The last keynote from Invisible Institute and HRDAG was absolutely amazing!! So enriching and such a great example of the way data science can be used to uncover injustice and be used as a tool for accountability

We must do everything we can to save lives. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, André Carson, Rep. Summer Lee, @RepDeliaramirez, and I are introducing the #CeasefireNOW Resolution to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. I urge my colleagues to join us.

The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.

For anyone who missed this report from Amnesty International detailing how facial recognition systems are used to entrench apartheid against Palestinians, I highly recommend you read it. Titled "Automated Apartheid". amnesty.org/en/documents/m…

a very detailed and horrifying anatomization of algorithmic genocide in gaza 972mag.com/mass-assassina…

Absolutely damning report. AI is VASTLY expanding targets in Gaza, maximizing the scope of death l.

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Today U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology launched the US AI Safety Institute Consortium. We’re excited to be a member of the Consortium, and committed to working with fellow members to ensure that sociotechnical research is central to the development of AI. nist.gov/news-events/ne…

Realizing a safe, secure, trustworthy AI ecosystem — as envisioned by the AI executive order — requires a sociotechnical, participatory approach. The AISIC represents a powerful opportunity to create the conditions for AI that is rights-respecting and worthy of people’s trust.

As conditions in Rafah worsen, my family is desperately trying to evacuate (after already being displaced from Gaza City). If you’re able to cover some of the exorbitant costs of getting to Egypt, we would greatly appreciate it. gofundme.com/f/help-abushab…

1) this is an old article from 2018. 2) the research is from a study 'Troll Patrol' by Amnesty International USA regarding online abuse politicians face. it builds on 2017 report from Glitch Amnesty International USA called 'Toxic Twitter', which *shock horror* finds the same. yes. we been knew.

Horrid new report from +972 Magazine on an "AI" system called Lavender and "Where's Daddy?" used by the IDF. Has a 10% error rate, and acceptable "collateral" from 15 to 100 civilians per target. This is sick and the future of AI warfare for US Empire. 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

📣New policy brief! Successful AI governance requires expertise in the *sociotechnical* nature of AI systems. Serena Dokuaa Oduro & Tamara Kneese outline why the humanities & social sciences are critical to government efforts, and offer a set of recommendations. 1/4 datasociety.net/library/ai-gov…

Our new policy brief “argues that in order for powerful AI to integrate successfully with humanity, it must actually feature… the humanities,” as @afternoondelete writes in POLITICO Digital Future Daily. AI development should involve non-STEM experts at every step. politico.com/newsletters/di…

A new resource for AI practitioners from Center for Democracy & Technology’s AI Governance Lab explains what it means to effectively employ social science and humanities expertise in the development of AI and AI governance. It includes a sweeping list of recommendations. cdt.org/insights/apply…

Advancing AI safety requires a sociotechnical approach to AI governance. To understand why, check out this reading list by Senior Policy Analyst Serena Dokuaa Oduro. datasociety.net/points/why-ai-…

"Any attempt to regulate and create standards across AI governance efforts must treat bias and discrimination as a cross-cutting central issue and address them as such," D&S Senior Policy Analyst Serena Dokuaa Oduro writes for Tech Policy Press. techpolicy.press/without-accoun…

Headed to Neurips this week where I’ll present this work below ⬇️ and discuss Participatory AI & Data Governance 📈 with @afedercooper, Bernardo Fico Irene Solaiman, and Serena Dokuaa Oduro at the QueerInAI Workshop! LEGOOOOO 🔥🔥🔥