🌟 Applications Closing Soon! 🌟 Offering up to $5,000 for projects exploring how AI connects to culture, history, social justice and more. Last year’s projects included Generating Queer Histories, using AI to reimagine archival materials with care, critique, and creativity. aiai.network/grants/

⏳ Deadline in 10 days! Seed Grants (up to $5,000) for new projects and professional development activities that help expand the #AIAINetwork. Apply by 1 December: aiai.network/grants

“OpenAI argued its AI models didn’t store/copy specific training data but, rather, reflected what they learned based on the entire training data set. Since the output was generated as a result of user inputs (prompts), it wasn’t the defendants, but the respective user who would be liable for it.”

📬 The AIAI November Issue is out now! We’re sharing insights and opportunities across the aiai.network — featuring Salwa Hoque’s note on AI and the law, and a fascinating recap of Vauhini Vara’s discussion on generative AI in creative work. 🚨 Deadline for the Seed Grants has been extended to Dec 1.

🚀 Our 2025 seed grant call is open! We’re excited to grow the #AIAINetwork by supporting new projects and collaborations in AI × humanities, AI × culture or AI × City with an Atlanta focus, and professional development funding for community events, workshops and more. 👉Info: www.aiai.network/grants

For those in Atlanta, TIME 100 in AI honoree and mental health activist Kauna Malgwi will be gracing us with her presence at Georgia Tech tomorrow as part of our @aiainetwork.bsky.social Distinguished Speaker Series / IPaT Brown Bag crossover event. Info here: research.gatech.edu/ipat/fall-20...

They should make more jobs for people who want to stop the harms of technology instead of jobs for causing them

Are you interested in AI’s hidden costs especially from the point of view of African content moderators? Join next week Friday at Emory PAIS 561 at 11:30 am for a student open discussion with Time100AI and BBC100 women honoree Kauna Malgwi.

Q. Who aligns the aligners? A. alignmentalignment.ai Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

"Today, AI advocates do not merely assume automation is necessary; they aggressively proselytize their faith, thereby paving the way for techno-fascism." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a... On the contrary, we should be doing the exact opposite: bsky.app/profile/oliv... 6/n

This whole article is fabulously smart, but this line, in particular, is its crowning glory.

Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:

🍂 AIAI October Issue is out now! We’re excited to share what’s been growing across the #AIAINetwork — including Ben Miller’s opening reflection, new member features, Seed Grant opportunities, and a roundup of events happening in Atlanta + beyond. 📪 Read Newsletter #17 aiai.network/newsletter

Please join us on Wed, Oct 29 at Emory University for our annual #AIAINetwork 🍂Fall Kickoff Event🍂 Featuring a conversation with Drs. Carl DiSalvo, Lauren Klein, Brandeis Marshall, and Dan Sinykin, and a roundtable with our 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees moderated by Dr. André Brock. See you there!

With both crypto and AI, there are humans involved at every level of the stack. Narratives of automation make it seem like the process is merely mechanical, but if there are humans involved, there are points for regulatory intervention (and in this case, humans who may need legal protections)

This is not actually how copyright law works. I don't need to opt out, copyright is automatic and you can't just use* my stuff without asking But it *is* how the UK government is proposing to change the law, to benefit AI firms instead of creatives *For a given, currently debated, meaning of "use"

I wrote a thing for the AIAI Network monthly newsletter "The American Technical Object" https://mailchi.mp/4770fc63939e/aiai-february-newsletter-12746910?e=5150f14014 (Edited 11:25 AM via @skeetsapp.com)

We are hosting @vauhinivara.bsky.social at Emory on Thursday Oct 16 for the talk, “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Vara was a Pulitzer finalist for fiction in 2023. Her latest, Searches, investigates what is at stake for writing with the rise of AI.

@aiainetwork.bsky.social is hosting Vauhini Vara at Emory on Thursday Oct 16 for the talk, “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Vara was a Pulitzer finalist for fiction in 2023. Her latest, Searches, investigates what is at stake for writing with the rise of AI www.eventbrite.com/e/vauhini-va...

Meet Snigdha 👋 Snigdha is a PhD candidate in Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at Emory University. At #AIAINetwork, she serves as our Curriculum Specialist, supporting the development of a repository that showcases the teachings of Network members across Atlanta.

Meet Dez Miller 👋 Dez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at Emory University. They work at the intersection of digital humanities, urban studies, and environmental literary studies, exploring how urban water infrastructures shape and are shaped by cultural narratives.

Meet Salwa Hoque 👋 Salwa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the #AIAINetwork. She works at the intersection of law and technology, specializing in legal pluralism, databases, automation, and women’s rights. Learn more about Salwa and her work: www.aiai.network/salwa-hoque/

Excited to share my peer-reviewed article: “Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the ‘Legal’ and the ‘Social’” @lsijournal.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org This article examines alternate legal reasoning to reimagine law and evidentiary protocols from the ground-up. doi.org/10.1017/lsi....

Meet Diana Duarte 👋 Through #AIAINetwork's AI and Social Movements project, Diana explores the applications and limitations of AI in studying historical and contemporary movements. 🔗https://www.aiai.network/dianaduarte/

Meet Joy Victor 👋 Data Analyst + AI Ethics wingwoman. With a keen eye for uncovering insights and tackling problems through data, she leads the analysis and visualization efforts of the #AIAINetwork Public Interest AI project. Learn more about Joy and her work: www.aiai.network/joy-victor/%...

Proud to have @aiainetwork.bsky.social sign on to the much-needed People's AI Action Plan, launched today. More at: peoplesaiaction.com

The Trump administration’s forthcoming AI action plan will inevitably center industry interests & lead to the unrestrained, unaccountable roll-out of AI into every part of our lives. We’re among the 90+ orgs demanding an AI policy agenda that puts the interests of people first. peoplesaiaction.com

☀️ Popping into your feed with a summer update from the Atlanta Interdisciplinary Network! See what’s growing across #AIAINetwork: new projects, summer reads, and upcoming events. Stay in the loop 🌿 📬 Newsletter #15: aiai.network/newsletter

What should go on our Summer AI Reading List? Please send us recommendations! Books, articles, podcasts all welcome. So far we have: - Predatory Data - The AI Con - Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media - The Black Technical Object

🌻 The AIAI Network April Newsletter is out now! Discover what’s happening across the #AIAINetwork this month—from new initiatives to ways you can take part. Stay in the loop by subscribing and reading the latest issue. 📬 Newsletter #14: aiai.network/newsletter

📮The #AIAINetwork March Newsletter has landed! Dive into the latest updates on upcoming events, exciting opportunities, and community highlights. Stay in the loop and get involved—subscribe now! Sign up & read Newsletter #13: www.aiai.network/newsletter/

📮The AIAI Network February Newsletter is here! Stay updated on the latest events, grant opportunities, and ways to get involved in the #AIAINetwork. Don’t miss out—subscribe today! Sign up & read newsletter #12: aiai.network/newsletter

Quantitative Theory & Methods seminar series presents Lin Du on "Digital Historical Forensics: A Computational Approach to Wartime Media Cultures during WWII" on Monday, 2/24, from 1:00–2:15 PM at Emory PAIS 561. Open to anyone interested!

Our grad student-run workshop series is launching next week, with great talks about curating ethical datasets by Salwa Hoque (Emory Postdoc) and Erin Anderson (GSU PhD). It’s on zoom, and open to anyone interested!

Hello Atlanta friends! 🏙️🔍 Join us on February 21 at 3:30 PM at Georgia Tech for a workshop with Nick Okafor, founder of Truble&Co., on "Liberatory Approaches to Urban Analytics and GIS." For planning purposes, please register here: bit.ly/41pTJ6V. Light refreshments will be provided.

Thank you to everyone who applied to our 2024-25 AIAI Network Seed Grant program! 🎉 We're excited to announce this year’s awardees. Learn more about their incredible projects: www.aiai.network/seed-grants-... #AIAINetwork #SeedGrants

Ready to kick off the Spring AIAI Speaker Series? Please join us this Thursday, January 23, at 12 PM at Georgia Tech for a talk by Dr. Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin) on "Generative AI: Sparks of AGI or Glorified Copy-Paste Machines". We'd love to see you there!

Atlanta friends! Ulises Mejias and @couldrynick.bsky.social will be in town on Thursday speaking about Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back as part of this year's @aiainetwork.bsky.social speaker series. We'd love to see you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/data-grab-...

Of course RSVP for the #AIAINetwork fall kickoff event, but also just 😻😻😻 at this amazing flyer by the non-on-bsky but nonetheless amazing AIAI Staff Researcher Tanvi S.!