GeekWire

MAY 19, 2020

Her grandfather, who worked in construction, was a leader in the labor movement in Hawai’i, fighting for better pay and healthcare. Last but not least, Google Drive is still my favorite cloud service. My second favorite software tool is Gusto. Describe your workspace. Why does it work for you?

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Vox

OCTOBER 15, 2020

AI systems determine what you’ll see in a Google search or in your Facebook Newsfeed. began: “The survival of man depends on the early construction of an ultra-intelligent machine.” He said also that “probably Man will construct the deus ex machina in his own image.”. They play strategy games. He thinks we are lemmings.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2022

Facebook and Google have each launched housing programs valued at about $1 billion, while Apple is putting $2.5 If the cost of capital is lower, it makes things a lot easier,” said Colburn, when nonprofits and for-profit developers are putting together funding for affordable developments. trillion, and Amazon, which is worth $1.6

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Globally, the current 6 million jobs in clean energy manufacturing could more than double to 14 million by 2030, according to a new report from IEA, an intergovernmental nonprofit. In the meantime, a slate of new nonprofits and startups have cropped up to share jobs listings, compile resources, hold workshops and connect people.

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GeekWire

APRIL 29, 2023

The c4 and mmc4 corpuses are both derived from data collected by Common Crawl, a nonprofit organization that crawls the web, then provides its archives and datasets to the public for free. In addition to the full version of the corpus, two additional subsets have been constructed to make mmc4 more usable, secure and environmentally friendly.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

Founded by ex-Google engineers , Kaskada’s software is geared primarily toward enterprise companies outside the tech world that still rely on some form of data science for their products. Favorite cause: Instead of a cause I’ll highlight two nonprofits working on intersectional causes in Washington state.

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Vox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru — a well-respected pioneer in her field and one of the few Black women leaders in the industry — said earlier this week that Google fired her after blocking the publication of her research around bias in AI systems. A representative for Google declined to comment. What led to Gebru’s departure.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

The CEO of Google and Alphabet joins The Vergecast Like all big tech companies, Google and Alphabet are playing an outsized role in our lives as the coronavirus pandemic continues. One, how Google is handling the pandemic. But there were two big stories about Google that are important [from last week].

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Vox

MAY 1, 2023

That month, bold-faced names canceled their attendance at Davos in the Desert , a giant event in Riyadh hosted by the Future Investment Initiative Institute, a nonprofit linked to the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and the sponsor of the Miami conference.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2023

Last week, a 31-year-old construction worker took a few psychedelics and thought it might be fun to use AI image generator Midjourney to create a photorealistic image of Pope Francis wearing a big white Balenciaga-style puffer jacket. An image of video creates more resonance. I don’t think our blinders are up yet.”

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Vox

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Then-Google AI research scientist Timnit Gebru speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 in San Francisco. She says she was fired in 2020 (Google says she resigned) over a conflict related to one of her research papers. Speaking out against a powerful company like Google, Facebook, or Apple isn’t an easy choice. “No

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

Botsman has spoken to and advised many high-profile organizations, including Google, Microsoft, Lend Lease and PwC. Her clients include entertainment and media giants BBC Worldwide, BBC Earth, Universal, Lune Rouge / Cirque de Soleil, Telefonica, and Google. Twitter: @stafie_diana. Melissa Sterry. Location: London, UK.

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