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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

Nonprofits often juggle tight budgets and unique operational demands, making it even more difficult to keep sensitive information safe—but here's the thing: you don't need a fortune to build a strong defense against the possible cyber threats out there. Let's take a closer look at some key cybersecurity strategies for nonprofits to consider.

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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. One effect would be to narrow the scope of AI applications to address specific problems.

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MLCommons releases open source datasets for speech recognition

Venture Beast

The nonprofit consortium MLCommons has released a massive, license-free dataset for speech recognition system development and testing. Read More.

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New platform from nonprofit Carina offers quick searches for in-home childcare openings

GeekWire

Providers must be union-represented and licensed by regulatory agencies to get a spot on the platform. Pivotal Labs, working through its Pivotal Act program that benefits nonprofits, provided two months of free engineering for the project. Approximately 40,000 families have used the site.

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

GeekWire

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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Get the scoop on the Mars Society’s plan to establish a tech institute, maybe in Seattle

GeekWire

The nonprofit Mars Society is getting set to take the next giant leap in its mission to support Red Planet exploration and settlement, by establishing a Mars Technology Institute to develop the tools and processes those settlers will need. The institute would be structured as a nonprofit organization, funded by tax-deductible contributions.

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

GeekWire

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.