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blair @blairaf.com · 13h

Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies

Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries.

OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure.

Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.

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blair @blairaf.com · 16h

Working in AI policy rn is like being on a derailed train where the conductor is saying "haha check out this sick trick the train is going so much faster now" and you have to calmly explain to the conductor why actually maybe it is bad that the train has derailed

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you Yvonne Lau for the opportunity to share my thoughts for the Financial Post. I appreciate the critical coverage!

Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 4h

“We cannot keep relying on digital surveys that are inaccessible to people outside the AI governance realm who do not have the resources to engage.”

Instead, Brandusescu suggested town halls as a solution to “bring government to the people.”

'Flawed and broken’: Critics warn Ottawa’s AI task force is too industry focused

Academic and community leaders are criticizing Ottawa’s AI Strategy Task Force for being too heavily tilted toward industry. Find out more.

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7h

"So I will find a way to keep burning without burning out. I will find moments to breathe, to soften, to hold what’s unbearable without letting it hollow me out. The goal is to feel without coming apart. And to keep going—until we don’t have to live like this anymore."

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Because I know people have lots of time to react but not enough to click through

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 2d

thehive.ai evaluates all images posted to the site. We don't actually provide any input.

AI to Understand, Search, and Generate Content | Hive

Hive's APIs enable developers to integrate pre-trained AI models that address technically challenging content understanding needs into their applications.

thehive.ai

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

I was here for the Hive AI incident :-/ blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 2d

WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN

bluesky official posts from november 2024:

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 3d

ACLS statement against White House “compact”: THIS IS SOVIET SHIT

Screenshot from statement “Universities and colleges have one mission: to advance knowledge. Faculty carry out the mission by conducting research and teaching students. The knowledge they produce and circulate is independently assessed by professional peers. Interfering with that process by forcing knowledge to pass through a political filter is a tactic adopted by the Soviet Union and other authoritarian states. The White House is dressing up its compact as a reasonable corrective to what it views as problems in campus culture. Let no one be deceived. This proposal imposes government censorship on academia. It is anti-American, and it weakens our democracy by devaluing academic expertise.”

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 2d

red and orange maple tree on a cloudy day

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 3d

@kristenthomasen.bsky.social the disrespect is glaring. Thank you for reading and sharing!

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 3d

The consultation is structured to a pre-determined outcome: yes, more AI. Very much agree with @anabrandusescu.bsky.social 👇🏻

(I‘m also offended by how much effort so many stakeholders put into trying to make the AIDA process better only to be ignored again. As Ana says, it’s no way to build trust)

Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote a short essay about refusing to participate in Canada's public consultation on AI.

On refusal and reaching the limits to engage

This is an essay about the importance of refusal. As a researcher, I hardly write anymore this way, but I thought I should, in this moment, where the need to document our descent into fascism is cr…

www.anabrandusescu.com

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for reading and sharing, Cynthia. And absolutely on point regarding the forced sprint. They are not taking any of this seriously.

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 3d

"Something needs to be done differently. We are stuck in a loop expecting something different. I do not think engaging with a performative, pre-determined public consultation process is it." 💯 That the govt is forcing a "sprint" precisely where there is the greatest need to slow down, says it all.

Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote a short essay about refusing to participate in Canada's public consultation on AI.

On refusal and reaching the limits to engage

This is an essay about the importance of refusal. As a researcher, I hardly write anymore this way, but I thought I should, in this moment, where the need to document our descent into fascism is cr…

www.anabrandusescu.com

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 4d

I'll check it out, thanks.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 5d

🌟 New preprint 🌟, by @olivia.science and me:

📝 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). *Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists*. lnkd.in/ewajedAe

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Table 1

Core reasoning issues (first column), which we name after the relevant numbered section, are characterised using a plausible quote. In the second column are responses per row; also see the named section for further reading, context, and explanations.

See paper for full details: ** Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Kai. Appreciate the read and your words.

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for reading and sharing, Blayne

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote a short essay about refusing to participate in Canada's public consultation on AI.

On refusal and reaching the limits to engage

This is an essay about the importance of refusal. As a researcher, I hardly write anymore this way, but I thought I should, in this moment, where the need to document our descent into fascism is cr…

www.anabrandusescu.com

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 10d

Exciting week for @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social & @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Law & Tech! For those still in town after the conference (where I'll be speaking on the civil society panel), I'm hosting this on Oct 4—a space for more critical discussion of AI. RSVP to join here: tinyurl.com/criticalAIsalon

Critical AI Breakfast Salon

Saturday, Oct 4, 2025
11:00am - 12:30pm
Métropolitain Brasserie
700 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON

What Is This?
Join us over an informal late morning breakfast for an opportunity to gather, connect, and exchange ideas with colleagues around critical AI studies and critical approaches to AI law and regulation, and what those mean within and for the Canadian technology law and policy landscape. If you are concerned about the state of AI discourse in Canada, namely, the lack of representation of impacted and marginalized communities, or the missing lens of AI as a tool of power, capital, and colonialism, or if you are simply tired of the AI hype cycle and AI boosterism, then this event is for you.

Who Is Invited?
This event is open to attendees of the CLTS @ 15 / 25 anniversary event of the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Ottawa. Please note this salon is organized as an independent side event, hosted and sponsored by Tekhnos Law, and that neither the CLTS nor University of Ottawa are involved.

What Should I Know?
- Complimentary drinks and light breakfast bites will be provided!
- Modified Chatham House Rule will apply (no attribution unless person wishes).
- Limited spots are available to allow for more fulsome discussion and engagement by attendees. RSVP fast if you want to attend.
- An agenda and discussion questions will be sent to registrants 1-2 days in advance.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/criticalAIsalon
Questions/Contact: critical.ai@tekhnoslaw.ca

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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 8d

I have a short piece on smart infrastructure and techno-authoritarianism in Brazil in the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society ✨ Available here: doi.org/10.1177/2976...
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.

It is a screenshot of a short commentary paper titled "Smart infrastructure, techno-authoritarianism, and the threat to democracy in Brazil," written by Jess Reia and published in the journal Dialogues on Digital Society. It features an abstract and keywords. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251382644

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Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · 8d

In new paper @anabrandusescu.bsky.social of @balsillieschool.bsky.social suggests making algorithmic impact assessments mandatory for all cos in Canada: balsilliepapers.ca/bsia-paper/c... via @mtlaiethics.bsky.social

Sharing this insightful talk re: problems with those AIAs & their actual use -

Lawyer Will Tao on the Real-World Impacts of AI and Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessments on Immigrants

Podcast Episode · Privacy On The Ground · 07/12/2025 · 44m

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 12d

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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · Feb 18

The Paris AI Summit: Deregulation, Fear, and Surveillance

Me and @resieber.bsky.social discuss ways in which new public-private partnerships on AI would increase private sector power and a hollowing out of the state, and set a dystopian future for state and corporate led surveillance.

The Paris AI Summit: Deregulation, Fear, and Surveillance | Montreal AI Ethics Institute

✍️ Op-Ed by Ana Brandusescu and Prof Renée Sieber. Ana is a PhD Candidate at McGill University and a Balsillie Scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Prof Sieber is an Associate…

montrealethics.ai

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