Newsletter: Want AI to be more inclusive? Just ask it to be like Curious George.
Updates from the AI for Equity: Tackling Harmful Bias in the Information Ecosystem hackathon in Baltimore.
Emerging AI technologies have potential to lessen economic disparities and empower everyone to live better lives, but that won’t happen if the models continue to perpetuate stereotypes based on historical wrongs embedded in their training data, leading to unfair results.
To help address this issue, a hackathon organized by Hacks/Hackers and hosted by The Real News Network and Baltimore Beat explored how AI might be trained to identify, reduce and eliminate bias.
AI + Journalism Links
- Anthropic just made it harder for AI to go rogue with its updated safety policy.
- Google is reportedly developing ‘Jarvis’ AI that could take over your web browser.
- Perplexity’s rebuttal to the Dow Jones lawsuit.
Upcoming Events
- Nov 7–8, San Jose, US, Public Interest Technology University Network Summit
- Nov 13–14, Boston, US, OpenForum Academy Symposium
- Feb 3–7, Online, US, National News Literacy Week
- Feb 24–27, Taipei, Taiwan, RightsCon
Jobs
- (Anywhere) OCCRP, Aleph Community Manager
- (Anywhere) OCCRP, Research Team Intern
- (Anywhere) OCCRP, Product Manager Intern
- (Africa) International Press Institute, Press Freedom Editor and Communications Coordinator
- (Germany) CORRECTIV, International Grants Manager
- (Jordan) IREX, Information and Media Practice Program Officer
- (Tanzania) BBC, Senior Research Officer
- (Turkey) IREX, Information and Media Practice Training and Journalism Officer
- (UK) The London Standard, Digital Editor
- (UK) Globe and Mail, Innovation Reporter
- (US) The Verge, Senior Tech Editor
- (US) WHRO, Data Journalist
- (US) Suncoast Searchlight, Investigative Data Reporter
