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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🌐 Got a policy idea for how governments can tackle an AI issue? The @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social's AI Civic Action Accelerator can help you build it into a real policy proposal. Join the free program for mentorship and more! Apply by 9/1: aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/ai-c...

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AI Civic Action Accelerator - Aspen Policy Academy

This 6 session, part-time, free program helps individuals and teams refine and strengthen a partially developed policy solution to an environmental problem.

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today GLAAD released “Build for Everyone,” our first comprehensive report on LGBTQ Responsible AI. It’s a roadmap for building AI that actually works for LGBTQ people — and everyone: glaad.org/2026-ai-repo...

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2026 AI Report – Build for Everyone: A Framework for LGBTQ Representation and Safety in AI | GLAAD

In this inaugural report, GLAAD presents the tangible and unique ways that AI both impacts and shapes perceptions about our community.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A few days ago, I presented our work on AI evaluations, and in particular, AI red teaming, to the second cohort of the Trust and Safety Africa Academy. I am committed to our shared mission of translating practical insights and the tools needed to drive meaningful impact across the continent.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My remarks focused on the high stakes for growth markets that don’t take data sovereignty and governance seriously. You can read more about this conference here: www.newcalculus.com

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2026 MIT Kuo Sharper Center Conference

Join us for a special gathering of more than 400 entrepreneurs, academics, ecosystem players, and policymakers for 3 exciting days in Cambridge MA!

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Our panel was focused on who designs the future, as AI reshapes economies, labor markets, and global power dynamics. Beyond technology itself, we examined how AI is transforming the future of work - redefining skills, productivity, and opportunity across industries.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This week, I spoke at the 2026 Innovation in Global Growth Markets: Prosperity through Entrepreneurship Annual Conference: Designing a New Calculus for Global Prosperity, hosted by MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The first event consisted of a series of pitches by representatives of European countries that offered pathways to employment across Europe for scientific researchers. The second event was the Technology & National Security Conference, organized by MIT and Harvard business school students.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We have just launched a blog series that takes a hard look at the potential harms that Anthropic's Claude constitution may pose to a broad user base. We welcome your feedback!

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Last week, our workshop on AI red teaming and evaluations was presented at #CHI2026 in Barcelona! The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Human Expertise for AI Red-Teaming and Scalable Evaluation

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I recently had the pleasure of recording my first ever @linkedin.com Learning class, focused on on AI evaluations for everyone: how non-engineers can build better AI systems! Our class, once live, will offer an overview of AI evaluations with a focus on red teaming. Stay tuned for more!

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Integrity Institute @integrity-inst.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨 New blog series from the Integrity Institute: Our first post examines the risks of @anthropic.com's Claude constitution for a broad user base - from what "constitutional AI" really means to why Anthropic should be citing human rights law. Read here 🔗 bit.ly/4clWJVM Stay tuned for more!

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Examining Constitutional AI — Integrity Institute

By Theodora Skeadas, Iain Levine, Stephanie Nakano, and Leah Ferentinos This blog is the first in a series from the Integrity Institute that examines the risks and potential harms that Claude’s con...

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It was a pleasure to collaborate with you all on this piece!

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

While impressive technological advancements were highlighted throughout, some fundamental questions were missing: why is the U.S. involved in some of these foreign conflicts? Do these technologies end conflicts sooner, or prolong conflict and heighten fatalities? What are the U.S.' strategic goals?

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A panel on the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war emphasized operational resilience married to strategic ambiguity or incoherence.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Cambridge is emerging as a leader on quantum issues, which has major national security impacts. Speakers emphasized avoiding repeating AI roll-out mistakes with quantum, and they advocated for more responsible deployment.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The conference dioscussed MA's unique positioning in this space, and the Massachusetts Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange and Leadership in Defense (SHIELD) Initiative. With efforts like this and NATO DIANA, MA is actively positioning itself as a leader in the warfighting ecosystem.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This event falls into a larger pivot for Cambridge and Massachusetts. Cambridge, and the state more broadly, is pivoting from biotech and life sciences amidst federal funding freezes to national security. Cambridge is becoming a fast growing hub for defense startups.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The conference featured discussion themes including the state of defense technology in MA, energy security, supply chain, Pacific deterrence, quantum systems, acquisition reform, war in the Middle East, venture capital, Ukraine's battlefield lab, AI for the modern front line, space, and drones.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Last weekend, I attended the Technology & National Security Conference, a student-run conference organized by Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan students. The conference began in 2023 with ~100 attendees, and now sells out at around 1,200 people.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The full piece is here. We welcome your feedback! 🙏 www.techpolicy.press/moral-injury...

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Additionally, as betrayal is a common cause for moral injury, the Trump administration’s treatment of T&S employees as adversaries, including through the recent prohibitions on H-1B visas for highly-skilled workers involved in "censorship of protected expression,” is a source of moral injury.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

For those who have experienced layoffs, a common occurrence in the industry since 2022, this injury can manifest as the acute recognition that efforts to prevent or mitigate harm are likely to be weakened or discontinued due to the loss of institutional capacity and internal advocacy.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It is difficult to reconcile feelings of inadequacy in the face of known and preventable harms because challenging the logic of an authority risks undermining team alignment.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Perhaps more common is moral injury born from witnessing harms that are within reach to mitigate, and instead making the collective choice to deprioritize or ignore it.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Moral injury results in overwhelming distress felt under the weight of an irreconcilable ethical crisis causing an ontological rift that is not effectively managed by individual, personal psychotherapy.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Early formulations of moral injury, derived from research with Vietnam-era veterans, emphasized moral transgressions rooted in leadership failures. Increasingly, the experience of T&S employees in online conflict bears striking parallels to combatants deployed in the traditional, physical world.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Understanding moral injury and addressing it may be instrumental to how we learn to prevent harm not only to the individual experiencing it, but also improve the systems and operational processes that are morally misaligned and contribute to perpetuating harm.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

In the years since, the issue has risen in prominence. Moral injury is the damage done to one’s conscience or moral compass when that person perpetrates, witnesses or fails to prevent acts that transgress one’s own moral beliefs, values or ethical codes of conduct.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Jenn Louie, Ryan Roberts, and I have published a piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social that examines moral injury in the trust and safety profession. I first became aware of this phenomenon when Jenn hosted a series of powerful discussions on moral injury through the @integrity-inst.bsky.social.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Through this new initiative, we hope to contribute to practical knowledge that supports thoughtful, effective, and meaningful policy development. You can learn more about this initiative here: www.integrityinstitute.org/advising-sta...

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State Lawmakers — Integrity Institute

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I am very excited to share that the @integrity-inst.bsky.social has recently launched a new, pro bono "Advising US State Lawmakers" initiative. We now have a formal process to connect lawmakers with practitioners who can offer nonpartisan, practical input on technology policy.

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Integrity Institute @integrity-inst.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Members submitted input to the @oversightboard.bsky.social on Meta’s non-consensual AI sexualized impersonation. AI-generated imagery is among the most harmful forms of digital abuse. Meta needs stronger enforcement pathways & better remediation for victims. ▶️ Read our analysis: bit.ly/4uBjjSH

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Response to Meta's Non-Consensual AI Sexualized Impersonation Under Oversight Board Review — Integrity Institute

By Theodora Skeadas, Sarah Amos, Leah Ferentinos, Gabe Freeman, Rupi Sureshkumar, Sofia Bonilla, Matt Motyl, Aniket Ajagaonkar, and April Lat Integrity Institute members weigh in on the Oversight Bo...

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Thank you for sharing this research on the political economy of online harm taxonomies!

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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Does the US government consider defining online harm as harmful itself? In her latest Binding Hook piece, @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social raises this question as deaths linked to AI chatbots raise urgent safety questions. 🪝Read the article: bindinghook.com/online-harm-...

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Online harm taxonomies and changing US technology governance

Does the US government consider defining online harm itself harmful?

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

These taxonomies are central instruments in technology governance shaping product prioritisation and regulatory responses. Governance efforts must recognise that different stakeholders are subject to their own influences and constraints and forge taxonomies that meet their unique contexts.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Incentives corresponding to specific stakeholder groups can inform taxonomical development, given that taxonomies can lay a foundation for subsequent regulation and legal action. Online harm taxonomies are not neutral, and increasingly play a powerful role in the governance of digital platforms.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The ability to define online harms is itself a site of contestation. Those with institutional legitimacy or policy clout disproportionately shape taxonomies, raising questions about which harms are seen as real, whose voices are prioritised, and what interventions are imagined as possible.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Online harm taxonomies, which categorise the impacts of digital spaces and influence regulation and legal action, have evolved significantly in recent years. Platforms themselves, researchers, civil society, and government agencies produce taxonomies to categorise harmful effects from AI platforms.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Online harm taxonomies are not neutral, as they reflect power, priorities and politics. What counts as harm often depends on who is doing the counting. In U.S. tech governance, defining harm is as contested as regulating it, and when regulation itself is framed as harm, the entire debate shifts.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I've just published my first piece built from ideas developed in my PhD, on the political economy of online harm taxonomies, with @bindinghook.bsky.social, a European publication focused on technology and security! Who gets to define “online harm," and who benefits from those definitions?

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This past November, Emergence Circle Fellows evaluated the CARE and OCAP Indigenous Data Sovereignty Frameworks. You can read the full report here. We welcome your feedback! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t517j...

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Fellows developed an early-stage framework for Indigenized adversarial stress testing, asking how tools perform under conditions that reflect real-world risks, power dynamics, and long-term impacts on Indigenous communities.

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Theodora Skeadas @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We are pleased to share the Indigenized Adversarial Stress Testing Framework, developed by Emergence Circle, with the support of @humaneintelligence.bsky.social! This project has tested AI systems against Indigenous values, community priorities, and potential harms before deployment or adoption.

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