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Meta will start using data from EU users to train its AI models

Engadget

As for why the company wants to start using EU data now, it claims the information will allow it to fine tune its future models to better serve Europeans. "We "That means everything from dialects and colloquialisms, to hyper-local knowledge and the distinct ways different countries use humor and sarcasm on our products.

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Building Resilient Funding Models: Essential Tips for Nonprofit Finance Professionals

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Finance professionals can create models to forecast future revenue, allowing you to anticipate growth potential across various streams. A youth nonprofit could partner with a local tech company to fund a coding camp, while giving the company visibility in marketing materials and on social media, for example. The good news?

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The Looming Membership Cliff: What Associations Can and Should Be Doing

The MatrixFiles

Membership Models Are Under Strain The traditional membership model is facing scrutiny. A la carte preferences : Members are gravitating toward customizable and flexible benefits rather than one-size-fits-all membership models. Pilot free membership with paid events models to attract new participants.

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Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”

Ars Technica

These desktop systems, first previewed as " Project DIGITS " in January, aim to bring AI capabilities to developers, researchers, and data scientists who need to prototype, fine-tune, and run large AI models locally.

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3 Ways of Using Gemma 2 Locally

Machine Learning Mastery

After the highly successful launch of Gemma 1, the Google team introduced an even more advanced model series called Gemma 2. This new family of Large Language Models (LLMs) includes models with 9 billion (9B) and 27 billion (27B) parameters.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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