Aisling Murray
@aislingmurray.bsky.social
Humans. World. Words. Art. Culture. Technology.
Freelancer & Founder/Director Beta Festival, Ireland
Betafestival.ie
Freelancer & Founder/Director Beta Festival, Ireland
Betafestival.ie
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A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...
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The amount of people I know who were suspect of Connolly's keepy-uppy video being AI and who looked closer to be sure of it is a good sign for media literacy.
October 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The amount of people I know who were suspect of Connolly's keepy-uppy video being AI and who looked closer to be sure of it is a good sign for media literacy.
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It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...
Is new Dublin restaurant Entrecôte connected to the French originals?
A few weeks ago this Instagram page appeared, announcing a "world famous French bistro" was coming to Dublin. Ears were pricked, and questions abounded about exactly which "Entrecôte" was coming to Ir...
www.allthefood.ie
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...
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“The road to authoritarianism is filled with people telling you you are overreacting.” @governorwalz.mn.gov speaking at @americanprogress.bsky.social right now
June 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“The road to authoritarianism is filled with people telling you you are overreacting.” @governorwalz.mn.gov speaking at @americanprogress.bsky.social right now
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With Meta launching a lab focused on “Superintelligence” — the new buzzword for “AGI,” itself the new buzzword for “AI,” etc — it’s worth noting that AGI is a flawed goal. Here’s my general-readership piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the matter: www.techpolicy.press/most-researc...
Most Researchers Do Not Believe AGI Is Imminent. Why Do Policymakers Act Otherwise? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio says it is dangerous to the public interest for policymakers to center the pursuit of AGI in AI policy.
www.techpolicy.press
June 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
With Meta launching a lab focused on “Superintelligence” — the new buzzword for “AGI,” itself the new buzzword for “AI,” etc — it’s worth noting that AGI is a flawed goal. Here’s my general-readership piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the matter: www.techpolicy.press/most-researc...
Hey, not in press but I do love things so please include me in your press drop. Thanks.
May 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hey, not in press but I do love things so please include me in your press drop. Thanks.
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Traveling into the U.S. has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. From the ace @wired.com security team, here's tangible guidance on minimizing the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Traveling into the U.S. has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. From the ace @wired.com security team, here's tangible guidance on minimizing the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
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I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons
Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth
www.irishexaminer.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Gosh Simon Harris must have absolutely lost his mind when he heard about the printer they bought for the Dail that was too big to be used
February 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Gosh Simon Harris must have absolutely lost his mind when he heard about the printer they bought for the Dail that was too big to be used
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I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel.
👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
Bending the arc of AI towards the public interest
By Abeba Birhane, 18/02/2025
Following the first in Bletchley Park in 2023 and the second in Seoul in 2024, the third AI Action Summit took place in February 2025 in Paris. In the context of previous ...
aial.ie
February 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel.
👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/
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Ok, Ireland is at 89.99% of the threshold it has to reach for this #EU petition to support banning #LGBTQ conversion therapy.
Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm
Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm
February 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Ok, Ireland is at 89.99% of the threshold it has to reach for this #EU petition to support banning #LGBTQ conversion therapy.
Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm
Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm
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Helloooooo BlueSky! 🌤️ We have just landed and will share more here soon 🥠 meanwhile find us and updates at -> aixdesign.co + linkin.bio/aixdesign-co/
AIxDESIGN
We’re a Global Community and Lab Nourishing Alternative, Feminist + Participatory Approaches to AI for the Rest of Us 🐛
aixdesign.co
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Helloooooo BlueSky! 🌤️ We have just landed and will share more here soon 🥠 meanwhile find us and updates at -> aixdesign.co + linkin.bio/aixdesign-co/
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Beta Festival has released its report from the AI Art Assembly, providing deeply considered food for thought on AI and the arts. Well worth a look, and kudos to @aislingmurray.bsky.social for making these conversations happen.
Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site
Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site
AI-Art-Assembly-Report
AI-Art-Assembly-Report
betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Beta Festival has released its report from the AI Art Assembly, providing deeply considered food for thought on AI and the arts. Well worth a look, and kudos to @aislingmurray.bsky.social for making these conversations happen.
Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site
Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site
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70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Everyone born in 1998 is now at least 25 — the bad news doesn't end there
There are hundreds of thousands of young adults in Ireland who will never hire a plumber or electrician, buy a lawnmower, build a shed
www.irishexaminer.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Open letter to #transmediale
Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?
signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social
openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...
Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?
signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social
openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...
February 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Open letter to #transmediale
Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?
signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social
openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...
Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director?
signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social
openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...
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January 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims
Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims
The new filing claims that Meta allowed Llama to commit copyright infringement on pirated data and upload it for commercial gain.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims
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The great thing with Signal is that not only is it more secure and operated by better people, but it's also flat out the better product in terms of usability and aesthetics. Also no weird AI bots, solid desktop version, and great videoconferencing.
Whatsapp, like Facebook, is owned by Zuckerberg's Meta.
Signal is owned by the Signal Foundation. And it's more secure. We have a choice.
Signal is owned by the Signal Foundation. And it's more secure. We have a choice.
January 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The great thing with Signal is that not only is it more secure and operated by better people, but it's also flat out the better product in terms of usability and aesthetics. Also no weird AI bots, solid desktop version, and great videoconferencing.
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You can be incredibly famous & successful, stunningly beautiful with a hugely powerful husband & still be vulnerable to any silly decision being weaponised in the perennial sport of tearing down women. And most of us are none of these things, that’s what scares me
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ (Gift Article)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to smear Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:18 PM
You can be incredibly famous & successful, stunningly beautiful with a hugely powerful husband & still be vulnerable to any silly decision being weaponised in the perennial sport of tearing down women. And most of us are none of these things, that’s what scares me
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground … is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza” www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...
Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction
Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:26 AM
"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground … is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza” www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...
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Resharing: Opportunity to join or Chair the Trustee Board of the National Videogame Museum, UK. Please get in touch (DMs open) for a chat if this sparks an interest - we’re about to start a new chapter, and we need some new voices and perspectives to help and steer. (Deadline late Jan.)
Join Us as Chair or Trustee of @thebgi.bsky.social
Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to support a growing national charity?
For more information, download our Chair or Trustee Recruitment Pack ⬇
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
December 20, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Resharing: Opportunity to join or Chair the Trustee Board of the National Videogame Museum, UK. Please get in touch (DMs open) for a chat if this sparks an interest - we’re about to start a new chapter, and we need some new voices and perspectives to help and steer. (Deadline late Jan.)
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Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
December 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Dream job as Director of Regenerative Futures going at @wshed.bsky.social Also do give their Bluesky account a follow if you haven’t already. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...
Director of Regenerative Futures
The role will lead Watershed Wild and Generous, working with our trustees, staff, stakeholders, communities and neighbours to deliver a sustainable, equitable and values-driven building and public spa...
www.watershed.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Dream job as Director of Regenerative Futures going at @wshed.bsky.social Also do give their Bluesky account a follow if you haven’t already. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...
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Dear computer vision researchers, students & practitioners🔇🔇🔇
Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles.
PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...
Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles.
PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...
December 16, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Dear computer vision researchers, students & practitioners🔇🔇🔇
Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles.
PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...
Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles.
PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...