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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded with Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s pledge to give away 99 per cent of their Facebook shares, has shifted its core funding towards technology-driven work, particularly AI-enabled biomedical research, Fortune reports.
Why it mattersThat puts AI research among the priorities of one of the world’s largest philanthropic organisations, though Fortune’s account gives no budget or timetable for the shift. A useful signal, then, rather than a cheque with a number attached.
Discuss: Should large philanthropies concentrate their resources on AI and biomedical research, or spread them across a broader range of social needs?
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