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Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Every university in the world should be condemning this.
Staying silent now, and waxing lyrical about 'decolonising the curriculum' later, is all-round moral cowardice.
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
#TheStandardPodcast
Musk at AI Safety Summit as Biden regulates tech
Plus!
Race to control self-learning tech
How AI’s used daily
China AI development race
Expert analysis with @ConnectedByData’s Dr @JeniT
🎧pod.fo/e/1fd99a
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Today, @UnitedNations Secretary-General @antonioguterres launched his AI Advisory Body.
The Body will focus on:
🔹Risks and challenges of AI
🔹 Enablers & opportunities for the #SDGs
🔹 International governance of AI
Find out more : un.org/ai-advisory-body
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Honoured to accept #MaddoxPrize. Humbled to meet hero @cbpolis who has worked for #transparency vs great hostility x yrs.
🙏to an incredible @senseaboutsci team for this honour and for a wonderful 2 days!
🙏@PaulGarnerWoof @MohammadRazai @nickdearden75 @Richard56 @susan_bewley
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the 2023 #MaddoxPrize is @DrNancyOlivieri! @cbpolis has been awarded the Early Career Prize. Both have shown courage and dedication to communicate evidence for the public good despite facing hostility and threats senseaboutscience.org/activi…
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Ahead of the UK govt's #AISafetySummit next week, brief yourself on the big issues that will come up in @TheWorldToday's latest issue 👇 featuring @akrasodomski @LivJOSullivan @DavidShrier @AfinaYasmin @TechMilly @evgenymorozov
Our Oct-Nov edition offers a deep dive into all things #ArtificialInteligence, plus:
▪️ Argentina's unexpected presidential candidate
▪️ New satellite images depicting the fierce battle for Khartoum
▪️ Debunking migration myths
Read here: buff.ly/46rnl37
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Please consider submitting your paper for the Special Track 3 of the Data for Policy 2024 Conference on “AI, Ethics and Policy Governance in Africa”. @ai_observatory @dataforpolicy @GlobalIndexRAI @RIAnetwork dataforpolicy.org/sp3-2/
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
#ArtificialIntelligence holds great promise for health, but also comes with serious challenges, incl. unethical data collection, cybersecurity threats and amplifying biases or misinformation.
New @WHO guidance will support countries to regulate #AI effectively, to harness its potential, while minimising the health risks: bit.ly/3rYnDjy
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
My new major essay introduces the Santiago School of Technology as a counterpart to the Chicago School of Economics. I also suggest that Allende's greatest legacy may be his government's efforts to build a different technological world order newstatesman.com/the-weekend…
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
We hear a lot from tech execs & politicians. Our campaign is to put the diverse communities effected by data & AI at the centre of narratives, practice & policy. A small offering towards that is our brand new brief monthly newsletter. Read and sign up
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Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
What does AI mean for progressives? Is it something we should fear or can we use it as a force for good?
Join us at our next social to find out with a fantastic expert panel @CeciliaRikap, @Hannah_O_Rourke, @halcyene
Get your free tix now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does…
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
TOMORROW (2 June): online Ask Me Anything session for anyone who might be thinking of applying for @pulitzercenter AI Accountability Fellowship.
The grant scheme is open to reporters & journalists based anywhere in the world, working in any beat, any desk, any format 👀
Are you worried that you might need a technical background to apply for the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability fellowships?
Join us for a virtual Ask Me Anything in which we tear down this and other myths.
Ask our editors and AI Fellows. Register now!
✍️bit.ly/AskMeAnyAI
ALT Ask me anything: AI Accountability Fellowships and digital witness Fellowship
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
This @thecontinent_’s piece by @simonallison is the most realistic piece I have read on the AI narrative in Africa. He cuts through the ‘AI hype’ to highlight how these western AI technologies being deployed in Africa don’t reflect the needs of Africans, including languages, etc.
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
🔥 Publication day for IMAGINING AI! 🔥 @stephenjcave and I are so excited to see the four-year Global AI Narratives project culminate in this wonderful collection by @OxUniPress.
For sale here: bit.ly/3MpUVOA (use ASPROMP8 to get 30% off) @LeverhulmeCFI @imperialcollege
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
📢 New book!📘
Imagining AI: How the World Sees Intelligent Machines - out today. @drdihal & I have brought together 25 perspectives on life with AI from cultures around the globe, inc China, Russia, indigenous.
Available here (bit.ly/3MpUVOA) use ASPROMP8 to get 30% off
ALT New book - Imagining AI: How the World Sees Intelligent Machines
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Humans doing the hard jobs on minimum wage while the robots write poetry and paint is not the future I wanted
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Please share widely: this is a really exciting global opportunity at the intersection of journalism and critical perspectives on AI.
Fellowships include up to $20k funding and a programme of mentoring and peer support.
Deadline for applications 1st July 👇
Applications to join the second cohort of The AI Accountability Network are open!
Be part of a network of reporters tackling stories on the impact of AI systems in communities around the world.
Learn more about the fellowship and apply now!
👉 bit.ly/AIFellow23en
ALT The AI Accountability Fellowships
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
A new law is threatening to roll back our rights, and further erode public trust in data and AI.
To build a just, equitable and sustainable data-driven world, the public need a powerful say.
@JeniT laid this out to MPs yesterday. Catch up: connectedbydata.org/events/2… #DPDIbill
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
We're off! Follow below
Good morning! Today we will be live tweeting the committee kick off of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill #DPDIBill - a key (and contentious) plank of the UK's data-driven economy.
The morning kicks of at 09:25 with expert witnesses. Schedule for the day here:
