What happened after this college student’s paper was falsely flagged for AI use after using Grammarly fastcompany.com/91074029/can-u…

Court rules on China's first AI voice rights case, sounding alarm for industry globaltimes.cn/page/202404/13…

This report also incorporates the preliminary assessment of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the privacy and data protection impacts of the Privacy Sandbox.

The EU just showed us another way of reining in TikTok fastcompany.com/91113106/eu-di…

Sensitive passport data of Germans published online
A data broker is offering sensitive passport data of thousands of people for sale – and publishing some of it open netzpolitik.org/2024/european-…

Scoop (now free to view): Rishi Sunak’s AI Safety Institute is failing to test the safety of most leading AI models like GPT-5 before they’re released — despite heralding a “landmark” deal to check them for big security threats 👇

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🚨BREAKING: the EU Commission designates SHEIN as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This is what will happen:

➡️Shein will have to comply with the most stringent rules under the DSA, such as:
➵ more diligent surveillance of

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'Sexual Violence & Harassment in the Metaverse' is a new report co-produced by Vulnera - The Observatory Alliance for Universal Digital Rights & Equality Now. Join our experts tomorrow for a webinar on how victims of #OnlineAbuse in the #metaverse are impacted & how existing criminal laws can be adapted & applied👇

Published in Nature Machine Intelligence today, our new article explores the trade-offs of personalised alignment in large language models ⚖️ Personalisation has potential to democratise decisions over how LLMs behave, but brings its own set of risks...
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Empathy, Polarization & Artificial Intelligence twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This piece in Science Magazine drew on interviews with Divya Siddarth, Kate Crawford, Geoffrey Hinton, Michael Wooldridge, Shazeda Ahmed, Marietje Schaake, Reuben Adams and Connor Leahy. Thanks to all of them science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This Thursday, join Joanna J Bryson and Ivana Bartoletti as they examine the intricate connections between dehumanization, AI design, and people’s attitudes toward technology and each other in a world fraught with polarization. Sign up for free below!
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📣 Webinar: The #metaverse has been touted as a revolutionary technology but is marred by an alarming rise in sexual violence and harassment. We will be joined Carlotta Rigotti and Gianclaudio Malgieri, Vulnera - The Observatory. Wed, 24 April, 2pm UTC. Register:
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Today’s landmark rulings by the European Court of Human Rights confirm that climate change poses existential risks for humankind impacting on #HumanRights and that states are obliged to act to fight it. They give victims clarity on the way forward in protecting their rights #ECHR

What role can AI play in ameliorating the impacts of polarization? Join Joanna J Bryson & Ivana Bartoletti to explore the the intricate connections between dehumanization, AI design, and how AI regulation can foster empathy, understanding, & societal harmony: bit.ly/4ar50Wi

Be sure to sign up if you want to hang around while Ivana Bartoletti and I have fun talking together next week :-)

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The 'coded gaze,” as coined by Dr. Joy Buolamwini, highlights how AI reflects societal biases and urges us to question the power dynamics behind tech development. This critical lens is essential for moving toward a tech and AI landscape where diversity and equity are upheld, while harms

An important commentary by ⁦Jessica Dorsey (@jessicadorsey.bsky.social)⁩ and Marta Bo which could not come at a more pressing time. Symposium on Military AI and the Law of Armed Conflict: The ‘Need’ for Speed - The Cost of Unregulated AI-Decision Support Systems to Civilians opiniojuris.org/2024/04/04/sym…

You may have seen the headlines this morning with yet another paper showing that women who have an earlier menopause are at a higher risk of dementia.

This is something we have known for decades now and it’s because oestradiol has protective effects all around the body -