It’s time to uncensor Waymo (let it go over the speed limit)
POLICY
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UK opt-out policy risks increase AI industry lawsuits
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If you want to argue against the idea of opt-out, here are some facts and statistics: https://
weboptout.org The U.K. government thinks that relying on opt-out will help create a stable industry, but in fact it'll just result in more lawsuits… -
Crypto Policy: Supporting Good Actors Over Regulation
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This is a great development- kudos to Brian and team for fighting the good fight.
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon) 21 février 2025
One of the tragedies of the last administration’s crypto policy is it ignored bad actors like FTX while going after good actors like Coinbase. Smart tech policy supports good actors and productive… https://t.co/2vvfb27jRZThis is a great development- kudos to Brian and team for fighting the good fight. One of the tragedies of the last administration’s crypto policy is it ignored bad actors like FTX while going after good actors like Coinbase. Smart tech policy supports good actors and productive
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Senators Press Ad Tech Companies Over Problematic Content Monetization
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The updates come after @MarshaBlackburn and @SenBlumenthal sent letters to six companies — Google, Amazon, DoubleVerify, Integral Ads Science, MRC and TAG — in light of an @AdalyticsHQ report detailing ad tech’s role in monetizing problematic content.
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ChatGPT Operator Rolls Out to Pro Users Globally
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Operator is now rolling out to Pro users in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK, and most places ChatGPT is available. Still working on making Operator available in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein & Iceland—we’ll keep you updated!
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EU AI Regulation vs US Innovation Leadership Race
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“We Have the Best AI Regulation!” Meanwhile, across the room… OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are busy building the future. This meme perfectly sums up the AI race: The EU: Focused on regulating AI before dominating it. The US: Focused on leading AI
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Social Media Platforms Role Tigray Genocide DAIR Research
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The role of social media platforms in #TigrayGenocide is
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AI Ethics: Marginalization and Community-Based Accessibility
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At 9am in room 201D, catch @nunuska co-organizing, Size really does matter: rethinking AI development to avoid marginalizing the marginalized. At 11:30am in room 102, catch @asmelashteka at, Putting people first: community-based approaches to accessible language
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Tech-Facilitated Genocide: RightsCon Taipei Conference Sessions
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Will you be Rightscon in Taipei? If so, say hi, I'll be attending the conference in person for the first time & will be participating in these 2 sessions All of them have to do with tech facilitated genocide. Such is the time we're in.
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Digital Justice and Hate Speech: Indigenous and Tigray Struggles
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10:15am in Room 102, find me at @7amleh
's session, Tech Giants and Genocide: Indigenous Struggles for Digital Justice. At 3:15pm in room 101c, find me at @TghatMedia
's session: Hate speech & information warfare in times of war: the case of Tigray War.