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Amelia Delivers on its 2020 Mission to Democratize Conversational AI News provided by Share this article Share this article Closes the year by more than a hundred new clients and lowers the technical and investment barrier to advanced Digital Employees NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Amelia, an IPsoft Company, the largest independent leader in enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI), closes the year with a monumental evolution in its product development to support the democratization o...

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... DETROIT — An anti-incarceration activist group is demanding the National Basketball Association make Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores step down from the league’s board and give up the franchise. They claim his private equity company profits off a prison industry that deliberately exploits people of color, Daily Wire reported. The aggressive move comes from a nonprofit advocacy organization called Worth Rises, which according to its website, env...

The founders Ameelio founders Uzoma Orchingwa ’22JD, ’22MBA, and Gabriel Saruhashi ’22 have compiled long résumés in their short careers. Orchingwa, a Chicago native who spent part of his childhood in Nigeria, got his BA in philosophy and sociology from Colby College, where he was awarded a Truman Scholarship. He then went to the University of Cambridge as a Gates-Cambridge Scholar, where he earned a master of philosophy in criminology. He was awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship t...

NBA responds to activist group calling for Tom Gores to sell Detroit Pistons over jail telecom business Copyright Getty Images Dave Reginek DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 18: Pistons owner Tom Gores addresses the media before the Inaugural NBA game at the new Little Caesars Arena on October 18, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreem...

Activist calls on NBA to pressure sale of Pistons over Tom Gores ownership of jail telecom business Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features An advocacy group took out a full-page advertisement in Sundays New York Times, calling on the NBA and 30 of its owners to force Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores to sell his team because of his ownership of a prison telecom company. "If Blac...

Criminal justice reform group pens open letter to NBA encouraging Tom Gores sale of Pistons Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores addresses the crowd during a press conference at the grand opening of the Pistons new practice facility in the New Center neighborhood of Detroit, on Monday, October 7, 2019. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com Facebook Share Ahead of the start of the 2020-21 NBA season, criminal justice reform groups continu...

Share this article DALLAS, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies today announces its 300,000 th active tablet, an achievement that has positively affected the lives of incarcerated people and their families across 35 states and 120 counties. The hand-held devices provide access to free educational tools, re-entry resources, media applications and communication capabilities that facilitate the vital connection between incarcerated individuals and their loved ones.  Since introduc...

Tough calls: Innovative rap album recorded from prison helps sound the alarm about predatory phone charges   JoogSZN, Drakeo the Rulers producer. Photo by Navin Upamaka. From the first seconds, it’s clear that Drakeo the Ruler’s new mixtape is different. Sure, the beats are strong, the hooks catchy and the lyrics poetic—all elements that have propelled the gangster rapper from South Central Los Angeles to national prominence. But there’s a scratchy, analog feel to his voice this time, ...

Personnel Moves: Former Neiman Marcus CEO to Chair The Perot Museum Board Plus, The Beck Group announces new COO, Texas Rangers name new GM, The American Heart Association hires development VP for Dallas office, and more. By Kelsey Vanderschoot Published in Business & Economy December 15, 2020 12:54 pm . The Perot Museum of Nature and Science elected former Neiman Marcus president and CEO Karen Katz chair during its final board meeting of 2020. Katz succeeds Mac McFarland and will serve a year...

Share this article Share this article DALLAS, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies today released its weekly update detailing the total number of free calls, video connections, JPay Stamps, news subscriptions and game downloads it has provided since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The offerings are part of an emergency program Securus deployed with its correctional partners on March 13, when the pandemic was declared a national emergency. It was developed to support re-en...