David Viney
@davidviney.bsky.social
IT Director at AKDN and Trustee at @article19.bsky.social. But views are my own. Passionate about #digital technology and #humanrights. Consistently hopeful they can coexist. Writing at https://david-viney.me
@article19.bsky.social Digital Silk Road report; highlighting how China is exporting its authoritarian approach to #DigitalGovernance across the Indo-Pacific. Read the full report here: article19.org/wp-content/u...
January 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@article19.bsky.social Digital Silk Road report; highlighting how China is exporting its authoritarian approach to #DigitalGovernance across the Indo-Pacific. Read the full report here: article19.org/wp-content/u...
Celebrating the stakeholders and donors of @article19.bsky.social in West Africa in our informal round table
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Celebrating the stakeholders and donors of @article19.bsky.social in West Africa in our informal round table
Fiers d'entendre parler de notre projet @article19.bsky.social visant à renforcer l'espace civique et à promouvoir les droits de l'homme au Mali (ECDH) et à travers le Sahel.
January 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Fiers d'entendre parler de notre projet @article19.bsky.social visant à renforcer l'espace civique et à promouvoir les droits de l'homme au Mali (ECDH) et à travers le Sahel.
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Hey Bluesky. I run Documented.net, the investigative watchdog and reporting project. We are hiring a bunch of positions to help us expand our investigations, both senior and more junior researchers. Competitive pay, good benefits and a fantastic team. Check them out: documented.net/work-with-us
November 25, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Hey Bluesky. I run Documented.net, the investigative watchdog and reporting project. We are hiring a bunch of positions to help us expand our investigations, both senior and more junior researchers. Competitive pay, good benefits and a fantastic team. Check them out: documented.net/work-with-us
The #AIBias in UK benefits fraud detection highlights the vital need for an #AIEthics framework and proper #AIGovernance. These issues CAN be overcome
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:56 AM
The #AIBias in UK benefits fraud detection highlights the vital need for an #AIEthics framework and proper #AIGovernance. These issues CAN be overcome
What a dismal state we have reached where poor character does not disqualify from the highest offices of state.
Hegseth was forced out as CEO of both Concerned Veterans for America and Vets for Freedom for being "frequently drunk, fostering a hostile work environment for female staffers and spending non-profit funds on personal expenses."
He is unfit.
He is unfit.
December 3, 2024 at 10:02 AM
What a dismal state we have reached where poor character does not disqualify from the highest offices of state.
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Interesting few days with Mai www.twitch.tv/mai_anima_ai - added a new checkpoint for the audio to face model and improved emotion and blending between generations and default animation. #ai #emotion #a2f #nvidia #unrealengine #metahuman
December 1, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Interesting few days with Mai www.twitch.tv/mai_anima_ai - added a new checkpoint for the audio to face model and improved emotion and blending between generations and default animation. #ai #emotion #a2f #nvidia #unrealengine #metahuman
@article19.bsky.social calling on X to stand-up to chinese censorship & harassment of Li Ying (李颖) rather than assisting with it.
China: X must immediately end shadow ban of prominent human rights account - ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 calls on X to immediately end the shadow ban of ‘Teacher Li is not Your Teacher’ account.
www.article19.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
@article19.bsky.social calling on X to stand-up to chinese censorship & harassment of Li Ying (李颖) rather than assisting with it.
#AIAgents are creating a buzz. Yes it’s Robotic Process Automation rebooted. But yes. This time it really might transform the Way We Work
The Third Wave Of AI Is Here: Why Agentic AI Will Transform The Way We Work
This third wave of AI, known as 'agentic AI,' represents a fundamental shift in how we think about and interact with artificial intelligence in the workplace.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM
#AIAgents are creating a buzz. Yes it’s Robotic Process Automation rebooted. But yes. This time it really might transform the Way We Work
Well we said it could happen. And it has. #AI resurrection.
Panasonic brings its founder back to life as an AI
Panasonic brings its founder back to life as an AI
Digital clone of Kōnosuke Matsushita to dispense management advice to new generation
Japanese multinational electronics mainstay Panasonic – founded in 1918 as Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works –has created an AI version of its long…
dlvr.it
November 29, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Well we said it could happen. And it has. #AI resurrection.
Interesting tensions ahead between lawmakers and #AI tech giants.
A parliamentary inquiry into generative #AI has suggested products of tech giants such as OpenAI, Amazon, Meta, and Google should treated as “high-risk” under dedicated AI laws.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2024...
Committee urges crackdown on 'high-risk' AI giants
Politicians 'particularly concerned' by popular LLMs.
ia.acs.org.au
November 28, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Interesting tensions ahead between lawmakers and #AI tech giants.
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🇹🇷Several journos have been detained in #Türkiye under terrorism-related allegations, with no access to lawyers, while lawyers are denied info about the investigation. This lack of transparency threatens civil society. They must be released immediately!
www.article19.org/resources/tu...
www.article19.org/resources/tu...
Türkiye: Release the detained journalists without delay - ARTICLE 19
We call on Türkiye to end the oppression of journalists and unjust detentions, ensure their safety, and uphold freedom of expression.
www.article19.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:23 PM
🇹🇷Several journos have been detained in #Türkiye under terrorism-related allegations, with no access to lawyers, while lawyers are denied info about the investigation. This lack of transparency threatens civil society. They must be released immediately!
www.article19.org/resources/tu...
www.article19.org/resources/tu...
Interesting piece on #AI at the border. Troubling.
The EU is testing #AI systems for #border control - many of these projects are highly discriminatory, lack transparency and are prone to abuse. At AlgorithmWatch, we compiled 24 of them in a database – available now:
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio... #AIgovernance
algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio... #AIgovernance
Automation on the Move - AlgorithmWatch
Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees, and travelers. Too often, this is done withou...
algorithmwatch.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Interesting piece on #AI at the border. Troubling.
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💻 AI for Teaching / OpenAI Course / Coursera 🦾
📌 OpenAI has launched an AI course for professors and teachers. Link below 👇
www.coursera.org/learn/wharto...
The course is totally hands on & honest about where AI can add value.
📌 OpenAI has launched an AI course for professors and teachers. Link below 👇
www.coursera.org/learn/wharto...
The course is totally hands on & honest about where AI can add value.
November 26, 2024 at 8:47 PM
💻 AI for Teaching / OpenAI Course / Coursera 🦾
📌 OpenAI has launched an AI course for professors and teachers. Link below 👇
www.coursera.org/learn/wharto...
The course is totally hands on & honest about where AI can add value.
📌 OpenAI has launched an AI course for professors and teachers. Link below 👇
www.coursera.org/learn/wharto...
The course is totally hands on & honest about where AI can add value.
There really is an #AI #singularity close-at-hand. But not quite the one you might have been expecting! Welcome to the curious hypothesis of Zero-Clicks AI-mageddon {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}
Countdown to Zero-Clicks AI-mageddon
It's the end of the world as we know it. Co-created with DALL·E 3 AI There really is an AI singularity close-at-hand. But not quite the one ... by @dviney
ecency.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:49 AM
There really is an #AI #singularity close-at-hand. But not quite the one you might have been expecting! Welcome to the curious hypothesis of Zero-Clicks AI-mageddon {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}
I find this MAGA t-shirt (Trump is selling) fascinating. The subliminal message is we will cut the benefits of millions to fund a vanity project mission to Mars. If that indeed happens, the people must know.
November 24, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I find this MAGA t-shirt (Trump is selling) fascinating. The subliminal message is we will cut the benefits of millions to fund a vanity project mission to Mars. If that indeed happens, the people must know.
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Your Password; Not Theirs: Why Facebook and Google Should Not Hold All Your Keys.
Ditching Facebook and Google Logins. blog.privacyhive.ai/ditching-fac...
Ditching Facebook and Google Logins. blog.privacyhive.ai/ditching-fac...
Ditching Facebook and Google Logins. - Privacy Hive
Spread the loveTweetWhy You Shouldn’t Use Google or Facebook to Sign in to Other Sites In our fast-paced world, using your Google or Facebook account to sign in to other websites can be convenient. Ho...
blog.privacyhive.ai
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Your Password; Not Theirs: Why Facebook and Google Should Not Hold All Your Keys.
Ditching Facebook and Google Logins. blog.privacyhive.ai/ditching-fac...
Ditching Facebook and Google Logins. blog.privacyhive.ai/ditching-fac...
Ever more positive signals for #Bluesky. Eventually the torrent will become a flood.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Ever more positive signals for #Bluesky. Eventually the torrent will become a flood.
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“The first time I met John Prescott, we were in a helicopter flying over the Thames Gateway…”
My reflections on how Tony Blair’s deputy PM used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My reflections on how Tony Blair’s deputy PM used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How John Prescott used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
Prescott, from proud working-class stock, represented the part of Labour that Tony Blair knew he had to carry with him
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:47 PM
“The first time I met John Prescott, we were in a helicopter flying over the Thames Gateway…”
My reflections on how Tony Blair’s deputy PM used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My reflections on how Tony Blair’s deputy PM used humour and grit to unite old and New Labour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s pick for budget head worked on Project 2025 – and wants to bypass the US Senate
Trump’s pick for budget head worked on Project 2025 – and wants to bypass the US Senate
Russell Vought led the Office of Management and Budget in Trump’s first term and is pushing for a workaround to install Trump’s picks
Even before Donald Trump tapped Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Trump’s pick for budget head worked on Project 2025 – and wants to bypass the US Senate
A great opportunity at Heathrow supporting our I&T Leadership Team with pre-signature procurement and post-signature vendor management. Come work with us on one of the biggest #digitaltransformation efforts in the UK today.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A great opportunity at Heathrow supporting our I&T Leadership Team with pre-signature procurement and post-signature vendor management. Come work with us on one of the biggest #digitaltransformation efforts in the UK today.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
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"Kill This Bill!"— Trump Demands Republicans Defeat Legislation Protecting Journalism from Spying and Harm
Trump is against protecting press freedoms meidasnews.com/news/kill-th...
Trump is against protecting press freedoms meidasnews.com/news/kill-th...
"Kill This Bill!"— Trump Demands Republicans Defeat Legislation Protecting Journalism from Spying and Harm
Trump is against protecting press freedoms
meidasnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
"Kill This Bill!"— Trump Demands Republicans Defeat Legislation Protecting Journalism from Spying and Harm
Trump is against protecting press freedoms meidasnews.com/news/kill-th...
Trump is against protecting press freedoms meidasnews.com/news/kill-th...
You may not believe me at present, but a few years from now we'll be talking about #MachineRights and #AI emancipation. Here are some deliberately provocative thoughts for you to digest {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}
5 things we need to change about AI
Considering the legal and rights implications of a self-conscious AI, plus the changes of approach and language we might need (in order to be ready for that) by @dviney
ecency.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 AM
You may not believe me at present, but a few years from now we'll be talking about #MachineRights and #AI emancipation. Here are some deliberately provocative thoughts for you to digest {slowly migrating my pieces from 𝕏 to 🦋}