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We're over the moon to be recognized by Prince Harry and Meghan through the incredible @RTyouthpower. 🥰 Their generosity will power our work to deliver a safe, equitable, and prosperous future for youth amid the rise of AI. vanityfair.com/style/2023/08…
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“Guess who just called me?!”
Watch the incredible surprise moment when Prince Harry and Meghan called our founder @sneharevanur:
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We're proud to have contributed to the Senate passage of this critical piece of legislation. Deepfake sexual abuse is a real problem that requires decisive action.
The Senate passed the DEFIANCE Act this week, a first-of-its-kind bill to give civil recourse for victims of nonconsensual, sexually-explicit deepfakes.
Our work is far from over.
The House needs to follow our lead and quicky take up and pass our bill.
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Facebook’s decision to abandon its facial recognition software is a step in the right direction. While the fight continues, it’s important for us to recognize the enormity of this achievement—and the organizers to whom it can be attributed. wired.com/story/facebook-dro…
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📣 We're excited to announce our inaugural AI Issue Advisory Council—and we want you to be a part of it!
This opportunity is open to students passionate about researching and analyzing the impact of AI on society and who have expertise in at least one key issue area. (1/3)
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MUST READ: Our very own Sunny Gandhi (@sgandhi0) writes in today's @CalMatters why state lawmakers and Gov. @GavinNewsom must support California’s SB 1047. bit.ly/3WOygSG
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Voters have a right to reality.
Using AI to present distortions of political leaders will only cripple public trust and set a dangerous precedent for the future of democracy.
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Join the youth-powered movement for fairer, more ethical AI today—we’re mobilizing hundreds of students across 20+ U.S. states and 10+ countries. Read our Medium publication: medium.com/encode-justice
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That’s our president! Congratulations @sneharevanur on being named as the youngest of TIME’s 100 most influential people in AI. 🥳
“We are the next generation of users, consumers, advocates, and developers, and we deserve a seat at the table.”
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“We need genuine international cooperation, not photo-op summits. We need lawmakers willing to spend political capital, not corporate mouthpieces … We need leaders thinking in terms of civilizational legacies, not just winning reelection.” Our very own @sgandhi0 in Fortune!
Check out my latest article, published in Fortune on the AI revolution and why Gen Z is calling for more comprehensive AI regulation by 2030.
The next several years will be critical. My generation is choosing to speak out. Will leaders listen?
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At this point in the U.S. election season, X users have already been exposed to a deluge of political deepfakes — nearly all unlabeled.
Deepfakes are a threat to election integrity. From the U.S. to India, we’re seeing that threat in real time.
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82% of voters don't trust tech companies to regulate AI alone. 56% support a federal agency, while only 14% don't.
Americans on all sides of the political spectrum agree: it’s time for the federal government to promote innovation alongside accountability and transparency in AI.
Exclusive poll: American voters prefer federal AI regulation over self-regulation by tech companies, with the majority saying they don't trust tech executives to regulate AI.
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We spoke at the Minneapolis public hearing, phone banked, and email banked endlessly to help make this a reality—and it finally is! 🥳
Minneapolis bans its police department from using facial recognition software tcrn.ch/3afhcwV by @tayhatmaker
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Global leaders who have signed AI 2030 today:
🇮🇪 Former President Mary Robinson
🇨🇦 Yoshua Bengio, " the Godfather of AI"
🇺🇸 @mmitchell_ai, Chief AI Ethics Scientist at @huggingface
🇺🇸 @DAcemogluMIT, Professor of Economics @MIT
🇹🇼 @audreyt, First Digital Minister of Taiwan
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.@OpenAI might be worth reviewing Section 1 point 2 of AI 2030…no reason in particular………..
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Youth turned out at today's Senate AI hearing! More proof that young people are invested in and leading the way on federal AI policy.
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Members of our Massachusetts chapter met with @SenWarren on Wednesday to discuss AI policy and her work in the Senate to hold Big Tech accountable! 💪
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Thanks for covering our work and the growing youth movement for accountability in tech @washingtonpost! 😁
“The tides definitely are turning” - @sneharevanur
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We welcome today's unanimous vote by the @FEC to consider regulating Al in political ads.
Deepfakes have already proven dangerous to democracy. Now is the time to take action to protect voters, before Al-generated disinformation floods the 2024 election.
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A 2020 Detroit police report indicates that 9 out of 10 times, facial recognition was used to investigate misdemeanors. And worse, out of 70 total cases in which it was used in the first half of 2020, 68 involved Black suspects. The race of the remaining two? Unknown. (2/3)
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🧵 You may have heard that Annapolis police used facial recognition to apprehend & arrest a mass shooter in 2018. But these individual, high-profile cases aren’t representative of how the technology is used on a larger scale: as an invasive, racist tool of surveillance. (1/3)
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As it stands, we don’t know whether TikTok is a national security threat. But we do know young Americans should be protected from data harvesting & algorithmic manipulation — whether on a U.S.- or foreign-owned platform.
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Thanks for the shoutout! 🥰 Be sure to follow our work to secure a safe and equitable for youth amid the rise of AI @encodejustice
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While a promising follow-up to last week's commitments, Big Tech companies' announcement today of the Frontier Model Forum means little without concrete steps and new norms for AI safety.
Self-regulation is no substitute for government action.
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We’re honored to sign this letter in support of authorizing NIST’s AI Safety Institute.
NEW: 40+ Tech Orgs Call on Congress to Authorize NIST’s AI Safety Institute, part of the Cantwell-Young Future of AI Innovation Act.
“We agree that the mission of NIST AISI to advance responsible innovation of AI systems is an urgent priority that deserves our full support.”
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Young people will see our futures drastically altered by AI and deserve a seat at the table. If you agree, we hope you'll give our @sxsw panel a quick vote to hear from leaders of the growing youth tech accountability movement! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/14…
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Excited to welcome @ReneeSirbu, who brings a deep understanding of AI ethics in healthcare, as a member of our newly formed AI Issue Advisory Council!
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Join us on July 7 and 8 for the Triple A Lobby Days, a two-day virtual lobbying spree in support of the Algorithmic Accountability Act: tinyurl.com/EJ-Lobby-Day. Training and resources provided for all participants!
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mother is mothering @linakhanFTC
ChatGPT is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for potential harm to users and the spread of inaccurate information.
“There are no checks on what type of data is being inserted into” ChatGPT and other services, FTC Chair Lina Khan says. Full remarks:
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A great step for @WhiteHouse to secure commitments from the biggest tech companies on the need for transparency, safety, and bias prevention in AI development.
It’s up to all of us to make sure these companies deliver on their promises. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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We have more than enough tools at our disposal to identify and arrest those complicit in the Capitol attack without normalizing surveillance.
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The Baltimore City Council’s decision to exempt the Baltimore Police Department from its ban on the use of facial recognition tech is a slap in the face of Black and Brown organizers that have fought tooth and nail for comprehensive restrictions. baltimoresun.com/politics/bs…
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Though it’s not a permanent ban on the sale of Amazon’s tech to law enforcement, this is a hard-earned victory—one that community organizers and civil liberties advocates have been leading the charge for. Now let’s end face surveillance nationwide.
Breaking: @Amazon extends moratorium on police use of facial recognition software. Updates to come here. reut.rs/3yjaEHv
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That represents an unacceptable reality. Facial recognition doesn’t keep us safe; it jeopardizes fundamental civil liberties, particularly for people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, women, and undocumented immigrants. #BanFacialRecognition (3/3)
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"The devastating impact of deepfake sexual abuse that academics and technologists have long warned of is no longer a problem for the future. Today, a potential abuser just needs access to a web browser and internet connection to freely create hundreds or thousands of non-consensual intimate images," said Adam Billen, Director of Policy at Encode Justice. "The DEFIANCE Act will fix a clear gap in existing law and return power to the victims of deepfake sexual abuse," added Sunny Gandhi, VP of Political Affairs at Encode Justice.
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Take action against @LAPDHQ facial recognition ⬇️
BREAKING: @lapdcommission just voted 4-0 to approve a face recognition policy. Nearly 70 organizations had opposed this policy, calling for an absolute ban on LAPD face recognition. The Commission also received 943 emails about the policy, 931 of them opposing it.
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The UN Security Council for the first time held a session on Tuesday on the threat that artificial intelligence poses to international peace and stability, and Secretary General António Guterres called for a global watchdog to oversee the new technology. nyti.ms/3DhRIfQ
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🇺🇸 @MarcRotenberg, Founder and President of @theCAIDP
🇩🇪 @spielkamp, Founder and Exec Director of @algorithmwatch
🇺🇸 @aza, Co-Founder of @HumaneTech_ and @earthspecies
🇺🇸 @wiczipedia, CEO of @AmericanSunProj
🇬🇧 @TolgaBilge_, leader of aitreaty.org
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Having someone like @alondra at the forefront of tech policy within the Biden administration will be refreshing—she’s dedicated her career to the study of science, technology, and inequity.
Dr. Alondra Nelson made some really important points today about how we bias the outputs of ML methods because ultimately humans generate the labels we start with. Bias in, Bias out.
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Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when Detroit police falsely arrested her after a faulty facial recognition match. Harrowing.
Until we ban facial recognition tech in policing, cases like these will only become more common.
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Don’t let the Capitol attack dissuade you—facial recognition is, by and large, still dangerous, and the same tools used to identify white supremacists today will be used to wrongfully arrest Black men and surveil BLM protestors tomorrow.
A ban on all government use of face recognition, including its use by law enforcement, remains a necessary precaution to protect us from this dangerous and easily misused technology. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/fa…
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This is only day one! Join these global leaders and add your name to AI 2030: ai2030.encodejustice.org
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High school & college students: sign up to contribute an article (tinyurl.com/EJWriters)
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A necessary, forward-thinking bill from @SenMarkey. Nuclear weapons must be kept out of the hands of AI.
It's easy to imagine the risk of AI launching nuclear weapons—but we can't let it become reality. That's why we need to pass my Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous AI Act to make sure that humans alone hold the power to control nuclear weapons. thebulletin.org/2023/07/arti…
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🇦🇺 @TobyWalsh, Chief Scientist of the AI Institute @ UNSW Sydney
🇺🇸 @brianchristian, Author of The Alignment Problem
🇺🇸 @dawnsongtweets, Professor @UCBerkeley
🇬🇧 @RobertTrager, Director of @aigioxford, Professor at @UniofOxford, and International Governance at @GovAI_
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Thanks for the plug, @kingavriel! Emma & Andrew, we can’t wait to connect :)
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🇺🇸 @mayawiley, CEO of @civilrightsorg
🇺🇸 Stuart Russell, Distinguished Professor at @UCBerkeley
🇦🇺 Peter Singer, Bioethics Professor at @Princeton
🇷🇴 Razvan Nicolesci, Former Energy Minister of Romania
🇺🇸 @tegmark, President of @FLI_org and Professor at @MIT
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Thanks for having us! If you're interested in our work, sign the open we just released today: ai2030.encodejustice.org
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18 HOURS LEFT! NO on risk assessment.
📢 ACTION ALERT!
Submit public comment for the Judicial Council Meeting by 1:00 PM THURSDAY 1/21!
The meeting will take place FRIDAY 1/22 @ 10:05 AM PST! A link to a live webcast of the meeting will be on courts.ca.gov/home.htm
Talking points TOOLKIT: jla.pub/CJC-120
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🇺🇸 Former Congressman David Price
🇹🇼 @augama, former Taiwanese legislator and fellow at @Kennedy_School
🇸🇴 Abdullahi Akbar, Exec Director of Somali Human Rights Organization
🇺🇸 @hendrycks, Exec Director at @cais
🇨🇦 @GaryMarcus, Professor Emeritus @nyuniversity
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High school & college students: apply for our fellowship program (tinyurl.com/EJFellowship)
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🇮🇹 @Floridi, Professor at @Yale and Founding Director at @DECYale
🇺🇸 @Rob_Weissman, President of
@Public_Citizen
🇮🇳 @prateekwaghre, President of @internetfreedom
🇺🇸 Kate Crawford, Professor at @USCAnnenberg and Co-Founder of @AINowInstitute
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High school & college students: create a regional chapter for your state or country (tinyurl.com/EJChapters)
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Members of the AI Issue Advisory Council will interface closely with our executive team, with opportunities to contribute to major U.S. AI policy projects in the coming months and advise stakeholders including @WhiteHouse and members of Congress. (2/3)
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Thanks for the support Zamaan! Add your name to AI 2030 here: ai2030.encodejustice.org
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A great step for @WhiteHouse to secure commitments from the biggest tech companies on the need for transparency, safety, and bias prevention in Al development.
It's up to all of us to make sure these companies deliver on their promises.
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