Kathy Reid (she/her)
@kathyreid.au
#PhD researcher at #ANU Cybernetics, investigating bias in #speech and #voice #tech, with a focus on #data used for #ML. Contracts at @mozilla.org #CommonVoice
Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.
https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
Ex NVIDIA, Mycroft AI, @linuxaustralia.bsky.social, Deakin Uni.
https://linktr.ee/kathyreid
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New #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with Alison Kershaw chatting about science communication and generative AI 👇🏼
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with Alison Kershaw chatting about science communication and generative AI 👇🏼
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...
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Chile’s “AI boom” promised 80K+ jobs.
#MozillaFellow Paz Peña found the truth: most data centers hire <250 people — and drain local water + energy. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
#MozillaFellow Paz Peña found the truth: most data centers hire <250 people — and drain local water + energy. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Chile and tech giants promise economy-wide impact but permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
restofworld.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Chile’s “AI boom” promised 80K+ jobs.
#MozillaFellow Paz Peña found the truth: most data centers hire <250 people — and drain local water + energy. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
#MozillaFellow Paz Peña found the truth: most data centers hire <250 people — and drain local water + energy. restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...
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do you resent playing AI detective online??? does it make you so, so annoyed to spend time looking for generative AI red flags? me too!!! my latest piece for the guardian is for those of us who are fed! up!
Becoming an AI-detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit | Samantha Floreani
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
do you resent playing AI detective online??? does it make you so, so annoyed to spend time looking for generative AI red flags? me too!!! my latest piece for the guardian is for those of us who are fed! up!
Cloudflare doing a us-east-1
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cloudflare doing a us-east-1
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Communities built the world’s largest open voice dataset.
Now they’re building a new model for AI data — one rooted in choice, transparency, and collective power.
Mozilla Data Collective is live🎉
✳️ Join the community mzl.la/44aTEoe
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social
#MozillaDataCollective
Now they’re building a new model for AI data — one rooted in choice, transparency, and collective power.
Mozilla Data Collective is live🎉
✳️ Join the community mzl.la/44aTEoe
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social
#MozillaDataCollective
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Communities built the world’s largest open voice dataset.
Now they’re building a new model for AI data — one rooted in choice, transparency, and collective power.
Mozilla Data Collective is live🎉
✳️ Join the community mzl.la/44aTEoe
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social
#MozillaDataCollective
Now they’re building a new model for AI data — one rooted in choice, transparency, and collective power.
Mozilla Data Collective is live🎉
✳️ Join the community mzl.la/44aTEoe
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social
#MozillaDataCollective
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🚀 We are pleased to announce Steven De Costa will be presenting a keynote at #EverythingOpen in Canberra. 2026.everythingopen.au/news/steven-...
⏰ Get tickets now to guarantee the best price!
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
#openSource
⏰ Get tickets now to guarantee the best price!
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
#openSource
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚀 We are pleased to announce Steven De Costa will be presenting a keynote at #EverythingOpen in Canberra. 2026.everythingopen.au/news/steven-...
⏰ Get tickets now to guarantee the best price!
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
#openSource
⏰ Get tickets now to guarantee the best price!
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
#openSource
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Join the ARDC team!
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/EZwi50Xrrwo
Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/oHwh50Xrrwm
Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/FkxB50Xrrwk
#jobalert
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/EZwi50Xrrwo
Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/oHwh50Xrrwm
Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/FkxB50Xrrwk
#jobalert
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Join the ARDC team!
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/EZwi50Xrrwo
Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/oHwh50Xrrwm
Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/FkxB50Xrrwk
#jobalert
Research Data Specialist (AI/ML)
📍 #Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/EZwi50Xrrwo
Engagements Team Manager
📍#Sydney
Close 26 Nov
🔗 https://ow.ly/oHwh50Xrrwm
Cloud Infrastructure and Services Architect
📍#Melbourne
Close 1 Dec
🔗 https://ow.ly/FkxB50Xrrwk
#jobalert
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Excited to see this being presented @euripsconf.bsky.social in Copenhagen ✨
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excited to see this being presented @euripsconf.bsky.social in Copenhagen ✨
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We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
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It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
I'm off to an event tonight hosted by CAVAL and Informit which is a screening of the documentary The Librarians, followed by a panel discussion featuring @saera.au, Holly Hammond, Mali Jorm and @angelasavage.bsky.social.
All about the right to read & democracy
events.humanitix.com/the-libraria...
All about the right to read & democracy
events.humanitix.com/the-libraria...
The Librarians: Screening and Panel Discussion
A powerful documentary and panel discussion on librarians defending democracy, free speech & the right to read.
events.humanitix.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm off to an event tonight hosted by CAVAL and Informit which is a screening of the documentary The Librarians, followed by a panel discussion featuring @saera.au, Holly Hammond, Mali Jorm and @angelasavage.bsky.social.
All about the right to read & democracy
events.humanitix.com/the-libraria...
All about the right to read & democracy
events.humanitix.com/the-libraria...
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We’re closing out #MozFest with a major announcement ! 🚀 🥁 We've launched Mozilla Data Collective, a community-led data platform for AI data exchange. Watch the fireside chat moderated by @martyswant.bsky.social, E.M. Lewis-Jong, MDC founder & @nabiha.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p...
Mozilla Data Collective Launch & Closing - Mozilla Festival 2025
YouTube video by Mozilla
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We’re closing out #MozFest with a major announcement ! 🚀 🥁 We've launched Mozilla Data Collective, a community-led data platform for AI data exchange. Watch the fireside chat moderated by @martyswant.bsky.social, E.M. Lewis-Jong, MDC founder & @nabiha.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8p...
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Surprise #MozFest panel -- we're having a session on the main stage called "Unlearning Cisnormativity: Trans Justice is Tech Justice" at 12:15 PM CET, right after @xychelsea.tv's talk.
Featuring Veronyka Gimenes, @schock.cc, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, and myself.
www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Featuring Veronyka Gimenes, @schock.cc, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, and myself.
www.mozillafestival.org/en/
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Surprise #MozFest panel -- we're having a session on the main stage called "Unlearning Cisnormativity: Trans Justice is Tech Justice" at 12:15 PM CET, right after @xychelsea.tv's talk.
Featuring Veronyka Gimenes, @schock.cc, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, and myself.
www.mozillafestival.org/en/
Featuring Veronyka Gimenes, @schock.cc, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, and myself.
www.mozillafestival.org/en/
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While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
which one is your favorite? Keep in mind NASA does WAYY more science with these images and data. NASA is absolutely valuable and goes so beyond anything citizen scientists can do! B-ROLL CRED/ Ellion ...
TikTok video by sadrastro
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
While there are many things wrong with the world in 2025, one of the things that’s totally right is the incredible democratization of science--how curiosity, affordable technology, and perseverance can now bring the universe within reach.
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
The non-NASA images here are my son's! ☺️
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Opening up #MozFest, @ruha9.bsky.social asks us "who owns the future?" but also problematizing the notion of ownership. Need to shift the question, expanding the vision of how we imagine new futures.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Opening up #MozFest, @ruha9.bsky.social asks us "who owns the future?" but also problematizing the notion of ownership. Need to shift the question, expanding the vision of how we imagine new futures.
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#MozFest folks! I'll be on the Main Stage at 4 PM today, in conversation with @signal.org's Udbhav Tiwari and @mozilla.org's Lauren Hendry Parsons talking about Unlearning Privacy.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#MozFest folks! I'll be on the Main Stage at 4 PM today, in conversation with @signal.org's Udbhav Tiwari and @mozilla.org's Lauren Hendry Parsons talking about Unlearning Privacy.
Delighted to provide expert commentary for this article about automated accent bias in #voice #AI systems by @joshglid.bsky.social for @smartcompany.bsky.social
www.smartcompany.com.au/artificial-i...
www.smartcompany.com.au/artificial-i...
How your Aussie accent could trip up AI
Because AI training data is thin on Australian named entities, particularly indigenous place names like Wagga Wagga and Canberra, the speech engines will usually get them wrong.
www.smartcompany.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Delighted to provide expert commentary for this article about automated accent bias in #voice #AI systems by @joshglid.bsky.social for @smartcompany.bsky.social
www.smartcompany.com.au/artificial-i...
www.smartcompany.com.au/artificial-i...
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If you'll be in Melbourne (or nearby) in February, come join us for a one day symposium. We're seeking proposals for talks that engage with Hannah Landecker's recent paper Life as Aftermath.
More detail here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More detail here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Melbourne-ite STS-ers, the local AusSTS node are doing a wee Summer Symposium on AFTERMATH - Mon 23 February 2026. If you are interested in coming along then please submit an abstract by 25 Nov 2025 ⏰https://forms.gle/9kwgnpDiE2HP61sF7?_imcp=1
AFTERMATH: AUSSTS MELBOURNE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM 2026
The Melbourne Node of AusSTS is holding a 1-day summer symposium for scholars to present and discuss works in progress. We welcome applications that broadly engage with Science and Technology Studies ...
forms.gle
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If you'll be in Melbourne (or nearby) in February, come join us for a one day symposium. We're seeking proposals for talks that engage with Hannah Landecker's recent paper Life as Aftermath.
More detail here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More detail here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I'm excited to be involved in this suite of projects, and looking forward to contributing through the RSE Capacity Enhancement Project (RSE-CEP). It's a wonderful opportunity to work with the ARDC, and one of the first major projects led by our new ANU HASS Digital Research Hub: hdrh.anu.edu.au.
🎉4 new projects have kicked off to expand the ARDC Community Data Lab for researchers working with digitised cultural and historical collections.
🔗 ardc.edu.au/article/ardc...
@sydney-crf.bsky.social @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social @jamessmithies.bsky.social @nicgeard.bsky.social
#HASS #GLAM #RSE
🔗 ardc.edu.au/article/ardc...
@sydney-crf.bsky.social @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social @jamessmithies.bsky.social @nicgeard.bsky.social
#HASS #GLAM #RSE
ARDC Community Data Lab Expands to Build Tools for HASS Research
Four new projects have kicked off to expand the ARDC Community Data Lab for researchers working with digitised cultural and historical collections.
ardc.edu.au
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm excited to be involved in this suite of projects, and looking forward to contributing through the RSE Capacity Enhancement Project (RSE-CEP). It's a wonderful opportunity to work with the ARDC, and one of the first major projects led by our new ANU HASS Digital Research Hub: hdrh.anu.edu.au.
Excellent piece in which Prianka Srinivasan tries to reverse engineer social media #algorithms, using a brand new burner phone and all-new profile. What she found points to the #relationality of data - how info about us is inferred from the relationships we have.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
I tried to outsmart the social media algorithm. Here's how it outsmarted me
Armed with a burner phone and a fake name, I set out to learn how Instagram’s algorithm really works. This is what happened next.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Excellent piece in which Prianka Srinivasan tries to reverse engineer social media #algorithms, using a brand new burner phone and all-new profile. What she found points to the #relationality of data - how info about us is inferred from the relationships we have.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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🚀 Dr. Keir Winesmith (Chief Digital Officer at the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia) will be presenting a #keynote at #EverythingOpen in Canberra: 2026.everythingopen.au/news/keir-wi...
⏰ Get tickets now:
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
⏰ Get tickets now:
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🚀 Dr. Keir Winesmith (Chief Digital Officer at the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia) will be presenting a #keynote at #EverythingOpen in Canberra: 2026.everythingopen.au/news/keir-wi...
⏰ Get tickets now:
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
⏰ Get tickets now:
2026.everythingopen.au/dashboard/ (Go to Attend > Dashboard))
#EO2026
#conference
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A HUGE congrats to ANU English's very own @rossmith.bsky.social and @claireghansen.bsky.social on their recent ARC Discovery grant success! 'Handwritten' promises to change how we think about the significance, value & power of writing by hand, then and now - congrats to the dream team! 🥳 🥳 🥳
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A HUGE congrats to ANU English's very own @rossmith.bsky.social and @claireghansen.bsky.social on their recent ARC Discovery grant success! 'Handwritten' promises to change how we think about the significance, value & power of writing by hand, then and now - congrats to the dream team! 🥳 🥳 🥳
This Call for Proposals in AI Ethics and Society by @universitypress.cambridge.org may be of interest to folks in #AI #ethics #ResponsibleAI
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
specifically tagging @eryk.bsky.social @glenberman.bsky.social @zenaassaad.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
specifically tagging @eryk.bsky.social @glenberman.bsky.social @zenaassaad.bsky.social
Elements in AI Ethics and Society
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This Call for Proposals in AI Ethics and Society by @universitypress.cambridge.org may be of interest to folks in #AI #ethics #ResponsibleAI
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
specifically tagging @eryk.bsky.social @glenberman.bsky.social @zenaassaad.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/publica...
specifically tagging @eryk.bsky.social @glenberman.bsky.social @zenaassaad.bsky.social
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Anybody else going to the "Information Design Conference" this Friday? I have some copies of my book CHART left that I can bring in case anybody would like to buy a copy? (€35) I can sign it right there for you as a bonus 😉
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Anybody else going to the "Information Design Conference" this Friday? I have some copies of my book CHART left that I can bring in case anybody would like to buy a copy? (€35) I can sign it right there for you as a bonus 😉
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why, that's a *steal* for the smart piss ball, and I can't wait to find out how much the monthly subscription for the piss-sniffing service costs, and it'll be so useful, and I won't mind the occasional leaking of data on my leaks until the inevitable shutdown day, when my piss ball is sadly bricked
Withings’ urine scanning health tracker is now available for $350
Withings’ urine scanning health tracker is now available for $350
Replacement cartridges that can last up to three months with semiweekly testing start at $100.
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
why, that's a *steal* for the smart piss ball, and I can't wait to find out how much the monthly subscription for the piss-sniffing service costs, and it'll be so useful, and I won't mind the occasional leaking of data on my leaks until the inevitable shutdown day, when my piss ball is sadly bricked