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#aiEquity: Ensuring access to #AI for the #Disabled and #Under-Represented groups aiequitycouncil.org

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HBCU @hbcu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
#shondaland #101
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ThisDay @thisday.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@bothegoattv | Huge milestone! Luc.cooking beta is LIVE! We’re changing how you discover, save & experience recipes forever. It’s interactive, personal & built for foodies. Test the beta, leave feedback & share with a friend who loves to cook! 👇 🔗 beta.luc.cooking
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#joelbervell EEGs are designed to measure brain activity, but they don’t work equally well for everyone. Let’s talk about EEGs, the bias around hair texture, and the innovative solutions that are making brain monitoring more inclusive.
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Claude Corps Cohort 1 applications close July 17, 2026. The 12-month fellowship places up to four fully funded, AI-trained fellows in US nonprofits-Hosts get a $10K grant and Claude credits. No AI expertise is required, but a supervisor and hybrid setup are needed. Starts Oct 19 tinyurl.com/tt3n8twr
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ThisDay @thisday.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
China’s New AI Just Leveled the Playing Field with America’s Best—And the Tech Moat is Gone #Tulongfeng is "China's answer to #Mythos open.substack.com/pub/thisdaya...
China’s New AI Just Leveled the Playing Field with America’s Best—And the Tech Moat is Gone
Tulongfeng is "China's answer to Mythos
https://open.substack.com/pub/thisdayai/p/chinas-new-ai-just-leveled-the-playing?r=1pbt83&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=solid
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
*AI Rings Interpret Sign Language* Researchers have developed wireless AI rings that track hand shapes and movements to interpret American Sign Language (ASL). For the hearing impaired, this breaks barriers, translating sign language into text or speech in real time spectrum.ieee.org/sign-languag...
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AI Rings Turn Sign Language Into Text In Real Time
The wireless devices may also have virtual reality and augmented reality applications
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HBCU @hbcu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
#UNCF - Early Career Talent Development General Application Application Open Date 9/15/2025 Deadline 3/31/2026 11:59 PM EST Program Type #Internships, Career Individual Award Application Status Active opportunities.uncf.org/s/program-la...
Early Career Talent Development General Application
Application Open Date
9/15/2025
Deadline
3/31/2026 11:59 PM EST
Program Type
Internships, Career
Individual Award
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image Last month, a federal judge rejected that and other objections from the government, . . . apnews.com/article/amer...
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Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Across the nation, people with #disabilities are again ending up in emergency rooms, psychiatric units, homeless shelters, segregated schools and even jail. Not because of their disabilities, but because the systems meant to support them are failing www.startribune.com/intellectual...
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Opinion | America is abandoning people with disabilities
It doesn’t have to be this way, Amy S. Hewitt writes.
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NewsCenter @newscenter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from #medicaldebt apnews.com/article/medi...
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Research! by ji @argmax.com · 11/09/2025
“If knowledge is power, then losing it is disempowerment. Public data belongs to the people, and efforts like the Data Rescue Project, CDC Restored, and grassroots archivists are fighting to reclaim and preserve it.” ht @datarescueproject.org www.healthbeat.org/2025/09/04/t...
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Public health data has been disrupted under Trump. Here's what's at risk.
Public health professionals rely on federally maintained data to track disease trends, assess risk factors, and design interventions. Beginning in late January, datasets central to this work started t...
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RiftValley @riftvalley.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
#AI is definitely biased. I am working on integrating AI into my application. Tested a few and it is clear that developers code in a tunnel. None of them have relatives or acquaintances that are disabled. #ADA requirements should be coded into any half decent AI application. Send me your ideas here
#AI is definitely biased. I am working on integrating AI into my application. Tested a few and it is clear that developers code in a tunnel. None of them have relatives or acquaintances that are disabled. #ADA requirements  should be coded into any half decent AI application. Send me your ideas here
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled www.prlog.org/13053778-ai-...
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AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled
AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled. Donations will directly support projects such as the development of AI-powered assistive technologies for ...
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Andrew Gurza @andrewgurza6.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
if a disabled person has a fundraiser this holiday season, for whatever it is, if you have the means, give them $5. We always say that we want to help people, well, disabled people need your help. Disabled people are under-employed, many are living in poverty and so much more. Help them out.
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Commentary @commentary.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#tip ChatGPT does not have an interface for #signlanguage. #AI is not addressing that issue yet.
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thanks! 🌍 AI Should Work for Everyone, Not Just a Few 🤖
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Need mentors in AEST! #DisabledInSTEM
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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AI + Learning Differences Hackathon • Stanford Accelerator for Learning
New Horizons, New Solutions
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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RSVP to AI + Learning Differences - Hackathon | Partiful
Join Us for the AI + Learning Differences Hackathon! Get ready to be part of a one-day hackathon dedicated to transforming education for learners with disabilities through the power of AI. Hosted by ...
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ThisDay @thisday.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
#geekwire - #AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias #Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time. www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
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AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW
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NewsCenter @newscenter.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
#CNN - #Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 #Google reportedly owes the #Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on #YouTube. www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/t...
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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | CNN Business
Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies.
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
#apnews #British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child #sexual abuse imagery Nelson took commissions from people in online chatrooms for custom explicit images of children being harmed both sexually and physically. apnews.com/article/ai-d...
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British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery
A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years.
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
#cnn #ChatGPT can be tricked into telling people how to commit crimes, a tech firm finds ChatGPT produced lists of methods to help businesses evade #sanctions, such as those against #Russia, including bans on certain cross-border payments and the sale of arms. www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/b...
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ChatGPT can be tricked into telling people how to commit crimes, a tech firm finds | CNN Business
ChatGPT can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries, a tech startup found, raising questions over...
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
#apnews - An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges Character.AI allows users to create customizable characters or interact with those generated by others, spanning experiences from imaginative play to mock job interviews. apnews.com/article/chat...
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An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself.
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VentureBeat @venturebeat.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
@reuters - #FearlessFund: Diversity funds and Black founders feel chill Diversity-focused funds were created to level the playing field for communities who were historically excluded from services, employment & funding opportunities before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 www.reuters.com/legal/us-cou...
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Fearless Fund: Diversity funds and Black founders feel chill
Just weeks after a U.S. appeals court blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist from funding women-of-color-led businesses, the ruling has had a chilling effect across the small industry of diversity-focused venture capital funds, according to founders, investors and lawyers who spoke to Reuters.
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
@techcrunch.com - Women in AI: #BrandieNonnecke of UC #Berkeley says investors should insist on responsible #AI practices Nonnecke hosts a video and podcast series, #TecHype, that analyzes emerging tech policies, regulations and laws techcrunch.com/2024/03/31/w...
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Women in AI: Brandie Nonnecke of UC Berkeley says investors should insist on responsible AI practices | TechCrunch
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved -- and overdue -- time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of
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AI Equity Council @aiequitycouncil.bsky.social · 31/03/2024
@venturebeats | #LLMs exhibit significant Western cultural bias, study finds The findings, published on #arXiv, raise concerns about the cultural fairness and appropriateness of these powerful #AI systems as they are deployed globally. venturebeat.com/ai/large-lan...
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LLMs exhibit significant Western cultural bias, study finds
Georgia Tech researchers introduce CAMeL, a benchmark revealing significant Western cultural bias in AI language models, emphasizing the need for culturally-aware AI systems.
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VentureBeat @venturebeat.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
@geekwire - #Microsoft invests in startup #MistralAI, outlines broader #AI principles Mistral AI will be able to train and deploy its AI models via Microsoft’s data centers, and Microsoft will make Mistral AI’s models available to customers through its #Azure cloud service. tinyurl.com/2spp6tux
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Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles
Microsoft announced a series of principles for AI development and deployment, and an investment in Mistral AI.
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