Product Manager @BeaconHoldings
Berkeley, CA
Joined November 2006
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It was such a pleasure to speak with @SeanSilcoff about what we are building at @beaconholdings
Excited to partner with @cppib to bring AI to the real economy
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I am thrilled to announce that @beaconholdings has acquired @haizelabs, with me joining as VP of AI Research.
We started Haize in 2024 to enable anyone to build reliable and safe AI. Through our red-teaming and safeguards work with the frontier labs; our observability, guardrail, and evaluation platform serving the world’s largest enterprises; and our pro bono SMB work, any customer could build AI they trusted with Haize.
Joining Beacon lets us deliver the same trustworthy AI to those who need it most, and those most overlooked by Silicon Valley: the essential Main Street businesses the real world depends upon.
Transitioning these essential businesses through the AI revolution is one of the most consequential responsible AI problems of our time. We couldn’t be more honored to tackle it with Beacon.
Thank you to our customers, investors, and team for the journey of a lifetime. And thank you to Nilam, Goutham, Mark, and the Beacon team for the trust and opportunity.
It’s time to get to work.
December 14 you can volunteer to help @HiddenGeniusPro put on their annual Brothers Code event in Atlanta, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles: hiddengeniusproject.voluntee…
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Here's the biggest journalism thing I've ever done. It's a @Wired feature on @IPVM, a small publication that stumbled on a huge story: the world's leading #surveillance-camera company used #AI to help China persecute #Uyghurs.
Peep some of the key bits🧵
wired.com/story/surveillance…
Congratulations to @HiddenGeniusPro — thank you for your work.
And they are hiring educators in Oakland, Detroit, Chicago and Atlanta!
We’re continuing to do big things in 2023! 🙌🏿 Thanks to a $2 million grant from @Comcast, we will further expand our footprint to #Atlanta #Chicago, & help to advance the economic mobility of young Black men through mentoring & teaching digital skills. comca.st/3Yaaeim
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Programming contest for high school students, $1k prize. Teachers register your teams by March 1: unf.edu/~k.umapathy/codefora…
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UC Berkeley ATDP @ucbATDP is looking for computer science instructors for summer courses! Python and Java. Application at aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03…
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An important statement from @ross_monique. CS and CER have limited epistemological belief systems, and that impacts both research and teaching. 1/2 dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3…
All K-12 classrooms are cordially invited to join AIforCA for an Hour of AI on Monday, 12/5, 1:30-2:30pm PST: csforca.org/ai No prep, materials, or expertise necessary!
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Used to be that knowing how to start a fire was a critical skill. Maybe you'd add kindling to embers or even learn to use flint-and-steel. Before you went off into the woods, you'd know how to start a fire. You had to. 1/5
New report from @KaporCenter: "the majority of California’s students still do not have access to CS education in their schools, and equity gaps in access, enrollment, and success persist" kaporcenter.org/the-californ…
K-12 teachers of CS, help these researchers understand the challenges you face: csedresearch.org/redcap/surv…
Today 5pm PT, CS Ed reading group with Colleen of @CSTeachingTips showing physical models of Java memory concepts: makecscount.com/readinggroup…
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Teachers, here are some CS-related things you can do this summer:
1. summerofcs.org
2. bjc.berkeley.edu/summer-pd/
3. anewpipeline.org/pd-program/
A great interview here from @processingorg with a great educator, my friend Art Simon: medium.com/processing-founda…
Humans make software. Ignoring that fact is the source of many problems.
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