Here’s How Generative AI Depicts Queer People

Another potential strategy to diversify the output from AI models is for developers to add guardrails and modify user prompts, nudging the software toward inclusivity. OpenAI appears to have taken this approach. When I asked Dall-E 3 via ChatGPT to “draw a cartoon of a queer couple enjoying a night out in the Castro,” it … Read more

Kansas lawmakers race to solve big fiscal issues before their spring break

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Legislature is scrambling to address tax cuts, funding for disability services and immigration issues ahead of its annual three-week spring break starting next week. Most bills that don’t pass by then won’t be considered when lawmakers return April 29 for a short wrap-up session. Republicans disagree over how to cut … Read more

The bets she’s making now

Sonali Pier is a portfolio manager with Pimco Pimco’s Sonali Pier strives for outperformance. The youngest of three and the daughter of Indian immigrants, Pier set her sights on Wall Street after graduating from Princeton University in 2003. She began her career at JPMorgan as a credit trader, a field that doesn’t have a lot … Read more

Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination

Hall says when she has access to an interpreter, they are rotated throughout the week, forcing her to repeatedly explain some technical concepts. “Google is going the cheap route,” Hall claims, saying her interpreters in university were more literate in tech jargon. Kathy Kaufman, director of coordinating services at DSPA, says it pays above market … Read more

These are the 2024 CNBC Changemakers: Women transforming business

Women in leadership are reaching a level of success that is not only exceptional but highlights novel approaches to old business problems and identification of new market opportunities. The women named to the inaugural CNBC Changemakers list are creating a pattern of what it takes to defy the odds, innovate and thrive in a volatile … Read more

MILAN FASHION PHOTOS: Ferragamo, Dolce&Gabbana conceal and reveal, balance transparency with cover

MILAN — While the fashion industry discusses size diversity from time to time, there was little evidence of real evolution on the Milan runway this season. On Saturday, Paloma Elsasser walked Ferragamo in a satin plunge-neck cocktail dress, and Dolce&Gabbana included models of normal size. But the thinness of some models was a topic of … Read more

This Wig Designer Is Trying to Fix Broadway’s Hair Inclusivity Problem

As an actor, you are already feeling vulnerable.You’re going to have to go out there in front of a camera, trying to do as few takes as possible. You want to do well. This is high stakes. You’re getting paid a good amount of money in most, or some, regards. However [the audience] sees you … Read more

‘Stunning Diversity’: How Joe Biden Reshaped The Courts In 2023

Joe Biden did something this year that no other president has done. He put a citizen of the Navajo Nation into a lifetime federal judgeship. He also put a Bangladeshi American and Muslim woman into a lifetime federal judgeship. And he put 30 people into lifetime federal judgeships who have strong backgrounds in protecting people’s … Read more