🚨 Attention Berlin! Next Monday, June 30th, I am thrilled to welcome @Alex Hanna to the [@Weizenbaum_Institut]( ) for a conversation about her book, THE AI CON (co-authored with Prof. Emily M. Bender). Don't miss it! Register here to attend:
Meta is pouring $15 billion into Scale AI for a near-controlling stake. This move puts immense power into the hands of one of the world’s largest tech giants. It is a quiet but colossal deal to secure dominance over the data pipelines behind Meta's AI ambitions.
📢NEW INQUIRY‼️ Data workers see the internet’s worst, so the rest of us don’t have to. Former content moderator and clinical psychologist, Kauna Malgwi, collaborated with DWI to design a mental health plan tailored to data workers' needs:
📢We're proud to support the launch of the Data Labelers Association of Kenya with an online event! Join us to meet the workers and support their struggle. 📅February 13 ⏰8pm Kenya/ 6pm EU/ 12pm ET ✅Watch and submit your questions to the speakers: @DAIR @Timnit Gebru (she/her). @Alex Hanna @turkopticon image
📢 This Thursday, I’ll be speaking at the European Parliament alongside MEP @Leïla Chaibi and Prof. @npub1ymu2...almj. We’ll be joined by data workers from 🇪🇸🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸🇸🇾 to discuss the labor behind AI and what worker-centric regulation could look like. 🎥 Watch live, 2:30pm CET: https://www.youtube.com/live/U4692ygg6l4 image
📢 Data Workers' Inquiry online panel on Monday, Sept. 30! Three data workers with Telus International in Essen, Germany will speak about having a career in content moderation. The speakers remain anonymous because they fear retaliation. Register here: @DAIR @SUPERRR Lab image