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Digital and Social Media @ Curtin
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Digital and Social Media is a taught major and Masters programme at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. We're one of the most established and oldest Internet Studies programmes in the world, established in 1999.
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dsmcurtin.bsky.social
Just checking out BlueSky and claiming the space. Not sure how much we'll be here, but the neighbourhood seems very academic!

For DSM students, we're mostly over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dsmcurtin/
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November 26, 2023 at 6:14 AM
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“OpenAI’s newly established board of directors is now made up exclusively of white men, a situation compounded by male dominance among executives. Where are the voices of female AI leaders and experts…? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard
Amid the coverage of Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI, women are being written out of the future of AI
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2023 at 7:59 PM
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nickyveitch.bsky.social
"You couldn't stop the the power of profit"
Inside OpenAI, a rift between billionaires and altruistic researchers unravelled over the future of #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11...
Could an AI experiment called project Q* be the reason for the OpenAI meltdown?
When a billionaire darling of Silicon Valley became the CEO of OpenAI and built ChatGPT, he was sure it would change the world. But in one week, the collaboration between the company's altruistic boar...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2023 at 11:02 PM
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tamaleaver.bsky.social
Of course ...

Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team
www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/2...
Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team
Members were moved to other AI projects.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2023 at 5:06 AM
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tamaleaver.bsky.social
Incredibly pleased our Digital Child 'Manifesto for a Better Children’s Internet' launched today. Led by Michael Dezuanni & Aleesha Rodriguez, this robust paper is the work of many hands (incl mine), offering 17 Principles for a better Children’s Internet.

Pls read & share:
doi.org/10.26187/q42...
Manifesto for a better Children's Internet (Title Image) A Day in the Life of a (relatively affluent) child online The Children's Internet is experienced through: Access to Products and Services Imaginaries Entertainment Education and Learning Regulation Digital Participation 1. The availability of free and high quality Children’s Internet experiences. 2. The development of quality standards for age-appropriate entertainment and educational products and services for children. 3. Clearer advice and better mechanisms for age-appropriate access and use of products and services for children and families. 4. Less focus on protecting children from the digital environment and more focus on protecting them within the digital environment. 5. Accessible consumer information for families to allow them to make informed choices about digital products and services for children. 6. More investment in locally produced, diverse, and highly quality entertainment and educational products and services for children and families. 7. The development of products and services that increase access and use of digital technologies for children at risk of digital exclusion. 8. Avoiding the tech entrepreneurial philosophy of ‘move fast and break things’ when develop. ...
November 16, 2023 at 2:46 AM
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tamaleaver.bsky.social
Come work with us at Curtin University :
Lecturer in Animation and Game Design
Level B, $110,442 - $130,829 pa + 17% Super, Continuing (permanent) full-time position.
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Applications close 5pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) Wednesday 29th November 2023.
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November 8, 2023 at 2:50 AM