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nontechnical

British  
/ nɒnˈtɛknɪkəl /

adjective

  1. not relating to, characteristic of, or skilled in a particular field of activity and its terminology

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The social-media company let go of its chief marketing officer and more than 20 staffers in nontechnical roles that were seen as duplicative.

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Over the past few weeks, X let go of more than 20 staffers in nontechnical roles including marketing and other departments that were seen as duplicative to jobs inside the merged company, the people said.

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The target market for these tools is simply “anyone who needs to do work on their computer,” said Felix Rieseberg, the engineering lead for Cowork, Anthropic’s new feature designed for nontechnical tasks.

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It has never been easier to build websites and apps and complete a host of tasks, even for nontechnical people, whose software development is often referred to as vibe-coding.

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With AI, there’s a fresh twist: Today’s generative AI is much more accessible than past technologies, and can be used even by nontechnical people.

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