At DataKind, we’re fortunate enough to welcome not only one new member of the team this week, but two new members of the team. And with that, we’re excited to introduce you to Asnat Ghebremedhin , DataKind’s Associate, Business Development. With a background in program management and fundraising, Asnat is …
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We’re delighted to share with you the newest member of the team, Jenn Chowdhury , DataKind’s Manager, Communications. Born in Dhaka and raised in Brooklyn, Jenn brings several years of communications experience in social impact. As our Manager, Communications, she’ll play a strategic role supporting DataKind through codifying and building …
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Note: This article originally appeared on Partnership on AI’s website . They’ve granted us permission to repost. By Lale Tekisalp As the AI community continues to improve the development, deployment, and governance of AI systems, we are seeing that most of the social sector remains unable to take advantage of …
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By DataKind San Francisco Worldreader is a global nonprofit making digital reading accessible in underserved communities. Their unique impact model involves partnering with publishing companies, government agencies, and tech companies to deliver free material via e-readers and their mobile application. To track engagement on their platform, Worldreader analyzes user activity. …
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By Jake Porway, Founder & Executive Director, DataKind Hello DataKind friends to the most sci-fi of all years, 2020! Last year, we saw AI continue its downswing into ill repute. It’s hard to separate bad AI behavior from the negative views of the big tech companies and billionaires that work …
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We’re incredibly excited to announce that Afua Bruce has joined us as DataKind’s Chief Program Officer! As a member of the Executive Team, Afua will lead all of our programs, including our global project portfolio, our new Impact Practice model for tackling sector-wide challenges, our Center of Excellence for ensuring …
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Artificial intelligence (AI), when designed and used responsibly, can help tackle big societal challenges and bring benefits to cities and communities in areas such as sustainability, education, transportation, and housing. However, for too many of the organizations with deep expertise in civic issues and deep connections in their communities, the …
Happy New Year data do-gooders! We can’t believe 2020 marks eight years since the DataKind community first came together. In just seven short years, we’ve built a global chapter network across New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Bangalore, Singapore, and the United Kingdom of more than 20,000 data scientists, AI …
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By Jamie Rickman, DataKind UK Volunteer DataKind UK teamed up with Mind in the City , a local branch of the national mental health charity. Our findings brought into focus the formidable challenge of delivering mental health services to diverse local communities and showed how basic data science techniques can …
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By Nick Sorros, DataKind UK Ethics Committee Ethics is an increasingly important topic in the area of data. From Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm to Google’s racist photo tagging system and Northpointe’s biased recidivism scores, there are plenty of examples lately of technologies built around data that are causing harm. And …
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