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Code.org helping launch TeachAI to guide integration of artificial intelligence in education

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(TeachAI Image) Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI , a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators on teaching with and about artificial intelligence. ”

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Can a machine be racist? Artificial Intelligence has shown troubling signs of bias, but there are reasons for optimism

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One day in mid-2013, four people, including two police officers and a social worker, arrived unannounced at the home of Chicago resident Robert …

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College Students Came Up With a Way to Make ChatGPT Not Evil

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Back in 2013, Google unleashed its AR headset that looked more like a Star Trek-inspired visor than something you’d expect to be adorning your face. The dream of smart glasses—eyewear capable of ushering in a new era of augmented reality (AR)—has been around for at least a decade. After a decade of …

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Changelog Interviews 552: Thinking outside the box of code

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Leslie Lamport is a computer scientist & mathematician who won ACM’s Turing Award in 2013 for his fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of distributed and concurrent systems. He also created LaTeX and TLA+, a high-level language for “writing down the ideas that go into the program before you do any c.

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Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, Dies at 91

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Time-sharing was a technique that made computing faster and less expensive by allowing multiple users to operate a system concurrently without interfering with each other. Bell left DEC in 1966 to join the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now part of Carnegie Mellon ) as a professor of computer science and electrical engineering.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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In 2010 he was honored with the India Science Award , the highest honor given by the government of India in the scientific sector. National Medal of Science , the country’s highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific research. He received the 2002 U.S. Last year he was named an honorary member of IEEE. He retired in 2008.

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Top Companies to work for if you are a data scientist

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Dataiku is a top-rated computer software company that was founded in 2013 and its headquarters can be found in New York. This company develops collaborative data science software and according to Glassdoor reviews , 99% of the employees that work for Dataiku would recommend working at this company and 100% approve of the CEO.