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Debacle in the desert: TSMC, the world’s biggest chipmaker, is struggling to get its first U.S. factory up and running

Read Rest of World's new feature from Viola Zhou

restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

I would love for every tech policymakers in the EU, Germany, and France to read this thread.

Weekend #longreads : How governments around the world are using facial recognition technology to crack down on dissent
restofworld.org/2024/facial-re…

Friends: I'm indescribably chuffed to share that my first book is finally done and out shortly!

'The Politics of Platform Regulation' 🔓🔜is my 6+yearlong empirical exploration of how governments worldwide try to shape tech's trust & safety practices...
global.oup.com/academic/produ…

And since I was in the German parliament today, where this important art work formed the backdrop of a conference on AI:

I wish we would expand our humanity to both, the hostages and Palestinian civilians - fight antisemitism and also Islamophobia and racism at home

Germany saw 28,945 far right crimes in 2023, one every 18 minutes and a stark increase on previous years

Most tech companies don’t have any engineering teams on the entire African continent (54 countries) inviting a neo-colonial approach says Vukosi Marivate 🇿🇦🚀📊 at #AIStocktaking

We’re excited to see interest in the open positions at AI Now! We’re setting up open office hours for anyone who has questions, whether about the roles or what it’s like working here - the first session is 4/19 at 10 am EST.

For more info:
ainowinstitute.org/general/office…

Wow – another hors d’oeuvre that pulls no punches on Europe’s brink. Mario Draghi previews his report & says it like it is.
Like Enrico Letta's, will – again – require competition enforcers to come out & play: what’s your role in this call for size & consolidation?

New tone from Europe:
'Others are no longer playing by the rules, and are actively pursuing policies to enhance their competitive positions'
euractiv.com/section/econom…

BTW Schwangerschaftsabbrüche müssen endlich entkriminalisiert werden! #wegmit218 centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/2024/04/14/ent…

As voters in India prepare to head to the polls Human Rights Watch examined how the use of technology risks undermining this high stakes election. Read our explainer on key digital threats, incl. misuse of data, the role of tech companies, human rights standards & more

hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

🧵Ahead of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s urgent debate on the draft Artificial Intelligence Convention on 18 April, we have flagged several serious gaps in human rights safeguards
@CoE PACE PACE_Legal

amnesty.eu/news/council-o…

And let me add another life lesson: how people react when you fail is 100% a reflection of their own relationship with failure ✨

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…

My mind is anxiously focused on the news - but today I‘m in Brussels to meet this new civil society coalition to tackle monopoly power in Europe

🚨Read this before you use OpenAI for Hiring🚨

Leon Yin Davey Alba and I ran thousands of resume screening tests with GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 and found that the tech will racially discriminate applicants based only on their name. Serious implications. 🧵 1/10

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