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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps

NVIDIA AI Blog

American Sign Language is the third most prevalent language in the United States but there are vastly fewer AI tools developed with ASL data than data representing the countrys most common languages, English and Spanish. Most deaf children are born to hearing parents.

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AllRight, an English language learning app for children, raises $5M from Genesis Investments

TechCrunch

AllRight is a platform for English language learning, aimed at children four years or older, which combines lessons with real teachers and homework with “AI-powered” tutors. billion English language learners globally and the number of children among them reached 500 million in 2020. There are approximately 1.5

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Start Using AI in 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Whether it’s brainstorming a long-dreamed-of children’s book for your cause or exploring a campaign idea that’s been on the back burner, passion makes the process more enjoyable. 2) Master the Art of Prompting Prompting is the language we use to communicate with Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT.

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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

In particular, the Google researchers warn, these bots could target children and adolescents, who "can be more easily persuaded and manipulated than adults." According to his LinkedIn page, Shazeer is now the vice president of engineering at DeepMind and co-leads Google's Gemini, the company's foundational large language model.On

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Novakid’s ESL app for children raises $4.25M Series A led by PortfoLion and LearnStart investors

TechCrunch

With the pandemic playing havoc with children’s education, edtech startups have been on a roll. This edtech startup is yet another “learning English as a second language for children” startup. AllRight, an English language learning app for children, raises $5M from Genesis Investments. fund, LearnStart.

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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than any other major religion, mostly because Muslims are younger and have more children than any other religious group globally (Pew Research Center). Source: The Guardian.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schools are back in session, and with them millions of American children who struggle daily to learn using traditional printed books. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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