Felix Sieker
@felice.bsky.social
Project Manager reframe[Tech] at Bertelsmann Stiftung | Interested in platforms, inequality, digital infrastructures & cinema
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Another highlight from #TICTeC 2025: rewatch a panel discussion on defending democracy with/from tech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDW5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDW5...
TICTeC 25: Defending democracy with/from tech
Speakers:
Alex Parsons (mySociety) - Moderator
Mike Bracken (Public Digital)
Silvana Fumega (Global Data Barometer)
Ya-wei Chou (Global Innovation Hub, Friedrich Naumann Foundation)
Felix Sieker…
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August 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Another highlight from #TICTeC 2025: rewatch a panel discussion on defending democracy with/from tech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDW5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDW5...
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🎥 Watch @felice.bsky.social break down our new white paper on Public AI, introducing the innovative "Gradient of publicness of AI systems"—a strategic tool helping decision-makers assess AI interventions.
Full recording available here: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Full recording available here: openfuture.eu/event/online...
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🎥 Watch @felice.bsky.social break down our new white paper on Public AI, introducing the innovative "Gradient of publicness of AI systems"—a strategic tool helping decision-makers assess AI interventions.
Full recording available here: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Full recording available here: openfuture.eu/event/online...
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💠 The Public AI White Paper outlines how open and public-interest approaches to AI can be developed and institutionalized. buff.ly/RMpt4UU @bertelsmannst.bsky.social @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @c-osborne.bsky.social
Public AI White Paper – A Public Alternative to Private AI Dominance
Today, the most advanced AI systems are developed and controlled by a small number of private companies. These companies hold power not only over the models themselves but also over key resources…
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de
May 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💠 The Public AI White Paper outlines how open and public-interest approaches to AI can be developed and institutionalized. buff.ly/RMpt4UU @bertelsmannst.bsky.social @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @c-osborne.bsky.social
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Don't miss our online event on Public AI.
Join @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social (from @okfn.bsky.social) and Albert Cañigueral (from @bsc-cns.bsky.social) for insights on AI governance.
📅 May 20, 15:00 CEST
Info and free registration: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Join @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social (from @okfn.bsky.social) and Albert Cañigueral (from @bsc-cns.bsky.social) for insights on AI governance.
📅 May 20, 15:00 CEST
Info and free registration: openfuture.eu/event/online...
May 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Don't miss our online event on Public AI.
Join @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social (from @okfn.bsky.social) and Albert Cañigueral (from @bsc-cns.bsky.social) for insights on AI governance.
📅 May 20, 15:00 CEST
Info and free registration: openfuture.eu/event/online...
Join @felice.bsky.social @alek.bsky.social @avilarenata.bsky.social (from @okfn.bsky.social) and Albert Cañigueral (from @bsc-cns.bsky.social) for insights on AI governance.
📅 May 20, 15:00 CEST
Info and free registration: openfuture.eu/event/online...
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🤖 Join us May 20 for a discussion on Public AI. We will present a new white paper, commissioned by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, with authors @felice.bsky.social and @alek.bsky.social, as well as industry experts.
📅 15:00 CEST | Free online event
openfuture.eu/event/online...
📅 15:00 CEST | Free online event
openfuture.eu/event/online...
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🤖 Join us May 20 for a discussion on Public AI. We will present a new white paper, commissioned by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, with authors @felice.bsky.social and @alek.bsky.social, as well as industry experts.
📅 15:00 CEST | Free online event
openfuture.eu/event/online...
📅 15:00 CEST | Free online event
openfuture.eu/event/online...
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The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
May 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
I had the pleasure to read the dissertation. This is amazing book and highly recommended to anyone interested in the influence of universities in shaping visions of the future!
Very excited to see my PhD dissertation published! I asked who gets to imagine Edinburgh’s future. I spoke with political leaders, tech entrepreneurs and higher education officials responsible for delivering the Edinburgh City Region Deal. Open access link ⬇️
Envisaging Dataist Modernity
Who gets to imagine datafied visions of the future city (region) and why is it important to look at universities as powerful urban stakeholders?
www.transcript-publishing.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I had the pleasure to read the dissertation. This is amazing book and highly recommended to anyone interested in the influence of universities in shaping visions of the future!
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A very exciting day for open-source AI! We're releasing our biggest open source model yet -- OLMo 2 32B -- and it beats the latest GPT 3.5, GPT 4o mini, and leading open weight models like Qwen and Mistral. As usual, all data, weights, code, etc. are available.
March 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A very exciting day for open-source AI! We're releasing our biggest open source model yet -- OLMo 2 32B -- and it beats the latest GPT 3.5, GPT 4o mini, and leading open weight models like Qwen and Mistral. As usual, all data, weights, code, etc. are available.
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This could affect thousands of European and UK students. Just one of many issues where we should see a massive public outcry of our universities denouncing these authoritarian measures and showing solidarity with those affected. But so far very little.
This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This could affect thousands of European and UK students. Just one of many issues where we should see a massive public outcry of our universities denouncing these authoritarian measures and showing solidarity with those affected. But so far very little.
A sensitive moment as prisoners are released from the security complex in Kafr Sousa, which houses several security branches. When the photographer asks one of the detainees how many years he has been imprisoned, he responds that he has been in prison for ten years.
December 8, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Ungebremst treibt der Konflikt den Sudan in den Hunger. Und es wird kaum darüber berichtet.
Es droht eine Katastrophe, wie die Welt sie seit der großen Hungersnot in Äthiopien 1985 wohl nicht mehr gesehen hat. Damals starben bis zu eine Million Menschen.
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Es droht eine Katastrophe, wie die Welt sie seit der großen Hungersnot in Äthiopien 1985 wohl nicht mehr gesehen hat. Damals starben bis zu eine Million Menschen.
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Die letzte volle Mahlzeit? Vor sieben Monaten
Kinder, die Heuschrecken fangen. Mütter, die Blätter kochen. Im Sudan hat der Krieg zweier Generäle eine Hungersnot ausgelöst, wie sie die Welt lange nicht mehr erlebt hat. Eine Reise in die Nubaberge...
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 23, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Ungebremst treibt der Konflikt den Sudan in den Hunger. Und es wird kaum darüber berichtet.
Es droht eine Katastrophe, wie die Welt sie seit der großen Hungersnot in Äthiopien 1985 wohl nicht mehr gesehen hat. Damals starben bis zu eine Million Menschen.
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Es droht eine Katastrophe, wie die Welt sie seit der großen Hungersnot in Äthiopien 1985 wohl nicht mehr gesehen hat. Damals starben bis zu eine Million Menschen.
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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Audrey Tang in Politico:
“I’ve been working on bridging systems such as this for a decade now. It has been shown to effectively depolarize people, because it highlights the unlikely consensus, unlikely common ground, across people who otherwise have very different ideologies.”
“I’ve been working on bridging systems such as this for a decade now. It has been shown to effectively depolarize people, because it highlights the unlikely consensus, unlikely common ground, across people who otherwise have very different ideologies.”
5 questions for Audrey Tang
www.politico.com
September 3, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Audrey Tang in Politico:
“I’ve been working on bridging systems such as this for a decade now. It has been shown to effectively depolarize people, because it highlights the unlikely consensus, unlikely common ground, across people who otherwise have very different ideologies.”
“I’ve been working on bridging systems such as this for a decade now. It has been shown to effectively depolarize people, because it highlights the unlikely consensus, unlikely common ground, across people who otherwise have very different ideologies.”
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Somehow I missed that last night, Jake Tapper said that the crowd was booing Tim Walz when he expressed his love for Springsteen.
They were going "Bruuuuce!"
How does someone from Philly not know that's what they were saying? Good grief.
They were going "Bruuuuce!"
How does someone from Philly not know that's what they were saying? Good grief.
August 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Somehow I missed that last night, Jake Tapper said that the crowd was booing Tim Walz when he expressed his love for Springsteen.
They were going "Bruuuuce!"
How does someone from Philly not know that's what they were saying? Good grief.
They were going "Bruuuuce!"
How does someone from Philly not know that's what they were saying? Good grief.
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Bertelsmann Stiftung have published an excellent visual explainer on bridging algorithms!
https://bridging.reframetech.de/en
Includes a side-by-side comparison of bridging and engagement-based approaches that does a great job of conveying how much less divisive bridging-based ranking could be.
https://bridging.reframetech.de/en
Includes a side-by-side comparison of bridging and engagement-based approaches that does a great job of conveying how much less divisive bridging-based ranking could be.
January 23, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Bertelsmann Stiftung have published an excellent visual explainer on bridging algorithms!
https://bridging.reframetech.de/en
Includes a side-by-side comparison of bridging and engagement-based approaches that does a great job of conveying how much less divisive bridging-based ranking could be.
https://bridging.reframetech.de/en
Includes a side-by-side comparison of bridging and engagement-based approaches that does a great job of conveying how much less divisive bridging-based ranking could be.
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Wie können Algorithmen die Debatten in sozialen Medien verbessern? Unser Kollege @felice.bsky.social erklärt es in diesem Video 👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6D...
Wie Algorithmen Social Media-Debatten verbessern können – Kurz gefragt mit Felix Sieker
Diskurse in sozialen Netzwerken sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Die von den großen Online-Plattformen eingesetzten Empfehlungs-Algorithmen verstärken i...
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December 7, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Wie können Algorithmen die Debatten in sozialen Medien verbessern? Unser Kollege @felice.bsky.social erklärt es in diesem Video 👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6D...
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Wie sehen konstruktive Empfehlungsslgorithmen aus? Spannendes Konzept, schöne Aufbereitung!
Soziale #Plattformen könnten viel gemeinwohlorientierter sein - wenn die Inhalte nach anderen Kriterien sortiert werden würden 💡 In einer neuen Web-Publikation zeigt @felice.bsky.social, wie Bridging-Algorithmen zu mehr Konsensorientierung beitragen könnten 👏
Diskurse in sozialen Medien sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Dabei könnten die Debatten mithilfe von sogenannten Bridging-Algorithmen konstruktiver werden. Wie sie genau funktionieren und wo sie bereits zum Einsatz kommen, zeigen wir in einer interaktiven Web-Publikation bridging.reframetech.de
December 4, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Wie sehen konstruktive Empfehlungsslgorithmen aus? Spannendes Konzept, schöne Aufbereitung!
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📫 Heute bei @sz-dossier.de Digitalwende, von und mit @matthiaspunz.bsky.social, @larryg.bsky.social und @gabrielrinaldi.de:
📢 Exklusive Studie: Können Bridging-Algorithmen sachliche Diskurse auf Social Media fördern? @felice.bsky.social, @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, ordnet ein
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📢 Exklusive Studie: Können Bridging-Algorithmen sachliche Diskurse auf Social Media fördern? @felice.bsky.social, @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, ordnet ein
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December 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM
📫 Heute bei @sz-dossier.de Digitalwende, von und mit @matthiaspunz.bsky.social, @larryg.bsky.social und @gabrielrinaldi.de:
📢 Exklusive Studie: Können Bridging-Algorithmen sachliche Diskurse auf Social Media fördern? @felice.bsky.social, @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, ordnet ein
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📢 Exklusive Studie: Können Bridging-Algorithmen sachliche Diskurse auf Social Media fördern? @felice.bsky.social, @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, ordnet ein
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Soziale #Plattformen könnten viel gemeinwohlorientierter sein - wenn die Inhalte nach anderen Kriterien sortiert werden würden 💡 In einer neuen Web-Publikation zeigt @felice.bsky.social, wie Bridging-Algorithmen zu mehr Konsensorientierung beitragen könnten 👏
Diskurse in sozialen Medien sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Dabei könnten die Debatten mithilfe von sogenannten Bridging-Algorithmen konstruktiver werden. Wie sie genau funktionieren und wo sie bereits zum Einsatz kommen, zeigen wir in einer interaktiven Web-Publikation bridging.reframetech.de
Brücken bauen statt polarisieren • Bertelsmann Stiftung
Klimakrise, Kriege, Pandemien: Die Welt sieht sich mit großen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. In dieser Situation sollte die oberste Priorität eigentlich darin liegen, gemeinsam Lösungen zu entwick...
bridging.reframetech.de
December 4, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Soziale #Plattformen könnten viel gemeinwohlorientierter sein - wenn die Inhalte nach anderen Kriterien sortiert werden würden 💡 In einer neuen Web-Publikation zeigt @felice.bsky.social, wie Bridging-Algorithmen zu mehr Konsensorientierung beitragen könnten 👏
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Diskurse in sozialen Medien sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Dabei könnten die Debatten mithilfe von sogenannten Bridging-Algorithmen konstruktiver werden. Wie sie genau funktionieren und wo sie bereits zum Einsatz kommen, zeigen wir in einer interaktiven Web-Publikation bridging.reframetech.de
Brücken bauen statt polarisieren • Bertelsmann Stiftung
Klimakrise, Kriege, Pandemien: Die Welt sieht sich mit großen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. In dieser Situation sollte die oberste Priorität eigentlich darin liegen, gemeinsam Lösungen zu entwick...
bridging.reframetech.de
December 4, 2023 at 8:04 AM
Diskurse in sozialen Medien sind stark von Polarisierung geprägt. Dabei könnten die Debatten mithilfe von sogenannten Bridging-Algorithmen konstruktiver werden. Wie sie genau funktionieren und wo sie bereits zum Einsatz kommen, zeigen wir in einer interaktiven Web-Publikation bridging.reframetech.de
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Schön hier, oder? Aber hat @bsky.app wirklich Potenzial zu einem besseren digitalen Diskurs beizutragen? @felice.bsky.social und ich haben es für den @tspbackground.bsky.social untersucht: https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung/das-blaue-vom-himmel-welches-potenzial-blue-sky-wirklich-hat
Just a moment...
background.tagesspiegel.de
October 31, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Schön hier, oder? Aber hat @bsky.app wirklich Potenzial zu einem besseren digitalen Diskurs beizutragen? @felice.bsky.social und ich haben es für den @tspbackground.bsky.social untersucht: https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung/das-blaue-vom-himmel-welches-potenzial-blue-sky-wirklich-hat
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In a draft research paper, Aviv Ovadya and @lukethorburn.com take a closer look at “bridging-based ranking” recommendation algorithms on social media.
Can we bring the benefits of offline bridging into spaces that are already governed by algorithms?
bridging.systems
Can we bring the benefits of offline bridging into spaces that are already governed by algorithms?
bridging.systems
Bridging Systems
Bridging systems increase mutual understanding and trust across divides, creating space for productive conflict, deliberation, or cooperation.
bridging.systems
October 3, 2023 at 4:00 PM
In a draft research paper, Aviv Ovadya and @lukethorburn.com take a closer look at “bridging-based ranking” recommendation algorithms on social media.
Can we bring the benefits of offline bridging into spaces that are already governed by algorithms?
bridging.systems
Can we bring the benefits of offline bridging into spaces that are already governed by algorithms?
bridging.systems
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Erster Post zum ❤️-Projekt: Wie kann #KI gemeinwohlorientierten Organisationen unterstützen? Unsere heute erschienene Publikation gibt Einblicke in die Tech-Exploration sowie Erkenntnisse & Methoden weiter! Mehr dazu hier: www.reframetech.de
October 5, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Erster Post zum ❤️-Projekt: Wie kann #KI gemeinwohlorientierten Organisationen unterstützen? Unsere heute erschienene Publikation gibt Einblicke in die Tech-Exploration sowie Erkenntnisse & Methoden weiter! Mehr dazu hier: www.reframetech.de
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From the birdside to blue skies, elephants or P92? @cberger.bsky.social @felice.bsky.social and I have explored the potential of 1️⃣ @bsky.app 2️⃣Mastodon and 3️⃣P92 to serve for the common good:
https://upgradedemocracy.de/moving-on-from-twitter-weve-looked-at-three-alternatives-to-help-you-decide/
https://upgradedemocracy.de/moving-on-from-twitter-weve-looked-at-three-alternatives-to-help-you-decide/
Moving on from Twitter? We’ve looked at three alternatives to help you decide. - Upgrade Democracy
upgradedemocracy.de
June 23, 2023 at 9:27 AM
From the birdside to blue skies, elephants or P92? @cberger.bsky.social @felice.bsky.social and I have explored the potential of 1️⃣ @bsky.app 2️⃣Mastodon and 3️⃣P92 to serve for the common good:
https://upgradedemocracy.de/moving-on-from-twitter-weve-looked-at-three-alternatives-to-help-you-decide/
https://upgradedemocracy.de/moving-on-from-twitter-weve-looked-at-three-alternatives-to-help-you-decide/
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Genug von den Diskussionen um Facebook, Twitter, TikTok und Co? Gemeinsam mit @lotti.bsky.social und Partner:innen haben wir uns kleinere Plattformen und ihr Potenzial einmal genauer angeschaut: https://upgradedemocracy.de/impulse/potenziale-von-small-tech-was-koennen-wir-von-den-kleinen-lernen/
Potenziale von kleineren Plattformen: Was können wir von ihnen lernen? - Upgrade Democracy
upgradedemocracy.de
May 23, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Genug von den Diskussionen um Facebook, Twitter, TikTok und Co? Gemeinsam mit @lotti.bsky.social und Partner:innen haben wir uns kleinere Plattformen und ihr Potenzial einmal genauer angeschaut: https://upgradedemocracy.de/impulse/potenziale-von-small-tech-was-koennen-wir-von-den-kleinen-lernen/