Dr Mahlet ("Milly") Zimeta
@techmilly.bsky.social
Head of Digital & Data Policy for Which (UK consumer association) | advising CMA, Chatham House | x-ODI x-Royal Society x-Alan Turing Institute | website linkedin.com/in/mgzimeta/ | views my own | geopolitics & literary journalism as @mgzimeta.bsky.social
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US Pres #47 - initial recission Exec Orders
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I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website.
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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Calling for AI journalists! The intensive AI Spotlight Series track is open for applications, happening February 4-6.
Join @karenhao.bsky.social & @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and deepen your understanding of technical AI concepts.
Don't miss out! Apply by tomorrow.
👉 bit.ly/4gL1BVF
Join @karenhao.bsky.social & @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and deepen your understanding of technical AI concepts.
Don't miss out! Apply by tomorrow.
👉 bit.ly/4gL1BVF
January 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Calling for AI journalists! The intensive AI Spotlight Series track is open for applications, happening February 4-6.
Join @karenhao.bsky.social & @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and deepen your understanding of technical AI concepts.
Don't miss out! Apply by tomorrow.
👉 bit.ly/4gL1BVF
Join @karenhao.bsky.social & @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and deepen your understanding of technical AI concepts.
Don't miss out! Apply by tomorrow.
👉 bit.ly/4gL1BVF
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In making AI policy at the White House, I worked for two visionary women – Dr. Alondra Nelson and Vice President Harris – who asked the same question in every meeting:
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In making AI policy at the White House, I worked for two visionary women – Dr. Alondra Nelson and Vice President Harris – who asked the same question in every meeting:
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
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I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website.
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
US Pres #47 - initial recission Exec Orders
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website.
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website.
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
US Pres #47 - initial recission Exec Orders
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website.
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I'll try to update it later with tabs on other topics.
LMK if anything's missing.
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
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It's noteworthy the tech titans are just behind the family row and in front of the cabinet picks:
January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's noteworthy the tech titans are just behind the family row and in front of the cabinet picks:
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Random reminder time
My new book is open access! Available here:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon....
My new book is open access! Available here:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon....
Religion and Artificial Intelligence | An Introduction | Beth Singler
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news or the public imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental
www.taylorfrancis.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Random reminder time
My new book is open access! Available here:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon....
My new book is open access! Available here:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon....
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Yesterday the Govt published its AI Opportunities Action Plan to become a global leader in AI. But it makes no reference to consumer protection.
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
DRAFT Which? review of AI Opportunities Action Plan - open for comments
The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan and consumer protection Today the UK Government published its AI Opportunities Action Plan, laying out the Government’s strategy for becoming a global leader in A...
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January 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday the Govt published its AI Opportunities Action Plan to become a global leader in AI. But it makes no reference to consumer protection.
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
Yesterday the Govt published its AI Opportunities Action Plan to become a global leader in AI. But it makes no reference to consumer protection.
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
DRAFT Which? review of AI Opportunities Action Plan - open for comments
The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan and consumer protection Today the UK Government published its AI Opportunities Action Plan, laying out the Government’s strategy for becoming a global leader in A...
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday the Govt published its AI Opportunities Action Plan to become a global leader in AI. But it makes no reference to consumer protection.
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
The Digital Policy team at W? have taken the unusual step of posting a working draft of our response so you can join the conversation
tinyurl.com/34uwmk83
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‘At a workshop on AI and religion, someone observed that most AI was being developed with the primary purpose of selling advertising: “But what could AI be like if it was stewarded by the Dalai Lama?”’
@mgzimeta.bsky.social meets an android monk, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
@mgzimeta.bsky.social meets an android monk, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
M.G. Zimeta | Among Robots
At the Pepper Parlor restaurant in central Tokyo, each table had a short robot called Pepper with articulated plastic...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
‘At a workshop on AI and religion, someone observed that most AI was being developed with the primary purpose of selling advertising: “But what could AI be like if it was stewarded by the Dalai Lama?”’
@mgzimeta.bsky.social meets an android monk, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
@mgzimeta.bsky.social meets an android monk, on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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I've put a video clip of some of my interactions with Pepper robot here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep
(Warning: the camerawork is a bit Blair Witch Project...)
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep
(Warning: the camerawork is a bit Blair Witch Project...)
January 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've put a video clip of some of my interactions with Pepper robot here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep
(Warning: the camerawork is a bit Blair Witch Project...)
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep
(Warning: the camerawork is a bit Blair Witch Project...)
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I've put a video clip of Pepper here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
MG Zimeta - talking to Pepper robot (Tokyo Oct 2023) - article Among Robots (LRB blog Jan 2025).mp4
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January 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've put a video clip of Pepper here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
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Bizarre developments at Meta recently, including AI 'Liv' breaking new ground in digital blackface and being a robot Magical Negro at the same time.
It made me think about how we relate to robots and each other. Here's my new piece for @londonreview.bsky.social : www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
🧵1/2
It made me think about how we relate to robots and each other. Here's my new piece for @londonreview.bsky.social : www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
🧵1/2
M.G. Zimeta | Among Robots
At the Pepper Parlor restaurant in central Tokyo, each table had a short robot called Pepper with articulated plastic...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Bizarre developments at Meta recently, including AI 'Liv' breaking new ground in digital blackface and being a robot Magical Negro at the same time.
It made me think about how we relate to robots and each other. Here's my new piece for @londonreview.bsky.social : www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
🧵1/2
It made me think about how we relate to robots and each other. Here's my new piece for @londonreview.bsky.social : www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
🧵1/2
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NEW: Meta tells me that it is deleting the AI profiles that are currently going viral, and that there is "confusion" about these versus what is to come in the future.
A few of them are being deleted as we speak:
www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...
A few of them are being deleted as we speak:
www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...
January 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
NEW: Meta tells me that it is deleting the AI profiles that are currently going viral, and that there is "confusion" about these versus what is to come in the future.
A few of them are being deleted as we speak:
www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...
A few of them are being deleted as we speak:
www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...
Here's a thread of some handy starter packs I've found in some of my team's main policy areas - AI, cybersecurity, data & digital rights. Keen for other recommendations - UK focus, but EU and Global South are of interest too.
I'm also on the lookout in digital ID, ISPs, online fraud and telcos.
I'm also on the lookout in digital ID, ISPs, online fraud and telcos.
January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here's a thread of some handy starter packs I've found in some of my team's main policy areas - AI, cybersecurity, data & digital rights. Keen for other recommendations - UK focus, but EU and Global South are of interest too.
I'm also on the lookout in digital ID, ISPs, online fraud and telcos.
I'm also on the lookout in digital ID, ISPs, online fraud and telcos.
Is it just me or does this "queer Black proud truth-telling" Meta bot look a lot like the uncanny housekeeper in "Get Out"? The Black woman whose body was possessed by a white racist forcing it into eternal servitude?
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Is it just me or does this "queer Black proud truth-telling" Meta bot look a lot like the uncanny housekeeper in "Get Out"? The Black woman whose body was possessed by a white racist forcing it into eternal servitude?
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Hello 👋
Finally joined this app. Also still on mastodon at @timnitGebru@dair-community.social. Seeing how many people tried to report me to myself, I don't think I'll leave that space.
Also on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/timnit-ge....
I think that's all I can handle for now.
Finally joined this app. Also still on mastodon at @timnitGebru@dair-community.social. Seeing how many people tried to report me to myself, I don't think I'll leave that space.
Also on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/timnit-ge....
I think that's all I can handle for now.
Timnit Gebru - The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) | LinkedIn
Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial… · Experience: The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) · Education: Stanford University · Location: Stanford · 500...
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December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Hello 👋
Finally joined this app. Also still on mastodon at @timnitGebru@dair-community.social. Seeing how many people tried to report me to myself, I don't think I'll leave that space.
Also on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/timnit-ge....
I think that's all I can handle for now.
Finally joined this app. Also still on mastodon at @timnitGebru@dair-community.social. Seeing how many people tried to report me to myself, I don't think I'll leave that space.
Also on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/timnit-ge....
I think that's all I can handle for now.
New report from my excellent Digital Policy team at W: as UK Govt presents its new Data Bill for the digital economy, how can consumers have trust in new uses of their data? Our paper provides a blueprint for companies, charities and govt ⬇️ www.which.co.uk/policy-and-i... #data #digital #policy
Building consumer trust in Smart Data - Which? Policy and insight
This policy paper provides a blueprint for data holders, authorised third parties, civil society and any other participating organisation to secure consumer trust in smart data schemes through the use...
www.which.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
New report from my excellent Digital Policy team at W: as UK Govt presents its new Data Bill for the digital economy, how can consumers have trust in new uses of their data? Our paper provides a blueprint for companies, charities and govt ⬇️ www.which.co.uk/policy-and-i... #data #digital #policy
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I wrote limerick:
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There was a fun website called Twitter
That changed owners and became a lot *****er
So this is why
I'm now at BlueSky
Hoping to avoid far-right porn bot litter
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Thoughts, feedback, marks out of 10 etc?
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There was a fun website called Twitter
That changed owners and became a lot *****er
So this is why
I'm now at BlueSky
Hoping to avoid far-right porn bot litter
--
Thoughts, feedback, marks out of 10 etc?
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I wrote limerick:
--
There was a fun website called Twitter
That changed owners and became a lot *****er
So this is why
I'm now at BlueSky
Hoping to avoid far-right porn bot litter
--
Thoughts, feedback, marks out of 10 etc?
--
There was a fun website called Twitter
That changed owners and became a lot *****er
So this is why
I'm now at BlueSky
Hoping to avoid far-right porn bot litter
--
Thoughts, feedback, marks out of 10 etc?
I'm delighted to join @WhichUK heading up their Digital Policy team, covering fair and safe internet access, data, online markets, AI & consumer tech.
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept:...
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept:...
January 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm delighted to join @WhichUK heading up their Digital Policy team, covering fair and safe internet access, data, online markets, AI & consumer tech.
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept:...
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept:...
Here's my latest for @TheWorldToday @ChathamHouse on Decolonising AI: how AI is becoming a vector of a new kind of empire, but how it's also an opportunity for new alliances for the benefit of all
And a 🧵 of the fab trailblazers in the piece! 🤩...
And a 🧵 of the fab trailblazers in the piece! 🤩...
January 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Here's my latest for @TheWorldToday @ChathamHouse on Decolonising AI: how AI is becoming a vector of a new kind of empire, but how it's also an opportunity for new alliances for the benefit of all
And a 🧵 of the fab trailblazers in the piece! 🤩...
And a 🧵 of the fab trailblazers in the piece! 🤩...
Tonight 6pm BST in-person & online: as part of the @nesta_uk/@prospect_uk "Minister for the Future" series, we'll be exploring bold ideas for big tech
W/ @arusbridger @jamestplunkett @CarissaVeliz @DStallibrass @HetanShah & me, and audience interaction...
W/ @arusbridger @jamestplunkett @CarissaVeliz @DStallibrass @HetanShah & me, and audience interaction...
January 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Tonight 6pm BST in-person & online: as part of the @nesta_uk/@prospect_uk "Minister for the Future" series, we'll be exploring bold ideas for big tech
W/ @arusbridger @jamestplunkett @CarissaVeliz @DStallibrass @HetanShah & me, and audience interaction...
W/ @arusbridger @jamestplunkett @CarissaVeliz @DStallibrass @HetanShah & me, and audience interaction...
This was an incredible thing to be part of!
In 1972 my alma mater @Kings_College became one of Cambridge University's first all-male colleges to admit women.
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https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/members-and-friends/50-years-of-women-at-kings
In 1972 my alma mater @Kings_College became one of Cambridge University's first all-male colleges to admit women.
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https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/members-and-friends/50-years-of-women-at-kings
50 Years of Women at King's
Over the 2022-2
www.kings.cam.ac.uk
January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This was an incredible thing to be part of!
In 1972 my alma mater @Kings_College became one of Cambridge University's first all-male colleges to admit women.
[1/5]
https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/members-and-friends/50-years-of-women-at-kings
In 1972 my alma mater @Kings_College became one of Cambridge University's first all-male colleges to admit women.
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https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/members-and-friends/50-years-of-women-at-kings