Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. NPR creates and distributes award-winning news,information, and music programming to a network of 959 independent stations. Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Online Shop. Amnesty International Shop.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

A team from the University of Washington wanted to see if a computer vision system could learn to tell what is being played on a piano just from an overhead view of the keys and the player’s hands. It requires a system that is both precise and imaginative. The fact that we achieved music that sounded pretty good was a surprise.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Virtual Reality (VR) has struggled to transition too far beyond gaming circles and specific industry use-cases such as medical training , but with the burgeoning metaverse movement championed by tech heavyweights such as Meta , there has been a renewed hope (and hype) around the promise that virtual worlds bring. ” Training day.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. GPT is short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. LLMs undergo a rigorous “training period.” In addition, training an AI is complex and expensive.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Liteboxer launched publicly to the world in July of 2020, announcing an in-home device that brings gamification, hit music and a touch of entertainment to a boxing workout. The patented hardware includes a system of lights that smartly pair with music to give the user an intense workout that feels more like a game.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Foundation Models Defined A foundation model is an AI neural network trained on mountains of raw data, generally with unsupervised learning that can be adapted to accomplish a broad range of tasks. This chart highlights the exponential growth in training compute requirements for notable machine learning models since 2012.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

The legal spats between artists and the companies training AI on their artwork show no sign of abating. Generative AI models “learn” to create art, code and more by “training” on sample images and text, usually scraped indiscriminately from the web. By late April, that figure had eclipsed 1 billion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

This point is key: If OpenAI had its servers pronouncing every sentence that ChatGPT generates, out loud, one at a time, as part of its training process, it probably wouldve taken millennia to get to todays abilities. Each new model only requires months or a few years of training because the process happens much, much faster than real time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS). Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). What they might not be so familiar with are Learning Management Systems (LMS). Learning platforms, of course, are varied.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology If it’s good enough for the Navy … March 13, 2008 In a surprising move, the US Navy will stop buying proprietary hardware and software, and only buy open systems.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

When you center your way of working and your organizational practices on a well-integrated CRM system, your CRM can serve as the beating heart of your nonprofit’s culture, empowering every team, improving processes, informing strategy, and stimulating growth. Invest in training, involve your team, and leverage your CRM to its full potential.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Surgical Data Science Collective (SDSC) is transforming global surgery through AI-driven video analysis, helping to close the gaps in surgical training and practice. has developed annalise.ai, an AI system that automates radiology image analysis to improve diagnosis speed and accuracy, and is now working on Franklin.ai

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These are all noises Cochlear.ai , a Seoul-based sound recognition startup, is training its SaaS platform to identify. will use its Series A on hiring over the next 18 months and to increase the dataset of sounds used to train its deep learning algorithms. Sit quietly for a moment and pay attention to the different sounds around you.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creative tasks, like creating music, drawing new pictures, or creating videos. Over the next several weeks, we will discuss novel developments in research topics ranging from responsible AI to algorithms and computer systems to science, health and robotics. All kinds of tasks. Complex, information-seeking tasks. Let’s get started!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But since the unicorn changed its business model to a pure marketplace focusing on senior developers, other platforms such as AltSchool Africa are trying to fill one of the gaps it left: training people to become junior to mid-level engineers. Nigeria’s Decagon raises millions to finance and train software engineers.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me. The detection works really well; music stops even if I say one short word. If you don’t do anything, the music will return 30 seconds after speech stops. Let’s get to the new stuff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The Macintosh operating system has without question, the best, most intuitive user interface ever invented, built on top of the best OS invented, UNIX. I like building my own systems – I need a new desktop, and I like the idea that I can build my own easily, and get a fair bit of power fairly cheaply.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. In the process of going deep into those CRMs, I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits might choose CRMs to begin with.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

No music for you : Google displayed its musical chops and now won’t share it with the world, Kyle writes. The search engine giant created an artificial intelligence system that can generate music from text descriptions, but he reports that “fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it.”

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Gyrus

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Richmond, VA, December 21, 2017, Gyrus Systems, a leader in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) industry, proudly announced that Talented Learning named the GyrusAim® Learning Management System Honorable mentions for "Best Compliance LMS" category.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

You can pedal along to various music genres, as well as collections of David Bowie remixes and David Guetta. In Lanebreak, you’re encouraged to pedal along to music and gain points based on your cadence and resistance. It’s also purportedly working on a new dedicated strength training system to rival Tonal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. This means that it is easier to back up and migrate, but doesn’t scale well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

While the Nintendo Wii might be most famous for ushering in an era of motion-based controls for console games, one of its most lasting legacies is the fantastic music in some of its system apps. Mii Channel Music is Funky (with a silly guitar solo too) thanks for the jams @alex_moukala !! Mii Channel music is Funky!

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The concept is relatively simple: they’re a pair of eyeglasses with tiny little speakers and microphones embedded in the stems so you can listen to music and command Alexa. I’m normally super annoyed by audio systems for notifications, but this one makes it easy to filter them down to the very urgent stuff, and to dismiss them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

That was one of the big reasons I had been looking for good web conferencing a while back (I’m still looking…) I’m starting my foray into this territory by giving a free course in the database management system, PostgreSQL. The course is a 12 week course, starting on November 19th (with time off for the holidaze.)

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

It uses real wood pellets for smoke, which then passes through a filtration system akin to a catalytic converter to avoid smoking up the house. The group also established a Wake Word Collective to help train the voice assistant, which will work entirely offline.) For Sony, the shift isnt just about winning the tech spec war.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Startup Adthos this week launched a platform that uses AI to generate scripts for audio ads — and even add voiceovers, sound effects and music. “We use real-life voice actors for the training of synthetic voices. We train and select them based on our experience in markets and ad creation,” Wedel said.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What sets Pixelmator Pro apart are the automatic adjustments it can make through a machine learning algorithm that has been trained with over 20 million photos. You can create backups (different from the regular Apple ones) and grab your messages, photos, music, and more right off the device.

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