As we enjoy academic exchange on this warm day in London, protesters are being killed in Bangladesh. Not sure how many of #SMSociety have seen it, but Abdullah Safir stood with this poster trying to draw our attention to what is happening in Bangladesh.

I spoke to The Bookseller about finding out that access to our Routledge Books publications has been shadily sold to Microsoft to train their generative AIs thebookseller.com/news/academic-…

It's interesting that our conceptions of AGI are all basically framed around human capabilities. It's like we can't even fathom a form of general intelligence other than what we see when we look in the mirror.

"We’re in the tricky phase of AI adoption, where big tech companies have spent millions—sometimes billions—of $ developing their own tools or investing in others, and need to try and come up with reasons to justify that investment." By Chris Stokel-Walker #AIEthics fastcompany.com/91154806/ai-in…

Jason Baumgartner - the guy who singlehandedly made large-scale Reddit research possible - has been suspended from X. Wishing him all the best during this turbulent time for platform transparency and trust.

Bangladeshi Gov't are now targeting artists who have shown support of the ongoing student protests. On July 25, rap singer Hannan Hossain was arrested and placed on a remand for his song, 'Awaaz Utha'. AR made a mixtape to archive all of these artistic songs and demand justice.

this is possibly the best art you’ll see today. streets of bangladesh by students.

“We should see the abilities of an A.I. as powerful, but never really humanlike”

The prospect of digital immortality raises no shortage of thorny issues. Among them: “Telling your loved ones that you don’t want to be turned into an AI clone may not stop someone from going rogue and doing it anyway.” theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Delighted to see coverage of our new paper on truth and LLMs in New Scientist ! newscientist.com/article/244286… Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Governance of Emerging Technologies Sandra Wachter [email protected] Chris Russell

“Communities that were originally established by humans for human-generated content are extremely upset that generative AI, which is trained on human work, is flooding their spaces.” Fascinating insight into the layers of negotiation within Reddit’s communities ⬇️

Grounded insight from Noah Giansiracusa that AI chat bots don’t have an understanding of the world, or actual views or beliefs. They are statistical entities - so when you train a bot on live X data, what do you expect will happen?

Finally out!! This special issue features my article “1001 followers in 20 days. Framing the use of fame-enhancing bots on Instagram” investigating the practice of botting through the lens of transgressive play. @polityinstabook Open access: playstorypress.org/books/todigra-…

Spamming "hi" at every LLM: a thread.

"The history of AI is often told as the story of machines getting smarter over time. What's lost is the human element in the narrative, how intelligent machines are designed, trained, and powered by human minds and bodies." spectrum.ieee.org/untold-history…

Context from the original clickbaity Reddit post that's blowing up (but apparently not here yet): they prompted NotebookLM with a one-pager production notes for a fictitious show called "Deep Dive", explaining the show hosts have been AI this whole time. reddit.com/r/notebooklm/s…

Had such a good time talking to CSIRO about my research on digital versions for their _Everyday AI_ podcast. Listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/718wWQ…

"Until recently, #chatbots on both #Instagram and the big-name #AI chatbot website Character. AI were also imitating Floyd. On #TikTok, a search for 'George Floyd AI' still returns AI-generated videos of the man": inc.com/brian-contrera… #ethics #internet #tech #app #business

Please share - call for papers 📢📚 #MeToo and Higher Education Special Issue Editors: Professor Denise Cuthbert & Associate Professor Ceridwen Spark Manuscript deadline: 25 April 2025 More information: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…