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

"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.

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...

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

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...

#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...

Just remember folks, if you submitted to this RFI, you’re part of normalizing this administration. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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

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.

Reposting this to make sure we take a look at who submitted to this farce and importantly, who didn’t.

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.

I see we have entered the finding out phase

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:

"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...

“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...

🖐️ I call AI Agents “3 APIs in a trench coat” techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/n...

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?...

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...

Is anyone still at sxsw?

There is irony in Trump calling Tesla Musk’s “baby,” when Musk has at least 14 kids who he also ignores.

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...

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/

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...

POV Sam Altman

Good Morning to everyone who opposes the current #StateoftheUnion

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.

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

@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...

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

I see they’ve learned well from their tech counterparts - invoking “the algorithm” as an oracle of both truth and obfuscation

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 💰

Can capitalism eat capitalism? fedscoop.com/gsa-tells-ag...

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

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...

Oh good now he can grant himself contracts www.theguardian.com/us-news/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...

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...

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...

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.

The most cathartic (but depressing) part of my ranty rant is at the six minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETr1...

If technology is being tested more aggressively in poorer communities, it's worth asking why www.compiler.news/ai-for-good-... @ruchowdh.bsky.social

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.

"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-...

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?

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

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...

For me it’s how every minor social media post is followed by five fundraising emails like we’re supposed to be grateful

In case you were holding your breath for the midterms www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...