Why is natural language processing technology so much better in English than most other languages? What methods can improve NLP for lower-resource languages?

It was great to share my work on this topic at the the BCSWomen Lovelace consortium and poster competition today!

Major digital centres of power – Brussels, Beijing, London and Washington – are pursuing vastly different regulatory models. Our experts discuss, with:

▪️Jacqueline Rowe
▪️Alex Krasodomski
▪️Marjorie Buchser
▪️Nikki Sun
▪️Yasmin Afina 🖖🏼 (She/her)

Read in full:
chathamhouse.org/2024/01/toward…

Major digital centres of power – Brussels, Beijing, London and Washington – are pursuing vastly different regulatory models. Our experts discuss, with:

▪️Jacqueline Rowe
▪️Alex Krasodomski
▪️Marjorie Buchser
▪️Nikki Sun
▪️Yasmin Afina 🖖🏼 (She/her)

Read in full:
chathamhouse.org/2024/01/toward…

Fantastic article on the ethical implications of prompt engineering and shadow prompting by AI companies making large language models.
👏Eryk Salvaggio from Siegel Family Endowment, published in Tech Policy Press

techpolicy.press/shining-a-ligh…

Senegalese authorities must unconditionally release journalist Pape Alé Niang, who began a hunger strike on July 29, and cease all legal proceedings against him related to his work - Committee to Protect Journalists cpj.org/2023/08/senega…

Governments use internet shutdowns to cover up grave human rights violations. Jacqueline Rowe and Saba Tsen'at Mah'derom shed light on the harm caused by shutdowns in Ethiopia and beyond. openglobalrights.org/weaponizing-in…

'Whoever controls language models controls politics.'

Great writing from Hannes Bajohr @hannesbajohr.bsky.social here on the longer-term impacts of gradually replacing human discourse with auto-generated text: hannesbajohr.de/en/2023/04/08/…

Faaaaaascinating.

rishi, Kevin Klyman, Daniel Zhang and Percy Liang evaluate how foundation LLM providers measure up to the requirements in the EU's proposed AI Act. Results demonstrate a 'striking range' in compliance...

Stanford HAI: crfm.stanford.edu/2023/06/15/eu-…

Having worked with colleagues at ARTICLE 19 Sénégal/ Afrique de l'ouest for two years collaborating on LEXOTA @globalpartnersD has followed w/ concern the ongoing human rights violations in 🇸🇳Senegal, including through restrictions on access and Internet shutdowns and limits on #FoE and assembly.

Amazing resource on how #fakenews laws and other related government actions impact #FreedomOfExpression , developed by @chr_humanrights ARTICLE 19 PROTEGE QV CIPESA GPD

lexota.org

Really looking forward to participating in this panel, where we'll take a global tour of diverse approaches to platform regulation and unpack some of the drivers behind them.

Join us online *TODAY* at 11.30am CST / 6.30pm BST to hear more.
rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-co…

Excited for our #RightsCon session w/ Chatham House—'Weary giants of flesh and steel'—where we'll explore trends in platform regulations around the world.

Tomorrow (8 June) at 11.30 CST.

Link to join: rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-co…

Tomorrow at #RightsCon (12.45 CST), join us for a panel w/@AccessNow on how govs are using internet shutdowns to mask rights violations in Africa & MENA: rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-co…… #RightsCon

Discussing findings from our joint report with Access Now: gp-digital.org/publication/ev…

How do internet shutdowns intersect with violations of political rights and state violence across Africa and the Middle East?

If you're at RightsCon in-person, join our dialogue *today* at 12.45 in the Puntarenas room. Details below ⬇️

A community came together to get its language onto Google Translate, to ensure it would be represented in the digital world: “It is a time of technology. Now, Kurdish Sorani is a global language.”
restofworld.org/2023/google-tr…

📢 STARTING NOW: Our convo digging into new Gabriel Nicholas + Aliya Bhatia research on multilingual language models – alongside Monojit Choudhury, Vukosi Marivate 🇿🇦🚀📊, & Jacqueline Rowe – is happening right now!

📺 WATCH: youtube.com/live/6JDVwz-d3…

Really looking forward to contributing to this panel tomorrow and celebrating the excellent research paper produced by Gabriel Nicholas and Aliya Bhatia at CDT!

10am EDT / 3pm BST, Weds 24 May

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👀 ...and more on the soon-to-be-released research here: cdt.org/insights/langu…

🗓️ NEXT WEEK: As part of the release of a new CDT Research report, we're convening natural language processing researchers + content policy experts alongside our own Gabriel Nicholas & Aliya Bhatia for a deep dive on how multilingual language models work:

cdt.org/event/mind-the…

What an insane day in the world of AI.

We got huge announcements from Google, HuggingFace, Scale AI, and Synthesia.

Here's the rundown on everything you need to know: