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A curated list of books specifically focusing on AI trends, leadership, and culture-building to read in 2020.

AI Talent News Roundup January 2020 Part 1: Top AI Leaders Predict Industry Trends, MusashiAI Launches Autonomous Robots for Hire, Sports AI Company Hires Two Strategic VPs, Robotic Pizza Startup Zume Plans to Lay Off 400 Employees

This is the TalentSeer AI News Roundup for the second half of December 2019. You can find the most relevant and recent news about the AI talent, aimed specifically at tech leaders, VCs, and members of the AI field. Subscribe here to receive these roundups twice a month via email.

Bill Gates Urges AI Companies to Keep Their Research Open, Kevin Scott Heads AI and Research at Microsoft, People.ai Hire Former Cisco Vice President Thomas Wyatt, New CTO Deputies Are Hired at the White House, Udemy Predicts AI Will Become Mainstream in 2020, and HighRadius Hires Former Oracle Vice President Ken Laversin.

AI Talent News Roundup November 2019 Part 1: AI Helps to Reduce Human Bias in the Hiring Process, AI Pioneer Stuart Russel Appointed Special Advisor to Faculty, US Releases Official Report on AI, Canada Immigration Denies Travel Visas to Students and Researchers for NeurIPS Conference, and Former Google Executive Chris Klayko Joins UiPath

AI Talent News Roundup October 2019: AI university opens, Face-Scanning Recruitment software raises eyebrows, Eskalera appoints Former Goldman Sachs Executive as New CEO, Ben Horowitz releases a new book, and Microsoft AI Expert Noelle LaCharite joins NPR

Stay informed and catch up with the latest AI Talent news in October: ‍MIT Sloan Management Review 2019 Reveals Significant Insights for AI Talent, Tesla Reportedly Acquires AI Startup DeepScale; Kodiak Robotics Hires Former Lyft Electronics Director to Lead Hardware Division; Uber Lays off 350 Employees Across Multiple Areas.

In face of the rapid advancement of AI technology and commercial breakthroughs, this summit was convened to discuss AI talent insights with startups, VCs and corporates; allowing them to “have a better understanding, not only of the current talent market but also the various tactics in building and scaling a unique, resilient, and diverse team”. A prominent lineup of speakers from top startups and VCs shared inspiring insights and experience with 300 tech and talent leaders from a variety of backgrounds at the event.

Robin.ly held its semi-annual conference on AI commercialization: Trends and Challenges on June 1, 2019. The event took place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, between 1pm to 6pm.

Compared with Chinese leaders who emphasize more on inner cultivation, Indian leaders seem to pay more attention to the utilization of values, communication skills, and grasping an in-depth business understanding; this is much closer to the western definition of leadership. Thus, if engineers and researchers would like to cultivate their leadership skills, they should focus on soft skills first, as well as understanding the social impact generated by their occupation.

“3I” Recruiting: Information, Insight and Influence