Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Former OpenAI director Helen Toner reflects on the release of ChatGPT, Yale gets its first female president, and Hello Alice makes it out of a lawsuit over its grant program for Black business owners.
- DEI victory. Last year, Hello Alice fell victim to the wave of anti-DEI lawsuits filed in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's anti-affirmative action decision. The company that supports small business owners through an online platform and aims to get those businesses more capital was sued over a grant program funded by Progressive. The grant program offered $25,000 to 10 Black-owned small businesses to buy commercial vehicles. An Ohio federal judge dismissed the case last week.
"I feel relieved, I feel triumphant, I feel vindicated—all the words," says Hello Alice cofounder and president Elizabeth Gore.
