Girl Geek Academy. Source: SmartCompany
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Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting AI news of the week. In this edition: Girl Geek Academy gets a new CEO and unveils ambitious plans for its AI High program.
Founded in 2014, Girl Geek Academy has been a key player in the push to increase gender diversity in STEM, particularly in Australia.
It’s been known for initiatives such as (accidentally) running the world’s first all-women hackathon, Microsoft Mondays and running a plethora of programs and workshops over the past decade – with a mission to bring one million women into tech careers by 2025.
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Tegan Jones is a senior technology journalist at SmartCompany. A multi-award-winning journalist, she has been reporting on technology, telecommunications and gaming for the past 10 years. She regularly appears on mainstream media channels as an expert tech commentator. Her previous roles include editor of Gizmodo Australia and global reviews editor at Finder. She has also served as a reporter and editor across Business Insider, Lifehacker and Kotaku Australia. Tegan was the co-host of one of the top technology podcasts in Australia, Queens of the Drone Age. You can find her on Twitter @Tegan_Writes.
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