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Khari Johnson

@kharijohnson

Citizen, human, tech reporter @calmatters, formerly @wired @venturebeat [email protected]

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linkhttps://www.wired.com/author/khari-johnson/ calendar_today22-09-2008 20:01:38

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Alondra Nelson(@alondra) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Re-upping this wisdom from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who urged us to advance justice and ethics as necessary guideposts for scientific and technological development.

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Jesse Dodge(@JesseDodge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI cites and uses a plot from our paper documenting C4

**Whether or not you support the lawsuit** this shows we need more transparency around data!

That's why Yanai Elazar built wimbd.allen.ai arxiv.org/pdf/2310.20707…

The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI cites and uses a plot from our paper documenting C4 **Whether or not you support the lawsuit** this shows we need more transparency around data! That's why @yanaiela built wimbd.allen.ai arxiv.org/pdf/2310.20707…
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Sarah Frier(@sarahfrier) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: aisha counts and I have a big feature in this week’s Businessweek on Zuckerberg’s dive into AI, and how much he wants to be seen as an innovator

NEW: @aishacounts and I have a big feature in this week’s @BW on Zuckerberg’s dive into AI, and how much he wants to be seen as an innovator
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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Partial list:
1. Transparency about what is actually in OAI models/datasets (ht Stella Biderman)
2. Azure cloud contract transparency--who's licensing GPT, for what use, how much $
3. Transparency on training/calibration (RLHF etc) costs, w details on labor process + worker pay

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Washington Post Guild(@PostGuild) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 The Washington Post Guild has reached a tentative agreement with The Washington Post after 18 months of contract negotiations.

This deal is the best contract Washington Post employees have seen in 50 years.

🚨 The Washington Post Guild has reached a tentative agreement with The Washington Post after 18 months of contract negotiations. This deal is the best contract Washington Post employees have seen in 50 years.
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Hayden Field(@haydenfield) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you've been following the Stanford study about LAION-5B, the popular dataset for AI that was just taken offline, Abeba Birhane has been on the forefront of that research for years -- the first to investigate it in 2021 and with 3 academic papers. Make sure to follow her work.

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Jennifer E.(@jenn_elias) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Tech companies, including Meta and Google have downsized and cut DEI initiatives following major vocal commitments the prior few years. We found cuts to ERGs, learning, & DEI staffers at what experts tell us is an inflection point with the rise of AI. cnb.cx/41x4frc

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The FTC has launched a voice cloning challenge to spur ideas for how to prevent and detect voice cloning misuse. Submissions will be accepted from Jan. 2-12, with $25k for the winner. Learn more: bit.ly/40OpXGG

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Kimmy(@kimmythepooh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A while ago, I interviewed the creator of Hey Arnold! Craig Bartlett about the '96 Vietnam episode of the show delved into the story of Vietnamese refugee Mr. Hyunh and his separation from his daughter Mai. It was the show's very 1st Christmas special.
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

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