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Alex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@penn-mediated.bsky.social is at the #CJ2026 and would love to chat with folks. Come to our workshop where you can run your own LLM audit (today at 3:30) or I'm giving a talk tomorrow on the broader needs for scientific and longitudinal monitoring of LLM politics (in Parallel Talks 1 at 1:30).

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looking forward to presenting "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀" tommorow at the Trust and Safety Research Conference! Catch this talk at the tail end of the 10am session in the Fisher Room. I'll share a post-audit update :) #TSRConf Check out the paper here.

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Auditing LLM Responses in a Complex Policy Landscape: Abortion Law in the United States | Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

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B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Look, ma, I'm in a magazine!! 🤩✨ I got to speak with @motherjones.com about #PublicAI and how access, accountability, & sustainability are about more than just shareholding. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What AI regulation and ownership could be

Public ownership of AI isn't just about disentangling it from giant, for-profit startups.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

exactamente!! La ciencia lenta respeta el proceso y el tiempo que toma investigar problemas complicados.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s unfortunate that gen AI providers can continue to dismiss evidence of something going awry in their models bc the “newest” version wasn’t used (even if the model used is still in prod). Research can’t keep up and newer models cost more per token/API call. This era of AI evals is expensive!

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Please reach out/message me if you’d like to join!

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Curiosity mixed with rage is really undersold as a motivator for sociotechnical research.

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Everyone who says that you need to learn and use AI heavily right now to avoid being permanently left behind is telling you that they believe the future will feature profound and inescapable inequality and they’re okay with that.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thank you so much for sharing our work! 🙌

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So happy for my home district 13!!

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Serena Booth @reniebird.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Policymakers by and large don't read academic papers! If you're looking for policy impact, you need to show up. First you need to learn _how_ to show up. Excited to cohost this #FAccT2026 craft session with @rone.bsky.social, @narijohnson.bsky.social, Cynthia Bailey, and Danaé Metaxa.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yet another reason why a 97.8888% AI eval score is meaningless. Even just ONE error like this is insane.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

At this point, I would rather see a flyer made with clip art and typed with Papyrus or Comic Sans than have to look at another AI-generated flyer.

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Lisa Rice @itslisarice.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The move from open regulatory processes that engage the public to clandestine, executive decisions about technology isn’t deregulation. It’s just a rose by another name. Folks, the brilliant @alondra.bsky.social

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Here we go with dragnet practices again, courtesy of data broker loopholes (and data brokers in general).

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It's important to make clear that it is medically impossible to differentiate between a medication abortion and a miscarriage. So while this bill is wrong on so many levels (that I haven't covered here), it could hurt ANYONE who has a terminated pregnancy, whether or not it was spontaneous.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Fourth, the bill co-opts environmental and water pollution concerns to force people to catch kits (medical waste bags) to collect remains so they aren't flushed. Meaning they would have to collect their blood into bags and bring it to a health provider. Adding another layer of inhumanity.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Second, they want to amend 18 U.S. Code § 1531 to read "Abortion Crimes" and add "chemical abortions" without a provider present to the statute. Third, they want to REDEFINE abortion as pictured, with biased language. Alabama and Oklahoma (both have near-total abortion bans) use this definition.

Screenshot of the bill's abortion definition which includes the use, prescription, administration, procurement, or sale of anything to be used to terminate a pregnancy and result in the death of an "unborn child".

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today in horrific news: House Republicans introduced the "Clean Water for All Life Act" requiring a health provider present for medication abortions. First, the bill opens with "chemical abortion" which is not even the correct term. So that should tell you a lot about this garbage bill. >> 🧵

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thanks for continuing to read, cite, and share this paper. It remains controversial in some corners of the discipline, but I stand by it completely. Many Black folks don’t use terms “liberal” and “conservative,” which makes the liberal-conservative scale a noisy tool for studying Black politics.

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Josh Dzieza @joshdzieza.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

AI companies are paying screenwriters, lawyers, and other white-collar professionals to produce the training data needed to automate their jobs. I spoke with more than 30 workers about conditions inside this fast-growing and extremely secretive new gig economy.

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The laid-off lawyers and PhDs training AI to steal their careers

Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It's been a journey of nearly 3 years, but I'm very excited to announce the CNTR AISLE Portal! 🚀 cntr-aisle.org It’s a new way to review and evaluate the 1,000+ AI bills introduced in the U.S. over the last three years. Check out the Bill Library and our Profiles#AIPolicy #OpenData

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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In Portland, the Water Bureau is piloting an algorithmic pricing system to automate bill discount levels. I've reported extensively on this otherwise ignored project. Lawmakers in CA have introduced several bills to regulate algo pricing, a very nuanced area. My reporting and more on CA follows:

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Leaving Money on the Table: Inside Portland Water Bureau’s Algorithmic Pricing Program

Portland is testing a machine learning algorithm for water bill pricing that promises both affordability and higher revenues. Here’s the first in-depth analysis of the program and the tech be…

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

With such low AI literacy rates (and low literacy rates in general -- another convo on critical thinking) and inequitable information access, can we move beyond putting the onus on consumers of these tools to be more responsible?

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Meanwhile, ChatGPT guided this teen on how to maximize his drug “trips” until he died from it. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

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A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.

"Who on earth gives that advice?"

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 02/01/2026

this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

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Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X

Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Can public involvement in AI evaluation improve the science? Or does it compromise quality, speed, cost? In @pnas.org, Megan Price & I summarize challenges of AI evaluation, review strengths/weaknesses, & suggest how participatory methods can improve the science of AI www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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How public involvement can improve the science of AI | PNAS

As AI systems from decision-making algorithms to generative AI are deployed more widely, computer scientists and social scientists alike are being ...

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Another day when the assimilation of the internet into a tiny number of hands becomes obvious. AWS (Amazon web services) goes down and takes half the internet with it!

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I'm convinced that many current "safety guardrails" in generative AI systems are merely financial and political risk mitigation strategies. They are meant to protect companies first, not users.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/10/2025

When it comes to AI, ignore what Sam Altman says and instead listen to @abeba.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Oops, $1.5 billion to Prime subscribers! Another $1 billion to the FTC.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Amazon has to pay $1.8 billion due to deceptive Prime subscription practices and change those same practices as part of an FTC settlement. It’s time to screenshot for posterity and wait for Amazon to use the settlement to raise Prime. Penalizing customers for what they did TO them.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The dark patterns in abortion crisis pregnancy center websites are a special level of insidious and predatory. The "For Men" section in some of these websites goes to show how far they'll go. This screenshot is an example. The "Your" here is not referring to the pregnant person.

A snippet of text from an abortion crisis pregnancy center website's "For Men" section.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I fall victim to your first point trying to avoid your second all the time. I should have said kids bedtime stories though. 😆

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Heavily considering replacing bedtime stories with dramatic readings of research papers. Work smarter not harder yk?

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Third-paragraph people gotta be the new name bc what fresh hell is that.

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michelle⁷ @poisonivy47.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

is your workplace trying to force ai on you? is a family member giving ai too much power in their life? are you sick of billionaires destroying the environment and making life worse for everyone? here's a list of resources 10+ pages long to help you fight back: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Questioning AI Resource List

Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Google is also trying to lock in schools to a particular set of ideas that it claims to be based on "learning science" with its new LearnLM/Guided learning bot. It's a *theory lock-in* to a very attenuated version of learning theory. blog.google/outreach-ini...

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Guided Learning in Gemini: From answers to understanding

Guided Learning is a new mode in Gemini that helps you learn and study by building a deep understanding instead of just getting answers.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Absolutely! Additionally, companies also have to justify the cost of keeping-up-with-the-industry-joneses when they adopt and integrate these AI tools. Any metric that goes against that isn't useful to them.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Probably because it's considered "hands-free". Distracted driving is still distracted driving. I can't imagine anyone actually wants this.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Are there AI tools that are helpful? Sure. But most of them are way over-hyped.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Don't believe a company that says AI (esp. genAI) has helped their engineers do more/better work. Ask about the quality of that work. How many security issues since the intro of AI into code workflows? How many down reports? What's the difference in # of bugs introduced?

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

These tools are undoubtedly being used to justify automating engineers out of their jobs and companies can use their own workforce to do so. WILD.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I want to see more of this! One person close to me who works as a SWE at a major company explained how bad it is right now. They are forced to have "AI goals", have full-day meetings teaching folks how to vibe code, and no one has tracked actual productivity.

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Hellina Hailu Nigatu @hellinanigatu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Are you an HCI researcher from or who studies the Global Majority? Reviewed research about Global Majority for HCI venues? @farhana-shahid.bsky.social & I are conducting research on peer review experience of research by and about Global Majority. participation form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Review Experience of Global Majority Scholars

We invite scholars who are either from the Global Majority or conduct research in the Global Majority to share their experiences of publishing in interdisciplinary venues such as CHI, CSCW, FAccT, Ubi...

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B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

How can we ensure that #AI is ACTUALLY helpful for the BIG challenges we face, like #ClimateChange and #WorldHunger? We need to listen to the experts who understand these problems best! That's why @aspendigital.bsky.social is surveying people in #FoodSecurity: www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...

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Feeding the Future

We don’t just need smarter tech, we need smarter goals. Take the survey so your insight can shape the future of AI in food security.

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I'm incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with this team. Truly one of the best collaborative experiences I have had to date (special s/o to our MVP @mkgerchick.bsky.social for leading this)! Check out Marissa's talk on our paper "auditing the audits" if you're at #FAccT2025! ⬇️

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