Share this postGIF Creator's Death, Billions-Costing Software Errors, and AI Hiring Biasipenewsletter.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesOtherGIF Creator's Death, Billions-Costing Software Errors, and AI Hiring BiasInPlainEnglishMar 28, 2022∙ PaidShare this postGIF Creator's Death, Billions-Costing Software Errors, and AI Hiring Biasipenewsletter.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesOtherShareStephen Wilhite, the man who invented the popular animated image format, died last week in Ohio. According to him, the word is pronounced like 'jif'.If you're a software engineer, you're no stranger to software errors. But what if these bugs and errors cost not thousands but billions of dollars!Video shared on Twitter on Monday claimed to show video fro…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Last Week in Plain English to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.Start trialAlready a paid subscriber? Sign in
