📬 The AIAI November Issue is out now!

We’re sharing insights and opportunities across the aiai.network — featuring Salwa Hoque’s note on AI and the law, and a fascinating recap of Vauhini Vara’s discussion on generative AI in creative work.
🚨 Deadline for the Seed Grants has been extended to Dec 1.

🚀 Our 2025 seed grant call is open!
We’re excited to grow the #AIAINetwork by supporting new projects and collaborations in AI × humanities, AI × culture or AI × City with an Atlanta focus, and professional development funding for community events, workshops and more.

👉Info: www.aiai.network/grants

Are you interested in AI’s hidden costs especially from the point of view of African content moderators?

Join next week Friday at Emory PAIS 561 at 11:30 am for a student open discussion with Time100AI and BBC100 women honoree Kauna Malgwi.

🍂 AIAI October Issue is out now!
We’re excited to share what’s been growing across the #AIAINetwork — including Ben Miller’s opening reflection, new member features, Seed Grant opportunities, and a roundup of events happening in Atlanta + beyond.

📪 Read Newsletter #17 aiai.network/newsletter

Please join us on Wed, Oct 29 at Emory University for our annual #AIAINetwork 🍂Fall Kickoff Event🍂
Featuring a conversation with Drs. Carl DiSalvo, Lauren Klein, Brandeis Marshall, and Dan Sinykin, and a roundtable with our 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees moderated by Dr. André Brock.
See you there!

We are hosting @vauhinivara.bsky.social at Emory on Thursday Oct 16 for the talk, “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Vara was a Pulitzer finalist for fiction in 2023. Her latest, Searches, investigates what is at stake for writing with the rise of AI.

Meet Snigdha 👋
Snigdha is a PhD candidate in Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at Emory University. At #AIAINetwork, she serves as our Curriculum Specialist, supporting the development of a repository that showcases the teachings of Network members across Atlanta.

Meet Dez Miller 👋
Dez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at Emory University. They work at the intersection of digital humanities, urban studies, and environmental literary studies, exploring how urban water infrastructures shape and are shaped by cultural narratives.

Meet Salwa Hoque 👋 Salwa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the #AIAINetwork. She works at the intersection of law and technology, specializing in legal pluralism, databases, automation, and women’s rights.

Learn more about Salwa and her work: www.aiai.network/salwa-hoque/

Meet Diana Duarte 👋 Through #AIAINetwork's AI and Social Movements project, Diana explores the applications and limitations of AI in studying historical and contemporary movements.
🔗https://www.aiai.network/dianaduarte/

Meet Joy Victor 👋 Data Analyst + AI Ethics wingwoman. With a keen eye for uncovering insights and tackling problems through data, she leads the analysis and visualization efforts of the #AIAINetwork Public Interest AI project. Learn more about Joy and her work: www.aiai.network/joy-victor/%...

The Trump administration’s forthcoming AI action plan will inevitably center industry interests & lead to the unrestrained, unaccountable roll-out of AI into every part of our lives. We’re among the 90+ orgs demanding an AI policy agenda that puts the interests of people first. peoplesaiaction.com

☀️ Popping into your feed with a summer update from the Atlanta Interdisciplinary Network!
See what’s growing across #AIAINetwork: new projects, summer reads, and upcoming events.

Stay in the loop 🌿

📬 Newsletter #15: aiai.network/newsletter

🌻 The AIAI Network April Newsletter is out now!
Discover what’s happening across the #AIAINetwork this month—from new initiatives to ways you can take part. Stay in the loop by subscribing and reading the latest issue.
📬 Newsletter #14: aiai.network/newsletter

📮The AIAI Network February Newsletter is here! Stay updated on the latest events, grant opportunities, and ways to get involved in the #AIAINetwork. Don’t miss out—subscribe today! Sign up & read newsletter #12: aiai.network/newsletter

Hello Atlanta friends! 🏙️🔍 Join us on February 21 at 3:30 PM at Georgia Tech for a workshop with Nick Okafor, founder of Truble&Co., on "Liberatory Approaches to Urban Analytics and GIS." For planning purposes, please register here: bit.ly/41pTJ6V. Light refreshments will be provided.

Thank you to everyone who applied to our 2024-25 AIAI Network Seed Grant program! 🎉 We're excited to announce this year’s awardees. Learn more about their incredible projects: www.aiai.network/seed-grants-... #AIAINetwork #SeedGrants

Ready to kick off the Spring AIAI Speaker Series? Please join us this Thursday, January 23, at 12 PM at Georgia Tech for a talk by Dr. Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin) on "Generative AI: Sparks of AGI or Glorified Copy-Paste Machines". We'd love to see you there!