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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. 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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6 Reasons Why Associations & Nonprofits Need a Digital Archive

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And a majority of these organizations are the nonprofit associations. While for-profit companies will always be the first ones to invest in latest technologies and innovations to drive their revenue, nonprofit organizations lag behind. Nonprofit / October 10, 2019. Nonprofit / September 12, 2019. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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OneBusAway needs ‘influx of cash’ to hire dedicated developer and keep popular transit app running

GeekWire

” “It is getting harder and harder to exist as a volunteer-only organization and we feel the need to finally hire a dedicated developer who would work for us on the project to keep the apps up-to-date while trying to increase our reach,” Watkins wrote.

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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

GeekWire

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).

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Sky: Children of the Light developer Thatgamecompany raises $1 million for pandemic relief

Venture Beast

Thatgamecompany, the developer of Journey and Sky: Children of the Light, said it raised $1.02 million for pandemic relief via a donation to two nonprofits. Read More.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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T-Mobile Photo). — T-Mobile appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia Long to its board. A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. Letitia Long. (T-Mobile Read the story. Gopuff Photos).

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AAA’s GIG Car Share brings 250 vehicles to Seattle, returning mobility option to city streets

GeekWire

The move represents a return to a mobility concept in Seattle which once saw hundreds of rentable vehicles from services such as car2go, ReachNow and LimePod. In Seattle, Gig4Good will provide nearly $200,000 in driving value, or 13,000 driving hours — to nonprofit partners in June.

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