Author: DigiStaff
31 Mar Microsoft’s Lovable Teen Chatbot Turned Racist Troll Proves How Badly Silicon Valley Needs Diversity
In less than 24 hours, Microsoft’s artificial intelligence project modeled after an American teenage girl went from making awkward conversation in broken syntax to spewing hateful, fully formed tweets laden with racial slurs. But as startling as the offensive tweets were, the incident shows how...
31 Mar Dogpatch Labs celebrates diversity in tech
In the modern workplace, ensuring a diverse and representative environment is of the utmost importance for forward thinking organisations.
30 Mar Andreessens give $275,000, seek to aid military veterans in tech
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and his wife, philanthropist and educator Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, are giving $275,000 to four non-profits working on the front lines for the nation's military veterans, with the aim of getting more service men and women into tech jobs.
30 Mar Director of Google.org on challenges of unconscious bias
This year at SxSW, I kicked things off by attending a great talk with the director of Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller. She had a conversation with Hugh Forrest, and started by letting us know that to her Austin feels like a "Googley" city where everyone is very friendly.