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How does knowledge production--and the possibility of ignorance production--contribute to social injustice?

And what can social researchers with strong ethical commitments do to counteract such contributions?

Join us on Tues 24 Feb for a free webinar with our Founder & CEO, Dr Zara Bain 👇

The New ChatGPT Caricature Trend Comes With A Privacy Warning Jumping on the ChatGPT caricature trend could see people handing over a bunch of potentially sensitive data to the AI tool. Here's what you need to know.

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