Voices For Innovation

Voices for Innovation (VFI) is a community of #Microsoft partners and other technology professionals who care about the vitality of the technology industry.

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Researchers trained an #AI system to review the health records of over two million people and it helped identify that in many cases patients had undiagnosed conditions or lacked the medication needed to decrease their risk. Read more: https://t.co/bCqAq9Wg5Z

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The House introduced a companion to a Senate bill meant to safeguard Americans’ healthcare data by requiring @CISAgov and @HHSGov to collaborate on measures to enhance #cyber defenses and provide resources to non-federal organizations in healthcare. ⬇️

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Health records may present subtle signs of risk that are difficult for providers to identify, but some hospital networks are using #AI to sort through patient data and aid in personalized patient outreach. 👇

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The Georgia Institute of Technology and an affiliate company are being sued by the Justice Department due to claims they failed to meet the #cybersecurity standards needed for obtaining Pentagon contracts. Learn more about the suit: https://t.co/up5VVClZ5D

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The @FCC is modernizing a federal program called E-Rate to help fill the gaps left when the Affordable Connectivity Program (#ACP) expired. Money from E-Rate will help libraries and schools provide WiFi hotspots. ⬇️

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New, bipartisan legislation, the Expanding #AI Voices Act would require @NSF and other agencies to award minority-serving institutions with funds to expand AI-related research efforts. Learn more about the bill: https://t.co/PjlrsXUop8

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Schools are beginning to prepare students to understand and implement #AI tools as it's increasing in prevalence in the workforce. Read more: https://t.co/adLLyYrSBF

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Read more from Axios: https://t.co/lUpL9ssjQ4

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School districts across the country have plans to ban or limit student ability to have their phones during the new school year stating that they cause mental health impacts and classroom disruptions. 👇

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According to rural representatives at the federal level, the closure rate of hospitals in rural America can partially be attributed to inadequate #broadband access. Read more: https://t.co/nEYrI1GPCD

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Discounted #broadband service will be given to low-income Spectrum customers in New York after its parent company came to an agreement with the state. ⬇️

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The federal government began handing out millions of dollars to states to shore up their #cybersecurity efforts as a growing threat of #ransomware attacks and data breaches looms. Take a look at how two states have spent their share: https://t.co/8jP5fgZU4H

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The U.S. government will award @TXInstruments $1.6 billion in grants to help build three new manufacturing plants aimed at bolstering the nation's semiconductor production. Read more: https://t.co/mIqHyCH49Q

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Voices for Innovation (VFI) is a community of tech professionals and other Americans who want to advance discussions about tech policies, such as #AI, data privacy and #cyber defense. Interested in joining? Become an advocate today: https://t.co/PrwV6bul8V

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2.9 billion records were reportedly stolen from National Public data by hacking group USDoD. The stolen records contain personal data from people in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. ⬇️