Our final Sundance event is a FREE, VIRTUAL panel on a topic that we don't talk nearly enough about: the unseen labor costs of the AI industry. More info below but here's the sign-up link, it's tomorrow morning!

From Lúcio's report: “This account demonstrates that the challenges of moderation go far beyond graphic and disturbing content. They are rooted in a business model that treats human beings as disposable resources.” Full report available at data-workers.org/lucio/

What a privilege it was to join @congresofuturo.bsky.social in Chile 🇨🇱! I spoke on the main stage in Santiago, traveled south to give a talk in Chillán, joined the colloquium "Pensar la IA desde el Sur," discussed AI regulation at the Ministry of Science, and even met President Boric at La Moneda!

Proud to be included in Business Insider’s AI Power List, which highlights the 25 most influential people in AI this year. This recognition reflects not only my research trajectory, but more importantly, the key role data workers play in the AI industry and the urgent need to do better by them.

«A veces la gente cree que, por ejemplo, está hablando con un chatbot sexual y en realidad es un trabajador de Kenia precarizado» No dejen de ver esta entrevista de @norabar.bsky.social con @milamiceli.bsky.social derribando mitos frutos del hype en torno a la IA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcDb...

AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT: ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!! Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text. Translators translate, of course. But!

Qué miedo da esto!👇

🚨 Nueva función de Twitter/X para fomentar el ABUSO y la violación de derechos. Ahora cualquier usuario podrá editar a través de Grok cualquier imagen de cualquier usuario de la plataforma, sean obras de arte, fotos familiares, etc. No hay opción para desactivarlo o impedirlo 🚨 📷 @pizza990 on X

Must read new report from @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social co-researcher Michael Geoffrey Asia. Find more at data-workers.org and read more about the DWI project at www.dair-institute.org/projects/dat...

Data Workers’ Inquiry continues its excellent project of amplifying voices of the human labor too often overlooked in debates about genAI. This latest report from Michael Geoffrey Asia is an essential read.

Y'all wanna warn your friends before you get on the "AI companion" bandwagon and warn your friends, help them get informed.

This report co-prepared by @dairinstitute.bsky.social is *horrifying*. data-workers.org/wp-content/u... It turns out that, yes, you can give cis people gender dysphoria by forcing them to do immersive sexual roleplay in shifts, without regard to their gender identity and sexuality.

gen ai as a project exists to ingest the other and reconfigure it as white supremacist fantasy

Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by @mgasia.bsky.social, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: data-workers.org/michael/ This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.

«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 NEW PAPER!

“Research doesn't have to be exploitative.”

If you are interested in the methodology behind the Data Workers' Inquiry Project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social), this is the paper for you. Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽

I'm thrilled to see this piece in the world. Through it, Dr. Milagros Miceli and her team have put some language to the worker-led methodology which they have developed.

📣New paper! Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social 👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...

This is what it can look like when research is rooted in lived experience. A key piece of context on this report is that DAIR researcher Adrienne Williams is a former Amazon delivery driver and organizer herself, and the report builds on many in-depth interviews. ⬇️

I’ve been included among the "100 Brightest Minds in Berlin's Science," a list published annually by Tagesspiegel and widely celebrated by Berlin universities.

Check out this powerful report by brilliant colleagues Adrienne Williams, Alex Hanna, and Sandra Barcenas, revealing how Amazon weaponizes technology to exploit its own workers.

Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social. Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With @yasmincurzi.com

Arte es Ética es un colectivo formado por profesionales creativos de diferentes disciplinas cuyo principal objetivo es informar y concienciar sobre el impacto de la IA generativa en el sector creativo y defender los DDHH del abuso de esta tecnología. @arteesetica.bsky.social arteesetica.org

La IA generativa está transformando la realidad, pero no del modo «magnánimo» que anuncia su campaña mediática. En este hilo [ampliable] recomiendo la labor de colectivos, organizaciones y personas que investigan e informan, con una postura crítica, sobre los perjuicios de esta tecnología.

🔥 ¡Nuevo episodio de Mucho hype y pocas nueces! En este capítulo charlamos con @milamiceli.bsky.social , sobre la cara oculta de la #IA en la que no nos fijamos cuando hacemos una consulta a un chatbot 👇

Our second panel, Critical AI and Social/Data/Science, chaired by @gildersleve.uk, featured great discussion on identity, computational workers, and social impacts of AI thanks to online and in-person speakers @shugars.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social, Peaks Krafft, and @lucyosler.bsky.social

These past few weeks, I’ve done a lot of public engagement, and it’s reminded me how hard science communication can be!

Damit KI und Social Media nutzbar werden, blicken Data-Worker im Verborgenen in Abgründe. In Kenia regt sich nun aber Widerstand. taz.de/Data-Worker-...

🔥 ¡Estamos de estreno! A partir del jueves 25/09 podrás escuchar Mucho hype y pocas nueces 🎙️ Un podcast que va más allá del ruido para destapar las desigualdades que esconde la inteligencia artificial.

Starting now! Tune in: youtube.com/live/jA3wSMe...

#TIME100AI @milamiceli.bsky.social, sociologist & computer scientist at #TUBerlin / @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, is joining the conversation. Be part of it 👇

The DWI team attended this year’s INDL-8 Conference! Laurenz and Camilla shared theoretical and methodological insights on Data Workers’ Inquiry, while our amazing collaborators Kauna and Ephantus led a powerful panel on workers organizing and unionizing. 💪

Who is Really Fueling your #AI? Join us on September 17 to discuss precarization and resistance in #datawork, with the @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social and @superrrnetwork.bsky.social. Don't miss your chance to meet some of the shadow workforce behind AI. buff.ly/dHMHXPV

🎉 Latin America continues to be a strong driving force for AI in 2025 🦾 KHIPU is thrilled to communicate that three people from Latin America have been featured in TIME100 AI 2025!! The list of the 100 most influential people in AI according to TIME magazine, include:

Huge congrats to @milamiceli.bsky.social 🌟 This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!

Timnit believed in me and my vision even before I was able to put it in words. I’m incredibly grateful to @dairinstitute.bsky.social for giving @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social a home and to Timnit for her leadership, generosity, trust and support❤️

🏅 Weizenbaum Researcher @milamiceli.bsky.social was included on TIME's list of Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence of 2025. Congratulations on this distinction and your incredible work for and with data workers, Mila! 🎉 #TIME100AI #AI #DataWork Find out more 👉 buff.ly/JWOejRA

En tiempos de cientificidio y oscurantismo en mi país, estoy orgullosa de ser la primera científica argentina reconocida por la revista TIME como una de las 100 personas más influyentes a nivel mundial en el campo de la inteligencia artificial. time.com/collections/...

I am thrilled to be recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence for my work with @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social. >> #TIME100AI time.com/time100ai I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵

Who is really fueling your #AI? 🤔 It's not just code & algorithms. Behind every LLM are millions of people, often in invisible roles. Join us, @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social @superrrnetwork.bsky.social & on Sept. 17 to hear directly from data workers! 🔗 buff.ly/2ug32Bx

Thrilled to welcome 13 data workers to the transnational assembly co-hosted by @superrrnetwork.bsky.social & @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, and honored to give a keynote at the public event on the 17th. Join us @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social! Registration: tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/jl89e/

Dependency and vulnerability are part of what data workers face every day. Read quotes from our collaborators — Yasser, Ranta, Wilington, and Alexis — for a glimpse into what life is really like for data workers.

🚨 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲! In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.

Hey everyone! We just made a list on here for fellow colleagues, data workers, researchers, and advocates: 📋 bsky.app/profile/did:... Feel free to reply with names or handles you think should be included — we’ll keep updating it!

In Berlin will TikTok massenhaft Mitarbeitende durch eine KI ersetzen, doch die Beschäftigten wehren sich mit dem weltweit ersten Streik bei einem Social-Media-Konzern. Unsere Forscherin @milamiceli.bsky.social gab eine Einschätzung für @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/zfeZYDQ

AI bros think that "sweatshop" conditions of data labor are over, that we need "clever engineers" to train new LLMs. But @milamiceli.bsky.social says: "it’s the same workers. If you talk to people, they will tell you: I have done content moderation. I have done data labeling. Now I am doing this."

Hybrid workshop where you can hear from Lucy Suchman, HCI legend and organizer with Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the amazing Joan Greenbaum with Computer People for Peace, and other awesome organizers from #notechforapartheid and other tech-ademia organizing efforts

We stand in full solidarity with TikTok workers. I'll be joining their rally in Berlin today. Join us too to show that content moderators are not disposable! 📅 Today, July 28, 2025 🕐 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 📍 Regional Labor Court. Magdeburger Platz 1, 10785 Berlin

Artistas en México marchan para exigir la regulación de la IA generativa, bajo el lema "¡UNA SOLA VOZ!" 🔥 Se realizó la Primera Marcha por una Regulación ética de la IA generativa en el Monumento a la Revolución de la CDMX, en México 🇲🇽 🧵