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It Began as an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker | WIRED
by Tom Simonite
May 7, 2021
IN DECEMBER 2019, Utah startup Latitude launched a pioneering online game called AI Dungeon that demonstrated a new form of human-machine collaboration. The…
Machine-learning project takes aim at disinformation | MIT Technology Review
by MIT Technology Review Insights
May 4, 2021
There’s nothing new about conspiracy theories, disinformation, and untruths in politics. What is new is how quickly malicious actors can…
2021 Tech and Racial Equity Conference: Anti-Racist Technologies for a Just Future | Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
May 3, 2021
Rapidly developing technologies can be an unprecedented force for good, but too often codify and amplify existing forms of racial…
AI, Autonomous Systems and Espionage: The Coming Revolution in Intelligence Affairs | Georgetown University
May 3, 2021
Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems are poised to transform the practice of espionage. This “revolution in intelligence affairs” will lead…
Stopping misinformation is about more than speech. It’s about algorithms. | Marketplace
by Molly Wood
May 3, 2021
What you see on social media isn’t there by accident. It’s there because of an algorithm, the programs that use…
EU warns of disinformation campaign linked to Russia’s Sputnik vaccine | POLITICO
by Carlo Martuscelli
April 30, 2021
Moscow is waging a concerted media campaign to promote its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and denigrate rivals, the EU's diplomatic…
Recommended Reading: Amazon’s algorithms, conspiracy theories and extremist literature | Institute for Strategic Dialogue
by Elise Thomas
April 30, 2021
The role of algorithms in propelling conspiracy theories and radicalisation has been brought into sharp focus by the interlocking crises…
Job Opportunity: Network Coordinator | Platform Governance Research Network
by Platform Governance Research Network
April 26, 2021
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Stop talking about AI ethics. It’s time to talk about power. | MIT Technology Review
by Karen Hao
April 26, 2021
In doing that,, I wanted to really open up this understanding of AI as neither artificial nor intelligent. It’s the…