Reposted by @harshp.comEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is the weirdest request for input that I've seen in a while. It's almost like the ACM is sitting at the table with the "change my mind" sign. So, let's do it. Short thread with the input I gave them: 8229113
Reposted by @harshp.comZeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Y'all absolutely the fuck not. In fact, I think this is makes a STRONG case for why conferences like CHI and FAccT should pull out of the ACM. I highly recommend that you tell ACM what you think about your work being co-opted into planet-killing misinformation machines. 17627
Reposted by @harshp.comIrish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈 @iccl.bsky.social · 30/06/202650 years ago today, a group of activists, academics and lawyers gathered in Trinity College Dublin for the inaugural meeting of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. 167
harshp.com @harshp.com · 26/06/2026AI supply chains wrecking disproportionate impacts on economy and companies demand we burn down the planet to make more AI. So it’s time to remake the Matrix where machines use humans as processors after all other resources on the planet were depleted from being pillaged by their corpo creators. 000
harshp.com @harshp.com · 24/06/2026Reply to editors inviting me to review papers: Since I'm volunteering my time, I wish to know if the paper, if accepted, will be published as open access and will be available to the broader community. IF yes, I will review. If not, I will not be volunteering my labour for the publisher's profit. 111
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 22/06/2026"I am part of multiple rapidly expanding global networks of people & communities who are resisting AI & objecting to the power of the big tech companies. Within these resistance networks, women are leading the way" a must-read from my colleague Jennie Stephens www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comDo women have an AI problem?While big tech has been strategically investing to promote a positive narrative around AI, many rapidly expanding global networks of people and communities are resisting AI tools, writes Jennie C Step... 520573
Reposted by @harshp.comAI Accountability Lab @aial.ie · 18/06/2026Will you be at FAccT next week? Come hang out with us & learn about our work. We’ll discuss pathways to meaningful accountability, theories of change, & what brings us joy along the way over iconic bagels & TimBits in the park Sat June 27th, 18:00 - 20:00, Jeanne-Mance Park aial.ie/news/facct20...aial.ieAI Accountability Lab at FAccT 2026Members of the AIAL will be at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) in Montreal, presenting our work and hosting a social for the community. Come hang out with the ... 095
Reposted by @harshp.comMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026NEW from me: Grok has continued to host sexualized and demeaning images of celebrities, a review of public posts from Grok Imagine has found. As well as this, people have been creating full nudity (against Grok’s terms) and sex scenes with the Musk-owned AIwired.comGrok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous WomenA WIRED investigation found dozens of “nudified” deepfake images and videos on Grok's website, including nonconsensual depictions of celebrities and at least one prominent US politician. 9211103
Reposted by @harshp.comMatt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026“What the UK government wants instead is invisible surveillance infrastructure, switched on by default and potentially rushed into law under cynical pretexts” 18145
Reposted by @harshp.comThe ADAPT Centre @adaptcentre.bsky.social · 28/05/2026SCREENING SAT JUNE 6th - Ghost in the Machine w/ Q&A with Dr. @abeba.blacksky.app, Director of @aial.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social and chaired by @elaineburke.bsky.social host of @fortechssakepod.bsky.social TICKETS: ifi.ie/film/ghost-i...ifi.ieGHOST IN THE MACHINE + Q&A - Irish Film InstituteSCREENING SATURDAY JUNE 6th Valerie Veatch’s gripping documentary exposes the hidden history of AI, not as a neutral system of algorithms, but as a technology shaped by racism, misogyny, eugenics, and... 1710
Reposted by @harshp.comElaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The foundations of AI go way back, and it's a chequered past. Find out more and come see @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social in the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social this Saturday, followed by a Q&A with @abeba.blacksky.app (chaired by mise!) Tickets: ifi.ie/film/ghost-i... www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DA...youtube.comGHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILERYouTube video by Ghost in the Machine 1169
Reposted by @harshp.comKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org 4525241123
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026📣 📣📣 Ghost in the Machine is coming to Dublin 📣📣📣 mark June 6 on your calendar ifi.ie/film/ghost-i...ifi.ieGHOST IN THE MACHINE + Q&A - Irish Film InstituteSCREENING SATURDAY JUNE 6th Valerie Veatch’s gripping documentary exposes the hidden history of AI, not as a neutral system of algorithms, but as a technology shaped by racism, misogyny, eugenics, and... 34314
Reposted by @harshp.comJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026My keynote at re:publica 2026: Digital dystopia and Europe's Ireland problem #rp26 @re-publica.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=cneL...youtube.comre:publica 26: Johnny Ryan – How we avoid dystopiaYouTube video by re:publica 052
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/ 7377220
Reposted by @harshp.comIrish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️🌈 @iccl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026If you are concerned about the government's plans to give gardaí access to facial recognition technology, then sign our petition today and help us fight back. www.iccl.ie/facial-recog...iccl.ieFacial Recognition TechnologyFacial Recognition Technology poses extreme risks to our rights. Tell the Minister for Justice you do not consent! 43120
Reposted by @harshp.comJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Job opportunity We are hiring an AI expert to join ICCL Enforce www.iccl.ie/digital-data...iccl.ieEnforce is hiring: AI ExpertHow data about European defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors 0818
Reposted by @harshp.comKris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Enforce at the @iccl.bsky.social is hiring. Full-time role. Remote in the EU. Apply early. Deadline 5pm Dublin time on 15 April 2026. www.iccl.ie/digital-data... #AI #AIPolicy #EUAIAct #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @abeba.bsky.social @rocher.lc @techpolicypress.bsky.social @leevisaari.bsky.socialiccl.ieEnforce is hiring: AI ExpertHow data about European defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors 01010
Reposted by @harshp.comJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My testimony at the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Justice Committee yesterday evening: new documents reveal serious problems in the recruitment process for Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner. 25034
Reposted by @harshp.comJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This afternoon I will speak at the Oireachtas Justice Committee. I will share new information obtained by ICCL about the latest Data Protection Commissioner recruitment process, in which a former Meta spokesperson was appointed Ireland's new Data Protection Commissioner. www.iccl.ie/press-releas...iccl.ieICCL reveals information about DPC recruitment processICCL is appearing before the Oireachtas Justice Committee to discuss the EU's Digital Omnibus package. 22414
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026New paper from @aial.ie! @harshp.com, Dick Blankvoort, Adel Shaaban, @sashamtl.bsky.social & me We analysed 6 GenAI ToS--finding missing info, major power imbalances & user obligations that are impossible to meet without violating the terms arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964 & aial.ie/research/ter... 1/arxiv.orgTerms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI ServicesGenerative AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini are some of the fastest-growing consumer services. Individuals using such services must accept their terms of use before access, and conform to these ter... 2193112
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 05/03/2026New paper from team @aial.ie! aial.ie/research/gpa... EU's AI Act Article 53(1)(d) is an obligation for GPAI model providers to publicly provide a 'summary' on their model’s training data. The team assessed published summaries along 6 dimensions & found that all big providers failed on all 6. 1/ 212972
Reposted by @harshp.comTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026There is a battle raging over the lack of visibility into AI training data, write Dick Blankvoort, Harshvardhan Pandit, and Maximilian Gahntz. A neglected provision in the European Union’s AI Act may prove to be the biggest break in securing more transparency from AI developers to date.buff.lyHow Big AI Developers are Skirting a Mandate for Training Data TransparencyWe need better visibility into what data AI developers are using to train their models, write Dick Blankvoort, Harshvardhan Pandit, and Maximilian Gahntz. 172
Reposted by @harshp.comJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Did you know that LLMs fail at around 70% of all typical office tasks like generating a report on something from a spreadsheet? The Agent Company is a simulated office environment for benchmarking LLMs - I wrote a blog post about the paper here (with links and a rant): jilltxt.net/llms-fail-at...jilltxt.netLLMs fail at 70% of simple office tasksOccasionally I love ChatGPT. Like when I gave it a research paper I’d written and the itinerary for my planned trip to Australia this November and asked it to look for related art exhibitions… 715954
Reposted by @harshp.comJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The EU must use the anti coercion instrument now, or be humiliated. Europe must be free to enforce its own law on its own soil. 2425081
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 04/08/2025so I am one of the 12 people (including the “god-fathers of AI”) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group 29531154
harshp.com @harshp.com · 04/08/2025(reply to review request) I won't review articles that aren't open access as I'd be performing free labour for the publisher's profit. Providing access to journals which I already access via university is not renumeration, and besides the community still suffers if articles are kept paywalled. 010
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/07/2025A short blogpost detailing my experience of censorship at the AI for Good Summit with links to both original and censored versions of slides and links to my talk aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...aial.ieAI for Good [Appearance?]Reflections on the last minute censorship of my keynote at the AI for Good Summit 2025 316190
Reposted by @harshp.comCDT Europe @cdteu.org · 09/07/2025⏰ Today, CDT Europe, together with 51 experts, academics & civil society organisations, sent an open letter to the European Commission to express our concerns regarding the forthcoming Digital Simplification package, which could include revisiting the AI Act. 👇🏻 Read the full letter on our website:cdt.orgOpen Joint Letter against the Delaying and Reopening of the AI ActCDT Europe, alongside the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), co-drafted a letter signed by 52 civil society or... 22112
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/07/2025genevasolutions.news/science-tech...genevasolutions.newsUN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva SolutionsA prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of ... 120463
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/07/2025a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes' 1/ 381447684
harshp.com @harshp.com · 03/07/2025The simplest solution to "stop the clock" on the AI Act is to not use AI. You can't have it both ways, sorry. Want to drive? Get a license. Want to use AI? Get compliant. 000
Reposted by @harshp.comRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 03/07/2025Do you think that Europe should bargain away its digital sovereignty to appease Trump and the broligarchy? Strong majorities in Germany, France, and Spain are against that (YouGov). @coricrider.com and I have a better plan: www.politico.eu/article/digi...politico.euDigital sovereignty can’t be bargained awayThe European Commission has tools, public support and a mandate to act on Big Tech. Trading that away for short-term calm would be a costly mistake. 26626
Reposted by @harshp.comPaul Nemitz @paulnemitz.bsky.social · 30/06/2025How #US Firms are weakening #EU #AI #Code of practice: By pressuring the European Commission to prioritize a few US firms over 1,000 stakeholders, the companies put entire process at risk and lose credibility as actors of public interest.#AIAct #OpenAI #GAFAM www.techpolicy.press/how-us-firms...techpolicy.pressHow US Firms Are Weakening the EU AI Code of Practice | TechPolicy.PressInstead of giving in, the Commission must ensure that the Code reflects the intent of the AI Act and safeguards public interest, write Nemitz and Oueslati. 01011
Reposted by @harshp.comDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/06/2025New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41... We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance 1/nature.comComputer-vision research powers surveillance technology - NatureAn analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance. 341010554
harshp.com @harshp.com · 14/06/2025Draft article "Simple now, Complex later: The Questionable Efficacy of Diluting GDPR Article 30(5)" that questions the Commission's proposal and shows this approach will not yield the intended results, and will lead to more compliance issues for organisations. doi.org/10.31235/osf...doi.orgOSF 020
harshp.com @harshp.com · 09/06/2025Debating the comma - the age old classic delay tactic. If a person did this, we'd be calling them an asshole. cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/a-simple-c...cafetechinenglish.substack.comA simple comma is going to cost Apple billions in EuropeStarting June 23, Apple will no longer be allowed to collect fees on iOS' external purchases in Europe 010
