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

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A new nonprofit, the Seattle-based Transparency Coalition , is aiming to address this issue. They decided to found the Transparency Coalition as a nonprofit organization to address these problems through policy advocacy and public education. Both have extensive experience as technology and startup leaders: Eleveld, a former U.S.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

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Sightline Institute Photo used under Creative Commons License ) As the Seattle area’s housing crisis continues, Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters. The Seattle-based group is backed by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp through his Camp.org nonprofit foundation.

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Solar power nonprofit goes digital to bring installation instruction to underserved communities

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In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. Their nonprofit, Tacoma, Wash.-based The state also requires that installers earn an electrician’s license.

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Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

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It also was set up as a nonprofit that operated like a biotech company, taking discoveries through early-stage research to manufacturing and clinical trials. The institute now focuses on a few core technologies that it can license at earlier stages to biopharma companies. The project is funded by the U.S.

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Madrona leads $2.6M round for OthersideAI, a startup using GPT-3 tech to write automated emails

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million seed round led by Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. Others such as Seattle-based Textio are developing augmented writing technology for use cases beyond email. OpenAI should be renamed ClosedAI’: Reaction to Microsoft’s exclusive license of OpenAI’s GPT-3.

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Why Meta is giving away its extremely powerful AI model

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As AI becomes more advanced and potentially more dangerous, is it better for society if the code is under wraps — limited to the staff of a small number of companies — or should it be shared with the public so that a wider group of people can have a hand in shaping the transformative technology?

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GeekWire Summit: Telehealth experts say COVID-19 created an opportunity to reimagine healthcare

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The nonprofit is on track for 1.6 That included changes in licensing rules and coverage of telemedicine by Medicare and private insurance companies. UpLift sped up development of a platform for mental health therapists, going to market in April, months ahead of its planned fall release. million remote visits this year.