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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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GeekWire Podcast: Apple Vision Pro, a developer’s take; Detecting and defusing AI deepfakes

GeekWire

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, and Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail, launch sales of the Apple Vision Pro in New York City this week. Apple Photo) First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset.

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Apple and nonprofit Common Sense Media team up to provide kid podcast recs

The Verge

Apple is making it easier for parents to find podcasts to listen to with their kids. The company is teaming up with nonprofit Common Sense Media, which specializes in age-based content reviews, to curate various collections that’ll appear in the Apple Podcasts app in the US and online. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Apple joins new sustainable chip manufacturing effort

Venture Beast

Apple has joined nonprofit R&D lab Imec's new effort to promote sustainability in the manufacturing and fabrication of computer chips. Read More.

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Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

GeekWire

Newly named AI2 CEO Ali Farhadi has been leading Apple’s machine learning teams in Seattle and Cupertino. as CEO, and sold the AI startup to Apple in 2020 in an estimated $200 million deal that represents one of the institute’s biggest commercial successes to date. Farhadi founded and led AI2 spinout Xnor.ai

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Apple has an AirPod repair problem

Vox

Even Apple , which had opposed the legislation for years, had a change of heart and officially supported Right to Repair in California at the end of August. For years, Apple has made its commitment to the environment part of its powerful marketing machine. Apple did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Apple launches $200 million fund for climate change

The Verge

Apple has created a $200 million fund to invest in forestry projects to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating financial returns for its investors, the company said Thursday. Apple said last year it wants to eliminate its contributions to climate change and become carbon neutral by 2030.

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