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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 1d

There are 15.4 million undergraduate students in the US. Just over half, 7.9 million attend a 4-year university full-time.

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 1d

It is frankly strange to think the modal US higher ed experience has anything to do with residential 4 year colleges and universities where full-time students don't work and spend their time on campus politics.

Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 1d

It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 1d

Too bad for Stargate and other data center projects that need this extra capacity.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 1d

Really pleased with this new paper out with Peter Nagy and the reception we are getting for it.

Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 2d

When your AI friend changes overnight: the complicated relationship between humans and chatbots 🔍

Read the paper @ginasue.bsky.social discusses in the episode, it explores how Replika users responded when their AI companions suddenly changed.

More details ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/quasi-domest...

The quasi-domestication of social chatbots: The case of Replika

New research in New Media & Society from Professor Gina Neff and Peter Nagy explores how Replika users responded when their AI companions suddenly changed.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 4d

Will AI really deliver against the hype❓

@wired.com brought together a group of senior leaders to discuss the future of AI. Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social took part in the debate, w/ @azeem.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social, exploring the political economy of AI.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/the-real-mea...

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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 6d

"Viewing Replika companions as quasi-domesticated objects can open up new ways for better understanding the Artificial Sociality of social chatbots" #generativeai #chatbots
Read our latest paper w/ @ginasue.bsky.social here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 16d

Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social commented:

“There is a hard sell going on here that says: these kinds of gains are inevitable. But they are not. TBI is not advocating for building capacity...they are saying: let’s outsource to our buddies.”

➡️ democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Inside the Tony Blair Institute

A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 23d

"We need to do the maths on AI... we don't have enough power, we don't have enough water." 🌊

Professor @ginasue.bsky.social , Professor of Responsible AI at Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) tells Sir Nick Robinson more about the true cost of AI on @BBCRadio4.

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 23d

Is Britain ready to cope with data centres❓

Our ED @ginasue.bsky.social was on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning talking about the environmental cost of data centres, US investment in the UK, and Nvidia's comments on natural gas and computing.

Listen to the convo 🎧 ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/is-britain-r...

Is Britain ready to cope with data centres? – Gina Neff on BBC Radio 4 Today

Professor Gina Neff appears on BBC Radio 4 Today to discuss US big tech's pledge to invest in the UK and the environmental cost of data centres.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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Notícias Sem Paywall @nopaywall.bsky.social · 29d

Notícia da @folha.com

"Brasil sofre pilhagem cultural de empresas de IA, diz professor de Cambridge"

Link sem paywall ⬇️

Brasil sofre pilhagem cultural de empresas de IA, diz professor de Cambridge

Para Hugo Leal, país pode escolher entre dois caminhos

sem-paywall.com

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 29d

This is good news. Keep going!

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 29d

YES!

Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · Sep 10

I am humbled to make this list. There are incredible people doing very important work and I am grateful to @computerweekly.bsky.social for bringing attention to this work.

Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our Executive Director @ginasue.bsky.social is on this year's longlist of the most influential women in UK tech!🏅🤩 🎉

Congratulations to Gina and the other brilliant women on the list who are working to ensure tech works for people, society, and the planet!

➡️ www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301...

computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · Sep 6

In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2025....
👉 [read]

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · Sep 10

La la love you

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our Executive Director @ginasue.bsky.social is on this year's longlist of the most influential women in UK tech!🏅🤩 🎉

Congratulations to Gina and the other brilliant women on the list who are working to ensure tech works for people, society, and the planet!

➡️ www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301...

computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · Sep 6

In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2025....
👉 [read]

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 2

Looking at this collection of words and wondering how this company still exists.

Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide

The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

www.bbc.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 11

like I think we perhaps have not been talking enough about the utterly staggering amount of highly sensitive information that we absolutely know people around the world are pumping into corporate LLM tools at all times nowadays

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 11

ChatGPT is probably the biggest honey pot of willingly-turned over highly confidential information that has ever been created in human history.

Sam @very-simple.com · Aug 11

also, so many of these people are just taking company confidential, proprietary data and dumping it into public iterations of ChatGPT, which is so incredibly problematic on so many levels. Even on our internal approved tools I have to tell people to turn them off when discussing certain legal stuff!

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · Aug 7

Every Silicon Valley innovation in the consumer space has been "what if this software was my mom" which explains why ChatGPT's primary use is as a therapist, relationship substitute for lonely boys, and "personal operating system" to organize their life

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Aug 1

We're hiring an Associate Professor/Professor at Cambridge Digital Humanities. Specialisms include Digital History/Mapping, Critical Data Studies, Archive and Memory Studies, Digital Media Arts, Environmental Humanities, AI/Digital Visual Culture.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD837/a...

Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities at University of Cambridge

An academic position as a Associate Professor/Professor in Cambridge Digital Humanities is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunit...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · Aug 1

Today, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy, @cam.ac.uk

The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared.

Please now follow our work here.

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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · Jul 17

“The AI Opportunities Action Plan calls for the UK’s AI infrastructure to be increased and for the introduction of AI Growth Zones to accelerate the building of data centres." @ginasue.bsky.social and Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan @mctd.bsky.social www.mctd.ac.uk/big-tech-cli...

Big Tech's Climate Performance and Policy Implications for the UK

Britain’s environmental policies need to be updated for the AI era to achieve climate goals. This report addresses the gap that exists in trying to decarbonise the UK and advancing AI infrastructure.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · Jul 17

“The AI Opportunities Action Plan calls for the UK’s AI infrastructure to be increased and for the introduction of AI Growth Zones to accelerate the building of data centres." @ginasue.bsky.social and Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan @mctd.bsky.social www.mctd.ac.uk/big-tech-cli...

Big Tech's Climate Performance and Policy Implications for the UK

Britain’s environmental policies need to be updated for the AI era to achieve climate goals. This report addresses the gap that exists in trying to decarbonise the UK and advancing AI infrastructure.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · Jul 14

From my Sunday stroll, Brugmansia or Angel's Trumpets. The smell was heavenly in the evening air, hanging with a threat of rain: sticky, sweet, full and ripe.
She reminds me of a friend who I know likes her who first taught me her name and who lured me onto Bluesky. #FlowerReport ##Bloomscrolling

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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · Jul 10

Read the details in the full report, co-authored by our Research Consultant Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan and our Executive Director @ginasue.bsky.social.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/big-tech-cli...

Big Tech's Climate Performance and Policy Implications for the UK

Britain’s environmental policies need to be updated for the AI era to achieve climate goals. This report addresses the gap that exists in trying to decarbonise the UK and advancing AI infrastructure.

www.mctd.ac.uk

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