When authorities used ICE's facial recognition app on a detained woman, it returned two different and incorrect names, raising serious questions about the accuracy of the app. Officials have said the app is better than a birth certificate.

Discourses about “out of control” AI dominate media headlines but what if the real harms from AI are part of the design and/or intentional? Here's our 'AI risks & threats landscape in 2026 - Part I' on 'Beyond the AI Hype' Substack. We'll drop part II next week. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

Discourses about “out of control” AI dominate media headlines but what if the real harms from AI are part of the design and/or intentional? Here's our 'AI risks & threats landscape in 2026 - Part I' on 'Beyond the AI Hype' Substack. We'll drop part II next week. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

Rather than shaming women for not using Generative AI, why don't these organizations and lawmakers take a closer look at why men are more likely to use it AND what they are using it for? #Grok #Pornography #abuse #violence open.substack.com/pub/womenina...

In the 1930s, German and Italian scientists of principle fled to the US and became the backbone of our scientific and technical advantage, creating massive US wealth. Those who benefited most from their work are now… fleeing to chase lower tax rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...

BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...

X has become the Everything App that Elon always wanted, if “everything” means all the tools you need to fuck up someone’s life, in one place. www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...

Go fund me for people who murder people???? This country is beyond cooked.

Rather than shaming women for not using Generative AI, why don't these organizations and lawmakers take a closer look at why men are more likely to use it AND what they are using it for? #Grok #Pornography #abuse #violence open.substack.com/pub/womenina...

From the surveillance dystopia to tech overlords, here's a 🧵 of stories where we saw our reporting lead to change, thanks to your support. First: A databroker that sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to the government shut down following months-long 404 Media reporting:

ICYMI "Real Talk by Mia", unfiltered thoughts and random musings on life, ethics, cats, etc. from the founder of Women in AI Ethics & WAIE+

"Use AI. Do stupid things faster with more energy."

An oft overlooked barrier to inclusion in AI discourse is media-fueled audience obsession with celebrity experts. Conf organizers invite big names, typically male or from global north, perpetuating the myth that loudest voices are most credible voices on issues that matter to 99% of humanity.

Create and defend AI/bot-free digital spaces. We discourage the use of AI notetakers at our online events, which are intentionally designed for human-to-human interactions and critical thinking. #AI #Ethics #humansfirst

🎙️Join Emsie Erastus, Head of Voices from Africa for WAIE+, on Tuesday, Oct 28 at 10AM PT/ 1PM ETwhere she will be joined by Mardiya S. and Zanele Sokatsha for a not-to-be-missed discussion on "Designing Afro-Feminist AI Rooted in Community." #AI #Ethics Registration🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Break the research hierarchy for true collaboration and more best practices to integrate ethics into tech development from Stacy Hobson at IBM Research. open.substack.com/pub/womenina...

Western media coverage of Africa relies pre-dominantly on Western sources. Join Emsie Erastus, Head of Voices from Africa at WAIEplus (@waieplus.bsky.social) on last Tuesdays at 1p ET as she elevates voices from the continent. Her guest today is artist Esther H. Mwema us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Create and defend AI/bot-free digital spaces. We discourage the use of AI notetakers at our online events, which are intentionally designed for human-to-human interactions and critical thinking. #AI #Ethics #humansfirst

⌛ At 11a ET today (Friday, Sept 26), we will discuss Dr. Danielle Phillips- Cunningham's book on Nannie Helen Burroughs whose leadership as an educator and civil rights leader was revolutionary in transforming the economic landscape for Black girls and women. Join us us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

👉🏽 Dr. Danielle Phillips- Cunningham's book shares the story of Nannie Helen Burroughs whose leadership as an educator and civil rights leader transformed the economic landscape for Black girls and women. Join us to discuss this important book on Sept 26 at 11a ET us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here's your essential reading list for this labor day! Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant A People's Guide to Capitalism By Hadas Thier The Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin bookshop.org/lists/ai-tec...

Should we use AI in education? Join us today at 11a ET as we discuss the promise and pitfalls of using AI and digital tools in education with Ishe Hove, Data Scientist & STEM Educator and Amelia Vance, Public Interest Privacy Center President. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AIEthics

I just learned about this monthly webinar. Particularly interested in AI & Africa and hoping to learn more about decolonial data sets.

Are you ready? 1 Day | 4 Virtual Events | 8 AI Experts | Aug 26, 2025 Trustworthy AI: From Principles to Procurement Practices AI & Africa: Digital Security - Auditing the Machine To Use Generative AI or Not to Use it? AI & Current Events | Available on Substack open.substack.com/pub/womenina...

Are you ready? 1 Day | 4 Virtual Events | 8 AI Experts | Aug 26, 2025 Trustworthy AI: From Principles to Procurement Practices AI & Africa: Digital Security - Auditing the Machine To Use Generative AI or Not to Use it? AI & Current Events | Available on Substack open.substack.com/pub/womenina...

📆 Join us Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 26 at 2p ET! Registration is free but required to join the debate live: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... cc: @womeninaiethics.bsky.social

Join Mia Shah-Dand @womeninaiethics.bsky.social tomorrow as we debate the Use of Generative AI. The reasons for and against, you may think, are binary. Aside from the usual suspects when it comes to ethics there arises some value. Join us as tomorrow Aug 26th us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📖 Join us on Friday, August 29, 11a ET for our monthly AI Ethics Reading Circle to discuss "Programmed Inequality: how Britain discarded women technologists and lost its edge in computing" by historian & scholar Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Register => us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In WAIE+ series – AI & Africa, Emsie Erastus interviews Africans in AI & emerging tech space. Join her on Tuesday, August 26, for 'Digital Security - Auditing the Machine' to explore digital security across Africa with experts Natasha Msonza & Tawanda Mugari from Digital Society of Africa (DSA).

⏰ On Tuesday, August 26 at 11a ET, we will kick off the first episode of WAIE+ monthly web series 'Beyond the AI Hype' with globally renowned AI expert, President of Center for AI and Digital Policy, Merve Hickok. Register to join us for this and future episodes us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looking forward to next week's AI Ethics session ...

To explain this photo a bit more: back then, most programming was done on paper (sometimes on special coding sheets), then punched onto cards/tape, then fed into a mainframe to be tested (& if necessary debugged). Counterintuitively, needing LESS computer time was the mark of a better programmer!

📖 Join us on Friday, August 29, 11a ET for our monthly AI Ethics Reading Circle to discuss "Programmed Inequality: how Britain discarded women technologists and lost its edge in computing" by historian & scholar Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Register => us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Today is our first show!

New from 404 Media: ICE added a random person to group chat, exposed highly sensitive details about an active manhunt in real-time. The person says they were added weeks ago, thought they were scam texts until start seeing data lookups etc. Incredible security failure www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...

This promises to be a great conversation about #generativeAI !

🏫 🎙️ Join us for a timely and thought-provoking discussion on AI & Education as part of our monthly AI Expert webinars on Thursday, August 28th at 11am ET. 🔗 Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🤔 To use Generative AI or not to use it? Join the AI debate hosted by @hessiejones.bsky.social and @womeninaiethics.bsky.social founder, Mia Shah-Dand on last Tuesdays as they discuss both sides of the most critical issues of our times. Registration is free! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@womeninaiethics.bsky.social is hosting an excellent monthly webinar, featuring high level women in tech, education & research who are well versed in matters relating to #AI deployment. Join today's event 31 July 2025 at 11 am ET/ 4 pm BST, with Shahla Naimi on #AI & #humanrights. Register here:

quote is from page 35. Also, thank you to @womeninaiethics.bsky.social for holding space for these needed discussions with your reading circle! I am excited to take part in the discussion of Marshall's Data Conscience on July 25th!

🎙️ Start your Tuesday mornings with @hessiejones.bsky.social and our founder Mia Shah-Dand at 11a ET as they sort through the latest AI hype to bring you news that matters to 99% of humanity in their new weekly online series “AI & Current Events.” us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just in time for spring 🌸5 new must-read books on AI. Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill The AI Con by Alex Hanna, Ph.D. and Emily M. Bender The AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor Empire of AI by Karen Hao bookshop.org/lists/5-new-...

Don't miss @womeninaiethics.bsky.social's May 29 webinar at 11am ET on AI and Labor featuring @iajunwa.bsky.social, author of "The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace." The next day, return for our May Reading Circle discussion of "The Quantified Worker". 👇Sign up below!

Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name. More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...

Crazy how long this conversation has been going on

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Premodern Gender Historian: Almost all surviving sources about that period are from elite men. I certainly was doing work then but it was not considered important or relevant by the chroniclers or may have been in perishable foods or textiles.