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New nonpartisan AI nonprofit TrueMedia, led by Oren Etzioni, is making a political deepfake detector

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A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio, aiming to combat political disinformation in the leadup to the 2024 elections. The plan, in essence, is to use AI to fight AI.

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City of Seattle awards $545k in grants to 18 nonprofits working to expand digital literacy

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(Photo via TechTalk.seattle.gov) The City of Seattle is awarding $545,000 in Technology Matching Fund grants to help support 18 nonprofit organizations and their projects to expand digital literacy and close the technology gap. The TMF grant program was started in 1997 to support community and nonprofit groups.

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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 Photo courtesy of Katie G. Photo courtesy of Gatwiri).

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Seattle-area mentoring nonprofit with a global reach adds generative AI to toolkits for job seekers

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GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. The program is conducted virtually through video conferences. It has partnerships with more than 50 colleges and universities that refer students for mentoring.

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

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Apple Photo) First up this week on the GeekWire Podcast: an inside look at developing software for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing headset. We jumped back on the line with Etzioni to get the details on the new initiatives, and discuss the pros and cons of the rapid development of new generative AI tools for democracy and society.

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

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The nonprofit acts as a matchmaker, connecting landlords looking to fill vacant units and would-be renters who lack perfect rental records due to eviction, low credit scores, or other factors that can contribute to homelessness. The Seattle-based group is backed by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp through his Camp.org nonprofit foundation.

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Washington state ranks No. 2 nationwide for annual video game industry economic output at $11.6B

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Washington state’s video games industry overtook Texas last year and claimed the No. video game industry grew to new heights yet again. A little over half of all game development nationwide is done in California, which accounts for $51 billion of the more than $90 billion in economic output generated nationwide in 2019.

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