Juliette Zaccour
biksil.bsky.social
Juliette Zaccour
@biksil.bsky.social
PhD student at the Oxford Internet Institute, researching data access solutions for public interest researchers.

data access · AI auditing, fairness and accountability · human-centered data science
Reposted by Juliette Zaccour
Language models are trained on billions of sentences, with data sourced from human-generated content including feminist blogs, corporate DEI statements, gossip sites and men’s right’s Reddit threads. So, what does this mean for how gender is handled by AI?

www.ox.ac.uk/news/feature...
Do language models have an issue with gender? | University of Oxford
www.ox.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Juliette Zaccour
The model was trained “using large volumes of telephone conversations and text messages, obtained through its [Unit 8200’s] extensive surveillance of the occupied territories.”
Revealed: Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data
The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Juliette Zaccour
New blog! @oiioxford.bsky.social doctoral researchers @deeliu97.bsky.social, @manueltonneau.bsky.social and Juliette Zaccour propose a series of recommendations for effective data access and data governance in light of the EU’s Digital Service Act. Read the full article: bit.ly/49DJyhn
December 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Juliette Zaccour
Algorithms are now making critical decisions across sectors. And yet, independent investigations of discriminatory decisions are stymied by strong barriers to data access.

Our new research article just accepted at CHI establishes (minimum) data access requirements for rigorous audits.
Establishing meaningful data access for algorithm audits – Synthetic Society
When we allow AI to make critical decisions about individuals, who gets to scrutinise them? Independent auditors struggle to investigate harmful impacts of algorithms due to strong barriers to data ac...
syntheticsociety.oii.ox.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM