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Data and Society
“Data science and AI-based tools, deployed with purpose and social conscience, could improve nearly every part of the human experience. Enabling civil society to access technologies will unlock transformational approaches...
Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed: Philanthropy needs to prepare for AI
Artificial intelligence presents itself in both grand and mundane ways. It accelerates the scientific process, leading most recently to the development of Covid-19 vaccines at record speed. It runs self-driving...
Op-ed: To build it back better, nonprofits must become data guardians
Data use and ownership is concentrated in a few tightly held hands. Those few hands make decisions about how the data of billions of individuals is used, re-used and shared....
Foundation partners on POLITICOLIVE AI Summit
The European Commission will soon introduce legislation to govern the use of AI, acting on its aim to draw up rules for the technology sector over the next five years...
Boston Globe: Foundation mergers with Silicon Valley nonprofit to bring tech to philanthropy sector
Plenty of companies are using artificial intelligence and data science to solve problems more efficiently. Now, a Boston foundation has plans to bring those capabilities to nonprofits. The Patrick J....
Inside Philanthropy: AI and data science are top of mind as two grantmakers join forces
For some, artificial intelligence and data science are fantastic technologies that will benefit people and society. For others, they’re terrifying assaults on individual privacy and dire threats to human existence....
Thompson Reuters op-ed: Four ways AI can help tackle climate change
2020 was a transformative year. It brought profound trials, tribulations and losses – but it has also highlighted the power of AI and other technologies to solve today’s most urgent...