Thursday Notes: Heat Win, AI trends, The Black Families Seeking Reparations in California’s Gold Country

Thursday Notes: Heat Win, AI trends, The Black Families Seeking Reparations in California’s Gold Country
Growth of U.S.-born Black baseball players takes root in upstart HBCU programs

Today's Events

Sports Roundup: Heat win in Boston, Manchester City reaches Champions League Finals

Sports Roundup: Heat win in Boston, Manchester City reaches Champions League Finals
Today’s Events * Los Angeles Lakers (0) at Denver Nuggets (1), Thursday, May 18th, 2023, at 8:30 PM E.T. on ESPN Jimmy Butler wills Heat to comeback victory over Celtics Butler wills Heat to comeback victory over CelticsJimmy Butler dominated another postseason game -- not just with his perfo…

Growth of U.S.-born Black baseball players takes root in upstart HBCU programs

Fans and supporters – even in MLB suites – are celebrating the upstart National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics(NAIA) baseball programs at three historically Black colleges and universities, Dillard University and Philander Smith College of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference and Wilberforce University of the Mid-South Conference.

Growth of U.S.-born Black baseball players takes root in upstart HBCU programs
Fans and supporters – even in MLB suites – are celebrating the upstart National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) baseball programs at three histo…

NFL fans become nervous about YouTube TV after issues with NBA conference finals game

NFL fans become nervous about YouTube TV after issues with NBA game - ProFootballTalk
The NFL could be flirting with a new-age Heidi situation.On Wednesday night, technical issues marred the final minutes of YouTube TV’s TNT stream of the Heat-Celtics NBA playoff game. Via SI.com, the game went to commercial with a little more than four minutes remaining and “the stream just lost it.…

Meta Made Its AI Tech Open-Source. Rivals Say It’s a Risky Decision.

In Battle Over A.I., Meta Decides to Give Away Its Crown Jewels
The tech giant has publicly released its latest A.I. technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like Google say that approach can be dangerous.

Another Side of the AI Boom: Detecting What AI Makes

Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes
More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text and videos are made by humans or machines.

Silicon Valley Says AI Could Be Apocalyptic. It’s Not Acting That Way.

It’s a Weird Time to Be a Doomsday Prepper
Silicon Valley says AI could be apocalyptic. It’s not acting that way.

Job Prospects for Black Workers Have Never Been Better---In Ways That Might Last

Job Prospects for Black Workers Have Never Been Better—In Ways That Might Last
A tight labor market means better-paying, more-stable occupations that could provide resilience in a potential recession.

The Black Families Seeking Reparations in California’s Gold Country

Descendants of enslaved people want land seized by the state returned and recognition of the gold rush’s rich, and largely ignored, Black history.

The Black Families Seeking Reparations in California’s Gold Country
Descendants of enslaved people want land seized by the state returned and recognition of the gold rush’s rich, and largely ignored, Black history.