tools, and tracks browser and desktop interactions. It can detect, redact or block potentially sensitive prompts before submission, estimates token consumption across deployed LLMs, and lets administrators inspect MCP infrastructure linked to coding agents and the capabilities available through it. NordLayer executives describe the situation as an "AI zoo" of unsanctioned LLMs and argue governance needs unified telemetry; the company cites a Writer survey finding 59% of firms spend over $1 million a year on AI, a University of Melbourne report cited by NordLayer saying 42% of employees use approved AI systems while 70% use free models at work, and IBM data putting the added cost of shadow-AI breaches at $400,000 on top of a $4.99 million global average.

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  3. Baseten recruiting post lists ten reasons to join the AI inference startup

    Baseten published a July 25, 2024 blog post, "Ten reasons to join Baseten," pitching candidates on market opportunity, product positioning and team. It says the company was founded in 2019 as a platform for data science teams, expanded its vision to AI inference as generative AI accelerated in 2022, and now powers production inference for AI-native startups and enterprises. The post cites customers including Descript, Writer, Bland, Picnic Health and Patreon, its open-source model packaging framework Truss, Series B backing from investors such as Greylock, IVP and Spark, and hiring hubs in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Montreal and Toronto plus a London go-to-market team.

    Baseten Blog · 🔥 0

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