Lisa D. Sparks
@LisaDSparks
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Editor and writer exploring the intersection of news about digital infrastructure tech, race, and gender.
Florida
Joined March 2008
PLUS: Sarah Bond takes the top spot at Xbox. What does this say about the future of women of color in gaming? https://t.co/nnXt0qjV6g via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Sarah Bond takes the top spot at Xbox. What does this say about the future of women of color in gaming?
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Latina Creators Who are Building Generational Wealth – And What You Can Learn From Them
money.usnews.com
Read about how these Latinas use their expertise to better your own financials.
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See inside the stereotyping machines pushing American bias across the internet
washingtonpost.com
AI image generators like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E amplify bias in gender, race and beyond, despite efforts to detoxify the data fueling these results.
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Tech execs fear future with AI: ‘I don’t know where optimism would spring from’
washingtonpost.com
Despite long-awaited federal action anticipated next week, executives speaking Thursday at a Washington Post Live event said they were fearful of what a future with AI would bring.
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White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week
washingtonpost.com
President Biden’s long-anticipated AI executive order marks the government’s most significant attempt to regulate the swiftly evolving technology.
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Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids
cnbc.com
The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.
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PLUS: Video and Transcript Released of LA Police in 2017 Rushing to Catch Pokemon Instead of Criminals https://t.co/u99ezgdyHZ via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Video and Transcript Released of LA Police in 2017 Rushing to Catch Pokemon Instead of Criminals
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@sayashk Good to see reproducibility mentioned. LLM evaluations—especially for harm and trustworthiness—should be reproducible and auditable if companies want to earn public trust.
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PLUS: Once a Bastion of Saftey and Equality, Work-from-Home Rates Take a Post-Pandemic Drop https://t.co/4TI0oGuGk9 via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Once a Bastion of Saftey and Equality, Work-from-Home Rates Take a Post-Pandemic Drop
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Getting your data centers AI-ready
itpro.com
With the explosion of interest in generative AI and LLMs, how can businesses adapt their existing IT infrastructure?
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Hello Alice named in lawsuit claiming grant program racially discriminates against non-Black business owners
pressdemocrat.com
Online small business resource company Hello Alice is the subject of a class-action lawsuit claiming its work with Progressive Insurance Company, which offered $25,000 in grants to 10 Black-owned s…
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California will require VC firms to report founder diversity statistics
axios.com
This applies to the vast majority of U.S. venture firms, including those not headquartered in California.
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PLUS: Two Black-led startups receive funding to fuel the tech economy, one is funded by Serena Williams' venture capital fund, the other is funded by Riot Games. https://t.co/LbufkmtoiX via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Two Black-led startups receive funding to fuel the tech economy, one is funded by Serena Williams' venture capital fund, the other is funded by Riot Games.
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PLUS: Terrified electric vehicle driver becomes trapped when the car malfunctioned while still moving. https://t.co/le92GqJcBW via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Terrified electric vehicle driver becomes trapped when the car malfunctioned while still moving.
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After Schumer’s forum, so much of the focus from media & government officials was anchored to the speculations of the wealthy men in the room. So I wrote in @TheAtlantic about another view -- the grounded complexity brought by unions & civil society: https://t.co/LcUretiSXl
theatlantic.com
Let’s not spend too much time daydreaming.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reveals the AI content wars happening behind the scenes during Google's anti-trust lawsuit from the DOJ. https://t.co/75Hez47KyY via @lisadsparks
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PLUS: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reveals the AI content wars happening behind the scenes during Google's anti-trust lawsuit from the DOJ.
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How Black women are transforming the entrepreneurial ecosystem
fastcompany.com
"Despite their growing presence, Black women entrepreneurs face disproportionate financial headwinds, specifically a lack of access to capital."
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Let's work to make sure people like @kkariko never again say “Yes, I was humiliated quite a bit, but... it’s all OK. I just love my work...so happy I lived long enough to see my work bear fruit.” (her decades of mRNA research led to both COVID-19 vaccines.
nypost.com
Half an hour outside Philadelphia, in a modest suburban home, lives a quirky, cheerful 65-year-old scientist who's a big part of the reason people might be able to throw away their masks next year.
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09-14-2023 Google’s Data Commons Gets an AI Makeover, by @LisaDSparks
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09-13-2023 Google Cuts Roster of Recruiters, Laying Off Hundreds, by @LisaDSparks
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