Quite insane to speak of something like a duty to be truthful towards 'AI' when you consider the fact that all large-scale AI initiatives are being developed by the biggest tech companies that have shown a structural disregard for, well, people and their rights in general.

Ik krijg vaak de vraag van vrienden: "Ik wil mij inzetten voor asielzoekers, maar wat kan ik eigenlijk doen?" Awel se, op 2/10 begint de FODJustitie aan een nieuwe ronde voogden opleiden. Go for it. Veel relevanter wordt het niet! justitie.belgium.be/nl/nieuws/ande…

Don't miss this online panel on Monday if you're curious about how AI is truly built! We'll dive into how and why data workers are trained to "think like machines." Register here: tinyurl.com/data-workers-i… And please help us spread the word!🙏

Daarom is het CvB nooit fysiek aanwezig wanneer politiegeweld wordt gebruikt. Niet aanwezig is niet verantwoordelijk. Slim management!

We received feedback from a grant application that included "While your impact metrics & thoughtful approach to addressing systemic issues in AI are impressive, some reviewers noted the inherent risks of navigating this space without alignment with larger corporate players,"

📢 AI Snake Oil is out today! I have too many feelings because this book has been five years in the making. In 2019 I gave a talk on AI Snake Oil and tweeted out the slides. I had no idea my career was about to change. Within a couple of days I had 30 or 40 invites to write a

Around the globe, many brilliant scholars (and myself) are working hard to get their papers ready for in-depth feedback and discussion sessions at PLSC Europe. You can still join us and witness this spectacle! Schedule & Registration: ivir.nl/plsce2024/

Our open letter on #chatcontrol reported in De Morgen Afgezwakt EU-wetsvoorstel om beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik op te sporen gaat experts nog te ver: ‘Dit kan Europa niet maken’ demorgen.be/ts-b79104ce/

Everyone should see this film. This is the best-documented yet most widely denied genocide in history.

Structural Injustice & the Law that I coedited with Jo Wolff published & available to download! discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1019… Our stellar authors: Lea Ypi Colm O'Cinneide G Letsas Dr Maeve McKeown H Collins, Alan Bogg N Lacey, V Munro, @BethWatts494 & L McMordie, J Browne & G Mundlak

So happy to write w/ SedaG linking EU's securitisation agenda & the infrastructural power of tech companies Read our piece From Infrastructural Power to Redistribution: How the EU’s Digital Agenda Cements Securitization and Computational Infrastructures for AI Now Institute

📢This Monday I’ll be moderating a conversation with these amazing women doing data work & researching its impacts: Kauna, Ranta, Fasica (@Fasica2024) & Mila (Milagros Miceli). ⏱️9am PT/5pmCET. ➡️Zoom: events.zoom.us/ev/Ani8O9hWqLx… ➡️Twitch: twitch.tv/dair_institute More info👇🏼🧵

‼️ Don't miss the next event of the Data Workers' Inquiry Series, when we will talk about the impact of content moderation on the mental health of #dataworkers. 📅 When: 21.10.2024, 17:00-19:00 Uhr 📌 Please register here 👉events.zoom.us/ev/Ani8O9hWqLx…

✨Interested in AI disclosures in journalism from the audience perspective? Sophie Morosoli, Laurens Naudts is an immersive sim NPC, Karthikeya Puttur Venkatraj and myself share some first insights from research-in-progress 👇 generative-ai-newsroom.com/why-bother-wit… Nicholas Diakopoulos AI, Media & Democracy | @[email protected]

Dear computer vision researchers, students & practitioners📢 Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them. PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk…

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Sophie Morosoli, Valeria Resendez, Laurens Naudts is an immersive sim NPC, Natali Helberger and Claes de Vreese explores attitudes toward the use of #AI in #journalism, perceptions of #GenAI, and how these factors influence trust in information. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Een duidelijk signaal! 6600+ ondertekenaars: 29 decanen, 64 departementshoofden, 1.107 professoren, 1.518 onderzoekers, 634 medewerkers, 3.290 studenten en 29 eredoctoren tekenden een open brief waarin ze vragen om de samenwerking met Israëlische instellingen te stoppen

Delighted to announce the 5th(!) edition of the KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI! Dates: 30 June to 9 July Apply: 10 February to 17 March Info: law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-scho… We'll celebrate this jubileum in a special way, and hope you'll join us!👇 (1/2)