UK Parliament is looking at actions over the next 1–3 years to respond to opps and risks of #largelanguagemodels . Full doc with WITNESS recommendations, based on our long standing work with global communities that are among the most impacted👉🏽gen-ai.witness.org/wp-content/upl…

Six years since #Rohingya mass exodus from #Myanmar to #Bangladesh to escape #Genocide , millions remain exiled from home territories.

The Rohingya Genocide Archive/Rohingya Genocide Archive (RGA) preserves evidentiary documentation of the #HumanRights crimes perpetrated against the Rohingya…

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#လူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှု မှ လွတ်မြောက်ရန်အတွက် #မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ မှ #ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်နိုင်ငံ သို့ #ရိုဟင်ဂျာများ အစုအပြုံလိုက် ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်မှု ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည်မှာ ၆ နှစ်တာ ကြာမြင့်ခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်ပြီး သန်းနှင့်ချီသော ဒုက္ခသည်များသည် မိခင်နိုင်ငံနယ်နိမိတ်၏…

On my birthday I’m geeeked to share the cover of my next book, IMAGINATION: A Manifesto W. W. Norton & Company. Art by the incomparable Nettrice, Order here: bit.ly/imagination_ma…

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WITNESS USA is hiring a #Communications Coordinator!

Do you have the vision and skills to amplify our work through #SocialMedia , press, gatherings, and trainings?

Apply now: witness.org/programmatic-c…

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If the default #PlatformRealism of AI image synthesis tools can essentially be described as a second-order aesthetic of generic images, it's particularly revealing what #Midjourney does when asked to generate the image of something specific, say a famous building. A thread …
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This week’s post isn’t really about the mugshot. It’s about vague AI clusters we call genre — “sumatraism,” “aurorapunk,” etc: how they seem to be formed, and how stereotypes & biases may haunt even what we consider to be benign aesthetic choices. ➡️open.substack.com/pub/cybernetic…

Read through this Eryk Salvaggio thread to understand how sumatraism...and aurorapunk inform how MidJourney 'sees' a Trump mugshot via wildly different categories than we do (and then, as with the typical arbitrary opaque MidJourney content moderation starts blocking from doing)

We are a flipping amazing team WITNESS . Now we are looking for a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Deputy Executive Director! 😊 Do apply here: missiontalent.com/openings/witne…

Great deep-dive into where accountability could and should sit across the production and discovery pipeline of non-consensual sexual deepfakes 👇

NEW: Our months-long investigation reveals how big tech companies buoy and grow the deepfake AI porn industry that victimizes women. Google is the single largest traffic-driver to these sites. Read me and Davey Alba's deep dive for Bloomberg Technology: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

.Kasirye Ashraf highlights the importance of livestreaming as a means for individuals to exercise their #RightToRecord and share information in real time particularly when facing government attempts to restrict or control the media.

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Call out from Amnesty Tech - we're looking to speak with individuals/communities who have been affected by AI systems in border, social scoring and policing contexts. Testimonies can be fully anonymised and we will work with interviewees to ensure a safe environment for sharing👇🏾

🚨Mark your calendars! On October 31st, my first book 'UNMASKING AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines' will be published by Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚. 3 years in the making, UNMASKING AI is the most revealing work I have produced thus far. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670356/u…

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Want to learn how to document #Environmental #HumanRights crimes & violations?

Our #VideoAsEvidence Environmental Defense Guide, now available in #Portuguese , contains practices to help community-based documenters collect visual evidence to prove environmental…

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I'm hiring a Clinical Legal Fellow/Junior Legal Advisor! Join the amazing Bernstein Institute team and support my work on the independence of judges and lawyers, rule of law, and access to justice. Qualifications, details on app, and info on salary at link. idealist.org/en/nonprofit-j…

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WITNESS recently responded to the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology call for input on #GenerativeAI .

We recommend that the design, development + distribution of #GenAI are rooted in #HumanRights laws & standards that uplift & protect communities across…