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Rumman Chowdhury

@ruchowdh.bsky.social
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www.rummanchowdhury.com www.humane-intelligence.org CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Watch now: @timcrane.bsky.social, @ruchowdh.bsky.social, @commissionerhr.coe.int and Philipp Blom discuss democracy in the digital age at this year's European Forum Alpbach 👇 buff.ly/cfmsMMi #EFA25 @weareceu.bsky.social
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European Forum Alpbach Staffel 1 Folge 13: Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter: Die Macht der Täuschung entlarven
KI-generierte Inhalte und algorithmische Manipulation gefährden informierte Meinungsbildung und Entscheidungen. Erkunden Sie, wie Demokratien diese…
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Transformer @transformernews.ai · 12/09/2025
"We must design, build and reward systems that complete work predictably in messy environments, rather than building ones that simply ace static quizzes under lab conditions," write @ruchowdh.bsky.social and Mala Kumar.
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Why AI evals need to reflect the real world
Opinion: Rumman Chowdhury and Mala Kumar argue that we need better AI evaluations — and the infrastructure and investment to do them
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 24/07/2025
One problem with an EO requiring AI models to be politically neutral: There's no such thing, says @ruchowdh.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Political neutrality, for an AI model, is simply “not a thing,” Chowdhury said. “It’s not real.”

For example, she said, if you ask a chatbot for its views on gun control, it could equivocate by echoing both Republican and Democratic talking points, or it might try to find the middle ground between the two. But the average AI user in Texas might see that answer as exhibiting a liberal bias, while a New Yorker might find it overly conservative. And to a user in Malaysia or France, where strict gun control laws are taken for granted, the same answer would seem radical.
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Bob E Hayes @bobehayes.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
What OpenAI Doesn’t Want You to Know | ‪@moreperfectunion.bsky.social‬ with commentary from @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @smw.bsky.social, @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social‬ and @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watc... #regulations #discrimination #AI #law
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What OpenAI Doesn’t Want You to Know
AI companies are spending millions to get the laws they want. They're not trying to cure cancer, or save America. These companies want to make $100 billion overnight, and they're willing to sponsor dangerous laws to make it happen. ----- More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom w
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My latest op Ed in the @koreaherald.bsky.social on Sovereign AI - countries are rushing to build homegrown AI to escape Silicon Valley - but is government-led AI simply a thornier problem? www.koreaherald.com/article/1052...
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[Rumman Chowdhury] Sovereign AI: A new frontier of national ambition
Should AI be a public good, shaped by local values, or a technology controlled by a handful of geographically-limited tech giants? The rise of “sovereign AI” --
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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#AIforGood “Views from the Summit” series expands upon speakers’ on-stage presentations. We look forward to more of these interviews at the 2025 Global Summit in July. Don’t miss 3 standout conversations from 2024. @humaneintelligence.bsky.social @ruchowdh.bsky.social medium.com/startingupgo...
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Expert Views on Advancing AI for Good
Exclusive interviews with Rumman Chowdhury (Humane Intelligence), Eric Loeb (Salesforce) & Anna Koivuniemi (Google DeepMind)
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Just remember folks, if you submitted to this RFI, you’re part of normalizing this administration. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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American Public Submits Over 10,000 Comments on White House’s AI Action Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published over 10,000 public comments submitted in response to
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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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Gender and AI: Promise and Perils | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
In this conference, leading computer scientists, engineers, policy makers, ethicists, artists, and representatives from the private sector will explore present and future challenges and opportunities ...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 07/04/2025
Observing the deepening faultlines in American society in the early 1920s, F Scott Fitzgerald guessed right…The novel’s prescience lies not in foretelling specific events but in diagnosing a culture where power enjoys impunity and cruelty rubs out its traces — a society run by careless people.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Reposting this to make sure we take a look at who submitted to this farce and importantly, who didn’t.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My *third* time on @scifri.bsky.social but first time recording in the NYC studio! Hear me and @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social bring AGI conversations to reality and talk about the issues that really matter, like who controls the power behind AI.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I see we have entered the finding out phase
TESLA INSIDERS ARE DUMPING SHARES
EMPLOYEE STOCK TRADES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS:
NUMBER OF SHARES SOLD:
745,228
NUMBER OF SHARES BOUGHT: 0
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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Humane Intelligence @humaneintelligence.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
"Chaos is not where good work happens." @ruchowdh.bsky.social at #SXSW 2025. Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO and Founder of Humane Intelligence, shared her concerns about Elon Musk’s impact on institutions—from Twitter to the U.S. government. techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/e...
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Human flourishing” has long been on my list of bullshit terms wrt AI - some memed Aristotle and it became the bullshit term of AI ethics - but now it’s a right wing dog whistle. Keep an eye on how the AISI will be weaponized as the Trump/Musk AI Act is written. 1/ www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...
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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🖐️ I call AI Agents “3 APIs in a trench coat” techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/n...
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No one knows what the hell an AI agent is | TechCrunch
AI agents are all the rage. But no one knows exactly what an agent is, partly because companies define them radically differently.
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Mala Kumar @authormala.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I made a video about why the private sector won’t replace US government funding. Feel free to like and share with those people in your life who still don’t get why privatization in all aspects of life won’t work. youtu.be/AUHr0IgPKO8?...
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Why Private Sector Solutions Won't Replace US Government Funding
YouTube video by Mala Kumar
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The gutting of Twitter was prologue to the evisceration of government. Musk is a threat to democracy, and not just in the US. | Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead @ruchowdh.bsky.social is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/e...
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Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk's impact on the federal government | TechCrunch
Rumman Chowdhury, ex-director of Twitter's machine ethics team, has strong words for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Is anyone still at sxsw?
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
There is irony in Trump calling Tesla Musk’s “baby,” when Musk has at least 14 kids who he also ignores.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Well this is - as my friend put it - a 100 alarm fire Glad Congress is unnerved(??) maybe they’ll wear pink to stop them! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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USAID workers told to shred, burn documents, unnerving Congress
The directive to destroy USAID documents raised questions about how sensitive records are being handled amid the Trump administration’s drive to cut foreign aid.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I’m loving this series on @nytopinion.nytimes.com interviewing Inspectors General. The reality is, most Americans have no idea how government works. They don’t understand institutions and checks and balances. Fundamental civics isn’t taught. 👇 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT24HSpXw/
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Part 1 of 4: Within days of taking office, President Trump fired 16 inspectors general from across the federal government. We spoke to seven of them about the abuses they uncovered, what they really t...
TikTok video by New York Times Opinion
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If you work in the government or know someone who does, please share this far and wide. Employees need to know about workplace surveillance. www.justsecurity.org/108295/us-fe...
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What U.S. Federal Employees Should Know About Workplace Surveillance
Government employees must take steps to guard against internal workplace surveillance in the current political climate.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
POV Sam Altman
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a woman is sitting in a living room talking to someone and says " i mean it 's one banana "
Alt: " i mean it 's one banana Michael. What could it cost? $10?"
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melomys @melomys.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Good Morning to everyone who opposes the current #StateoftheUnion
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I want a list of the dems who had the guts to protest in any capacity, so we know who to support. Embarrassed by the continued inaction and bullshit coming from democrats overall.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I’ll say it again - Elon litigating GARM out of existence because they dared pull ad revenue was a huge red flag 🚩 Now companies have to pay protection money to X. archive.is/8tvmx
Headline:
The Elon tax: Ad insiders say they're advising clients to spend on X to avoid legal and political headaches
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
@ivan-ehlers.bsky.social is a writer, illustrator and graphic designer. He created this wonderful page of Billionaire Merit Badges for the New Yorker magazine this week. link to @newyorker.com page: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In the style of cloth merit badges for scouting, here are 8 merit badges for billionaires.

Disrupting Destabilizing
"Good Billionaire" Branding
Wage Thieving
Union Busting
Court Stacking
Deregulating
Luxury Doom Prepping
Oligarching
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Well since @mcuban.bsky.social asked - my nonprofit has been incubating a new consultancy led by former NIST-ers. Civitaas creates practical, human-centered AI testing methods, moving beyond closed, uninformative model evaluations. They’ve officially opened doors today! www.civitaas.com
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I see they’ve learned well from their tech counterparts - invoking “the algorithm” as an oracle of both truth and obfuscation
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Ask a political scientist (hi!) - this is fairly standard at just about all levels of government. But they also think government spends too much. So: more stuff less money 💰
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Can capitalism eat capitalism? fedscoop.com/gsa-tells-ag...
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GSA tells agencies to terminate contracts with top-10 consulting firms
Acting GSA Administrator Stephen Ehikian said agencies haven’t taken enough action to terminate contracts with the federal government’s top consultants.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
When Humane’s pin came out, I had a flurry of emails asking me whether I wanted to change my nonprofit’s name from Humane Intelligence because their brand was so big and splashy. I laughed and made a bet that I’ve now won. 1/ www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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What to Do With Your Defunct Humane Ai Pin
Humane Ai’s Pins stopped working today, turning the year-old wearable into a paperweight. Here are some ideas for what to do with yours if you want to avoid e-waste.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Oh good now he can grant himself contracts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump signs executive order expanding power of Elon Musk’s Doge agency
Order calls for ‘transformation’ in US spending on contracts, grants and loans by requiring centralized payment system
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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Full text of the USDS resignation letter. Strikingly similar to what happened at Twitter - unidentified buffoons with limited technical ability bombarding experts with nonsense while hanging jobs over their heads. With much worse outcomes for our country. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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USDS Resignation Letter
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/02/2025
When corporations tell you chatbots are efficient it’s an indication of whose time they think isn’t valuable. www.businessinsider.com/how-ai-hirin...
After asking some simple questions about her name, contact information, and availability to work, Ava Cado scheduled an interview for Mendoza at a Chipotle location 35 minutes away in Selma, California.

But the chatbot misled her. "There was pretty much no way to really contact them," Mendoza said of trying to reach the store. Upon arriving, the manager told her there were no open positions and that the AI system had mistakenly scheduled the appointment.

"I was really frustrated at that time because I had that problem with McDonald's and other AI," Mendoza said. "Having this problem be the third or fourth time that I've had issues with AI — it was just getting to me."
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
FYI that Trump’s $5m “gold card” idea exists today as an EB-5 immigrant visa and costs only $1m www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
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EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program | USCIS
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Also - government is not a business. It is ultimately a collective that provides services to citizens. It does not need to be run like a for profit entity.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The most cathartic (but depressing) part of my ranty rant is at the six minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETr1...
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Former X employee fired by Elon Musk speaks out
YouTube video by ABC News
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If technology is being tested more aggressively in poorer communities, it's worth asking why www.compiler.news/ai-for-good-... @ruchowdh.bsky.social
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‘AI for Good’ shouldn’t become the new innovation arbitrage
If technology is being tested more aggressively in poorer communities, it's worth asking why.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
My desire for tech ethics is not to be the convenient idiots. Trotted out to play the foil for the tech bros, applauded and snapped by the public, only to be shelved until the next appropriate moment where the veneer of accountability is required.
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Compiler @compiler.news · 21/02/2025
"Deployed poorly, so-called 'AI for Good' ... can serve as a convenient test environment for these tools in a less visible or legally restrictive environment, with local populations as collateral damage," says @ruchowdh.bsky.social of @humaneintelligence.bsky.social www.compiler.news/ai-for-good-...
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‘AI for Good’ shouldn’t become the new innovation arbitrage
If technology is being tested more aggressively in poorer communities, it's worth asking why.
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
During Occupy, I took a course and participated in civil disobedience. It was not only educational, it was comforting to know of a safety net outside our state. Civil disobedience requires a network of support to make it available for all. Can anyone share networks or resources here or in DM?
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
While I’m not giving politico a pass on this - I will say that the worst thing tech gave the rest of society is this adulation of youth and inexperience coupled with an ahistorical perception of society
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
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Political science statement.pdf
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
For me it’s how every minor social media post is followed by five fundraising emails like we’re supposed to be grateful
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
In case you were holding your breath for the midterms www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
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