Michèle Flournoy writes with Camille Stewart in CNN: “Where We Need the Most Diverse Team of Advisers for US Safety”
“Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate is a powerful statement of his commitment to ensuring that all Americans feel part of our democracy — that government of the people, by the people and for the people applies to all Americans, be they men or women, …
Read MoreBob Work quoted in Defense Systems article, “Could A New Academy Solve the AI Talent Problem?”
“‘We think we have a lot of talent inside the military that we just aren’t aware of,’ Work said. “To remedy that, Work said the commission recommends a grading, via a programming proficiency test, to identify government and military workers that have software development experience. The recommendations also include a …
Read MoreBob Work quoted in Federal Computer Week article, “Could A New Academy Solve the AI Talent Problem?”
“Robert Work, former deputy secretary of defense who is now NSCAI’s vice chair, said the academy would bring in people who want to serve in government and would graduate students to serve as full time federal employees at GS-7 to GS-11 pay grade. Members of the digital corps would [serve] …
Read MoreMiriam Vogel quoted in Built In article, “Why Racial Bias Still Haunts Speech-Recognition AI”
“Miriam Vogel, who is president and CEO at Equal AI, an organization that helps companies and policymakers address bias in AI, said the findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could have far-ranging implications for Black speakers using these systems, from being shut out of …
Read MoreMiriam Vogel quoted in IFSEC Global article, “Why AI and Facial Recognition Software Is Under Scrutiny for Racial and Gender Bias”
“In the United States the issue of bias in AI is most explosive. Writing on techcrunch.com, Miriam Vogel, President and CEO of Equal AI, believes that while racism has its historical roots, ‘AI now plays a role in creating, exacerbating and hiding these disparities behind the facade of a seemingly …
Read MoreMiriam Vogel writes in Tech Crunch: “Biased AI Perpetuates Racial Injustice”
“The murder of George Floyd was shocking, but we know that his death was not unique. Too many Black lives have been stolen from their families and communities as a result of historical racism. There are deep and numerous threads woven into racial injustice that plague our country that have …
Read MoreCharlie Bolden interviewed by Space, “Race and Space”
“NASA’s first and (so far) only Black administrator says he is angry and hopeful as he reflects on the world today. “Charles ‘Charlie’ Bolden, a former astronaut who served as NASA administrator from 2009 to 2017, is ‘on a constant roller coaster of being very angry and then being hopeful,’ …
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