Image of Alex Hanna at a podium in a bookstore holding a copy of "The AI Con"

Image from the back of the room with a seated audience listening to Alex Hanna discussing her book "The AI Con"

It was so exciting to see the community turn out for @alexhanna.bsky.social's talk on "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" at @boswellbooks.bsky.social Boswell Book Company last night.
(crowd photo via Melissa Shew)

Alex Hanna, author of THE AI CON- an in-person Boswell event Alex Hanna, author of THE AI CON- an in-person Boswell event

We are thrilled to welcome @alexhanna.bsky.social co-author of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" to Milwaukee on October 6, 2025 for a talk at @boswellbooks.bsky.social. The event is free & open to the public. Please join us!
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The State of Independent Technology Research 2025 A report on the struggle to keep public-interest technology research alive—and the growing Coalition working to protect it.

Proud that the Center for Data, Ethics, and Society is part of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, who just released its 2025 report highlighting the challenges of studying tech’s social impacts & why supporting independent research matters. independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...

Dr. Alondra Nelson on stage presenting at the 2024 AI Ethics Symposium at Marquette University

Dr. Casey Fiesler on stage presenting at the 2024 AI Ethics Symposium at Marquette University

Panel discussion on stage at the 2024 AI Ethics Symposium at Marquette University

The 2024 AI Ethics Symposium with the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute was a huge success. We learned so much from @alondra.bsky.social and @cfiesler.bsky.social and all the practitioners, educators, and advocates we brought together at Marquette.