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Dr. Timnit Gebru believes Black people should not be devalued in the pursuit of tech innovations, particularly in AI.

Gebru spoke Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the session “The Human Cost Of Smarter Systems” at the AFROTECH™ Conference.

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In The AI Era, Dr. Timnit Gebru Says The World Should Not Accept The Devaluing Of Black People — 'Technology Needs To Work For Us' - AfroTech
In the AI Era, Timnit Gebru says not to accept the devaluing of Black people, stating that tech should serve the community.
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November 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The lack of sleep catching up whew 🥱. Imma have to drink some tea. I have an AfroTech event this evening too
November 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Hip-hop pioneer, legendary DJ, producer, and cultural tastemaker D-Nice loves seeing Hip-Hop artists owning their masters, media and venues to exercise greater control over their own destiny.

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D-Nice On Why Artists Can Now ‘Demand Ownership Or True Partnership,’ And What Black Promoters Collective Is Building Around Rock The Bells - AfroTech
This year’s event is produced by Black Promoters Collective, a coalition of Black independent concert promotion and production companies in North America.
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November 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
🔇 🔇 🔇 I’ll be on the main stage @afro-tech.bsky.social on Tuesday Nov. 3rd at 3:05pm.

AfroTech partners with Kindred Stories, a Community-focused bookstore in Houston specializing in Black literature ♥️

✴️ You can preorder my book, Deep Unlearning, from them. kindredstorieshtx.com/products/dee...
AFROTECH: Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a
Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—delivering an inspiring vision for better, human-centered, eq...
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October 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This deal will go!

Next week, we attend the Afrotech conference in Houston and will make this offer available to Afrotech students if spots are still available.

Only 5 spots will be offered. You must attend our office hours if you want a spot:

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November 1, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Our founder and CEO, Esosa Osa, takes the AfroTech Main Stage in Houston on Wednesday, Nov. 4. 🎤 Her talk is called “Designing AI for Truth and Trust.” She will give the first public look at Aisha, an AI chatbot trained to reflect the truth, culture and lived experience of Black America.
November 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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My company, Lowdown Labs is proud to debut this dataset.

We want to do AI for Good as anti data center activists. Inspired by Dr. Timnit Gebru at AFROTECH - can we use our high speed data curation engine to reduce medical bias in AI?

10x more labelled images! 💥
lowdown-labs/skintone-540k · Datasets at Hugging Face
Dataset with 53.2M rows (Tabular, Text). Explore, preview and download it on Hugging Face.
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November 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Media mogul Byron Allen bought Stars from Liberty 77 for $25M in March.

This month, Allen's family office reportedly sold the entire stake for just under $45M.

Allen’s portfolio includes The Weather Channel . The Giro, HBCU Go, and BuzzFeed.

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Media Mogul Byron Allen Sells His Stake In Starz - AfroTech
Allen Family Capital, the investment firm and family office of Byron Allen, profits from the sale of its stake in Starz.
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October 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
This year we took a different approach to AfroTech
YouTube video by Morgan DeBaun
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November 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
How to maximize the benefit you receive from a conference:

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Building your side hustle? Vibe coding an app? Scaling your agency?! Let’s build our own ecosystem
YouTube video by Morgan DeBaun
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November 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
AI is computer software that can answer questions and write like a person. It already shapes the news we see, who gets hired and our health care. AfroTech turns 10 this year. What would you ask a Black AI chatbot? Tell us below.
November 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
New heat: “Savanna Drums”. afro tech house, produced by DJ DonPerro for the degens who trade till sunrise. Turn it up, hermanos.

#DJDonPerro #NewMusic #afrohouse #afrotech
October 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Aiming to inspire confidence and resilience in the next generation of Black leaders, Camp HBCYouth is a seven-week summer program which prepares youth K-5 for future success by focusing on life readiness. Beyoncé approves.

| Samantha Dorisca
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BeyGOOD Awards $25K Grant To Reagan Fresnel's Summer Camp To Place 'More Children On HBCU Campuses' - AfroTech
Camp HBCYouth, a seven-week summer camp program for elementary students, has received a $25,000 grant from the BeyGOOD foundation.
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October 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I need to understand why the Queer event for AfroTech is $250 😒
October 26, 2026 at 10:23 PM
WHAT. A. WEEK. AHEAD! 🔥
🗳️ 2day:VOTE! A right paid for in blood.
🤖10/29: CERM-D AI & race-based medicine summit
🧠10/30: Community-centered AI research @ WSU
🌎11/1–2: 2 presentations at @APHA
🚀11/2–6: AFROTECH

📣SHOW UP. SPEAK OUT. BUILD WHAT LASTS.

🗳️ VOTE!
🎟️ cermdetroit.org ATL: Brother’s BIG 4-0!
October 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
📼 Missed the stream? The VOD is up: The AI Construct is Live | 💻🤖🎮🕶️ | 2026 | One more week before AfroTech 2026 in Houston | #SilentHilltownfall finale (5h 31m)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2910615878
October 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM