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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $4.1 million to expand tech education and build an inclusive tech workforce
February 18, 2021 GMT
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BOSTON, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The full promise of a digitally enabled society can be achieved through educational opportunity for all students and potential tech workers. To advance this vision, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is announcing $4.1 million in new grants that strengthen the pipeline of technology education and workforce development, from K-12 through college and beyond.
“Right now, power and control of technology rests in too few hands. This round of grants aims to change that by closing the opportunity gap in education and skills development,” said Patrick J. McGovern Foundation President Vilas Dhar. “Everyone should have access to the knowledge, skills and frameworks to shape our t
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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation will double its investments in data science and AI grants in 2021 to $40 million. The foundation is also introducing initiatives to promote the responsible and inclusive use of data and AI.
“We sit at the frontier of the digital age with a set of choices about the future of these powerful tools,” said foundation president Vilas Dhar. “Will it be a future where control remains in the hands of a few to benefit the elite? Or a future where we all participate in the co-creation of AI and data that solves our greatest global challenges and makes our individual lives better?”
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BOSTON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As AI and data increasingly influence our individual lives and shape the fabric of our shared future, questions about how to ensure these tools benefit humanity have never been more urgent.
Today, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is announcing that it will double its groundbreaking investments in data science and AI grantmaking in 2021 with a new commitment of $40 million and introduce new initiatives to accelerate opportunity and innovation in the development of inclusive, ethical data and AI. We sit at the frontier of the digital age with a set of choices about the future of these powerful tools, said Foundation President Vilas Dhar. Will it be a future where control remains in the hands of a few to benefit the elite? Or a future where we all participate in the co-creation of AI and data that solves our greatest global challenges and makes our individual lives better? Our 2021 commitments aim to