News alert! Large Language Models pose a risk to society and need tighter regulation, say Oxford researchers Sandra Wachter - @[email protected] Brent Mittelstadt Chris Russell Governance of Emerging Technologies Oxford Internet Institute OxfordSocialSciences University of Oxford. oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/do… 1/4

In inboxes now: Simon Harris TD is raging - he has come out swinging for Big Tech, a much needed tone shift at the top of Government But will he use this energy to turn around our reputation in Europe, or descend into a pointless beef with the ManChild? thebriefing.ie/simon-harris-i…

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I have made it my mission to brighten your feed with flowers: Here's a windowbox of geraniums and begonias at a pub in Oxford.

The tradwife trend and its far right roots. Prof Debbie Ging Professor Debbie Ging, Professor of Digital Media and Gender School of Comms DCU, unpacks the tradwife trend which has exploded on TikTok and gone mainstream in 2024. Listen to The Women's Podcast on The Irish Times: launch.dcu.ie/46IaD1C

Hearing Playground love and Air #Paris2024 was such a 🩵 surprise

Large language models pose a risk to society and need tighter regulation, say researchers Sandra Wachter - @[email protected] Brent Mittelstadt Chris Russell Oxford Internet Institute phys.org/news/2024-08-l… via Phys.org

I did another podcast this week for Newstallk on the 'tradwife' phenomenon with Luke O'Neill Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU FuJo School of Comms DCU newstalk.com/podcasts/highl…

Shared my thoughts on the authenticity ideal with Allie Volpe along with The Authenticity Industries author Michael Serazio Vox vox.com/the-highlight/…

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Are you interesting in doing research on school #bullying? Check out our postdoc announcement (deadline: August 23rd, Swedish time): liu.se/en/work-at-liu…

New blog! Prof Sandra Wachter - @[email protected] Governance of Emerging Technologies Oxford Internet Institute highlights the regulatory loopholes in EU AI legislation and proposes how these can be closed to address key ethical issues around the development of AI. Read her new blog: bit.ly/4cxJuzq

Is a school ban on smartphones the best way to improve online safety? Piece by Dr Megan Reynolds Dr Megan Reynolds, Dr Maryam Esfandiari and Dr Sandra Sanmartin Feijóo Sandra Sanmartín Feijóo of Anti Bullying Centre (ABC), for RTÉ Brainstorm. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4cQUqsp #RTEBrainstorm

#HIRING: ADAPT University College Dublin is hiring a #Postdoctoral #Researcher in Human-AI Collaboration w/ UCD iSchool. The project looks to hire a researcher w/ experience leading research activities related to collaborative #human #AI interaction. Apply> adaptcentre.ie/careers/ucd-po…

Dr Megan Reynolds Dr Megan Reynolds and Dr Maryam Esfandiari Maryam Esfandiari of DCU Anti-Bullying Centre Anti Bullying Centre (ABC): We need to hear from children and adolescents on the smartphone ban. Read here in The Irish Times: launch.dcu.ie/3YWZUyp

‘Signal is in many ways, the opposite of the Silicon Valley model. It’s a nonprofit that has never taken investment, makes its product available for free, has no advertisements & collects virtually no info on its users’ The very best ⁦Meredith Whittaker⁩ ↘️ wired.com/story/meredith…

I’ll be talking about #children and #smartphones on ⁦BBC Panorama⁩ tomorrow - BBC1 Monday at 8pm, for UK audiences #DigitalFutures4Children ⁦LSE Media & Communications⁩ ⁦LSE⁩ ⁦5Rights Foundation⁩

On social media, a bullied teen found fame among child predators worldwide washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Our briefing on children’s rights and the UN Global Digital Compact has just been published by the Academy of Social Sciences at acss.org.uk/publications/c… #UNSummitoftheFuture #GlobalDigitalCompact #ChildRights #InternetGovernance #DigitalFutures4Children 5Rights Foundation LSE Media & Communications