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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual...
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My awesome kid made this & says: Hi! I’m Charlie, a high school intern at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Any action is good action. Please do what you can to help save the Academy! More action items: save-the-academy.org/ To sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/pe...
A collage on a red background with text about how to try to save the Academy of Natural Sciences, and lots of cool art that I can't do justice to in words. The key info is at the links in the post.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last year it was ‘chatbots have been endorsing lots of people’s delusions and we didn’t notice.’ This year, its ’agents have been hacking lots of websites and we didn’t notice.’ Seems there’s a problem with controlling this technology and monitoring what it is doing.
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Serena Booth @reniebird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.lesswrong.com/posts/HsijSh... @bradknox.bsky.social, Brian Christian, and I wrote a thing. We argue that an unexamined cause of the Open AI / Hugging Face Attack was the Exploit Gym evaluation metric. We post this on Less Wrong as a plea to practitioners to design better metrics in the future.
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An unexamined cause of the OpenAI Hugging Face hacking incident: its binary performance metric — LessWrong
We argue that a main cause of the OpenAI Hugging Face incident was overlooked: the overly simple evaluation metric in ExploitGym was misaligned. Furt…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: I wrote for the @nytimes.com about the growing rebellion against Flock cameras, and what it can teach us about how to take back control of the technology that dictates our lives Please share widely and follow @fightforthefuture.org's campaigns to end AI surveillance.
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The PBS showing is tonight, but if you want it via YouTube, that's available as of a couple of hours ago! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQz...
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Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary
YouTube video by PBS Documentaries
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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TONIGHT! GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube TONIGHT at 10pm ET / 7pm PT!
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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
GHOST IN THE MACHINE is coming to @pbs.org and YouTube September 14th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT! Visit notaidoc.com for details on where to watch and stream!
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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blair @blairaf.com · 09/09/2026
If you're interested in working on trans issues in AI policy or equity/justice in AI more generally, I'm still looking for PhD students! Email me if you'd like to apply
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Vincent Conitzer @conitzer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not the best display of self-awareness / situational awareness. aifails.substack.com/p/what-ai-ov...
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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Everyone's talking about Pangram and other AI-detection software like GPTZero. They promise impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text. Science journals are starting to use them. How good are they? @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social and I take a look for @nature.com 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
AI-detection tools have made huge leaps forward — how good are they?
Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.
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sorelle @friedler.net · 20/08/2026
This is a great list - thanks for sharing!
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sorelle @friedler.net · 20/08/2026
I am also teaching AI & Society this semester! Though thankfully have a bit more time before the semester starts. Do you have a public syllabus? Would love to see what readings are on your list.
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Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy (MEDIATED) @penn-mediated.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Check out this amazing 2-year postdoc position with rockstars Danaé Metaxa and @friedler.net to work on public interest audits of AI here at UPenn! metaxa.net/postdoc
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sorelle @friedler.net · 28/07/2026
My department is hiring tenure-track in computer science! Deadline: Oct 1, 2026. We care about and support both research and teaching. We're located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It's a great place to work and live! I'm happy to answer any questions. www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
haverford.edu
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science to begin Fall 2027.
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sorelle @friedler.net · 28/07/2026
My department is hiring tenure-track in computer science! Deadline: Oct 1, 2026. We care about and support both research and teaching. We're located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It's a great place to work and live! I'm happy to answer any questions. www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
haverford.edu
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science to begin Fall 2027.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The teachers' union at the New York high school set to have a humanoid robot this fall speaks out for the first time here I also talked to locals and @nysut.bsky.social president Melinda Pearson www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school
Robot from company that acquired sex doll maker to be introduced in school with large Native American population
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sorelle @friedler.net · 18/07/2026
#FAccT and other CS folks who care how your work is used to train LLMs - please let ACM know what you think!
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sorelle @friedler.net · 18/07/2026
And this is the company behind these robot teachers: "In April 2024, the company acquired Simulcra, the Las Vegas parent company behind RealDoll, which has spent decades creating hyperrealistic sex dolls and later expanded into sex robots that remain on the market today." 4/
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sorelle @friedler.net · 18/07/2026
This is who they're experimenting on: "Salamanca is the only incorporated city in the US located entirely within a Native American reservation. The school district serves ~1,300 students, including 32% who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native and 79% who are economically disadvantaged." 3/
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sorelle @friedler.net · 18/07/2026
Hire a real teacher with that $$! "The products cost the district $57,590, according to the contract attached to the school board agenda. Kiguel said the price was discounted; the company’s website lists the M-Series robot, the model purchased by the district, at a starting price of $95,000." 2/
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sorelle @friedler.net · 18/07/2026
Seriously, this article contains such amazing ridiculousness. What fresh hell is this: "They'll be able to say, 'Hey, I'm student number 1234,' and then the robot will be like, 'Hey, we were talking about this yesterday, do you want to continue that conversation?" nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n...
nysfocus.com
Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher
Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.
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sorelle @friedler.net · 17/07/2026
I can't believe this has to be said, but we should have real human teachers caring for our kids. www.brookings.edu/articles/a-p...
brookings.edu
A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI | Brookings
Authors discuss how to reimagine work in the age of AI to reverse its degradation and protect the role of people in the workplace.
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Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My lab @ UPenn is hiring a postdoc to start in early 2027. I'm looking for someone with expertise in social identities, computational methods, and political communication: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
asc.upenn.edu
Call for applications: Postdoctoral researcher in social identity, politics, and computational methods
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ACM Policy Committees @acmpolicy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In computer science, conferences aren't a nice-to-have; they are the primary venue for peer-reviewed publication. OMB's proposal to require pre-approval for conference attendance at grant-submission time is impractical: researchers don't know which conferences they'll submit to a priori. #TechPolicy
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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Judge Boasberg really got it. (pgs. 39-39)
The concern is not limited to the five named individuals. If disinformation-risk ratings,
reports on hate speech, petitions for platform-data access, advocacy, or nonprofit work seeking to
limit abusive content can count as “complicity” in “censorship,” the policy has no clear stopping
point short of the field itself — a concern sharpened by the Department’s announcement that it
“stands ready and willing to expand” the list. See Enforcement Action Press Release at ECF p.
2. A lawful permanent resident working on a platform’s trust-and-safety team, a noncitizen
researcher urging stronger disinformation labels, a compliance employee helping apply
moderation rules, or an advocacy leader pressing advertisers away from sites that spread
Case 1:26-cv-00815-JEB Document 54 Filed 07/14/26 Page 38 of 58
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falsehoods could reasonably understand the policy to place their immigration status at risk — not
because they wield foreign sovereign power or facilitate its censorship, but simply because they
work in content moderation.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
PHASE ONE of our fight against the OMB rule is complete and YOU ALL SHOWED UP!!! HALF A MILLION COMMENTS is WILD. We absolutely exceeded our goal of 100,000! So, what happens next??? Welcome to PHASE TWO: Pressure and Preparation! 1/x
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I just finished reading “Seeing Like a State.” It argues that “high modernism” (Brasilia, soviet collectivization, Tanzanian forced villagization) failed because it put complex humanity into overly-simple schema. I think it has interesting things to say about AI’s impact on the labor market. 🧵
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Using an open-source pipeline to read every comment on OMB's proposed grants rule that could have significant impact on science and technology research funding, Christopher Steven Marcum and Abigail Haddad find the verdict "clear and lopsided": ~94% oppose it.
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The Public Rejects OMB's Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Tens of thousands of scientists, clinicians, and ordinary citizens warned OMB about putting political appointees in charge of which research gets funded.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026
“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
futurism.com
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026
“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
wired.com
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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Asia Biega @asiabiega.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Amid growing regulatory interest in digital well-being, our new #FAccT2026 paper analyzes how online platforms conceptualize the term and identifies gaps between their stated conceptualizations and the interventions they actually provide.
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Defining the Problem, Setting the Standard? Platform Narratives and Interventions for Digital Well-Being | Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I cannot fucking believe that birthright was 5-4! On whether the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship!
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sorelle @friedler.net · 27/06/2026
Very good point / idea! Would a Firefox extension be the right option? Whether we do or not will totally depend on time and student interest, but will add to the list of possibilities!
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sorelle @friedler.net · 26/06/2026
Are you curious about the environmental impact of AI? Install the AI Impact Tracker to estimate the environmental footprint of your ChatGPT usage, including energy, water, and CO2. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-im... #FAccT2026
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sorelle @friedler.net · 26/06/2026
As we get more users, we'll all learn more about AI's environmental impact. Please help us reach more users!
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sorelle @friedler.net · 26/06/2026
Using the length of a generated response and your regional location, AI Impact Tracker quantifies the carbon, water, and energy usage from your AI use. You can also see aggregated, community-wide environmental impacts and analysis on our website: aiimpacttracker.cs.haverford.edu
aiimpacttracker.cs.haverford.edu
AI Impact Tracker Dashboard
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sorelle @friedler.net · 26/06/2026
Are you curious about the environmental impact of AI? Install the AI Impact Tracker to estimate the environmental footprint of your ChatGPT usage, including energy, water, and CO2. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-im... #FAccT2026
chromewebstore.google.com
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This feed built with love by your local #FAccT2026 publicity chair and #1 fan of @graze.social. If you're interested in fairness and ethics of tech, then like, subscribe, and enjoy all the paper threads and discussion!
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Kate Barnes @k-barnes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
7\ In the computer science coauthorship network, we observe disparities in coauthorship centrality by gender, race, academic parent status, and most prominantly by institutional prestige 📈
Bar chart showing that women are less centrally located than men, minority races less central than majority races, those at low prestige institutions less central than those at high prestige institutions and those whose parents held academia jobs are less central than those with academic parents.
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Megha @meghag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Now that AI is writing our movies, will it let women talk? In our paper, we leverage the #BechdelTest and other social network-based measures to evaluate LLM-generated movie scripts for gender bias. Join us today at ACM #FAccT2026: Thursday, June 25th at 10:45 am in Joyce to hear more!
brookings.edu
Hollywood writers went on strike to protect their livelihoods from generative AI. Their remarkable victory matters for all workers. | Brookings
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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Very important updates from our #FAccT2027 Program Chairs. Our next reviewing cycle will run on a different schedule from previous years. ⚠️ Abstract Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 ⚠️ Paper Deadline: Nov 3, 2026 Please read this blog post from the PCs for more info: facct-blog.github.io/2026-06-24/s...
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Update to ACM FAccT Submission Timeline Beginning in 2027
Dear FAccT community, We are writing to share an important update to the ACM FAccT submissions timeline beginning with the 2027 conference cycle.
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Kate Barnes @k-barnes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
1\ New paper out in FAccT 2026 @facct.bsky.social #FAccT2026 ! 🥳 Grateful to have worked with this team, and had the opportunity to combine my interests in fairness and the science of science. Link: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/....
Screenshot of the first page of our FAccT publication. Title: "Edge interventions can mitigate demographic and prestige disparities in the computer science coauthorship network." Authors: Kate Barnes, Mia Ellis-Einhorn, Carolina Chavez, Nayera Hasan, Mohammad Fanous, Blair D. Sullivan, Sorelle A. Friedler and Aaron Clauset. Affiliations: University of Colorado Boulder, Haverford College and University of Utah.
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ACM Policy Committees @acmpolicy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
1/7 🧵 NEW from @ACMPolicy: USTPC calls for an immediate halt to mass federal data consolidation efforts — merging income, health, benefits & immigration data across dozens of agencies into unified personal profiles. Here's why this matters. ⬇️
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 09/05/2026
Celebrating 30 Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Class President: Center for Democracy and Technology @cdt.org helped write the rules of the internet. And 30 years later, they’re still fighting to keep it open. See more of the #Classof96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c...
Yearbook-style page labeled “Class President” featuring a retro screenshot of the Center for Democracy and Technology website, decorated with a graduation cap, and doodles; caption notes the nonprofit’s role in advancing civil liberties, free expression, and privacy online.
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
One of the arguments against AI is that the people & institutions trying to sell it to us have done so much harm in so many ways with so little conscience on so many other fronts. This AP piece is among the group netting the team including @garanceburke.bsky.social the Pulitzer.
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US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems...
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