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UCD Centre for Digital Policy

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An academic research centre on all aspects of tech and digital policy. Part of UCD School of Information and Communication Studies. Dublin, Ireland. digitalpolicy.ie

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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We were delighted to welcome back Ciaran Conlon, Director of Public Policy at Microsoft and Adjunct Associate Professor at UCD, for an insightful lecture on the realities and mechanisms of digital policymaking (and some film recommendations!)
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
👩‍🎓📻 Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer and UCD Ulysses Medal recipient Prof Geoffrey Hinton told BBC Newsnight that a 10% chance of AI causing human extinction within the next decade was “not an unreasonable estimate”. UCD AI ethics expert Assistant Prof @susanly.bsky.social responds on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Is humanity really in threat due to AI?
Dr. Susan Leavy, Ethics of AI at UCD
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨A new academic paper on the continuing growth of data centres in Ireland reveals the significant social, economic and environmental at cost to Irish society 🔗Read more on "How we all pay for Big Tech: The social, economic, and environmental costs of data centres in Ireland" at the link
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Working Paper: 'How we all pay for Big Tech: The social, economic, and environmental costs of data centres in Ireland’, Fearon, Bresnihan and Brodie - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
24.09.2026. A new academic report published today – ‘How we all pay for Big Tech: The social, economic, and environmental costs of data centres in
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UCD Research @ucdresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AI is changing how science is done - we’re only beginning to understand what that means. Explore what AI can help us to discover at AI in Science Summit 2026 #AIS26 Researchers, innovators, industry & policymakers. One conversation about the future of scientific discovery Register: www.ais26.eu
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UCD Research @ucdresearch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Europe is ‘Reaching a new level of ambition in Research and Innovation’ #AIS26 is very excited to announce Dr Shakir Mohamed, a Senior Director at Google DeepMind, as this year’s keynote speaker - at the premier conference exploring what’s next for #AIinScience. Register now: www.ais26.eu
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#AI is changing the way we discover, research and innovate. ‘RAISE and Global Policy for AI in Research’ @ #AIS26 - with @ec.europa.eu - will explore how Europe is shaping the future of #AIinResearch & EU #AIinScience ecosystem. #AIS26 is part of #EUAIInnovationMonth Register now: www.ais26.eu
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very exciting to welcome our newest cohort of students to the new and improved Digital and AI Policy course, with @ariadnamf.bsky.social delivering the opening lecture👩‍🏫🎓 #DigitalPolicyIE #UCDDigitalPolicy #AIandDigitalPolicy #AIPolicy #NewSemester #NewAcademicYear
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's Lunchtime Live to discuss the role of social media platforms in amplifying dangerous driving trends. The discussion comes after the tragedy on the M9 roads Sunday morning, with broader trends on social media becoming apparent
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Social media’s influence on dangerous driving - what needs to be done?
Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has condemned what he has described as the "reckless behaviour" of motorists driving on the wrong side of motorways. He added that in some cases this form of dangerous ...
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's our pleasure to welcome our newest Visiting Fellow, Dr Mariangela Veikou, to the Centre! Mariangela's interdisciplinary background focuses on the intersections of governance, digital technologies and migration, and the societal implications of digitalisation and automation. Read more at the 🔗
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Mariangela Veikou - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Dr. Mariangela Veikou is a sociologist and interdisciplinary researcher specialising in social inequalities, migration, citizenship, and the societal
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The AILife+ webpage has officially been launched at UCD, with centre members Dr Stefanie Havelka acting as PI, Dr Sun Park and Dr Courtney Ford as co-invesitagtors, and Dr Claire McGuinness, Dr Páraic Kerrigan, and Dr Elizabeth Farries acting as co-researchers. www.ucd.ie/ailife/
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AILiFE+
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are delighted to welcome our new Visiting Fellow, moira12.bsky.social who joins us from Our Secure Future where she serves as AI Fellow, and as an AB Member from CaraDem. Read more about her work, promoting rights-respecting, transparent technology ecosystems at the link below!
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Moira Whelan - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Moira Whelan drives initiatives that promote rights-respecting, transparent, and gender-responsive technology ecosystems to ensure that technology
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
👮‍♂️📲 Should gardaí be able to seize mobile phones without a search warrant? Responding to calls by broadcaster Joe Duffy for new powers to seize phones "on a hunch", Dr Elizabeth Farries warns that the proposal could disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social
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Are our phone laws outdated? | Newstalk
Former RTÉ Broadcaster Joe Duffy has called on the Government to introduce new laws that would g...
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The study was conducted by researchers from University College Dublin, in collaboration with Maynooth University, University College Cork and the University of Galway. @insightcentre.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
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Teenagers understand social media algorithms but want more control, UCD study finds
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yesterday, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Hard Shoulder to discuss Ireland's "outdated" mobile phone laws and calls by Joe Duffy to extend gardaí powers - allowing them to seize mobile phones without a warrant Listen to the full interview at the link
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Are our phone laws outdated?
Former RTÉ Broadcaster Joe Duffy has called on the Government to introduce new laws that would give gardaí unprecedented powers to seize people’s mobile phones “on a hunch” - without the need for a se...
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In May, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social submitted a Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee query the General Scheme of the Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026 in its aim to expand the use of the Public Services Card and present risks. Read the full Statement at the link below ⬇️
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's our pleasure to welcome Dr Sun Park to UCD Centre for Digital Policy!🎉 Sun is an Ad Astra Fellow & Ass. Prof. in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage, specialising in AI cultural policy, Human-AI interaction, and AI practices as intangible cultural heritage Read Sun's full bio at the link below⬇️
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Sun Park - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Dr Sun Park is Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage of the School of Information and Communication Studies. She
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚨New Blog Alert🚨 We're thrilled to share a new blog post from Megan Nyhan, a PhD Candidate focusing on ethical AI, whose current works "Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media"
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Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media, Megan Nyhan et al - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media Authors: Megan Nyhan, Dr Kevin Doherty, Daniel Snow, Kayley Moylan,
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This April, Centre member Alexandros Minotakis delivered a conference paper at the 44th International Labour Process Conference in which he queried how Michael Burawoy's labour process theories can be applied to the workplace via its relationship to algorithms and AI. Read the full piece at the 🔗
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Conference Paper: Thinking with and beyond Michael Burawoy: Labour and Ideology in the Age of Algorithmic Management, Alexandros Minotakis - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
22.06.2026. This April, Dr Alexandros Minotakis delivered on the topic of "Thinking with and beyond Michael Burawoy: Labour and Ideology in the age of
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In a recent piece shared with us, international human rights lawyer and researcher @patdebrun.bsky.social discusses Ireland's compliancy towards Big Tech operations, as seen in the removal of services from the Occupied Territories Bill. Read the full piece at the link below 👇
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Occupied Territories Bill retreat lays bare Irish government’s subservience to US Big Tech, Pat de Brún - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
In a recent speech, Minister of State Thomas Byrne spoke of Ireland’s “deep, abiding commitment to human rights, multilateralism and the rule of law” –
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"AI backlash is growing — and tech execs know it AI data centres are inflating a financial bubble — and even top tech execs know the bubble will burst if we don't all adopt AI, and fast" Read Patrick Brodie's new op-ed on tghe @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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AI backlash is growing — and tech execs know it
AI data centres are inflating a financial bubble — and even top tech execs know the bubble will burst if we don't all adopt AI, and fast, writes Patrick Brodie
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We are delighted to announce the appointment of @johnnyryan.bsky.social to Adjunct Full Professor at the UCD Centre for Digital Policy! Johnny is a globally recognised expert and scholar whose work and litigation has influenced digital law and policy in Europe and the United States.
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Johnny Ryan - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Dr Johnny Ryan (FRHistS) is the Director of Enforce, ICCL's unit holding Big Tech to account under European law. He is the architect of class-action
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🔹🔸Yesterday, UCD Centre for Digital Policy hosted “Shaping Ireland’s AI Future: Education, Policy and Leadership at UCD" alongside UCD School of Information and Communication Studies and UCD College of Social Sciences and Law to celebrate the launch of our renewed MSc programme Digital and AI Policy
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We're delighted to welcome our new Visiting Fellow, Pat de Brún, to the Centre! Pat is a human rights lawyer currently on sabbatical from his role as head of big tech accountability @amnesty.org while completing his PhD with @soasuni.bsky.social Read Pat's full profile at the link below
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Pat de Brún - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Pat de Brún is an international human rights lawyer and researcher. His work focuses on investigating and understanding the impacts which technologies
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Check out @fortechssakepod.bsky.social 's newest - and LIVE! - podcast with @abeba.blacksky.app discussing AI for Good?
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🚨Upcoming Zoom Event🚨 AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges May 19, 12.30-2.00pm Join Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and @ucdischool.bsky.social's Dr Sun Park in this discussion on how AI is transforming and reshaping creative industries. Register at the link below
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AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges
Join CPOI Reads for an online lunch time event with Dr Sun Park, Ad Astra Research Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies in conversatio…
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In the wake of recent fuel protests, a more silent and systemic threat has emerged. @aidanobrien.bsky.social, an analyst at @edmoireland.bsky.social at DCU, has uncovered a sophisticated "disinformation economy" surrounding the events. Read more via @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/3OCJ6K2
Photo by Arkadiusz Warguła on iStock
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Misinformation during times of uncertainty and crisis is an ongoing issue - read Dr Eileen Culloty's response to the how the guel protests are currently being used to spread intentionally false information, and the risks this poses
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This Monday, April 13th, 12-2pm, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social and Ernesto Vasquez de Aguila are hosting the second UCD Accessibility Tour to mark #RareDiseaseDay Find full info and register your interest at the link below www.ucd.ie/events/?trum...
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Last week, our @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the use of facial recognition technologies in policing, looking at the wrongful imprisonment of a Tennessee grandmother. Have a listen🎧 at the Spotify Link👇
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The alarming failures of facial recognition technology
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
What is marketed as AI “innovation” is, in practice, a consolidation of global labor hierarchies and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary, drawing on their year-long investigation supported by the Pulitzer Center and published by Africa Uncensored.
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How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers
AI is a consolidation of labor hierarchies, a plunder of African skills, and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary.
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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New UCD Library resource! Springer Nature's #AI eBook Collection, containing 200 #ebooks on artificial intelligence-related topics. Access via our A-Z Databases list: buff.ly/Y5bzYEb @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdcrim.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social
Artificial intelligence graphic showing motherboard circuits and a woman's eyes and nose. Text: "New UCD Library resource Springer Nature artificial intelligence ebook collection. Access via A-Z Databases."
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We were delighted to host Jennifer Waters, our PhD Candidate, for a thought-provoking lecture on the impact of legal AI on fundamental rights. Jennifer provided an analysis of both the transformative opportunities and the practical risks that AI presents when applied to legal tasks.
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Released earlier this month, the second isntallment of the AI Safety Report focuses on the risks associated with AI development and engagement. With our own @susanly.bsky.social acting as a senior advisor, the report also proffers actions for policymakers in the face of such risks.
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Many thanks to @novaucd.bsky.social for hosting this insightful event on Responsible AI with our own @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social presenting
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/19)
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Another exciting upcoming panel on 🔹Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact🔸 📅 Wednesday 18 February 2026, 🕓 11:30 am - 12:45 pm 📍 NovaUCD, seminar room 0.23. Register at the link below!
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We are delighted to welcome @naomiappelman.bsky.social to the Centre! Naomi is a postdocotral researcher focusing on social justice, platform and AI governance, informational law and political philosophy. Read more about her research at the link below ⬇️ digitalpolicy.ie/people/naomi...
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Naomi Appelman - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Naomi Appelman is a postdoctoral researcher on social justice, platform governance and AI governance at the Centre for Digital Policy and part of the
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
@ucddublin.bsky.social is widely recognised as Ireland's lead AI research institute. The week UCD Research spotlights the Centre, its members, and our co-director @elizabethfarries.bsky.social, for continued engagement in testing AI applications and successes to ensure its benefits. Read more below
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Making AI work for people
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It may sound an exaggeration to state your own mother could be fooled by a deepfake, but as these technologies continue to progress, this becomes the reality, as journalist Ian Smith recently noted. Read the full piece, including @elizabethfarries.bsky.social interview with Smith at the link 👇
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My deepfake doppelganger even fooled my own mother – that’s how difficult it is to spot AI-generated disinformation
Deepfakes made headlines in Ireland this year after a video of Catherine Connolly appearing to drop out of the presidential election went viral.
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Listen to @tjmcintyre.com discuss X/Grok's production of deepfakes/non-consensual images and what the EU can legally do about it at the link below! #UCDDigitalPolicy #DigitalPolicIE #Grok #Deepfakes #AI
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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 13/01/2026
I was on Morning Ireland earlier discussing what we need to do about X.
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Will the EU ban X?
TJ McIntyre, Assistant Professor in Law in the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and chairperson of Digital Rights Ireland, discusses the possibility of the EU banning X over Grok creating non-consensua...
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FORSEE @forsee-research.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
“Our collective understanding of what makes AI successful remains narrow and incomplete” says @elizabethfarries.bsky.social, Director at @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social and PI of #FORSEE. Defining societal success in AI has never been more crucial than now. Read more: forseeproject.eu/we-must-rede...
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We must redefine what success in AI means - FORSEE
Our collective understanding of what makes AI successful remains narrow and incomplete. Success in AI is often equated with technological sophistication or economic efficiency. How quickly can systems...
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It's that time of year again folks - wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year to come!
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
As Ireland's leader in AI and computer sciences, @ucddublin.bsky.social is at the fore of innovative and essential research, with UCD Centre for Digital Policy being a core actor in this. Read more on the UCD projects that center AI technologies and capabilities! www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
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Harnessing AI - UCD Research
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We're delighted to welcome @przemyslslaw.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCD School of Computer Sciences, to the Centre! Przemek's research focuses on responsible AI and techno-social systems, and open world learning. Read more below digitalpolicy.ie/people/przem...
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Przemek Grabowicz - UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Przemek Grabowicz is a faculty member at the School of Computer Science of University College Dublin and at Manning College of Information and Computer
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UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Don't miss @tristansturm.bsky.social and Rory Rowan's new article from @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social "Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy" arguing that Peter Thiel fuses Silicon Valley’s myth of progress with apocalyptic visions of salvation
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Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power...
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TASC - Think Tank for Action on Social Change @tascireland.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Help shape a fairer AI future in Europe. TASC, a proud member of the @forsee-research.bsky.social, wants your insights on how AI affects women, LGBTQ+ and other vulnerable groups. Civil society voices matter! Take this short, anonymous survey 👇 enquetes.univ-tlse2.fr/index.php/79...
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Civil society perspectives on gender vulnerability regarding AI applications
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FORSEE @forsee-research.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What does success in European AI really mean beyond technical and economic definitions? Join our free webinar on 3 December 2025, 10:00–11:00 CET to explore this question with our expert speakers! Register now and be a part of the conversation 👉 forseeproject.eu/webinar-what...
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Webinar: What is success in European AI? - FORSEE
In this webinar, we will address the question: How can we ensure AI contributes to social sustainability, democracy, and environmental responsibility?
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FORSEE @forsee-research.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Thanks to everyone who took part in our #FORSEE workshop in Budapest, together with @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social! The group dug into how AI is affecting rights, inclusion, and public interest work, and how civil society can shape the AI landscape. #AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #CivilSociety #AI
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 24/11/2025
As our debate on access rights draws to a close, STEPHEN WYBER examines the position of research institutions and argues that research must be recognised as a top-level policy priority. verfassungsblog.de/research-lib... @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social @bjjuette.bsky.social
Quote from our newest blogpost by Stephen Wyber: “We need to stop regulating research by accident or acting as if research institutions are the same as major digital platforms.”
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