Let me go too 😃 - you can’t reduce a whole African language to a bunch of weights running on a server in Virginia 😃 Thinking you can do that shows you don’t know what language or culture is 😃

Unfortunately, this event is not new. A new term was added to the #Brazil 's national debate back in January after Racial Equality Minister Anielle Franco pointed out environmental racism as one of the causes of the climate-induced tragedy in the region. globalvoices.org/2024/01/19/ami…

BREAKING: On 15 May 08:30am we are protesting Amazon’s Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli military and will reach out to attendees unaware of Amazon’s involvement!

See you at the #AWSSummit together with Berlin vs Amazon - berlinvsamazon.bsky.social Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost BDS Berlin #NoTechForApartheid

And finally to our amazing sponsors Logic(s) and Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon for providing financial support for this workshop, which was entirely student-driven and self-organized. This support allowed us to feed everyone a delicious meal from Salem’s Market and Grill.

In my nervousness at the beginning, I forgot to shoutout all the amazing people that made this event possible. To my fellow co-organizers who pulled this together in such a short amount of time while also being heavily involved in organizing at their schools. Y’all are badasses

Apple has scrapped plans to run its infamous iPad Pro 'Crush' ad, issuing an apology for coming off insensitive toward artists. By Amber @ AppleInsider

appleinsider.com/articles/24/05…

The FTC Abolishes Non-Compete Clauses

lpeproject.org/blog/the-ftc-a…

Also available as video on PeerTube!

peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nrjPApZ1pvhh…

📢انضموا إلى ثاني جلساتنا من منتدى فلسطين للنشاط الرقمي 2024 'الذكاء الاصطناعي التوليدي: التجريد من الإنسانية والتحيز ضد الفلسطينيّين والمجتمعات المهمشة'
احجزوا مقعدكم الآن: pdaf.net
#PDAF2024
Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon Digital Action Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) Mona shtaya Ameera Kawash

📢شاركوا د. أليكس هانا، ميّسرة جلسة 'الذكاء الاصطناعيّ التوليديّ: التجريد من الإنسانيّة والتحيّز ضد الفلسطينيّين والمجتمعات المهمّشة'.
احجزوا مقعدكم الآن: pdaf.net
#PDAF2024 Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon

📢Join Dr. Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) , who will moderate the session: “Generative AI: Dehumanization & Bias Against Palestinians & Marginalized Communities” Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon
Reserve your seat now: pdaf.net #PDAF2024

Google has now internally censored the word 'genocide'.

The word 'genocide' is now against Google's internal corporate Community Guidelines

You can't make this up. 🤷🏽‍♂️

MAIHT3k Ep 31: Science is Human Endeavor in which Drs. M.J. Crockett and Lisa Messeri join me & Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) to explore why the dream of artificial scientists is not only impossible but actually a nightmare.

buzzsprout.com/2126417/150200…

Thx to ctaylsaurus for production!

CS student to research pipeline is how tech normalizes and cements its military ties

So important for critical tech researchers/teachers to denaturalize this in their classrooms: go beyond 'AI and bias' to examine the material reality of wielding compute and supply chain for $

📣👨🏽‍💻🇵🇸CALLING ALL HCI RESEARCHERS:
Join us for a discussion about how HCI researchers can stand in solidarity with Palestine and organize to stop the creation of tech for genocide.

Taking place 12-2pm EST on May 9, in Pittsburgh IRL and on Zoom.

RSVP: bit.ly/HCI4Gaza

'Is lack of diverse representation in data problematic? It sure is, but merely expanding exploitation of data subjects is not the answer.'

Bulgaria goes fully biometric in developing access control system for mass gatherings

#accesscontrol #biometrics #Bulgaria #facialrecognition  

biometricupdate.com/202405/bulgari…

GLOBAL STRIKE FOR RAFAH
FRIDAY 10th MAY 2024

We are witnessing the final stages of genocide taking place in Rafah.

We call upon people of conscience worldwide to conduct a global strike in solidarity with the people of Gaza & demand an immediate ceasefire.

Here is what to do:

🚨 Our next Speaker Series event will be this Friday, May 10 @ 8am PT/11am ET!

Yaim Cooper and Darren Byler will join us to share their work on how to talk to machine learning scientists about harmful tech

To get Zoom info, email Joy <jming @ infosci [dot] cornell [dot] edu

📢Happening now! Join us with Haymarket Books in conversation w/ Silky Shah, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, & Amna A. Akbar for a conversation about the intersections between immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition and the new the book 'Unbuild Walls'.
youtube.com/watch?v=UweEEs…