Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes
@cmfg.bsky.social
Optimist who worries • Where tech and society intersect • Currently Berkeley Tech Policy Fellow & AI Collaborative Senior Advisor • Etalab & Google alumn • Feminist, obviously
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The world before containerization
(Retable of Saint Nicholas, ≈1479/1505)
(Retable of Saint Nicholas, ≈1479/1505)
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The world before containerization
(Retable of Saint Nicholas, ≈1479/1505)
(Retable of Saint Nicholas, ≈1479/1505)
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Great interview with @emilytav.bsky.social and @kathypham.bsky.social on “civic tech.” Love the comment that civic tech = civic duty + technology.
July 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great interview with @emilytav.bsky.social and @kathypham.bsky.social on “civic tech.” Love the comment that civic tech = civic duty + technology.
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1/ 📚 Today we're sharing something we've been working on since 2019: an oral history of how the U.S. Digital Service came to be.
Nearly 50 conversations with the people who were there from 2009-2015, telling their stories in their own words. 🧵
Nearly 50 conversations with the people who were there from 2009-2015, telling their stories in their own words. 🧵
US Digital Service Origins
An oral history documenting how the United States Digital Service came to exist, and the initial days of building its foundation.
usdigitalserviceorigins.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
1/ 📚 Today we're sharing something we've been working on since 2019: an oral history of how the U.S. Digital Service came to be.
Nearly 50 conversations with the people who were there from 2009-2015, telling their stories in their own words. 🧵
Nearly 50 conversations with the people who were there from 2009-2015, telling their stories in their own words. 🧵
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𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞
At the AI Action Summit in Paris, the world signaled its readiness for a new future, one where AI is open, inclusive, and aligned with democratic values.
www.currentai.org/latest-updat...
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At the AI Action Summit in Paris, the world signaled its readiness for a new future, one where AI is open, inclusive, and aligned with democratic values.
www.currentai.org/latest-updat...
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Building Public Interest AI - Current AI's next chapter
www.currentai.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞
At the AI Action Summit in Paris, the world signaled its readiness for a new future, one where AI is open, inclusive, and aligned with democratic values.
www.currentai.org/latest-updat...
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At the AI Action Summit in Paris, the world signaled its readiness for a new future, one where AI is open, inclusive, and aligned with democratic values.
www.currentai.org/latest-updat...
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120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ 🧪
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
nyti.ms
April 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ 🧪
"Public services aren’t about that. They’re not lifestyle upgrades - they’re rights and responsibilities. We need to treat them as such when we design digital systems. They have a higher order of priorities." 💯
artifactstech.substack.com/p/services-t...
artifactstech.substack.com/p/services-t...
Services that serve?
A conversation with the former Head of Design of the Italian Government
artifactstech.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Public services aren’t about that. They’re not lifestyle upgrades - they’re rights and responsibilities. We need to treat them as such when we design digital systems. They have a higher order of priorities." 💯
artifactstech.substack.com/p/services-t...
artifactstech.substack.com/p/services-t...
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The current situation in the US is a unique opportunity for Europe to reverse decades of brain drain. It would be wise of European leaders to seize this moment and invest accordingly.
February 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The current situation in the US is a unique opportunity for Europe to reverse decades of brain drain. It would be wise of European leaders to seize this moment and invest accordingly.
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This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Bluesky says it is now sending referral traffic through its "go" subdomain to make it easier for publishers to track the traffic coming from the social network (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
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I was listening to Trevor Noah interview Robert Putnam of Bowling alone while making Ilhan Omar's hot dish. Putnam says that Trump weaponized the nation's loneliness to come to power and that even if we get through this US democracy remains vulnerable until we fix that (interview was in January) /1
March 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I was listening to Trevor Noah interview Robert Putnam of Bowling alone while making Ilhan Omar's hot dish. Putnam says that Trump weaponized the nation's loneliness to come to power and that even if we get through this US democracy remains vulnerable until we fix that (interview was in January) /1
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1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
I've always liked WIRED. But I did not have on my 2025 notes - WIRED becomes THE source for the most important investigative journalism of our time (with respect for ProPublica and a few others)
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
Control the infrastructure & you control everything.
The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.
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👗📊✨ Bonjour, hier soir c’était les Oscars et c’est donc l’heure de mon désormais traditionnel thread
🍿 LES TENUES DES OSCARS AS GRAPHIQUES DE L'@insee.fr, version 2025 🍿
Je commence avec Mikey Madison as Une pyramide des âges proche de celle de l'ensemble de la population
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🍿 LES TENUES DES OSCARS AS GRAPHIQUES DE L'@insee.fr, version 2025 🍿
Je commence avec Mikey Madison as Une pyramide des âges proche de celle de l'ensemble de la population
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March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
👗📊✨ Bonjour, hier soir c’était les Oscars et c’est donc l’heure de mon désormais traditionnel thread
🍿 LES TENUES DES OSCARS AS GRAPHIQUES DE L'@insee.fr, version 2025 🍿
Je commence avec Mikey Madison as Une pyramide des âges proche de celle de l'ensemble de la population
⬇️⬇️⬇️
🍿 LES TENUES DES OSCARS AS GRAPHIQUES DE L'@insee.fr, version 2025 🍿
Je commence avec Mikey Madison as Une pyramide des âges proche de celle de l'ensemble de la population
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former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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If you’re curious about the AI Data Transparency Index, the Data Provenance Initiative, or ways to make transparency truly user-centric, take a look at the slides:
docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to the incredible team that made it happen: Sophia, Lucie, Omar, David, me, and Elena.
docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to the incredible team that made it happen: Sophia, Lucie, Omar, David, me, and Elena.
AI Data Transparency: The Past, Present and Beyond (AAAI 2025 tutorial)
AI Data Transparency: the past, the present and beyond 1 AAAI 2025 tutorial, 26th February 2PM - 6PM EST David Piorkowski IBM Lucie-Aimée Kaffee HuggingFace Shayne Longpre MIT, Data Provenance Initiat...
docs.google.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you’re curious about the AI Data Transparency Index, the Data Provenance Initiative, or ways to make transparency truly user-centric, take a look at the slides:
docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to the incredible team that made it happen: Sophia, Lucie, Omar, David, me, and Elena.
docs.google.com/presentation...
Thank you to the incredible team that made it happen: Sophia, Lucie, Omar, David, me, and Elena.
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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
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I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
Three Fallacies: Alondra Nelson's Remarks at the Elysée Palace on the Occasion of the AI Action Summit | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Nelson was an invited speaker at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l'Élysée on February 10, 2025.
www.techpolicy.press
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
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♥️♥️ Let's not forget that Valentine was martyred for standing firm in his values/beliefs and doing what was right when faced with a tyrant's decree. ♥️♥️ Forget the commercial holiday, but send a love letter to people who are fighting for others to have the freedom to love. ♥️♥️
February 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
♥️♥️ Let's not forget that Valentine was martyred for standing firm in his values/beliefs and doing what was right when faced with a tyrant's decree. ♥️♥️ Forget the commercial holiday, but send a love letter to people who are fighting for others to have the freedom to love. ♥️♥️
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1/ Grateful to the incredible leaders who have come together to support CurrentAI and the vision for AI in the public interest. 🧵
fortune.com/2025/02/09/l...
fortune.com/2025/02/09/l...
Reid Hoffman, Clem Delangue among tech entrepreneurs and VCs calling for AI 'public goods'
Ten prominent tech entrepreneurs, investors release open letter ahead of Paris AI summit.
fortune.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
1/ Grateful to the incredible leaders who have come together to support CurrentAI and the vision for AI in the public interest. 🧵
fortune.com/2025/02/09/l...
fortune.com/2025/02/09/l...
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1/ AI should serve the public good. Today, we take a major step toward making that a reality. 🧵
At the AI Action Summit, @currentaioffical.bsky.social officially launches. It is a global partnership dedicated to ensuring AI benefits everyone, not just a select few.
currentai.org.
At the AI Action Summit, @currentaioffical.bsky.social officially launches. It is a global partnership dedicated to ensuring AI benefits everyone, not just a select few.
currentai.org.
Current AI | Building Public Interest AI Technology Together
Join a global initiative building open, fair AI technology that serves the public interest. Through collaboration and local action, we're creating AI solutions that benefit everyone.
currentai.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
1/ AI should serve the public good. Today, we take a major step toward making that a reality. 🧵
At the AI Action Summit, @currentaioffical.bsky.social officially launches. It is a global partnership dedicated to ensuring AI benefits everyone, not just a select few.
currentai.org.
At the AI Action Summit, @currentaioffical.bsky.social officially launches. It is a global partnership dedicated to ensuring AI benefits everyone, not just a select few.
currentai.org.
Bending the arc of AI towards Public Interest: towards a resilient and open AI Ecosystem. The final plenary session is on at #AIActionSummit with #MartinTisné, @abeba.bsky.social, @clem.hf.co, #VilasDhar, #AmandeepSinghGill, @janethaven.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Bending the arc of AI towards Public Interest: towards a resilient and open AI Ecosystem. The final plenary session is on at #AIActionSummit with #MartinTisné, @abeba.bsky.social, @clem.hf.co, #VilasDhar, #AmandeepSinghGill, @janethaven.bsky.social
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Launch event for the ROOST ("Robust Open Online Safety Toils") initiative, an ambitious coalition to develop free, open-source safety tools, with a particular focus on child protection. #AIActionSummit
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Launch event for the ROOST ("Robust Open Online Safety Toils") initiative, an ambitious coalition to develop free, open-source safety tools, with a particular focus on child protection. #AIActionSummit
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
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February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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Come for the nerdy conversation about content moderation with @karaswisher.bsky.social @dwillner.bsky.social @delbius.bsky.social
Stay for my rant about stupid policymaking. 😂
Stay for my rant about stupid policymaking. 😂
The TikTok ban debate is a distraction from bigger issue that Congress has neglected for years, Nicole Wong, tells @kara. As Obama's former deputy CTO, former VP and general counsel at Google, and Twitter's former legal director of product, she’s one of the internet's original content moderators.
February 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Come for the nerdy conversation about content moderation with @karaswisher.bsky.social @dwillner.bsky.social @delbius.bsky.social
Stay for my rant about stupid policymaking. 😂
Stay for my rant about stupid policymaking. 😂