Alice T Liu
@alicetliu-work.bsky.social
Responsible AI | Partnerships | Digital Development | Policy | Business | CAIDP Research Group Member
Trusted champion for Global Majority voices at the table. Passionate builder of authentic relationships. All opinions my own.
Trusted champion for Global Majority voices at the table. Passionate builder of authentic relationships. All opinions my own.
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Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
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A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency's systems, among other proposals.
Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs
A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency’s systems, among other proposals.
wrd.cm
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write code for the agency's systems, among other proposals.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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CDT CEO @alexreevegivens.bsky.social: “Eliminating the AI Safety Institute would do nothing to make U.S. AI companies more competitive—and would undermine efforts to make sure that AI tools are safe and effective.” fortune.com/2025/02/...
AI safety advocates slam Trump administration’s reported targeting of standards agency
The U.S.’s fledgling AI Safety Institute is reportedly about to be gutted by mass layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
fortune.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
CDT CEO @alexreevegivens.bsky.social: “Eliminating the AI Safety Institute would do nothing to make U.S. AI companies more competitive—and would undermine efforts to make sure that AI tools are safe and effective.” fortune.com/2025/02/...
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Join 92NY for a Newmark Civic Life Series event on law and democracy in the Trump Era with @lauracoates.com @preetbharara.bsky.social Neal Katyal and Thane Rosenbaum. www.92ny.org/event/how-we...
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February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join 92NY for a Newmark Civic Life Series event on law and democracy in the Trump Era with @lauracoates.com @preetbharara.bsky.social Neal Katyal and Thane Rosenbaum. www.92ny.org/event/how-we...
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In the first of a series of essays from participants in the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS) that preceded the Paris AI Action Summit, Meg Young writes that both firms and governments tend to centralize decision-making power and deploy a single system at scale.
Participatory AI? Begin with the Most Affected People | TechPolicy.Press
Meg Young writes that both firms and governments tend to centralize decision-making power and deploy a single system at scale.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In the first of a series of essays from participants in the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS) that preceded the Paris AI Action Summit, Meg Young writes that both firms and governments tend to centralize decision-making power and deploy a single system at scale.
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As part of a series of essays from participants in the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS) that preceded the Paris AI Action Summit, Jonathan van Geuns writes that the crisis in AI governance isn't just about flawed AI. It's about corporate capture of governance.
Beyond the Façade: Challenging and Evaluating the Meaning of Participation in AI Governance | TechPolicy.Press
AI governance today is not merely a site of contestation but of outright corporate capture, writes Jonathan van Geuns.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As part of a series of essays from participants in the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS) that preceded the Paris AI Action Summit, Jonathan van Geuns writes that the crisis in AI governance isn't just about flawed AI. It's about corporate capture of governance.
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Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
No, 90 Percent of Aid Is Not Skimmed Off Before Reaching Target Communities
A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a differe...
www.cgdev.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
This whole thread ties together the takeover of the Federal payment system and other actions.
This is exactly right
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
February 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This whole thread ties together the takeover of the Federal payment system and other actions.