Alexa Hagerty

Really proud of this report. Our focus is Sign Language AI, but the core message applies everywhere: communities affected by AI should lead its procurement. When we get this right, we build better services for everyone. Full report available now.

Still Life with Bones wins 2024 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America | Duke ... Still Life with Bones wins 2024 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America - Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Still Life with Bones has won the 2024 Méndez Book Award. I share this incredible honor with the families and forensic teams whose stories are told in the book #FAFG, #EAAF, #CAMIT, @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social

humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/story/still-...

‘All feminists are under attack’: ultra-right threat in Milei’s Argentina forces writer into e... The new president’s rightwing supporters are targeting journalists and women’s rights activists – but the fight goes on

“Feminism in Argentina has been a driving force in the struggle for women’s rights...which is why it is so important for the global libertarian ultra-right to try to discipline Argentinian women." If you care about reproductive justice, keep your eye on Argentina www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Thrilled to share work on AI + reproductive rights in Argentina with my 💛 collaborators #DiegoJemio & #FlorenciaAranda. 🔥 Intro Syed Mustafa Ali, @mysdick.bsky.social, Sarah Dillon, Matthew L. Jones, Jonnie Penn, Richard Staley + more 🔥 @lukestark.bsky.social, @aaronmendonplasek.bsky.social & more!

An image of 17 book covers cropped into star-shaped circles with the words "Kramers Choice Awards" in a banner over an illustration of an open book

I'm thrilled that the legendary #KramerBooks
picked Still Life with Bones for the Kramers Choice Award 2023! How wonderful to have the staff of one of my favorite bookshops choose my book as one of their favorites! Support independent bookstores!
 
bookshop.org/lists/2023-k...?

Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.

EXCLUSIVE: With less than a year to go to the US elections, Microsoft's Copilot chatbot is not only getting basic facts wrong, but it's making up scandals about candidates and recommending far-right Telegram channels filled with election conspiracies

www.wired.com/story/micros...

Headline: Oh great, now debt collectors are embracing AI too AI-powered tools are helping collectors do things like negotiate debts and predict people’s ability to pay, a new TransUnion report reveals.

They are really just looking at every business and asking “how can we make it more racist and discriminatory and hide it behind ‘AI’?” www.fastcompany.com/90998949/deb...

oh that's good to know, it's nice to be here but I'm bumping around and haven't figured it out, ha

This sensitive piece captures so much of the book, the stories of families of the missing, the profound work of the forensic teams, and how it all informs my research on AI
www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/b...

I'm here for the reading and I'm patient!

Thank you! 💛 I'll always prefer writing to public speaking so this is a testament to how much I want these ideas out in the world!

Are unchecked advances in Artificial Intelligence creating a human rights crisis? In this eye-opening and urgent talk, Dr. Alexa Hagerty details the dangers ... Dangerous Data: How your phone threatens your human rights | Alexa Hagerty, PhD | TEDxJacksonville

Please share! My TEDx talk is live! Years of research packed into minutes. I coin the term "Princes of AI," I quote @hypervisible.bsky.social, I talk dangerous data and the surprising link between your phone and genocidal violence. I talk softly but I'm angry as hell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya7h...

One lesson about the disabling systems attack on the British Library that I hope more people take away:

Library & archives systems infrastructure is generally invisible and incredibly important. We need resources & people to manage it all. Help us to advocate for funding.

Hell yeah! Stories Are Weapons is on Publishers Weekly's most anticipated list for spring 2024!