In an interview (in German/dubbed) for ARD’s Weltspiegel (23.03.2025), Prof. Aimee van Wynsberghe highlights how AI systems, while transformative, consume vast amounts of energy and resources like water. This raises vital questions about sustainability, ethics, and environmental impact. It’s crucial to address these issues in research and public debates.
@Researchbuzz I am liking how #BlueSky is handling its AI approach. Unlike the old bird site, allowing users to provide consent builds trust in their #socialmedia platform. #AI #ML #Tech #socialmedia #responsibleAI
@jeffjarvis
"We need to shape the future; our students today need to be the leaders of the society that will use AI. They need to have a grounding in ethics, history, anthropology, community studies, design, and other disciplines, so that it is not purely about technology. (…) Therefore, we need to equip the next generation with greater skills than just technology."
#AI #Ethics #Education #Technology #Society #Interdisciplinary #ResponsibleAI
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1589146361?i=1000681466660&r=2241&t=2201
We are happy to announce that Frank van Harmelen from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will present one of the #isws2025 keynotes! Frank has been involved in the #SemanticWeb research programme since its inception in the late 1990s and is one of the co-authors of the Web Ontology Language OWL.
Apply here: https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/
Deadline: March 15, 2025
#knowledgegraph #AI #llm #generativeAI #responsibleAI @albertmeronyo @lysander07 #summerschool
You are an enthusiastic #PhD student, an eager master student planning an academic career, or a professional early #PostDoc and are ready to dive into the latest research on #ResponsibleAI? Then apply at the International #SemanticWeb Research #SummerSchool and work with 60 highly motivated participants under the guidance of world class supervisors one week of intense research in Bertinoro, Italy, from June 8-14, 2025!
https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/
Applications are now open for the 2025 International Semantic Web Research Summer School - #ISWS2025
in Bertinoro, Italy, from June 8-14, 2025
Topic: Knowledge Graphs for Reliable AI
Application Deadline: March 25, 2025
Webpage: https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/
Great keynote speakers: Frank van Harmelen (VU), Natasha Noy (Google), Enrico Motta (KMI)
#semanticweb #knowledgegraphs #AI #generativeAI #responsibleAI #explainableAI #reliableAI @albertmeronyo @AxelPolleres @lysander07
Sophia Falk reveals how AI pressures six of nine critical Earth systems, including freshwater overuse in chip production, habitat destruction from mining, and toxic pollution from hazardous chemicals. Learn why AI’s footprint is more than energy consumption: https://youtu.be/1oPS_HRTUXg
If you have a PhD somewhat close to the information systems field and want to be a postdoctoral researcher in AI governance research projects, here's your chance. We (Information Systems / Digital Economy and Society research group at University of Turku) are hiring 1–2 postdocs to join our ongoing projects on AI governance and responsible AI. Apply by 12 February.
More info here: https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkijatohtorin-tehtava-tekoalyn-johtamisen-tutkimushankkeilla/DoBOar?lang=en&UTUID=20695
Don't Use AI in International Development or Humanitarian work until these ten social justice issues have been fixed. My new blog for @IDS_UK #globaldev #humanitarianaid
#ict4d #digitalrights #ResponsibleAI #aiforgood #AI4D https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten-reasons-not-to-use-ai-for-development-and-ten-routes-to-more-responsible-use/
I might as well do another #introduction specifically for the #academic side of this here fediverse:
Coming from #theoreticalCS (with applications in #NLP) to doing #digitalhumanities (computational #musicology), I've now landed in #ResponsibleAI. Specifically, I'm interested in exploring #AntiCapitalistAI, both sharpening existing critiques of current AI practise by confronting capital and exploring inherent politics of technologies, and finding better ones for a socialist world.
: A blog post that I wanted to write since two years!
The Open Data Institute in London (@ODIHQ) is a beneficiary of the @protonprivacy Lifetime Fundraiser 2024 
By entering Proton’s raffle you will support a good Data Infrastructure - the bedrock of AI - that’s what the ODI exists to create #ResponsibleAI
Having taken on the governance of the #SolidProject, the ODI will help make sure your personal data is used by you, for YOU.
The EU published a draft Code of Practice for general-purpose AI under the #EUAIAct. 
The code sets out guidelines for transparency, risk assessment, and mitigation for powerful AI models.
Get involved: Feedback open until Nov 28!
Call for abstracts!
Prof. Aimee van Wynsberghe, Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics and the Bonn Sustainable AI Lab, is excited to announce the third Sustainable AI Conference, happening from September 16 to 18, 2025, in Bonn. Find more information here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkKGtaKpSeI
“Experience approaching #ResponsibleAI as a #sociotechnical challenge rather than a purely technical one.”
https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1706119/Director%2C-Responsible-AI-Measurement
justice, equity and sustainability are words understood by the head of sales or Chief Revenue Officer…his eyes have already glazed over
#AI enables acceleration to replace humans with machines.
@alex and @emilymbender are working on clarifying that: #TheAICon.
@estelle already has food for thought: https://techhub.social/@estelle/111811330219400218
Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data is now generally available!
The groundbreaking feature empowers you to leverage the power of OpenAI models such as GPT-4 & incorporates the advanced capabilities of RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) model, directly on your data w/ enterprise-grade security on Azure.
RELEASE: “On Your Data” is now generally available in Azure OpenAI Service
https://kurtsh.com/2024/02/21/release-on-your-data-is-now-generally-available-in-azure-openai-service/
"On Your Data" is now Generally Available in Azure OpenAI Service
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-azure-ai-services-blog/on-your-data-is-now-generally-available-in-azure-openai-service/ba-p/4059514
This week I quit my #PublicSector role
It's been a very long time coming
It was the gibberish and #hype around #AI that finally did for me
On top of the myopic pursuit of #growth and worrying about #CompetitiveAdvantage (in a world on the edge of collapse)
And the lack of recognition, ever, that their entire #GeoAI programme came out of my work - the #research that I initiated and the team that I trained
And that that work, and the amazing, but tiny, teams now working on it, remain under-resourced and locked into a predatory platform provider
And the financial disadvantage of being in a role that is intended to work to longer than annual horizons in an organisation that cannot retain even a Teams message for longer than 6 months
I do see recent potential that all that could change but I no longer have the stamina to see those changes through
My last act, with two of my gorgeous colleagues, was to draft a #ResponsibleAI charter - it needs a lot of work but there was a glimmer of hope in the way it was received
My heart and spirit are broken, but I feel flutters of excitement about what lies ahead
Watch here: 
