There’s sometimes a sense that if you’re researching the effects of LLMs or Diffusion Models on culture or the user then you are condoning their use and naturalizing it: I would like to remind you that scholars also study the cultural effects of crack and STDs.

Join us online at 6 PM for “Indigenous Data: Challenges of IP, AI, and Data Sovereignty”: involved.risd.edu/event/12474896

This evening, "Indigenous Data: Challenges of IP, AI, and Data Sovereignty" on Zoom. involved.risd.edu/event/12474896

The new chatbot-first search. Same blank results section for "ignore", but will create a filter for any added terms.

Online “Teachers on Tech” conversation, Tuesday, May 26, at 6 PM: “Indigenous Data: Challenges Of IP, AI, And Data Sovereignty” with Angelo Baca, RISD, and @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Lydia L. Jennings, Dartmouth College. Register via Zoom to RSVP. risd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

If you teach at RISD, or you are around campus tomorrow, May 7, feel free to stop by for a "Teachers on Tech" conversation between Clement Valla and @nakashimabrown.bsky.social on "Jig Thinking: Tools, Process, and AI in the Studio." involved.risd.edu/event/12455371

Painting junior Khalil McKnight is the RISD Museum 2026 Dorner Prize winner for his performance "The Observer," which critically examines institutional access and the relationship of Black and Brown bodies to museum spaces www.risd.edu/news/stories...

I recently shared some thoughts on different approaches to AI at RISD from a pedagogy angle for the Brown Daily Herald. Full story featuring perspectives from faculty and students by Emily Feil and Izabella Piatkowski at: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates www.404media.co/police-unmas...

Who are the experts / journalists / researchers you turn to for critical perspectives on AI & the tech world? I created a feed of experts who watch AI developments with a skeptical & critical (but *informed*) POV. I'd love more people to follow it, but I'm also looking to add people - recs welcome!

Reports of active shooter at Brown University. HOWEVER, news is VERY unreliable rn. Officials mistakenly announced a shooter was in custody. It was wrong; but, that was the headline on TV news stations across the country and CNN too. Stay skeptical for a while, including about casualties.

Good thread on the need to separate corporate myths and fictional stories about AI in education from the messy and often problematic realities of how AI actually works in classrooms. We need clarity on claims vs. cost and labor, who benefits, and who gets to decide.

You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully. This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia. Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.

Not surprising of course. So much to unpack here. But I am not at all convinced that teachers are 'in the driver's seat', as posted by OpenAI, especially AI-critical folks who will feel additional external pressure to use corporate AI tools for accelerated or 'optimized' course design.

Trump announced its AI Action plan for American AI dominance. What we really need is a People's AI Action plan to ensure Trump + Silicon Valley don't weaponize AI against working people, exacerbate the climate crisis and fortify the surveillance state. Proud to have signed on and endorsed this call

Solidarity with every NEH employee who is part of the Reduction in Force, and whose separation from the agency is being enacted today.

I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.

Looking for more GenAI syllabus policies across higher ed! In particular: STEM, Business, & Health courses Gen Ed (Writing, Speech, Psych) Prof/vocational programs 📥 Submit/update: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📚 Browse: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #HigherEd #GenAI #Syllabi

📣 We’ve extended the abstract deadline to June 15! Send us your abstracts, one and all!

"Error 406 Tech Fascism not Acceptable." Super interesting call for creative projects and interventions challenging authoritarian systems and technologies. Open to artists, curators and collectives. Deadline: June 17 2025. error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fas...