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Microsoft calls for ‘safety brakes,’ licensing, and a new federal agency to avoid AI pitfalls

GeekWire

Develop a broad legal and regulatory framework based on the technology architecture for AI, including new regulations and licensing for powerful AI foundation models and obligations for AI infrastructure operators. There needs to be measurement, and ultimately, like so much else in life … AI will require a license.”

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

GeekWire

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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Raspberry Pi to become a public company

Network World

The company also boasts an extensive sales channel, with more than 100 resellers, as well as licensing arrangements with manufacturer Premier Farnell. Since 2021, Raspberry Pi has been part of the semiconductor market, as well, having launched the RP2040 microcontroller in that year. CPUs and Processors, IoT Platforms, Networking

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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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Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses

GeekWire

Next year a key component of the Corporate Transparency Act comes into effect, requiring companies to report to the U.S. Congress passed the legislation in 2021 and the reporting requirements are estimated to apply to some 30 million entities. . 1, 2025 to report. Existing companies will have until Jan.

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

GeekWire

The Infectious Disease Research Institute was founded in 1993 with a broad mission to address diseases affecting low- and middle-income countries, and was known for its vaccine programs. 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.

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Seattle Children’s Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

GeekWire

Can a nonprofit research institution operate more effectively by taking a page from the commercial biotech industry? In addition to supporting Seattle Children’s research, the nonprofit facility will provide resources and space for outside partner institutions and biotech companies working on pediatric medicine.

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