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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Donates $50 Million to Fund AI Research for the Humanities at Bowdoin College


Reed Hastings is giving $50 million to his alma mater, liberal arts school Bowdoin College in Maine, to fund AI research in the humanities.

Reed Hastings is giving $50 million to his alma mater, liberal arts school Bowdoin College in Maine, to fund AI research and teaching within “ethical frameworks.” “This donation seeks to advance Bowdoin’s mission of cultivating wisdom for the common good by deepening the college’s engagement with one of humanity’s most transformative developments: artificial intelligence,” said Hastings in a statement. The Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity will “be a step forward in higher education’s growing role to provide ethical frameworks for technology,” according to Bowdoin.

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