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"We've used a translational approach in the past to have a global impact on emerging technologies, from our role in the creation of the internet to the computer graphics and visualization revolution," Manish Parashar writes in the Salt Lake Tribune.
"Now, we want to take on that leading role again."
Parashar is the director of the Responsible AI Initiative at the University of Utah, a $100 million project that aims to use artificial intelligence "to yield viable answers to such problems as environmental sustainability, disease prevention and treatment, mental health, natural disaster prevention and management, and other major challenges," he writes.
But Parashar, who helped lead the National Artificial Intelligence Research Task Force, warns that using artificial intelligence "to create and spread misinformation and its ability to shatter privacy and intellectual property protections" is " rightfully generating concern, from its potential to perpetuate bias to its use to create and spread misinformation and its ability to shatter privacy and intellectual property protections."
To that end, the initiative plans to "bring computer scientists together in collaboration with scholars from a range of relevant disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law," to "model fair, equitable, ethical and transparent applications, overcoming knowledge, technical and social barriers," and to "build guardrails Read the Entire Article
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Employees of BlackRock, the world's biggest asset management firm, will soon be able to sock away money for retirement without worrying about running out of it. The firm has teamed up with the...more
The German state of Bavaria and the Australian state of Queensland are teaming up to work on a host of cutting-edge projects, including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, clean energy,...more
Cyprus is aiming to be an example of "ecological living and sustainable development" in the years to come, and the first Green Agenda Cyprus Summit will be held there on May 20. Speakers at the...more
A group of 30 Nobel Peace Prize winners gathered at the Vatican this week to talk about promoting peace, and one of them had a message for today's "profit-centric" society: It's time to create a "...more
"It is a night that shines a light on some of the best and brightest women in business." So reads a press release on the winners of the 2024 IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards in Ireland,...more
A Bangladeshi social entrepreneur who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to fight poverty won't be going to the Vatican in 2024, thanks to a group called the Fratelli Tutti Foundation. The...more
If you're an artist, journalist, activist, or other professional working in an area affected by organized crime, you may be in luck. The Globe and Mail is now accepting applications for its 2024...more
Foundation: Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
A 24-hour online giving campaign in West Virginia raised more than $518,000 for 67 area nonprofits, WV News reports. "We had an extraordinary 24-hour here in the Mid-Ohio Valley," says Julie...more
Foundation: Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
A 24-hour online giving campaign in West Virginia raised more than $518,000 for 67 area nonprofits, WV News reports. "We had an extraordinary 24-hour here in the Mid-Ohio Valley," says Julie...more
When Seasons Center in Sioux Center, Iowa, opens its doors in August, it will include a waiting area that's both "trauma-sensitive" and "culturally responsive," per a press release. The waiting...more
Social Entrepreneurship
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3 Social Enterprises Earn Honors at Social Enterprise Award
Three social enterprises were recognized at the 2013 President’s Challenge Social Enterprise Award for their major contributions to society. SATA CommHealth and Bliss Restaurant landed Social Enterprise of the Year titles, while Bettr Barista Coffee Academy bagged the award for Social Enterprise Start-up of the Year.
