"The βanti-wokeβ movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo."
Great read.
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Text reads: The Dark Side of the AI detecting and combating the criminal use of AI
Modern information technology has created a vast scope for new harms, from hacking business and government, undermining critical infrastructures, to exploiting vulnerable people, especially children, on a global scale.
The arrival of pretrained AI tools such as LLMs and image generators suggests that this is going to get increasingly worse. In this session our speakers who work on detection of and understanding of cybercrime and child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The Dark Side of the AI
Detecting and combating the criminal use of AI
Friday, Feb 6 - 3:10 pm to 5:30 pm
Modern information technology has created a vast scope for new harm on a global scale.
Join Ben Collier and James Stevenson to discuss
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CitizenQuery-UK: Benchmarking LLM performance in citizen queries about public information on gov.uk
Discover more on citizen queries about public information.
In our latest research, we look at popular AI model's answers to questions about public services including public health, tax and benefits. But how reliable are they? Find out more.
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π Digital Public Infrastructure and Public Value
Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) can maximise public value creation but must be properly created, governed, and regulated.
π Read the paper by IIPP's @mazzucatom.bsky.social, @eaves.ca, and Beatriz Vasconcellos here: buff.ly/7D3OEPB
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Concerned that disclosure could cause harm? Evidence is keyποΈ This monthβs Decisions & Learning πhighlights the need for clear detail when authorities claim harm. Find out more π tinyurl.com/JanNews2026
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X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power. We're revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here, and where we go next. Mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI. notaidoc.com
staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Thinking about content moderation, equity, machine learning, and natural language processing.
Now: Chancellor's Fellow (~Asst. Prof) @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Past: MBZUAI, SFU, Uni of. {Sheffield, CPH}
PhD Humanities: Aerial Perspectives; Landscape Traditions; Operational Images; Critical AI; AI Slop & Visual Culture; Surveillance Studies; Also Art Criticism; Definitely Coffee. Professoring in the gig economy.
Professor @ UCSB => science + tech + environment
Kluge Chair in Technology & Society @ LoC, 2025-26
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perennial killjoy, academic & aspiring poster | language, computers & power and bikes & cats | she/they | π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ | based in the uk |views (and errors) mine, for more of those see: https://languagemechanics.neocities.org/
We ensure that the use of algorithms & AI benefits the many, not just the few!
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Head of Big Tech Accountability @ Amnesty International | Deputy Director @ Amnesty Tech | Lawyer | PhD student @ SOAS | he/him | views mine
Research Director at Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam
The internet is broken β¦ but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
Big Tech campaigner and researcher at @corporateeurope.orgβ¬. Fighting corporate power β
Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros.
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PhD student @ltiatcmu.bsky.social. Previously, @ai2.bsky.social, @uwnlp.bsky.social, @appleinc.bsky.social, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social; Social Intelligence in language +X. He/Him.π³
WSJ tech columnist. Author of How to AI, a bullshit-free guide to how to get actual utility from AI, aimed at the skeptics who are tired of the hype surrounding it.
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