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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

This study was conducted in the United States, where we have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law intended to protect the rights of disabled people and ensure accessible infrastructure. More than half of them (60%) reported that they had to leave without completing their task because the building wasnt accessible.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

As announced in Brazilian press in October of 2013, a new version of a law in Brazil just took effect, mandating that smartphones give visibility to Brazilian-made apps , by either pre-loading phones with these homegrown apps or providing a dedicated marketplace on smartphones to display them. What’s good about the “Good Law”.

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The NPT’s Dozen Top Stories of 2024

The NonProfit Times

It was refreshing to see not one of the stories used the word Covid in the headline. 3Q1bNOB ** Ransomware Attacks Spike 278% At Healthcare Organizations [link] ** Daniels Law Litigation Pushing Fundraisers Out Of N.J. 3URhZuU ** NPTs The Best Nonprofits To Work For bit.ly/3Q1bNOB 3URhZuU ** NPTs The Best Nonprofits To Work For bit.ly/3Q1bNOB

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Are you ‘AI literate’? Schools and jobs are insisting on it—and now it’s EU law

Fast Company Tech

Last month, the company suspended its AI-powered news alert feature after it falsely claimed a murder suspect had shot himself, one of several fabricated headlines that appeared under trusted news organizations’ logos. California recently passed a law requiring AI literacy to be incorporated into K-12 curricula starting this fall.

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Mutiny, which personalizes website copy and headlines using AI, raises $50M

TechCrunch

(Rezaei claims that the data is “fully anonymized,” “never shared nor sold,” and compliant with relevant privacy laws.) Via AI startup OpenAI’s API, Mutiny taps GPT-3, an AI system that can generate convincingly human-sounding text.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Immigration law Q&A, finding your problem, why a16z pitched Deel

TechCrunch

Submit questions for today’s TechCrunch+ Twitter Space with immigration law attorney Sophie Alcorn. Doom-and-gloom headlines abound, but for founders looking to raise a Series A, things are far from dire, Stellation Capital founder Peter Boyce II said during TechCrunch Early Stage. Today at 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30 p.m.

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Press and Law v. Adam and Elon

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Want to save some dosh on TechCrunch+? Use the code “EQUITY” at checkout for a big discount on annual subscriptions!

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