Eddan Katz

Future of child friendly AI #ai4children @unicef_finland @UNICEFHrvatska

📢NEW REPORT explores why the UK needs to develop novel AI regulations, the challenges associated with this task & how the government should think about overcoming them. More: adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/regulat… #RegulateToInnovate 1/8

“The Hanukkah Song 2.0” pays homage to the original "Saturday Night Live" song in more ways than its title and melody. bit.ly/2ZEr1lr

Today @CabinetOfficeUK launch version 1 of their algorithmic transparency standard 👉gov.uk/government/col… This is an important step towards meaningful transparency on the use of algorithmic tools in the public sector. Thread on why this matters 👇 1/7

For Generation AI - IEEE 2089-2021, informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and built upon the principles developed by the 5Rights Foundation, establishes a set of processes that helps enable organizations to make their services age appropriate.

It's officially out: The Right to Contest AI ssrn.com/abstract=39650… in Columbia Law Review

I have accepted the invitation to brief the Facebook Oversight Board about what I learned while working there. Facebook has lied to the board repeatedly, and I am looking forward to sharing the truth with them.

January 15, 2022 deadline for White House OSTP request for information on uses of biometric technologies federalregister.gov/documents/2021…

The Pandora Papers. icij.org/investigations… Based upon the most expansive leak of tax haven files in history, the investigation reveals the secret deals and hidden assets of more than 330 politicians and high-level public officials in more than 90 countries and territories.

“Police say a more dangerous incident occurred that day outside a senior center in Hollywood when someone fired a pellet gun at Elder’s entourage and struck a staffer in the buttocks.” Best started-a-newspaper-article-at-a-random-paragraph experience. LA Times, 9/1/21: B2

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay! How can the Wikimedia movement better support Indigenous peoples and languages on our projects? Here are three lessons from this year's #ArcticKnot Wikimedia Language Conference ⬇️ diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/09/ind…

STM Kargu-2 drones ... “were programmed to attack targets without requiring data connectivity between the operator and the munition.” defenseone.com/ideas/2021/06/…

Congratulations @KayFButterfield and @SethBergeson! What a great show.

TODAY. Smart Toy Awards. Facilitating Innovation and Ethical AI by setting aspirational standards for the empowerment of children and responsible innovation.

thenation.com/article/world/… ‘“Abandonment” only scratches the surface of being condemned to the detritus of international greed and human folly. Here, at the intersection of cruel profiteering and woefully mediocre national and international governance, is human life.’

Job Posting: Assistant Professor of Robotics and Animal Husbandry with a Specialization in Dance - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency mcsweeneys.net/articles/job-p… Apply via the portal link, where you will have to meticulously re-enter all of the information we requested above in pig Latin.

‘Prof. Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, had come up with the idea after some curmudgeon dismissed the idea of women rabbis by saying, “A woman on the bimah is like an orange on the Seder plate!”’ jd.fo/s6tP

For the rest of the year! ... at participating Bay Area locations.

Natl Security Comm’n on AI Final Report nscai.gov/wp-content/upl… AI is not a single technology breakthrough like a bat-wing stealth bomber. The race for AI supremacy is not like the space race to the moon. AI is not even comparable to a general-purpose technology like electricity.