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Marissa Mayer Leads AI Startup, Reflects on Tech Industry and Gender Representation

The former Yahoo CEO discusses the potential of AI and the slow progress of women in tech leadership roles.

  • Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo, now leads an AI startup named Sunshine, focusing on simplifying tasks like contact management.
  • Sunshine's AI technology aims to reduce mundane tasks, offering a free app that can enhance contact lists, with a premium service for additional features.
  • Mayer expresses concerns about AI's potential to approximate human intelligence, highlighting the risks of people being unable to discern real from artificial.
  • The tech industry's progress on promoting women in leadership roles is slow but positive, according to Mayer.
  • Mayer reflects on her tenure at Yahoo, emphasizing the importance of office presence for company culture and alignment, while still following Yahoo's progress with pride.
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