Authors: @noortjem.bsky.social, @alex-taylor.bsky.social, @mrsbunz.bsky.social, Thao Phan, Dr. Maya Indira Ganesh, Dominique B., Yasmine Boudiaf, Rachel Coldicutt, Iain Emsley, Beatrice Gobbo, Louise Hickman, Manu Luksch, Dr @bettinanissen.bsky.social, Mukul Patel, Luis Soares.

Drawing on participatory field research in four cities, the authors discuss how AI manifests as an "absent presence" in urban environments, the "reciprocity deficits" that lead to distrust and conspiracy thinking as prominent tropes in everyday public discourse about AI.

Over the last decade, city streets have emerged as a primary site where everyday publics are confronted with new, machine-learning based technologies - in the form of automated cars, smart traffic lights, facial recognition, smart billboards, and the like.

The Contested Meanings of Responsible AI (chapter 2) speaks to 'Responsible AI' as being not a singular concept or effort with a fixed meaning & clear definitional boundaries, but a complex & dynamic ecosystem pervaded by tensions & interdependencies.

Full report: montrealethics.ai/saier-vol-7-...

This edition explores how we can move from principles to practice in AI, grounding ethics in real-world action, collaboration, and shared accountability.

In many collaborative processes, AI is shifting from a tool for automation to an active collaborator. Yet, the notion of AI agency remains at the margins of most research on human–AI collaboration. The authors propose a conceptual design space for reasoning about agency in collaborative systems.

It was great to see BRAID Fellow @paulawest.bsky.social contribute her research insights to this important conversation. The dialogue in full is available via webcast webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...

The author advances an innovative and supplementary mechanism of grounding digital and data governance on the theoretical approach of human-centric design and on ideas of embedding ethics and law.

The project reimagines AI through creativity, justice and community, and challenges the idea that technological progress is inevitable by centring perspectives often excluded from mainstream debates.

This work is the result of a fabulous collaboration between BRAID Fellow Sanjay Sharma, Anita Shervington (BLAST Fest) and Toju Duke (Diverse AI) - as well as the artists themselves - as part of Sanjay's project: "Inclusive AI Futures?"

More on the project here:
braiduk.org/exploring-su...

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with @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, BBC Responsible Innovation Centre, Arts and Humanities Research Council at @ukri.org

This is a really exciting opportunity to surface whether, and to what extent, AI investments are delivering on their promise.

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