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This week in Pittsburgh, unions take on AI in the workplace, how to find success in male-dominated fields like manufacturing and more.
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📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• AlphaLabs, the Innovation Works accelerator program, has selected 15 startups for its 2025 cohort. Each company will receive $100,000 in investment. Most of the chosen companies this year focus on healthtech or AI. [BusinessWire/Technical.ly]
• The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute has announced plans to award approximately $3 million to multiple projects aimed at enhancing manufacturing automation. Project submissions are due by April 9. [ARM Institute]
• Union support is split between Mayor Ed Gainey and his top challenger, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor. Several trade unions have endorsed O’Connor, while Gainey has received support from the United Steelworkers and the Service Employees International Union. [PublicSource/Technical.ly]
• Local tech startup Efficient Computer launched an early access program for developers to explore energy savings with its energy-efficient processor, which it claims is up to 100 times more efficient than leading models. [PR Newswire]
• Pittsburgh-area advocates for faster unemployment payments protested at the state Capitol earlier this week, urging lawmakers to hire more staff to clear a backlog of more than 19,000 appeals for out-of-work pay benefits. [WESA]
• Tikkun Olam Makers, a global network of engineers with three chapters in Pittsburgh, has developed a 3D-printed prosthetic arm model and made the designs open source for others to use. [NEXTPittsburgh]
🗓️ On the Calendar
• Join the director of IT at FedEx as he shares insights into global package network optimization, data science trends and career navigation on Feb. 28 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Posvar Hall. [RSVP]
• Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Institute for Societal Decision Making invites the public to attend an interactive forum on Feb. 28 to learn about its latest research on artificial intelligence and societal decision-making. [More info]
• Calling all Fish Fry lovers! Help update Pittsburgh Code for Good’s famous fish fry map. Be one of the many volunteers that keeps this searchable tool going by attending an update-a-thon on March 1. [Find out more]
• Join the Pittsburgh Bitcoin Users monthly meetup on March 5 at Roland’s Seafood Grill & Iron Landing to meet other cryptocurrency enthusiasts. [Details here]
• Learn how HR professionals can strategically implement AI into the hiring process while focusing on diversity and inclusion at a panel discussion hosted by the Pittsburgh Technology Council on March 6. [Register]
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