Reposted by Victor OjewaleNeil Grayson @neilgrayson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Daughter was telling me about the class being asked what the capital of Norway was today. Two said Haaland. 701700156
Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Given the sudden push from AI companies for embedded evaluators, I shared a few reflections on who gets to evaluate AI systems and why we need an evaluation ecosystem rather than one “perfect” independent evaluator. victorojewale.substack.com/p/everyone-w...victorojewale.substack.comEveryone Wants Independent AI Evaluations. Independent From Whom?Why access alone cannot deliver accountability and why AI needs an evaluation ecosystem, not one trusted evaluator 031
Reposted by Victor OjewaleDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026"What is uniquely African about the African AI landscape? Is it because those working on it are from/based in the African continent? Because it focuses on African languages/datasets? Or does it adhere to distinctly African values?" @hellinanigatu.bsky.social aial.ie/blog/worksho...aial.ieAn Introspective Look at the African AI Landscape: An organizer’s reflectionKey takeaways from “An Introspective Look at the African AI Landscape” workshop at the 9th inaugural Deep Learning Indaba 03818
Reposted by Victor OjewaleQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 20/08/2026When an LLM answers a question, is it reasoning like humans, or just producing text that looks like reasoning? Computer scientist @melaniemitchell.bsky.social weighs in on the latest episode of The Joy of Why: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...podcasts.apple.comAre We Thinking Correctly about AI Intelligence?Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · August 20 · 52m 03111
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSerena Booth @reniebird.bsky.social · 25/07/2026At Brown, I'm privileged to organize an AI policy summer school where we bring grad students from across the nation together to learn about policymaking. We travel down to DC as a group and learn about policy implementation and careers, and the students conduct meetings with Congressional offices. 2396
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 03/07/2026As local governments move more into using AI-assisted translation for important government docs, this is a very important issue to keep in mind. General purpose translation tools might not be as good when you want to execute specific tasks (or want specific info to be translated properly) 032
Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Most Multilingual benchmarks measure what models know, not what they can reliably do. Our #ACL2026 paper introduces functional benchmarks in six languages from English to Yoruba to test whether models can actually execute tasks across languages, not just answer fixed questions about them. 🧵1/n 1113
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Agents prioritize task completion rather than whether they should act. This is a consequence of how they are trained. My student @victorojewale.bsky.social has been investigating this and just wrote a (prize winning) paper arguing why (and how) we need a notion of "informed abstention". Link below. 1124
Reposted by Victor OjewaleMichelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 22/05/2026How do we stop playing whack-a-mole when it comes to deepfake abuse? 🧵⚠️ 112
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It's about what's hidden, and what new deficiencies the tech carries with it. @victorojewale.bsky.social opines on the evolution of deployed AI and its limits. victorojewale.substack.com/p/from-exper...victorojewale.substack.comEvery Generation of AI Solves One Problem and Hides AnotherWhat brittleness looked like then, what it looks like now, and why “adding a layer” never fully solves it 053
Reposted by Victor OjewaleDeb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I've come to seriously value any opportunity I get to create a safe space for those coming up behind me. It's incredibly important - and I know this because I'm here, able to do this work, precisely because of those that chose to endure who knows what in order to create the right space for me ❣️ 0356
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026It'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 #OpenDatacntr-aisle.orgCNTR AISLECNTR AISLE Portal 12815
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 21/12/2025New post by @michelleding.bsky.social on resources for the Brown community in the aftermath of the shooting. open.substack.com/pub/michelle...open.substack.comCaring for yourself and each otherResources for the Brown community, friends, family, loved ones and how to support us 084
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Serena Booth (@reniebird.bsky.social) reflects on the challenge of collecting human preferences to steer AI systems and wonders if we are doing it all wrong. cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-11... This is part 1 of 3 of CNTR researcher reflections on COLM 2025. 0101
Reposted by Victor OjewaleRJ Yew @r-jy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Technologies like synthetic data, evaluations, and red-teaming are often framed as enhancing AI privacy and safety. But what if their effects lie elsewhere? In a new paper with @realbrianjudge.bsky.social at #EAAMO25, we pull back the curtain on AI safety's toolkit. (1/n) arxiv.org/pdf/2509.22872arxiv.org 1176
Reposted by Victor OjewaleValentina Pyatkin @valentinapy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025💡We kicked off the SoLaR workshop at #COLM2025 with a great opinion talk by @michelleding.bsky.social & Jo Gasior Kavishe (joint work with @victorojewale.bsky.social and @geomblog.bsky.social ) on "Testing LLMs in a sandbox isn't responsible. Focusing on community use and needs is." 1154
Reposted by Victor OjewaleMichelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Read our full opinion abstract here: cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-09...cntr.brown.eduTesting LLMs in a sandbox isn’t responsible. Focusing on community use and needs is. 121
Reposted by Victor OjewaleMichelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Hi #COLM2025! 🇨🇦 I will be presenting a talk on the importance of community-driven LLM evaluations based on an opinion abstract I wrote with Jo Kavishe, @victorojewale.bsky.social and @geomblog.bsky.social tomorrow at 9:30am in 524b for solar-colm.github.io Hope to see you there!solar-colm.github.ioThird Workshop on Socially Responsible Language Modelling Research (SoLaR) 2025COLM 2025 in-person Workshop, October 10th at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada 196
Reposted by Victor OjewaleEmma Harvey @emmharv.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling by @victorojewale.bsky.social @rbsteed.com @briana-v.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @rajiinio.bsky.social compares the landscape of AI audit tools (tools.auditing-ai.com) to the actual needs of AI auditors. 1234
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Very excited to see this piece out in @techpolicypress.bsky.social today. This was written together with @r-jy.bsky.social and Kate Elizabeth Creasey (a historian here at Brown), and calls out what we think is a scary and interesting rhetorical shift. www.techpolicy.press/sovereignty-...techpolicy.press'Sovereignty' Myth-Making in the AI Race | TechPolicy.PressTech companies stand to gain by encouraging the illusion of a race for 'sovereign' AI, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian. 0218
Reposted by Victor OjewaleEvalEval Coalition @eval-eval.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Join us for the Eval Eval Coalition Social at @facct.bsky.social tomorrow Tuesday June 24th from 4-4:30 pm during the coffee break! We would love to have you join us and we look forward to seeing you there!! #FAccT2025 #EvalEval 042
Reposted by Victor OjewaleRo Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I'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! ⬇️ 1102
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The welcome event and first keynote are getting started! 🎉🦉 Our first keynote is by Suresh Venkatasubramanian (Brown University) @geomblog.bsky.social "Are we winning yet? FAccT, AI governance, and the shape of what comes next." #FAccT2025 0124
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 23/06/2025It was an honor and a pleasure to deliver this keynote. And perhaps one of the hardest talks I've had to design. 071
Reposted by Victor OjewaleAnna Neumann @annaneumann.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Please come see us at the RC Trust Networking Event! You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂↕️ #FAccT2025 143
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue! Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming Social: AI Workers' Inquiry facctconference.org/2025/sociale... 031
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 16/05/2025The deadline for proposing a social for #FAccT2025 has been extended! Get your proposals in by Wednesday, May 21. facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial Social Chairs will provide assistance for accepted socials with coordination, translation, suggested venues, + other logistics to support your event. 043
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The deadline to submit proposals for #FAccT2025 socials is tomorrow, May 9th! Please send us your ideas! 021
Reposted by Victor OjewaleDeb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social · 30/04/2025So proud of Victor for attending his first CHI and presenting this work with such skill & confidence :) It remains such a joy to be part of his academic journey! 1113
Reposted by Victor OjewaleDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/04/2025go check out our paper if you're at #CHI2025 0164
Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Excited to present "Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling" at #CHI2025 tomorrow(today)! 🗓 Tue, 29 Apr | 9:48–10:00 AM JST (Mon, 28 Apr | 8:48–9:00 PM ET) 📍 G401 (Pacifico North 4F) 📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 2218
Reposted by Victor OjewaleMichelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Excited to be presenting a new paper with @harinisuresh.bsky.social on the extremely critical topic of technical prevention/governance of adult AI generated non-consensual intimate images aka "deepfake pornography" at #CHI2025 chi-staig.github.io on 4/27 10:15-11:15 JST arxiv.org/abs/2504.17663 🧵arxiv.orgThe Malicious Technical Ecosystem: Exposing Limitations in Technical Governance of AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Images of AdultsIn this paper, we adopt a survivor-centered approach to locate and dissect the role of sociotechnical AI governance in preventing AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Images (AIG-NCII) of adults, coll... 172
Reposted by Victor OjewaleMichelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Extremely proud to finally launch the SRC Handbook: a project that I began with @geomblog.bsky.social and Julia Netter 1 year ago to bring topics of AI governance, privacy, and accessibility etc. into Brown's CS courses. We now have an interdisciplinary team of 22 students on product/research! 🌷 082
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Our call for #FAccT2025 socials is live! If you have an idea for a social gathering, we'd love to hear about it. These could be in-person or virtual coffee meetups, lunch or dinner gatherings, happy hours, walks and hikes, and whatever other ideas you have! facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial 064
Reposted by Victor OjewaleWesley Hanwen Deng @wesleydeng.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Please help spread the word! Attending @facct.bsky.social 25 and want to host an in‑person or virtual social? Submit a short application to our Call for Socials to receive organizer support! facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial We welcome socials based on both research topics and personal identities✨facctconference.orgACM FAccT 2025 Call for Socials 064
Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Excited to be joining a great lineup of speakers at the Technical AI Governance workshop in Vancouver this summer If you are working on AI governance, definitely consider submitting! #ICML2025 0104
Reposted by Victor OjewaleACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Is your #FAccT2025 paper draft accessible? This is important for both peer review and camera ready publications. Check out this guide from CHI with tips for both Word and LaTeX users! sigchi.org/resources/gu...sigchi.orgAccessibility guide for authorsAccessible submissions are essential to make your work readable by the greatest number of readers. This includes taking steps as you author your document, and making your submitted PDF accessible. 084
Reposted by Victor OjewaleDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/11/2024Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ieaial.ieAI Accountability LabStewarding a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI 911252309
Reposted by Victor OjewaleSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 21/11/2024My PhD student Rui-Jie Yew was recently recognized as runner-up for Best Student Paper at the Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society Conference at the end of October with collaborator @lucyq.bsky.social cntr.brown.edu/news/2024-11-1…cntr.brown.edu 1151