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Hugging Face and ServiceNow launch BigCode, a project to open source code-generating AI systems

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Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode, Amazon’s CodeWhisperer and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers GitHub’s Copilot service, provide a tantalizing look at what’s possible with AI today within the realm of computer programming.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

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Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. ” Meanwhile, Google.org, Google’s charitable arm, will provide $4.25

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PionerasDev wins IBM Open Source Community Grant to increase women’s participation in programming

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By Todd Moore, Guillermo Miranda Last fall, IBM’s open source community announced a new quarterly grant to award nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to education, inclusiveness, and skill-building for women, underrepresented minorities, and underserved communities in the open source world.

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IBM awards its second $50,000 Open Source Community Grant to internship and mentorship program Outreachy

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By Todd Moore and Guillermo Miranda Last October, the open source community at IBM awarded a first-of-its-kind quarterly grant to promote nonprofits that are dedicated to education, inclusiveness, and skill-building for women, underrepresented minorities, and underserved communities in the open source world.

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OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, a startup attempts a humanoid robot, and Salesforce turns it around

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This year, Disrupt will feature six new stages with industry-specific programming tracks, inspired by our popular TC Sessions series. New nonprofit for AI: A community-driven AI research group, EleutherAI , is forming a nonprofit foundation. Disrupt, TechCrunch’s flagship conference, will also be well worth the trek.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

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This moderated Slack channel is open to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning, as well as “any of the many other subgenres of people who are not generally considered both ‘straight’ and cis.” It’s a great way to connect with other LGBTQ+ individuals in tech in a casual and low-pressure environment.

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The Graph Donates $48M to Advance GraphQL Platforms

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The Graph, a provider of indexing and query tools based on the GraphQL language designed for blockchain platforms, today announced it has given $48 million to The Guild, a group of developers advancing an open source application programming interface (API) platform to further development of GraphQL-based technologies.

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