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“The reality is that AI is now a mainstream force in the world,” Nelson said. “We have an opportunity and a responsibility to make sure that the unique voice of the communities that we serve are present in the inputs of what is training and shaping these AI models, and how they produce content.”

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“Sometimes, it seems like the conversations we’re having just about diversity, race relations, inclusion, acceptance in 2023 are more regressive than they were in the 1980s,” Nelson told me. But he says he’s optimistic that more data has been compiled in recent years showing that diversity is a winner for workplaces.

MSNBC April 5, 2023

But smaller, less-established publishers are better served by having a diverse array of revenue streams, said Jeff Nelson, COO at Blavity, a digital media company focused on black culture. “Ultimately our goal is to serve better experiences for users, to know them more intimately and to give them reasons to opt into what we’re providing and volunteer their data – but it’s a journey to get there,” Nelson said.

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“When you don’t have people at the table who have historically suffered harms or abuses, or who have to live with certain things in the back of their mind, then you don’t build platforms in a way that protects those people,” says Jeff Nelson, the co-founder and CTO of Blavity, an online media company geared toward Black millennial creators.

People of Color in Tech June 29, 2022

“We want to give them the flexibility that this capital provides, but we want them to maintain their ownership and be able to reap those long term rewards,” Nelson said. “This is a growth fellowship. What we are looking for are startups that have some degree of success or attraction, and they’re really at a point where an infusion of capital, and some mentorship, can really allow them to accelerate and grow.”

NBC News May 6, 2021

One of the biggest benefits is that employees’ health plans aren’t tied to their jobs. “I don’t expect them to stay at my company for 30 years,” Nelson said. “One thing I told them is that if ever you decide to transition and go somewhere else or go out on your own and start a company, the plan that you have, you can keep it.”

Business Insider March 18, 2021

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