Most Computer Science Papers Stay in the Lab. A Few Build the Future. Each year, researchers publish thousands of Computer Science papers. Most are read by a handful of other researchers. Some get cited. But…

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#ResponsibleAI Talk
The AI Alignment Problem: Bridging Lab Research and Policy Solutions

Speaker: Camilla Bignotti, Banca d’Italia
Date: August 4, 2025
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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We Need to Rethink AI Safety Before It Fails Us Again AI is spreading fast, and we are making the same mistake we’ve made with many new tools: we focus too much on the technology and too little…

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#ResponsibleAI Talk
The Parity Benchmark: A Multimodal Framework for Assessing Bias in LLMs

Speaker: Shmona Simpson, CEO and Founder of Paritii
Date: July 28, 2025
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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The AI Paradox: Promising to Save the Climate While Helping Destroy It It’s a story Silicon Valley loves to tell: Artificial intelligence will rescue us from our biggest crises. It will cure cancer, lift people…

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#ResponsibleAI Talk
BRIO: A Bias and Risk Assessment Tool for Fair ML Systems

Speaker: Giuseppe Primiero, University of Milan
Date: July 14, 2025
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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#ResponsibleAI Talk
Building an Ecosystem for Responsible, Trustworthy Governance of AI Solutions

Speaker: Elizabeth M. Daly, IBM Research
Date: June 30, 2025
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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YouTube video by Social Dynamics Cambridge Will AI work for us or replace us?

Talk | Will AI Work for Us or Replace Us?
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#ResponsibleAI Talk
Computer System Sustainability: Trends and Modeling

Speaker: Lieven Eeckhout, Ghent University
Date: June 16, 2025
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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AI Sees the City. But Should It? Walk through a city today and there is a good chance you are being observed from above. Satellites, drones, and aircraft record everything…

AI Sees the City. But Should It?https://medium.com/socialdynamics/ai-sees-the-city-but-should-it-a3b1fc6ab77f

#ResponsibleAI Talk
Designing Human-Centered AI for Collaborative Medical Decision Making

Speaker: Maia Jacobs, Northwestern University
Date: June 9
Time: 15:30 PM (London)

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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: On the Fundamental Limits of Privacy-enhancing Technologies

🗣 Speaker: Theresa Stadler, EPFL
📅 Date: May 19
⏰ Time: 15:30 PM (London)
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Today at #TheWebConf: C3AI – Crafting & Evaluating Constitutions for AI

How should we actually write rules for AI?

C3AI provides a way to:
1. Design effective constitutions using psychology and public input.
2. Evaluate how well fine-tuned models actually follow the rules.

📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Safe and Responsible AI Engineering in the Age of Foundation Models

🗣 Speaker: Qinghua Lu, CSIRO's Data61, Australia
📅 Date: April 14
⏰ Time: 10:30 PM (London)
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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Potential Negative Societal Impact of Their Work

🗣 Speaker: Solon Barocas (@s010n), Microsoft Research
📅 Date: March 31
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (UK)
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#ResponsibleAI Talk: Estimating AI Assistants’ Influence on User Opinions & Democratic Discourse

Speaker: Maurice Jakesch, Bauhaus University Weimar

Date: March 24
Time: 3:30 PM (London)

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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Interactive Systems for Making AI Work for Us

🗣 Speaker: Amy X. Zhang, University of Washington
📅 Date: March 17
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (London Time)
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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Human vs. Algorithmic Recommendations in College Applications

🗣 Speaker: Faidra Monachou, Yale
📅 Date: March 10
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (London Time)
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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Constructing Automated Societies

🗣 Diletta Huyskes, University of Milan
📅 Date: February 3
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (London)
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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Interpretable and Operational Data Privacy Protection in Machine Learning

🗣 Speaker: Bogdan Kulynych
📅 Date: February 24
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (London)
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📢 #ResponsibleAI Talk: Building Trustworthy AI

🗣 Speaker: Soumya Banerjee, University of Cambridge
📅 Date: February 17
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM (London Time)
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Can AI be Ethical?@ UNESCO (Part2)

AI feels like giving a toddler a chainsaw and hoping for the best!

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Emerging Data Practices: Data Work in the Era of Large Language Models Join us for a thought-provoking seminar on Responsible AI, where we will explore data work for LLMs.

🎙️ Adriana Alvarado Garcia, PhD from IBM Research, "Emerging Data Practices: Data Work in the Era of Large Language Models"

📍 #ResponsibleAI Online Talk
📅 Monday, 27 January 2025 at 3:30 pm UK time
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YouTube video by Garys Economics What does Elon Musk want?

What does Elon Musk want?
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1. Elon Musk's Political Power Grab: Why Elon Musk Wants You to Fight Each Other (Squid Game Economics)

2. Super Rich vs. You

3. The Billionaire Playbook: Keep the Spotlight on Migrants, Not Inequality

by @garyseconomics.bsky.social

UK cities are implementing advanced noise detection systems to enhance emergency response times and potentially save more lives Author | Elvira Esparza Sound detectors trigger instant alerts upon identifying unusual acoustic signals, such as gunshots or cries for help. This enables emergency services to respond more rapidly wh...

Ah, sound detectors only in high-crime areas? Brilliant! Why not just tattoo 'inequality' on the city map while you're at it? Maybe try random placement?

"in London, sound detectors have been deployed in urban areas with high crime rates"
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YouTube video by PoliticsJOE Amazon exec gets ripped to shreds by Labour MPs over working conditions in select committee hearing

Fired by Amazon because the algorithm says you're not quick enough - embarrassing misuse of the concept of 'human-in-the-loop' youtu.be/Frgi_bf3UfU?...

Smart Machines - The Arms and Legs of Responsible AI Join us for a thought-provoking seminar on Responsible AI, where we will explore the need to develop responsible tech in Smart Machines.

** Upcoming Responsible AI seminar **

Paul Clarke, "Smart Machines - The Arms and Legs of Responsible AI"

Where: Online
When: Monday, 20 January 2025 at 3.30 pm (UK time)
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smart-mach...