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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

Parents and educators have a new tool in the fight against online exploitation. Meta announced Tuesday the launch of curriculum designed to help middle schoolers spot and avoid online exploitation, including a technique commonly known as sextortion.

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DeepMind’s New AI Teaches Itself to Play Minecraft From Scratch

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Others gave either constant or sparse feedback to see how the programs fared in 2D and 3D worlds. The AI paves the way for future research directions, including teaching agents world knowledge from internet videos and learning a single world model so they can increasingly accumulate a general understanding of our world, wrote the team.

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Nonprofits get $10 million grant from Google to expand AI

Mashable Tech

In 2024, Google.org announced an initiative-wide investment in nonprofit AI integration, including a generative AI accelerator program and an AI Opportunity Fund , which would funnel nearly $100 million into training and integration programs for participating nonprofits. SEE ALSO: Character.AI

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Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Cloud 4 Good

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. The post Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud appeared first on Cloud for Good.

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

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R ead our blog to discover how PEAK Grantmaking empowered its member volunteers and strengthened its volunteer program. PEAK Grantmaking ’s vol unteer program success story PEAK Grantmaking is a community of 7,000 professionals working to advance e ffective and equitable grantmaking practices. Mentor/Mentee program.

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What could equitable investment in Black nonprofit leaders look like? 

Candid

Therefore, instead of making a significant financial investment in Black-led organizations, funders encourage Black leaders to participate in mentoring and/or leadership development programs. Invest in early to mid-career staff: Create leadership development programs for staff other than the executive staff.

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How student loans impact workers’ long-term career choices

Fast Company Tech

The desire for additional skills training at an affordable rate and at a quick pace has inspired many borrowers to pursue one-year masters programs that begin during undergrad, often referred to as accelerated Masters or four-plus-one programs.

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