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TIME Reveals Inaugural TIME100 AI List of the World's Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TIME reveals the inaugural TIME100 AI, a new list highlighting the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TIME reveals the inaugural TIME100 AI, a new list highlighting the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.
  • See the complete 2023 TIME100 AI list: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/
    See the TIME100 AI cover: https://bit.ly/3Lf3dJE
    To assemble the list, TIME's editors and reporters solicited nominations and recommendations from industry leaders and dozens of expert sources.
  • Of the inaugural TIME100 AI list, TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs writes: "Reporting on people and influence is what TIME does best.
  • With presenting partner Meta, TIME will convene the "TIME100 Impact Dinner: Women in AI" to spotlight influential leaders in AI in October.

inploi - the talent attraction SaaS - raises Seed round ahead of US expansion

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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LONDON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- inploi, the talent attraction technology scale-up, has raised a £1.35m round to develop its growth team and accelerate the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering ahead of a planned expansion into the US.

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  • LONDON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- inploi, the talent attraction technology scale-up, has raised a £1.35m round to develop its growth team and accelerate the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering ahead of a planned expansion into the US.
  • inploi was founded in 2016 out of its founders' shared frustration with the sub-par experience of using legacy HR tech to find and apply for job opportunities.
  • The company counts a number of high-profile enterprises amongst its customers, including wagamama, Haven, Butlin's, and FTSE-listed Compass Group UK & Ireland.
  • They are recently joined by Hong Kong HQ'd A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health & beauty retailer.

inploi - the talent attraction SaaS - raises Seed round ahead of US expansion

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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LONDON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- inploi, the talent attraction technology scale-up, has raised a £1.35m round to develop its growth team and accelerate the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering ahead of a planned expansion into the US.

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  • LONDON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- inploi, the talent attraction technology scale-up, has raised a £1.35m round to develop its growth team and accelerate the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering ahead of a planned expansion into the US.
  • inploi was founded in 2016 out of its founders' shared frustration with the sub-par experience of using legacy HR tech to find and apply for job opportunities.
  • The company counts a number of high-profile enterprises amongst its customers, including wagamama, Haven, Butlin's, and FTSE-listed Compass Group UK & Ireland.
  • They are recently joined by Hong Kong HQ'd A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health & beauty retailer.

Aspen Ideas Festival Releases 2023 Agenda

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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Washington, DC & Aspen, CO, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The full agenda for the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival is available now.

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  • Washington, DC & Aspen, CO, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The full agenda for the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival is available now.
  • The Aspen Institute’s signature summer festival takes place in Colorado in partnership with NBCUniversal News Group, with more than 300 speakers and thousands of attendees set to participate.
  • The Festival is divided into two parts, which run from June 24-27, and June 27-30.
  • New for 2023 is the “Wicked Problem” series each morning, where all attendees gather to open the day by exploring a current issue of deep complexity.

Community Access Distributes Dozens of Free Laptops and Mobile Hotspots to Tenants and Participants

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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BRONX, N.Y., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, May 18, Community Access, a New York City-based mental health nonprofit, along with its partner, Computers 4 People, an organization formed to create a sustainable solution to the mass pollution of e-waste and the ever-growing digital divide, came together to distribute dozens of free laptops and mobile hotspots to Community Access tenants and participants.

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  • BRONX, N.Y., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, May 18, Community Access , a New York City-based mental health nonprofit, along with its partner, Computers 4 People , an organization formed to create a sustainable solution to the mass pollution of e-waste and the ever-growing digital divide, came together to distribute dozens of free laptops and mobile hotspots to Community Access tenants and participants.
  • Supported by a $250,000 grant from the New York Digital Inclusion (NYDI) Fund, this effort will help increase connectivity and address the digital divide.
  • Nearly half of the people who are digitally disconnected are people of color," said Cal Hedigan, CEO of Community Access.
  • Through the help of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance and Schmidt Futures, we are able to provide over 450 computers and 300 mobile hotspots to participants of Community Access, as well as two years of comprehensive computer literacy training to these participants.

Databricks Releases Keynote Lineup and Generation AI Programming for 2023 Data + AI Summit

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the data and AI company, revealed the full agenda and lineup of featured speakers for the upcoming Data + AI Summit, a global event for the data community. On June 26-29, tens of thousands of data leaders, open source enthusiasts, and Databricks customers and partners will come together in person in San Francisco and virtually from around the world to learn about large language models (LLMs), the lakehouse paradigm, and Databricks' latest product innovations and contributions to the open source community. Tickets are still available to join the data community in San Francisco; register here to attend the live event.

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  • Tickets are still available to join the data community in San Francisco; register here to attend the live event.
  • This year's Generation AI theme highlights the inflection point reached with the rise in the popularity of LLMs.
  • The AI revolution will be a catalyst for how every company reimagines its data, product, and corporate strategies.
  • Data + AI Summit will feature keynotes from Databricks co-founders — and co-creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, and MLflow — Ali Ghodsi, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, and Reynold Xin.

Databricks Releases Keynote Lineup and Generation AI Programming for 2023 Data + AI Summit

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the data and AI company, revealed the full agenda and lineup of featured speakers for the upcoming Data + AI Summit, a global event for the data community. On June 26-29, tens of thousands of data leaders, open source enthusiasts, and Databricks customers and partners will come together in person in San Francisco and virtually from around the world to learn about large language models (LLMs), the lakehouse paradigm, and Databricks' latest product innovations and contributions to the open source community. Tickets are still available to join the data community in San Francisco; register here to attend the live event.

Key Points: 
  • Tickets are still available to join the data community in San Francisco; register here to attend the live event.
  • This year's Generation AI theme highlights the inflection point reached with the rise in the popularity of LLMs.
  • The AI revolution will be a catalyst for how every company reimagines its data, product, and corporate strategies.
  • Data + AI Summit will feature keynotes from Databricks co-founders — and co-creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, and MLflow — Ali Ghodsi, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, and Reynold Xin.

University of Chicago's Market Shaping Accelerator Launches $2 Million Innovation Challenge

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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CHICAGO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Chicago's Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA) today announced its $2 million Innovation Challenge. Launched earlier this month, the MSA aims to accelerate efforts to address major global challenges by leveraging the power of incentives, competition, and private sector innovation. In its first year, the MSA and Innovation Challenge are focused on incentivizing groundbreaking solutions for climate change, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness.

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  • Newly launched Accelerator to crowdsource ideas and support innovations to address global threats related to climate change, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness
    CHICAGO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Chicago's Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA) today announced its $2 million Innovation Challenge.
  • In its first year, the MSA and Innovation Challenge are focused on incentivizing groundbreaking solutions for climate change, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness.
  • The MSA will then work with policymakers, domain experts and funders to develop market shaping instruments tailored to selected problems.
  • Market shaping uses economic tools to solve market failures where commercial incentives for innovation trail behind societal needs.

The University of Chicago Launches Market Shaping Accelerator to Address Global Challenges

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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CHICAGO, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Chicago has announced the launch of the Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA), an initiative aimed at accelerating efforts to address major global challenges – such as climate change, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness – by leveraging the power of incentives, competition, and private sector innovation.

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  • CHICAGO, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Chicago has announced the launch of the Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA), an initiative aimed at accelerating efforts to address major global challenges – such as climate change, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness – by leveraging the power of incentives, competition, and private sector innovation.
  • Threats to the global community — such as climate change and pandemics — demand urgent innovation and action at scale.
  • "Climate change and pandemics could both threaten to devastate our economies and societies," said Michael Kremer, University Professor in Economics, University of Chicago and 2019 Nobel Laureate.
  • Market shaping uses economic tools to solve market failures where commercial incentives for innovation trail behind societal needs.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt Announce the 2023 Schmidt Science Fellows

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Eric and Wendy Schmidt announced the members of the 2023 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows. The 32 exceptional early career scientists will receive support to develop research projects and the leadership skills necessary to harness interdisciplinary science to tackle some of the world's most intractable problems.

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  • 32 Fellows representing 14 nationalities, including first from Brazil, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Macedonia
    New cohort includes Fellows from 11 new universities, including first from Brazilian and Indian institutions
    NEW YORK, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Eric and Wendy Schmidt announced the members of the 2023 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows .
  • Schmidt Science Fellows is the inaugural program of Schmidt Futures, the philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt with a mission to find and connect talented people to solve our world's hardest problems.
  • The sixth cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows will join the lifelong community of Fellows, now totaling 145 members from 34 nationalities.
  • "I am proud to welcome the 2023 cohort to our global community of Schmidt Science Fellows.