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jackstilgoe.bsky.social
Very excited to announce our new @ukri.org metascience project on Mapping Public Values in AI Research www.gov.uk/government/n...
Fellowships launched to explore how AI could change the way scientists drive new discoveries
New government-funded fellowships will see researchers explore how AI can change the way we conduct research while 23 projects have been awarded funding to explore wider research and innovation.
www.gov.uk
February 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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michae.lv
Civil society inclusion in exclusive-by-design European AI standardisation going well! The 'main tool', a newsletter has — wait for it — over 100 subscribers! www.cencenelec.eu/news-and-eve... #AIAct
In practice, the inclusiveness task group, created under JTC21/WG1, acts in several directions: Distributing updated information on the landscape of standardization activities in international bodies. The main tool is the “AI Inclusiveness Newsletter” published since January 2024, which has reached more than 100 subscribers from various quarters of the society. ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation, is providing secretariat and contact services for the newsletter. Requests for subscription should be addressed to TG_Inclusiveness@etuc.org. Published issues are available online:
February 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
“Tech workers once called more of the shots because of a competitive labor market and freewheeling workplace cultures…”
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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beccalew.bsky.social
For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about how Silicon Valley’s right-wing politics go back to the dotcom mania of the 1990s — and how they’re far more central to the tech industry than we’ve previously thought

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley
The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM