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Oonagh Murphy
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Work at the intersection of AI and Culture - BRAID Responsible AI Fellow at Arts Council England. Turing Fellow. Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society at Goldsmiths. www.oonaghmurphy.com


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Oonagh Murphy @oonaghtweets.bsky.social · Nov 14
Recently worked with The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to Curate 'Digital Dilemmas' a year long public program exploring the intersection of tech on society through the lens of artists and collections - you can now read our reflections > redcrossmuseum.ch/explore/medi...
English cover of the report French cover of the report
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
My new report offers practical insights and honest reflections on developing Responsible AI Policy and Practice @artscouncilengland.bsky.social .... no shiny hype, just some real lessons learned along the way. @braiduk.bsky.social
Responsible AI at Arts Council England
This report focuses on how the Arts Council is using AI responsibly in its internal work
www.artscouncil.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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verybrinteresting.bsky.social
Hi! As an experiment, I've added a couple "pay what you can" slots for advising sessions. You might use these to:

- Talk through a creative project for sense-checking or figuring out how to break it into milestones
- Discuss outreach for your project/company
-Ask "pick your brain"-type questions
Pay What You Can Session - Sarah Brin
Hi! This is a "pay what you can" session designed to support individuals with lower incomes.You may use this session to: Talk through a creative project for general sense-checking or figuring out how ...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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sebchan.bsky.social
Serious vibes on vibes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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journals.sagepub.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Today is a good day to buy one of these carefulindustries.teemill.com/product/bill...
Billionaires - Women's Relaxed Fit T-Shirt
Black women's relaxed fit, organic cotton.
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January 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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rosamundevb.bsky.social
Moseka, “an impressive, incorruptible traffic robot.” #AI #Africamuseum
January 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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scottygb.bsky.social
Siobhán McSweeney has been announced as the host of The Traitors Ireland.
December 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
I'm excited for AI to take Christmas off .... oh wait.....look the Open Consultation on AI and Copyright in the Creative Industries... has just launched... 🎄👩‍💻🫣
December 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
SXSW Panel Picker 'keyword search' can't seem to find one of my sessions - but if you'd like to vote for the 'The Art of Responsible AI' MeetUp with @braiduk.bsky.social you can search for '3122' and it comes up. Or my session CURATOR COMPUTER CREATOR search for '1266' 🫡✅
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December 12, 2024 at 9:21 AM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
If PanelPicker is your thing - pop over and give us a vote - we'd love to bring together lots of fun and fabulous people - and SXSW seems like the perfect platform to do it!
December 6, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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mayfaircynic.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 9:53 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
I'm pretty sure my neighbour - who is a multiple houses landlord - has been using it when we have been discussing works on our leasehold building. The professionalisation of language from previous text exchanges is fascinating!
The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover – or a robot?
People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they like its answers. But are they on a very slippery slope?
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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digital.therourke.net
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.
www.cbsnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:50 AM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
I'm so glad Scott is on Bluesky - one of my favourite twitter commentators - > brilliant as usual in this article!
December 2, 2024 at 3:07 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
This event was great! ... really good discussions.
December 2, 2024 at 1:53 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
I wrote a lot about the contemporary purpose of museums, libraries and archives in my PhD, and my visit to Oslo last week made me think back to the work that was happening in New York when I spent a summer there in 2012. It's not digital that's interesting, it's how digital shapes society ...
Key Trend 01 Embracing contemporary culture to develop new audiences Collections provide us with a unique link to the past, but to be interesting to the average visitor, they must also provide a link to the present. Visitors want to know how a museum and its collection are relevant to them today. While in New York I came across a number of interesting events, programmes and exhibitions that demonstrated the contemporary relevance of museums and their collections, for this report I have selected three case studies which demonstrate that this approach requires vision rather than infinite resources. Key Trend 2: The museum as a place for experimentation and innovation by visitors New Technologies are beginning to shift the way visitors are learning. A new model of collaborative learning is beginning to emerge. Whilst museum educators continue to teach visitors about the museum’s collections, increasingly museum visitors are providing museums themselves with new ways to view their collection. Whilst still a relatively new phenomena this trend marks a radical shift away from educator workshops with a defined, pre planned outcome. Key Trend 3: Skill sharing and reflective practice Agile thinking and practices are somewhat at odds with museum culture, museums have reputation for being slow, often bureaucratic institutions. While I was in New York I was excited to see a range of digital education, marketing, collections and web teams tackle this legacy of bureaucracy by forming their own informal professional skill sharing networks. These new networks support museum technologists as they seek to create a new more agile and reflective environment that is conducive to and facilitates the development of emerging practice. These networks can be divided into three categories, informal events, conferences and social networks. Key Trend 4: The museum as an innovative, agile, mission lead institution It was clear that museums in New York are invested in the future. The old argument ‘if we put everything online people won’t visit’ has been blown out of the water and many museums in New York now recognise that to succeed now and in the future they must develop a culture of research and development that responds to, challenges and works with contemporary culture and technological advancements. It was interesting to see how museums in New York are beginning to recognise that throwing money at singular digital projects is not enough. Instead it was evident that a number of key international museums have begun to see digital technologies and research and development as a key strategic priority and as such are creating departments staffed with people from a range of backgrounds and skill sets to work with the museum as a whole. This strategic approach of creating departments tasked with R&D, emerging technologies, and creating sustainable practices, demonstrates an interesting human resource approach to joined up thinking that will allow museums to use their historical and contemporary collections in a way that is relevant and engaging to visitors both today and tomorrow.
December 2, 2024 at 12:26 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
Deichman Bjørvika (Oslo Public Library) is a kind of scandi utopia of what a public commons can be. Giant makerspace, soft play, cinema rooms, music studios. Buzzing with all generations, making, learning, sharing space and ideas www.dezeen.com/2020/07/02/d...
Picture of a stage in the middle of the library, set up for a gig, with people sitting reading. Sewing station at the library Tshirt printing station at the library floor plan of the library
December 2, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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marcofiore.bsky.social
Great insights, especially in the article:

"Digital art work and AI: a new paradigm for work in the contemporary art sector in China"

Artistic practices are changing - the artisanal labour is still there, it is just taking a different shape.
November 28, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
I made a starter pack but it made me tense because all taxonomies are political and no, I absolutely did not overthink this.

Also! It is really hard to find people in your graph who have fewer followers. Bluesky should let you sort the list with least followers first.

go.bsky.app/VFxSES6
November 27, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
And when he was told the sale price, he began to cry.

“I am a poor man,” Mr. Alam, 74, said, his voice breaking. “I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...
The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents
A 74-year-old immigrant who works outside Sotheby’s shares a basement in the Bronx and works 12-hour shifts. He was stunned to hear what his banana went for at auction.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:47 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
I'm currently editing a special issue on 'Artificial Intelligence: Cultural Policy, Management, Education, and Research' we are publishing as we go - with editorial coming out in new year www.frontierspartnerships.org/research-top...
Artificial Intelligence: Cultural Policy, Management, Education, and Research
The impact of AI on cultural management and cultural policy cuts across multiple disciplines and creative fields, from the theorisation of the very nature of cultural producers, to the practical const...
www.frontierspartnerships.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
Norway does good museums and dramatic skies. Was torn between looking at the art and the big skies yesterday afternoon. Apparently the building is designed to have that impact - framing the city and the art, and it hits the nail on the head.
Image shows the MUNCH museum building in front of big blue sky
November 27, 2024 at 8:44 AM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
Now this is tech for good that I can get behind - This 'AI Granny' Bores Scammers to Tears - brilliant example of what is possible when we think differently about a problem! uk.pcmag.com/security/155...
This 'AI Granny' Bores Scammers to Tears
After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.
uk.pcmag.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
oonaghtweets.bsky.social
Arrived in Norway to work with MUNCH museum for a few days - nice to see Edvard moonlighting as a weather man at the airport!
Image of a interactive billboard - with an image of Edvard Munch painting The Scream and a weather forecast saying it is -2 degrees
November 24, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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restofworld.org
Buenos Aires’ justice system is using ChatGPT to write legal decisions. “We, as professionals, are not the main characters anymore. We have become editors,” said one deputy attorney general
restofworld.org/2024/buenos-...
Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings
Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
restofworld.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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clairebaileyross.bsky.social
Really like the focus on the human. The Congruence engine as a social machine - requires the agency of its potential users. Links will occur where people actually want links to be made. speed of automation but with very much human motivations www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/projects/the... #tanc
The Congruence Engine: Digital tools for new collections based industrial histories | Science Museum Group
The Congruence Engine is a three-year research project starting in November 2021 that will use the latest digital techniques to connect industrial history collections held in different locations.
www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:06 AM