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Reset the Net Campaign

CTOvision

Fight for the Future , a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and Internet freedom, is spearheading an anti- National Security Agency protest on June 5 th to Reset the Net. Notable supporters of the initiative include Greenpeace, Google, Reddit, the ACLU, DuckDuckGo, and Amnesty International. By ShannonPerry.

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Report on COVID-related philanthropy credits MacKenzie Scott with powering 25% of U.S. giving

GeekWire

The report by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid looked at the sources of more than $20 billion awarded for pandemic-related causes, including corporations, foundations, public charities and high-net-worth individuals such as Scott. The report lists Google as the top corporate donor, with 17 gifts totaling more than $1 billion.

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Two efforts fill surprising tech gap between restaurants, donors and those who are hungry

GeekWire

COVID-19 has ravaged the economy and unraveled social safety nets that provide meals for people who are hungry. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Dyce discovered Off Their Plate, a nonprofit that uses donations to pay restaurants to prepare meals, while browsing Instagram. Serving up smarter logistics. ”

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Amazon’s new $2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington, Nashville and Seattle areas

GeekWire

In Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Facebook and Google have each committed $1 billion, and Apple announced a $2.5 Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $186 billion. headquarters. billion pledge. DVIDS / DOD). The company also made a $381.8 ”

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Amazon workers demand company quit polluting near communities of color

The Verge

Paola Dela Cruz-Perez, a youth organizer for the nonprofit East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice said during a shareholder briefing held today. In 2019, thousands of workers at Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook walked out of work to protest a lack of action on climate change.

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ChatGPT net worth: Is OpenAI the next tech behemoth?

Dataconomy

“ChatGPT net worth” is one of the most searched queries on the Internet. So, let’s dive in and explore the net worth of ChatGPT! ChatGPT net worth or OpenAI net worth? ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence language model, and therefore it does not have a net worth in the traditional sense.

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OpenAI can translate English into code with its new machine learning software Codex

The Verge

The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem”. The real net effect is a lot of value for the ecosystem,” says Brockman. “At In the game demo, Brockman found a silhouette of a person on Google Images then told Codex to “add this image of a person from the page” before pasting in the URL.

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