Understanding ChatGPT's limitations is super helpful when using it for learning — for example, having some intuition about whether a concept appears often enough on the web for ChatGPT to have learned it.

Today we launched AI Now’s 2023 Landscape Report. In it, we put forth an actionable policy strategy to confront concentration of power in the tech industry. Read more: ainowinstitute.org/2023-landscape

Uganda’s parliament has passed one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ bills. If the law comes into force it will entrench discrimination and undermine human rights. President Museveni shouldn't sign the Anti-Homosexuality bill. Learn more here:

Terrible news. Uganda passes #AntiHomosexualityBill with punishments including the death penalty for some same sex acts. This is devastating for #LGBTQ+ Ugandans, and their allies and friends. And it is devastating for Uganda’s #HIV prevention efforts. theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

BREAKING: Including yesterday's incident in Allen, TX, the U.S. has now reached 200+ mass shootings this year. The country reached this number on: -May 15th in 2022 -May 12th in 2021 -June 16th in 2020 -June 30th in 2019 -July 31st in 2018 -July 23rd in 2017 -July 22nd in 2016

An algorithmic system funded by the World Bank, meant to determine which families should get financial help, ended up excluding those who needed it. Human Rights Watch's report underscores why govt programs that use automated decision-making need more transparency. technologyreview.com/2023/06/13/107…

THREAD: Today, the National AI Advisory Committee, which I sit on, delivered the final version of its first-year report to President Biden. 1/6 ai.gov/wp-content/upl…

A few weeks back, a major human rights organization used AI-generated images in an update and sparked an uproar. Here colleagues shirin anlen and Raquel Vazquez Llorente identify key questions on human rights advocacy and generative AI based in WITNESS work. blog.witness.org/2023/06/using-…

I have a new book out today: THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST. It's about extreme heat and how it impacts every living thing on this planet. It's not a doomer book. The opposite, in fact. I think of it as a survival guide for life in the 21st century. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-go…

OpenAI marshaled a global pipeline of human labor for 2+ years to enable ChatGPT & GPT-4 to exist. Workers who dealt with the worst parts are still suffering PTSD more than a year later. My story with Deepa Seetharaman out today on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/articles/chatg…

There's a lot of stuff out there on the Niger Coup situation. Here's my take, which works from a longer-term historical, view. "How the West Could Actually Help the Sahel" foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/31/nig…

prediction markets and share prices related to superconductivity are all soaring. but the signal is not entirely correlated with scientific development/evidence. the memestock kids have got their hands on the story now, so the signal is polluted

One of the most interesting pieces I've read in the past few months, keep referring to it to people: americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/11/the-lo…

“@safiyanoble, @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social), Dr. Joy Buolamwini , ruchowdh.bsky.social , and Gangadharan have been calling for regulation for years, as soon as they saw the harm automated systems have on marginalized communities and people of color. But now that those harms could extend to the broader population,

Today, Meta announced that it won't suspend former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, despite a recommendation from the Oversight Board to do so. And it could have BIG implications for global elections in 2024. Buckle up! @wired wired.com/story/cambodia…

The stronger civil society’s voice is, the more equitable the transition to clean energy will be #SDIM23 #UNGA78 #JustTransition Giannis Moschos weforum.org/agenda/2023/09…

Honored to serve on the board of WINGS and join this week’s #WINGSForum2023 in Nairobi

Unions and the rights of workers continue to be on the agenda in #Davos. #wef24 #civilsociety

When we work together, labor unions and corporations can strengthen our country’s economy AND create opportunities for a better life for students and working people. Our partnership with Micron in NY is just one example of how. weforum.org/stories/2025/0…