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Where should tech builders draw the line on AI for military or surveillance? Just because it can be built, doesn’t mean it should be. At what point do we blow […]
By Internet Health ReportUber paid high-profile academics in Europe and the US hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce reports that could be used as part of the company’s lobbying campaign. The Uber […]
By Felicity LawrenceA leaked trove of confidential files has revealed the inside story of how the tech giant Uber flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments during […]
By Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Paul Lewis, and Lisa O'CarrollHuman-in-the-loop artificial intelligence generally refers to AI where humans are involved at various points throughout the research, design, training, testing or decision making process. During this conference, we hope to […]
Social media and digital platforms have become essential tools for the new generation of youth activists. However, these tools subject youth to both new (and old) forms of surveillance and […]
By Ashley LeeDebora Nozza – “Roadmap to universal hate speech detection” Hybrid presentation: Tuesday, July 19 12:30 PST (note this talk is not Tuesday, not our usual Wednesday) Bio: Debora Nozza (she/her) is […]
CDT & SIIA Event Examines Digital Information Campaigns & Online Trust Register here. The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) are hosting […]
Members of the public sector, private sector, and academia convened for the second AI Policy Forum Symposium last month to explore critical directions and questions posed by artificial intelligence in […]
By Terri ParkPublic Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) is inviting people from all walks of life interested in learning about, starting a career in, or advancing their knowledge of public interest technology […]
Rapid improvements in computational power and coincident increases in the amount of data on individuals and firms that is publicly available or can be purchased at a nominal cost have […]
The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMsociety) is a gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. It is the premier venue for sharing and discovering new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary […]