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Fundraising & Public Relations: What’s the Connection?

The Fundraising Authority

All that can and does happen every day for nonprofits, both large and small, thanks to smart public relations efforts. What Is “Public Relations”? Simply put, “public relations,” or “PR,” encompasses all the activities your organization does to get press coverage for your work. first appeared on The Fundraising Authority.

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Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse

Fast Company Tech

In a 2015 biography of Musk, author Ashlee Vance wrote that part of Musk’s motivations behind announcing the Hyperloop were to force the cancellation of California’s high-speed rail development. This goes back to the idea of Amtrak being a public serviceeven a public good.

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Empowering Changemakers: A Framework For Public Good Tech

The NonProfit Times

Whats the best approach to building public good technology? This is what’s meant by public good technology. Thinking about a framework is, so far, based on the structure defined in Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schanks Power to the Public ([link]. A common framework can support these conversations.

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China issues new regulations on facial recognition technology, effective June 1

TechNode

The Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Public Security have jointly released regulations on the management of facial recognition technology applications, which will take effect on June 1.

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Authors are losing their patience with AI, part 349235

TechCrunch

Many authors — including Young Adult powerhouse Maureen Johnson and “Little Fires Everywhere” author Celeste Ng — spoke out against Prosecraft for training a model on their books without consent. Though Smith apologized, authors remain exasperated. Amazon did not provide a comment before publication.

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Facebook, Instagram beta testing Community Notes in the U.S.

Mashable Tech

users on March 18, but Community Notes won't yet appear to the public while in beta testing. Notes will not have author names attached to them and will be capped at 500 words. The company announced that the feature will begin testing among U.S.

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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

as an arms-length testing groundwhere it could quietly research the impact of human-like companion bots on the public, kids included. was first rolled out to the public in 2022, and quickly amassed a following. They also argue that Google used Character.AI Despite shoveling $2.7 Chatacter.AI as its 2023 "Best with AI" app of the year.

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