Technology and Society Grantees Included in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence September 13, 2023 Share Two grantee partners of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s CEO Fund: Technology and Society initiative have been included in TIME Magazine’s inaugural list of the top 100 most influential people in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
President and CEO Sushma Raman Joins Heising-Simons Foundation Board September 12, 2023 Share Sushma Raman, President and CEO of Heising-Simons Foundation, has been elected to join the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Ms. Raman joined the Foundation as President and CEO in February 2023, following a national search, and joined the three other directors— Liz Simons, Chair of the Board; Mark Heising, Board Vice Chair; Caitlin Heising, Board Vice …
How Grantee WITNESS Builds Technological Capacity of Grassroots Groups to Increase Police Accountability August 1, 2023 Share Several years ago, while still a graduate student at MIT’s Media Lab, Joy Buolamwini began to notice a troubling pattern in facial recognition technology––an inability to detect a wide range of skin tones and facial structures, even in widely available systems employed by Big Tech, government agencies, and law enforcement.
How Dr. Joy Buolamwini is Working Towards Equitable and Accountable Technology June 28, 2023 Share Several years ago, while still a graduate student at MIT’s Media Lab, Joy Buolamwini began to notice a troubling pattern in facial recognition technology––an inability to detect a wide range of skin tones and facial structures, even in widely available systems employed by Big Tech, government agencies, and law enforcement.
Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman Featured in Inside Philanthropy April 4, 2023 Share Sushma Raman, Heising-Simons Foundation’s President and CEO, was featured in Inside Philanthropy today.