A woman from New Jersey is flipping the switch on technology that is often used to promote antisemitism and instead using it to promote peace.
Lauren Glassberg has the latest on a woman from New Jersey flipping the switch on technology that is often used to promote antisemitism and instead using it to promote peace.A woman from New Jersey is striving to put an end to hate -- she is flipping the switch on technology that is often used to promote antisemitism and instead using it to promote peace."He was the kindest, most humble human being, friend," she said.
He was killed last year by Hamas terrorists in the October 7th attack on Israel, murdered while protecting his girlfriend and two other women.In the same way technology and social media have led to the proliferation of hate and anti-Jewish sentiment, Lotan hopes the ADIR Challenge can change the narrative and turn hate into an embrace.
"The kind of solutions we need have to do with AI machine learning even psychology in tech, how do you decrease feeling of the other and increase empathy," Lotan said. The foundation, which is partly run out of her apartment in Hoboken, plans to award $1 million to innovators."For our first challenge we had 410 participants from 25 countries submit 120 ideas," she said."It's a little like Noah's Ark, there's room for everyone. To find their place and that does give me comfort," Lotan said."Addir and I connected a lot around technology and innovation," she said.
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