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Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

Predictive policing AI is on the rise − making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic accountability could shine a light on the technology and how it’s used.

Very grateful for the feature in ⁦‪ @us.theconversation.com this week‬⁩. I look forward to sharing more of my work about predictive policing at ⁦‪@UVA‬⁩
theconversation.com/predictive-p...

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Thank you for the feature @techpolicypress.bsky.social… just some of my work in the Digital Technology for Democracy lab at the University of Virginia 😊

Thank you for the feature @techpolicypress.bsky.social… just some of my work in the Digital Technology for Democracy lab at the University of Virginia 😊

AI and Legal Systems: Bridging Resource Gaps? | TechPolicy.Press Without proper oversight, AI systems risk entrenching disparities in the criminal justice system, rather than mitigating them, writes Maria Lungu.

Without proper oversight, AI systems risk entrenching disparities in the criminal justice system, rather than mitigating them, writes Maria Lungu.

Social studies, technology assessment and the pandemic: a comparative analysis of social studies-based policy advice in PTA institutions in France, Germany and the UK during the COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 crisis has put the question of the political uses of science back at the centre of public debates. In the last few years, the focus on using scientific knowledge in parliamentary…

'Social studies, technology assessment and the pandemic: a comparative analysis of social studies-based policy advice in PTA institutions in France, Germany and the UK during the COVID-19 crisis'

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Technology, Democracy, and Power: Journalism’s Role in a Time of Crisis · Zoom · Luma Join Tech Policy Press for a webinar that explores how tech journalists are grappling with the current political moment in the United States and…

Last call to join this morning's Tech Policy Press webinar at 10 am EDT—Technology, Democracy, and Power: Journalism's Role in a Time of Crisis. We'll hear from folks at Wired, TechDirt, Euractiv, 404Media, Rest of World, Coda Story, and more. Registration and information here:

Analysis | DeepSeek is reframing the AI policy debate The Chinese model’s stunning success is bolstering arguments that U.S. AI policy should spur innovation rather than slowing it down.

“DeepSeek’s results demonstrate that the US Big Tech narrative that the expansion of energy production is what’s required for them to lead in a global ‘AI race’ is utter hogwash,” said @mmitchell.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Regulation matters

Opinion | Jimmy Carter Deserved Our Thanks and Respect, Not Our Sneers We in the media and chattering class jeered at a man who probably improved more lives over a longer period than any recent president.

"when his church refused to integrate, he left to help found a new one that welcomed everyone"
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o... many lovely factoids I didn't know about Carter, in this eulogy from @nickkristof.bsky.social

Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Is Dead at 100 Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad.

Hell of a run www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/u...

2024 ATP Tennis Season

This was 2024 🎬

What can we expect from 2025? 👇

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Now down to what matters…. What time is Beyoncé’s halftime performance? I don’t want to sit through the game 😂.

James Görgen on LinkedIn: Seven consortia selected to establish AI factories which will boost AI… A Comissão Europeia, por meio do The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (#EuroHPC), anunciou ontem que selecionou sete consórcios para…

The European Commission just has launched the #AIFactories, a programme to invest in 7 consortia around the region that will host computing AI infrastructure to develop models and systems applied to SMEs, startups and scientific research on AI.

www.linkedin.com/posts/jgorge...

#EuroHPC #AI

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Only right this is our first post here.

Icon. Champion. Legend. 👑

Rafa, siempre. 💙

Politicians Move to Limit Predictive Policing After Years of Controversial Failures | TechPolicy.Press One thing is clear: predictive policing has over-promised and under-delivered, writes Grace Thomas.

Interesting article on the challenges—indeed, failures—of “predictive policing” and how to regulate the practice going forward. Recommendations range from front-end democratic accountability to data-driven audits to outright bans.

www.techpolicy.press/politicians-...

The Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence Cambridge Core - Computing and Society - The Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence

25. The second a chapter on the legal, ethical and social issues #AI and law enforcement: the case of predictive policing in the Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence edited by @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

November 2024 US Tech Policy Roundup | TechPolicy.Press A roundup of the most important US tech policy developments in the federal government, the courts, and beyond from Freedman Consulting and Tech Policy Press.

Catch up on what is happening in US tech policy in November with a roundup from Freedman Consulting’s J.J. Tolentino and Rachel Lau and Tech Policy Press’s Benjamin Lennett and Prithvi Iyer, including coverage of the presidential transition, the lame-duck Congress, and other important developments.

People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.

It’s not rocket science.

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