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Seattle tech leaders launch nonprofit to push for greater transparency in AI training data

GeekWire

A new nonprofit, the Seattle-based Transparency Coalition , is aiming to address this issue. Subscribe to GeekWire in Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen. They decided to found the Transparency Coalition as a nonprofit organization to address these problems through policy advocacy and public education.

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Samsung Pay wallet now lets you store a digital version of a COVID-19 vaccination card

The Verge

Samsung devices that support Samsung Pay can now store digital versions of users’ COVID-19 vaccination cards, through a partnership with healthcare nonprofit The Commons Project, the smartphone company announced. And Samsung Pay still has a very small market share of the mobile payments market, where Apple Pay dominates.

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

GeekWire

Before joining MTI, Auchenpaugh held leadership roles at Samsung, Lynx Innovation, Apple and Beats by Dr. Dre. He also worked at Yahoo and Chacha Mobile. Breaux was previously CEO of AirNow media and co-founded Airpush, a mobile advertising technology company acquired by Appscatter in 2020. Inman Breaux. and Nashville.

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Amazon withholds its ebooks from libraries because it prefers you pay it instead

The Verge

In the age of mobile apps and widespread Kindle usage, borrowing an ebook is now easier than ever — you need a library card and the Libby app, and you can then place holds and eventually check out ebooks that can be sent directly to your Kindle e-reader or app to access for a limited time.

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How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income

Vox

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is structured as a nonprofit that owns a for-profit arm with “capped” profits : First-round investors would stop earning after their shares multiply in value a hundredfold , with profits beyond that going into OpenAI’s nonprofit. (How much teeth the board has had in practice is debatable.)

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies such as Amazon, Infosys, IBM, Wipro, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, Capgemini, Uber, Dell, Google, and Salesforce all have offices in Tampa. Other tech companies that have opened offices in Portland include Airbnb, Google, IBM, Amazon, Logitech, Apple, Nvidia, Oracle, and Salesforce among others. Charlotte, N.C.

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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

GeekWire

When his Seattle-based mobile analytics company Ground Truth underwent a merger in 2011 , he decided to try something else. Libes, who is also an author , additionally operates a nonprofit called Realize Impact that allows people to make philanthropic investments in socially conscious companies. Where do you get your best ideas?

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