#129 - Summit Videos, BCI-Enabled Speech Restoration, and Sunshine in Brazil!
#129 - Summit Videos, BCI-Enabled Speech Restoration, and Sunshine in Brazil!
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We’ve (finally!) uploaded the videos from the 2023 Impact Summit - check ‘em out on our YouTube channel here!
We were sad to miss you over the summer this year, but we’re excited to announce that we’ll be opening up applications for The Impact Fellowship very soon, so keep an eye on your inbox!
In the News
💧 This solar-powered device can extract 3 liters of potable water from the air per day.
😛 Australian researchers built an ML model that can diagnose certain diseases with 98% accuracy using just an image of a patient’s tongue.
🎙️ This incredible experiment used BCIs to restore speech to an activist who had lost his voice.
💉 A newly published report from the CDC outlines how vaccination campaigns in the US have saved over half a trillion dollars in healthcare costs (not to mention the estimated 1.1 million lives saved).
Opportunities
Hypothes.is is looking for a full stack web developer to join them on their mission to create a collaborative, open internet! “Hypothesis is a mission-driven organization building universal collaboration into the internet with open-source technology.”
“Signal is hiring designers and product managers to help us craft high-quality experiences in an environment where cutting-edge security is paired with elegant user interfaces. This role is an opportunity to have an immediate impact while working closely with a talented team to solve challenging problems and ship new features to millions of users.”
We at Impact Labs LOVE Signal and use it all the time - and you should too! (Seriously, the next time someone asks you for your Instagram, say “ewww… Zuckerberg? I don’t think so. Signal me instead. Here’s my number.”)
Catalyze is a new incubator for AI safety research organizations. Niche, right? Check ‘em out and apply here!
Relatedly, Haize Labs is looking for a research engineers to help them test the failure modes of LLMs!
GiveDirectly has a number of data engineer and software engineer roles open at the moment!
What We’re Watching
The Impact Summit 2023 videos!
The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is going down!
Also in Brazil, the country is quickly becoming one of the world’s largest solar producers.
Microsoft is building data centers around the world, but there are large unseen costs for local residents.
Quotes We Love
"Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it."
- Marie Curie
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