Deeptech/Artificial Intelligence/News/ University launches DeepMind scholarship to get more women into AI Tuition fees and living costs will be funded by the Google-owned research lab. By Sam Shead 25 October 2019 \Deeptech Sick of taking meeting notes? Supernormal has an AI-powered answer By Sadia Nowshin 26 January 2023 Deeptech/Artificial Intelligence/News/ University launches DeepMind scholarship to get more women into AI Tuition fees and living costs will be funded by the Google-owned research lab. By Sam Shead 25 October 2019 Queen Mary University of London has launched a new DeepMind scholarship as part of an effort to get more women into the field of artificial intelligence (AI). There’s a chronic lack of women working in most science and engineering-related roles but AI has been called out as being one of the least diverse industries. Women are currently under-represented by a ratio of 3:1, according to the World Economic Forum. Queen Mary said it will use the money to fund four AI masters programmes for women during the academic year 2019/2020. The money will go towards tuition fees and living costs. “DeepMind is proud to be working with Queen Mary to help address the gender imbalance in our field,” said Demis Hassabis, co-founder and chief executive of DeepMind, in a statement. “We believe that AI will be a transformative technology that will positively impact all sections of society, so it is essential that those developing it are representative of the population as a whole.” The purpose of the MSc is to get people jobs in AI and it has been designed in partnership with the government’s Institute of Coding. The size of DeepMind’s donation was not disclosed. DeepMind also funds scholarships at Oxford University, Imperial, Cambridge and University College London (UCL), but this is the first one specifically for women. The AI research lab, acquired by Google in 2014, reported losses of £470m in 2018, up from £281m in 2017. Last year, DeepMind spent £14m on academic donations and sponsorships. It’s worth noting that other tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook also fund university scholarships. Related Articles “AI ethics should be a forethought, not an afterthought” By Carly Minsky Click here to read more “Anger is the most under-utilised part of women’s power” — Bookclub with Ida Tin, cofounder of Clue By Chris Sisserian Click here to read more “Missing: Working class founders” By Secret Founder Click here to read more Most Read 1 \Startup Life Tech Nation shutting down as UK government controversially pulls key funding 2 \Fintech Monzo revenues surge more than twofold, putting it on track for 2023 profitability 3 \Consumer Glovo lays off 6% of staff following fresh fine from Spanish government 4 \Startup Life How we grew our team 5x without spending £1 on recruitment 5 \Venture Capital France plans to use the startup downturn to come out on top in Europe
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