Jenn Chubb

TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos as it starts testing over next few weeks before global rollout

TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social

This 3-year research project explored the realities, challenges, and opportunities of disabled young people. This workshop is for practitioners, policy makers, disabled young people, and their families. It’s about what we’ve discovered and working together to shape what comes next.

Low bar for authorship these days

In Post-Authenticity AI Age, Knowledge Institutions Matter More than Ever | TechPolicy.Press The pressing question is whether we can rebuild epistemic infrastructure before norms of authenticity decay beyond repair, writes John Wihbey.

Humans evolved strong mechanisms for evaluating credibility. Yet these depend on an information ecosystem rich in trustworthy institutions and credible choices. The question is whether we can rebuild this epistemic infrastructure before norms of authenticity decay beyond repair, writes John Wihbey.

Gareth Millington's Archiving the Inner City project, funded by Leverhulme Trust is hosting a symposium at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on Friday 14 November.

@leverhulme.ac.uk

More info below 👇

#UniversityYork #Sociology #Race #Politics #UrbanHistory #BlackHistory

Photo credit:Leon Walls, Science Magazine.

This is the kind of content social media is made for.

Group Chief Executive Officer - Starfish Search

Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...

Professors *never* supply information. Students aren’t paying premium prices for ‘information’ at all. How can people who presumably have attended universities misunderstand their role so badly?

The Age of AI Anxiety — and the Hope of Democratic Resistance | TechPolicy.Press Amid the AI frenzy, one sentiment has crystallized across the public sphere: anxiety, writes Lam Tran.

The AI boom has crystallized feelings of anxiety in the public sphere, writes Lam Tran, yet recent policy developments have revealed the potential of an unlikely coalition to safeguard the public interest in AI.

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU

Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer

32% of peer reviewers now use AI tools.

RoRI’s Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner and Denis Newman-Griffis discuss the rise of AI in peer review and why it may be a “sticking plaster” for deeper systemic problems: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...

Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n

Deep breaths…

We're hiring at BRAID UK!

Exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to lead work around the social return on AI investment, working closely with @ewaluger.bsky.social and @shannonvallor.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...

Applications open. Closes 7 Nov, Interviews 9 Dec.

How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.

My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...

I stand with these women.

The women taking tech giant Meta to task after their baby loss Several women say the pain of losing their babies was made worse by targeted advertising.

And now finally , this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The role of technology in pregnancy loss and its impact on mental health In this blog, Dr Jennifer Chubb talks about how online algorithms can impact families experiencing baby loss and its mental health implications.

4 years ago I wrote this www.tommys.org/about-us/new...

BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage forum This forum brings together the cultural heritage and research community to discuss current and future challenges of embracing AI in cultural heritage responsibly and ethically.

New forum ‘Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum’ on Thu 6 Nov 2025, Senate House (hybrid) from BRAID Fellow @amsichani.bsky.social with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Find out more/register here:
bit.ly/4mUdESC

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

A key question for the AI industry will be whether energy consumers see data centres as just infrastructure for their digital lives or an unnecessary indulgence for new AI

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Sociology is marking Black History Month with a poster display highlighting the work of Black scholars and writers who have made significant contributions to the social sciences.

Come and visit our display on the second floor of the Law and Sociology building, from 1 October to 31 October 2025.

Climate change is not a con-job. If you want to know more about the evidence for and causes of #ClimateChange, head to our website: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Jenn Chubb I’m running 50k in September for every much-loved baby sadly not here today. Anything you’re able to donate truly means so much – I’m only £63.53 off my target. Thank you

I am running 50k for SANDS this September. 30k in, I’m proud to be raising funds for this amazing challenge. fundraising.sands.org.uk/fundraisers/...

One never needs an excuse to share Stewart.

Scientists’ role in defending democracy The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

Essential reading for the @royalsociety.org, which has gravely underestimated the seriousness of what is happening to science in the US. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I don’t have access, any chance you could send it over? :)