Weekender: Southwest Airlines to spend $1.7B on tech, cloud migration this year

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Learn how top CIOs are responding in [this Trendline.]( [Southwest Airlines to spend $1.7B on tech, cloud migration this year]( The commercial carrier has shifted just under half of its tech estate to cloud, President and CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------- [AI-generated code leads to security issues for most businesses: report]( More than three-quarters of developers bypass established protocols to use code completion tools despite potential risks, Snyk’s research found. --------------------------------------------------------------- [AI, new projects to jumpstart tech hiring in 2024]( 2023 was marked by fluctuations between tech talent availability and the end of big tech overhiring, but analysts expect the tech jobs market to return to more steady growth this year. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored Content by Lakeside Software Inc [Is your IT team ready for AI?]( Not all AI is (or will be) trained on good data. 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