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

NVIDIA AI Blog

The dataset which NVIDIA aims to grow to 400,000 video clips representing 1,000 signed words is being validated by fluent ASL users and interpreters to ensure the accuracy of each sign, resulting in a high-quality visual dictionary and teaching tool. Most deaf children are born to hearing parents.

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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

At Meta, we continue to do all we can to protect young people on our apps, and those protections will be even more effective if teens also feel confident in spotting potential harms and know where to go for help," Antigone Davis, Meta's global head of safety, said in a statement about the new curriculum.

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What History Teaches Us | How to fundraise NOW

Pamela Grow

The global picture? 2025 Will Be a Bumpy… GivingUSA 2024 | What Small Nonprofits Need to Know Post-Event Follow-Up to Foster Long-Term Donor Relationships The post What History Teaches Us | How to fundraise NOW appeared first on Pamela Grow. And here we are, dear reader. I wont sugarcoat it. The economic outlook? The markets?

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Nonprofits get $10 million grant from Google to expand AI

Mashable Tech

"Organizations across the Fund spent the first year creating, vetting, and piloting new, tailored AI curricula to provide practical skills to the communities they serve," Maggie Johnson, vice president and global head of Google.org told Mashable.

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AI advances mean we need to double down on this one skill

Fast Company Tech

It will never replace our capacity for thinking, and can, in fact, reinforce bias because it is learning what we teach it. Burnout is a global issue, costing humans their well-being and businesses millions in lost productivity. However, AI is only ever as good as the questions we ask it. Burnout is the result of prolonged work stress.

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Tiger Global invests in India’s Unacademy at $2 billion valuation

TechCrunch

The Bangalore-based startup, which focuses on K-12 online education, said on Wednesday it has raised new funds from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. Today, I’m delighted to welcome Tiger Global and Dragoneer as our partners in the journey. billion in September , when SoftBank led the round.

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How to Recruit Remote Volunteers During COVID-19 Using RemoteHub

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With the world caught in the throes of the global pandemic, many things are rapidly changing. RemoteHub is a global job marketplace that connects and matches companies with remote professionals. Companies are reinventing themselves for a socially-distant world, but they’re not the only ones.

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