AI models work best for English, and well for a handful of other languages—meaning the technology may leave behind thousands of tongues and billions of people who speak them. Some languages could go extinct.

I explore why, and global efforts to change that, for The Atlantic:

Tune in to see the amazing research of our DISCO Graduate Scholars

It was an amazing experience to collaborate with these amazing colleagues Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) on this special issue of Public Culture on the theme of 'Science and the State.' The intro and articles are all open access.

NEW DATA: Schools censor much of the web—and the practice is inhibiting students’ learning and even safety.

The Trevor Project? Blocked.
Planned Parenthood? Blocked.
NASA? Blocked.

With USA TODAY: mrkup.org/SoZUl

The AAMC & NMA have teamed up to launch the Illinois Black Men in Medicine Innovation Grant! This initiative, part of the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine, aims to address the critical shortage of Black male physicians in medicine: bit.ly/4cWAc1g

I am always surprised by how much data science there is about fish.

I'm ecstatic to share that preorders are now open for the AI Snake Oil book! The book will be released on September 24, 2024.

Arvind Narayanan and I have been working on this for the past two years, and we can't wait to share it with the world.

Preorder: princeton.press/awecv19z

Deadline April 15 Monday. Calling all artists, writers, and creative thinkers interested in AI but snarky, throw sand in gears, lift the hood and poke with a sharp stick about it. (All wild and wonderful weirdness is welcome.) Submit to our zine. Small stipend for published work

What's in your scented shampoo? It's not very clear at all -- with Daniela Sirtori and Madeline Campbell, we took a look at fragrance ingredients in your daily cosmetic products (also i taught myself Blender for this so pls read): bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

OpenAI's training bot crawled a nonsensical set of sites set up by the author of The Internet for Dummies 3 million times in a day

404media.co/openai-trainin…

Come work with us!! We're a small core team, by design, and these two new roles will be a crucial part of shaping our work and how we do it.

All the details here:
apply.workable.com/ai-now-institu…

'A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing'

14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates have been moved up in priority on the transplant list after a biased race-correction factor was eliminated.

apnews.com/article/kidney…

Next week is the first two sessions of Practical AI for Journalism!

It won't be anything fancy, just basic and useful: how to use AI to sort documents into categories and extract data (plus how to validate the results!)

eventbrite.com/e/practical-ai…

Online Conference➡️
Rethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context

April 22, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due

July 18, 2024: Date of online conference

uva.theopenscholar.com/rethinking-the…

Assistant Professor Maria Rodriguez UBuffalo Social Work has traversed the fields of computational social science, applied demography, and social work. Dr. Rodriguez will discuss “Adventures in AI and Ethics: The Good, the Bad, and the Works in Progress.'
▶️Register: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

'Even the conversation on AI fairness does not adequately account for the rights, challenges, and lived experiences of people with disabilities,' says Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society fellow Maitreya Shah.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

'In a month of essential releases, it’s this month’s #RequiredReading .'

Ms. Magazine recommends 'Counting Feminicide' by Catherine D'Ignazio @[email protected], on sale April 30th: bit.ly/3TL9joj

Why the rush to use emerging, experimental AI technology in high-stakes settings? As Emily Tavoulareas writes, people and organizations are integrating LLMs and chatbots into their lives and work as if the technology is reliable — but it is clearly not. techpolicy.press/sure-no-one-kn…

Catherine's new book is a masterpiece. She tells the story of an amazing group of activists who bring visibility to feminicide using unexpected data sets and novel methods. It includes some of the most exciting and positive uses of AI I've ever seen.

Thrilled to see our special issue of Public Culture on 'Science & the State' is now out; guest edited with Alondra Nelson, Charis Thompson, Sonja van Wichelen, Joy Rohde, Josh Barkan, & Diana Graizbord from our year at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)!
read.dukeupress.edu/public-culture…