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Keynote Dr. Kimberly McGlonn discussing the idea of "being the yarro," a flower that blooms and thrives after a wildfire.

Kimberly McGlonn's 10 principles of Exception Design. 1. Aspires to Artful Iteration, 2. Communicates with Tenderness, 3. Extends Service(s) to Neighbors, 4. Cultivates Caring Social Dynamics, 5. Advances Inclusion, 6. Centers Climate Agency, 7. Anchors Unique Collaborations, 8. Pursues Transparency, 9. Curates Emotional Capacity, 10. Makes Space for Stillness

Quote, "Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance." By Verna Meyers

We had the immense pleasure of hearing Dr. Kimberly McGlonn speak at BLD Mountain West, and are still in awe of her keynote and inspiring words promoting progress over perfection — always rooted in purpose.

Peek to see her 10 principles of "Exceptional Design."

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An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months — The Verge For months, a popular Australian radio station has used an AI-generated DJ to host one of its segments — and no one seemed to notice, as reported by the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morn...

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Anthropic is launching a new program to study AI ‘model welfare’ Could future AIs be “conscious,” and experience the world similarly to the way humans do? There’s no strong evidence that they will, but Anthropic isn’t ruling out the possibility. On Thursday, the AI lab announced that it has started a research program to investigate — and prepare to navigate — what it’s calling “model welfare.” […]

Anthropic is launching a new program to study AI ‘model welfare’

Is there a tracker out there that is comparing AI-coding assistants and their advancements?

It does feel like the original Twitter!

More Districts Are Training Teachers on Artificial Intelligence As of fall 2024, roughly half of U.S. school districts reported that they provided training to their teachers about generative AI–powered tools, such as ChatGPT. That's twice as many districts that re...

More Districts Are Training Teachers on #ArtificialIntelligence : Findings from the American School District Panel

Excited to use this data to build the program for @fetc-official.bsky.social to meet the needs of the education community as they integrate #AI
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How many AI apps do you have installed on your device?

Wow, I wouldn't have predicted this.

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Provides More Cost Savings for Dermatology Prescription Researchers conducted an observational cost analysis of dermatology drug savings between GoodRx and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.

💯💯💯

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In depth with Windows 11 Recall—and what Microsoft has (and hasn’t) fixed Original botched launch still haunts new version of data-scraping AI feature.

While Microsoft may have fixed many of the security issues with Windows Recall, a lack of trust in the company remains the biggest hurdle in the AI feature's rollout.

Beautiful!

Values in the wild: Discovering and analyzing values in real-world language model interactions An Anthropic research paper testing which values AI models express in the real world

Anthropic has been great at constantly publishing their research. This one is interesting: "Values in the wild: Discovering and analyzing values in real-world language model interactions"

Can this lead to more human centric understanding and responses from AI?

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A huge thank to to the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce and Colorado Technology Association for hosting team members Dusty Fields (Innovation) and Anna Garske (Design and Strategy) in a panel discussing the leverage of AI and the industry shifts to come!

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Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business In a sign of Anthropic’s increasingly cosy relationship with Amazon, Anthropic has formed a new team to recruit AWS customers to use its AI products. The team, which Anthropic appears to have begun hiring for several months ago, aims to “accelerate” the adoption of Anthropic’s AI among AWS accounts by “building programs that […] scale […]

Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business

Had a great time at Google Cloud Next ‘25 in Las Vegas! A lot of takeaways to process about AI and cloud computing, particularly AI governance.

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Tabby cat sleeping in a faux fur blanket.

It’s another comfy #caturday!

Graphic introducing our company, Tonic, with a collage of team photos and team member pets.

Team members volunteering in Colorado!

Team members laughing in branded swag.

Engineer kicking back and coding.

Hi, we’re Tonic—A digital transformation company specializing in UX design, custom software development, and digital strategy that drives real results.

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I'm curious how much of this leak is accurate compared to production.

Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals Retaining top AI talent is tough amid cutthroat competition between Google, OpenAI, and other heavyweights. Google’s AI division, DeepMind, has resorted to using “aggressive” noncompete agreements for some AI staff in the U.K. that bar them from working for competitors for up to a year, Business Insider reports. Some are paid during this time, in […]

Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals

That’s cool! Very good trio!

The Nintendo Switch 2.

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be available from June 5th.

I’ve been exploring new ways to take notes digitally. I experimented with an iPad, Remarkable Paper Pro, and a classic analog notebook.

So far the iPad is winning because of the Apple Notes feature that cleans up my handwriting.

What do you use for note taking?

Something about that teal background that just looked right back then.

Apple has been fitness and health focused lately with the Apple Watch in particular. Would be interesting to see what an AI coach looks like. I'm going to guess Apple will tread carefully on what it will do/suggest.

Two cats hugging each other on a fur blanket.

Happy #caturday! Two love bugs hugging each other.

I’m continually working on AI governance at my organization and curious how you use AI governance for your teams? Ex: policies around AI tool usage, data protections, etc.

Mark Cuban wants to revolutionize US health care thehill.com/policy/healt...

I’m looking forward to trying out the recipes feature of the News app. It’s becoming more of a hub for me, but if only I can do something about the ugly ads in articles…