The Leader of This Growing West Coast Funder Is Zeroing in on the Promise and Perils of AI

The Leader of This Growing West Coast Funder Is Zeroing in on the Promise and Perils of AI

The Heising-Simons Foundation’s CEO Fund allows the head of the foundation to choose a priority area to support. Sushma Raman reflects on why she chose to focus on AI, and on her first year as head of the foundation.

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What I Learned From Three Thought Leaders on Trust-Based Philanthropy and Shifting Power

What I Learned From Three Thought Leaders on Trust-Based Philanthropy and Shifting Power

IP’s Mike Scutari moderated a Mozilla Foundation panel on key trends in trust-based philanthropy, featuring some of the field’s preeminent thought leaders. Here are some takeaways from the discussion.

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In an Era of Tech Regret, Donors Want to Give Computer Science a Conscience

In an Era of Tech Regret, Donors Want to Give Computer Science a Conscience

Society is fed up with the tech industry, and critics include big winners from Silicon Valley. Some leading tech philanthropists are seeking opportunities to course-correct, including a program to ground computer science education with ethics.

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