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Scene from an earlier Mark Cuban Foundation AI bootcamp. [Photo: Mark Cuban Foundation]
Elevate Credit’s Fort Worth HQ to Host Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp
by Lance Murray | Jun 28, 2023
The program at Elevate’s headquarters in Fort Worth will be offered to underserved high school students at no cost and will introduce them to basic AI concepts and skills. The camp will help prepare and encourage students to succeed in STEM fields at the college level and beyond. At the bootcamp, students will actually build their own AI apps—so we'll stay tuned in case the next ChatGPT gets cooked up.
by Lance Murray |
May 1, 2023
The AI Bootcamp will target underserved high school students in the ninth through 12th grades and will introduce them to basic AI concepts and skills, the foundation said. Students will learn what AI is and is not, where they already interact with AI in their own lives, and the ethical implications of AI systems including but not limited to TikTok recommendations, smart home assistants, facial recognition, and self-driving cars, among others.
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From TikTok Recommendations to New Trends, The Mark Cuban Foundation Aims to Teach Students About AI
by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 16, 2022
The charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks owner and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban—is teaming up with local tech firms to launch its free AI Bootcamps for high school students across North Texas and beyond.
“These young leaders can now participate in the conversation around how AI should be developed and used,” Cuban has said. “We’re giving them a seat at the table.”
Applications are now open.
“These young leaders can now participate in the conversation around how AI should be developed and used,” Cuban has said. “We’re giving them a seat at the table.”
Applications are now open.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Aug 24, 2020
In its second year, the initiative brought tech programming to 42 underserved DFW students through three virtual sessions. It plans to host another round of AI Bootcamps in Dallas, El Paso, Omaha, Chicago, and Green Bay later this year.
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