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#098 - $20k for Poverty Interventions, AGI Safety Course, & Advances in Green Hydrogen!

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#098 - $20k for Poverty Interventions, AGI Safety Course, & Advances in Green Hydrogen!

Ellie Czepiel
May 17, 2023
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Hi everyone, and welcome to the Impact Fam Newsletter! If you like what you see and know others who would be interested in subscribing, send them this email and they can sign up here 😀 (And to all you soon-to-be new grads out there, don’t forget to resubscribe with a non-school email!)

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đŸ“± The CBP One app is the primary portal for seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, and even after a recent overhaul it’s causing frustration.

🚀 New research outlines the possibility for AI to rebuild the middle class by decreasing inequality.


Opportunities

BetaNYC

BetaNYC is a public interest technology organization based in NYC, and they’re looking for a summer Civic Innovation Lab Associate as a frontend developer!

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D-Prize Challenge for Social Entrepreneurs to Fight Poverty ...

The D-Prize offers up to $20k in funding to new ventures that scale proven poverty interventions. Their regular submission deadline is June 4th!

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AI Alignment Curriculum — AGI Safety Fundamentals

The AGI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment Course provides a high-level understanding of the AI alignment problem and some of the key research directions which aim to solve it. It’s a 7 week course, and you can apply anytime to join their next cohort!

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Company Spotlight

đŸ§Ș Ecolectro’s new green hydrogen technology reduces hydrogen stack costs by 78%, enabling scalable, cheap, clean green hydrogen! Check out their website or read an in depth profile here!


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"The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us." — Henry David Thoreau

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