Angelica Fernandez
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Phd Researcher on AI, platforms and deep fakes @uni_lu @uni_lu_FDEF;consultant @UNESCO; 🇱🇺 🍁
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Joined November 2017
This last-second attempt by big tech to exempt the future of AI (LLMs) would make the EU AI Act the laughing-stock of the world, not worth the paper it’s printed on. After years of hard work, the EU has the opportunity to lead a world waking up to the need to regulate these
There is nothing better than some Friday drama to close such a hectic week. A technical meeting on the #AI Act has broken down today, but make no mistake: the issue is deeply political and, if no solution is found soon, the whole law is at risk. A 🧵1/8 https://t.co/oMihrccA1o
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Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Japan, USA, Canada join @coe negotiation #AIFrameworkConvention to be completed in 2024 alongside typology (or 'mythology' as jetlag put it), alongside #Cybercrime Treaty & Conv108+ in #StrasbourgEffect
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It is critical that the EU regulates foundation models - or else risks fundamentally undermining this landmark legislation. Let's not let the AI Act fall at the final hurdle. Dr Philip Hacker and @privitera_ for @zeitonline
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zeit.de
Die EU plant ein KI-Gesetz. Offenbar will die Bundesregierung ausgerechnet leistungsfähige Modelle wie GPT-4 von der Regulierung ausnehmen. Das wäre ein Fehler.
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6 months ago we published a letter calling for a pause on giant AI experiments. Despite massive public/expert concern, corporations remain locked in an AI arms race. So what 𝘩𝘢𝘴 happened? And what needs to happen next? Signatories reflect: https://t.co/CfplNFaPos👇 🧵1/12
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This week will mark six months since the open letter calling for a six month pause on giant AI experiments. Since then, a lot has happened. Our signatories reflect on what needs to happen next.
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🚨An extremely wide range of experts have warned against the misguided & dangerous measures in the @EU_Commission's Child Sexual Abuse Material Regulation #CSAR. See the summary below. ↩️ Like this thread and pass it on!🧵 #StopScanningMe
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An incredibly important investigation into how generative AI tools are worsening a longstanding problem with deepfakes: the creation of nonconsensual sexual images of real women who lose complete control over their likeness and end up facing devastating consequences.
Inside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for Sale https://t.co/S8xfHJqCBy with a quote from yours truly
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What is UNESCO’s work on AI ethics and why does it matter for what happens next in AI governance? A 🧵 1/
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📢NEW PAPER! Where @davidthewid, @sarahbmyers & I unpack what Open Source AI even is. We find that the terms ‘open’ & ‘open source’ are often more marketing than technical descriptor, and that even the most 'open' systems don't alone democratize AI 1/ https://t.co/xRwEBc5LvO
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I highly recommend watching this incredible series of large language model (LLM) AI talks hosted by @SimonsInstitute at UC Berkeley featuring @chrmanning @ilyasut @YejinChoinka and others: https://t.co/6yQbbsiLMI
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Be right back… just going to re-write entire chapters of my PhD. https://t.co/BEO6av0G0k
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Our paper "Case Law on Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression," by @etuchtfeld, is now online! This paper systematizes judicial decisions all around the globe about social media platforms' #ContentModeration. Access it now! https://t.co/P54SWneyuq
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Talked again about AI and Content Moderation to the President of Germany and his advisor and recalled the #HIIG Fellowship under his patronage and the amazing people I met! 😊Very briefly mention our brief @morar @HBWHBWHBW @MCKettemann #PhD @uni_lu_FDEF
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🎶 It's the final countdown... 🌶️ A spicy take and the @FLIxrisk recommendations for the last stages of the AI Act. A thread 🧵
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How would a nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. affect you? Who would survive? Watch and share our most realistic nuclear war simulation yet:
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Happy to have been part of the Free Speech/Media Law Discussion Forum hosted by @uni_lu_FDEF, my supervisor Mark Cole and Russell Weaver, w/ stellar participants, among others: Yoo, Zeno-Zencovich, Koltay, Krotoszynsk, Mastroianni, Jacobs, Jones..🤖Social media, democracy, AI
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That's a wrap! The Free Speech/Media Law Discussion Forum 2023 held here @uni_lu is finishing up two days of lively debate with leading Media Law professors on: 🗳️ Social media & democracy 🗞️ Traditional media in an internet era 🗣️ Free speech & social media platforms
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