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João Vinagre
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Recommender systems and AI researcher at JRC/ECAT. Reads books, rides waves and plays in a band.
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alhohlfeld.bsky.social
📊 The #DSA data access portal is live, and VLOPs/VLOSEs have begun publishing their data catalogues.
Trying to collect the links again: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
jvinagre.joaoms.com
📣 If you are a researcher interested in studying the risks of online platforms, this is for you!

🧐 Check the FAQ here: algorithmic-transparency.ec.europa.eu/news/faqs-ds...

✍️Apply here: data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home

#DSA #Article40 #DataAccess
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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shifter.pt
A nossa equipa pode ser pequena, mas a ambição continua a crescer. 🚀

Temos novas ideias para pôr em prática, mas para isso precisamos do teu apoio.

Para saberes como apoiar o jornalismo independente, é aqui: shifter.pt/apoiar-shift... ✨
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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clairepershan.bsky.social
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

EC Preliminary Findings - Meta and TikTok in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the #DigitalServicesAct
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
Every time I sit down to write a piece I feel certain that I would rather die than actually write it and yet somehow I would rather die ten times harder before I ever let the word machine write for me.
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23d
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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xriskology.bsky.social
New article on three lies that longtermists spread about their ideology. These are: (1) That they care about avoiding human extinction. (2) That they care about the long-term future. And (3) that "future people matter." I explain why these are lies below!! Like, share, and subscribe for more. :-)
Three Lies Longtermists Like To Tell About Their Bizarre Beliefs
Longtermists don't actually care about avoiding human extinction. They don't care about the long-term future of humanity. And they don't really care about future people.
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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maximilian-henning.bsky.social
How capable are AI models? Sounds like an easy question, but the benchmarks that companies use to test their models actually have tons of problems.
August 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Not to miss!
recsys.bsky.social ACM Conference on Recommender Systems @recsys.bsky.social · Aug 5
#RecSys2025 will feature three keynote speakers in total.

Today, we introduce you to Emilia Gómez! She is a Senior Scientist at the European Commission’s Joint Research Center and will talk about "Recommender Systems: a European, Science for Policy Perspective"

recsys.acm.org/recsys25/key...
August 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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lkseiling.bsky.social
In this piece for Tech Policy Press, @dscheykopp.bsky.social , @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social and I argue that it's time for regulators, researchers, and platforms to fulfil their roles and standards set by the delegated act on data access.
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
jvinagre.joaoms.com
A huge milestone was achieved today in the EU towards our common understanding of risks in the online world. If you are a researcher interested in studying societal risks related to very large online platforms and search engines, this is for you!
#DSA
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Commission adopts delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act
The delegated act on data access under the Digital Services Act enables researchers to obtain unprecedented access to platforms’ internal data to contribute to a safer online world.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
July 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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juhi153.bsky.social
Exploring Digital Services Act (DSA) and its implications for research. Exciting panel @icwsm.bsky.social with Oana Goga, Krishna Gummadi, Silvia Merisio, and Francesco Pierri.
#icwsm
June 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Celebramos hoje o 40º aniversário da assinatura do Tratado de Adesão de Portugal.

Portugal enriqueceu a nossa União com a sua alma única, feita de coragem, saudade e empreendedorismo.

Lembra-nos que os mares mais difíceis não se temem: navegam-se.
June 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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📣 Call for research contributions 📣
ECAT Research Workshop 2025

Submission deadline: 20 August 2025

The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency #ECAT is inviting researchers to submit proposals for its 2025 workshop.

Details here:
algorithmic-transparency.ec.europa.eu/ecat-researc...
ECAT Research Workshop 2025: Call for Contributions
ECAT is hosting a workshop in Seville on 12 November 2025, and we are inviting researchers to submit contributions on systemic risks.
algorithmic-transparency.ec.europa.eu
June 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
jvinagre.joaoms.com
📣 Last day to submit your abstract to the Ethics and Responsibility in AI track at #EPIA2025 (Faro, 1-3 Oct 2025).

Full paper deadline: May 27

More info: epia2025.ualg.pt/tt-ethics-an...
Screenshot of EPIA 2025 website
May 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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ewafworkshop.bsky.social
We are excited to invite poster submissions and travel support applications for EWAF'25!

📜Posters submission deadline Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (AoE)
👉 2025.ewaf.org/submitting/c...)

🚂 Travel support application deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2025 👉 2025.ewaf.org/attending/re...
EWAF'25 - Call for Posters
Important Dates Submission deadline: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (AoE) Acceptance notifications: Friday, June 6, 2025 (AoE)
2025.ewaf.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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j2bryson.bsky.social
Well that's a relief www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
AI poses no existential threat to humanity – new study finds
Large language models like ChatGPT cannot learn independently or acquire new skills, meaning they pose no existential threat to humanity.
www.bath.ac.uk
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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john-self.bsky.social
"Pictures are famous for their humanness, not for their pictureness."

Kurt Vonnegut discussion of art in his 1997 novel Timequake offers one explanation why people might find AI creations unsatisfying.
I went on: "People capable of liking some paintings or prints or whatever can rarely do so without knowing something about the artist. Again, the situation is social rather than scientific. Any work of art is half of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to know who is talking at you. Does he or she have a reputation for seriousness, for religiosity, for suffering, for concupiscence, for rebellion, for sincerity, for jokes? "There are virtually no respected paintings made by persons about whom we know zilch. We can even surmise quite a bit about the lives of whoever did the paintings in the caverns underneath Lascaux, France. "I dare to suggest that no picture can attract serious attention without a particular sort of human being attached to it in the viewer's mind. If you are unwilling to claim credit for your pictures, and to say why you hoped others might find them worth examining, there goes the ball game. "Pictures are famous for their humanness, and not for their pictureness."
April 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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avilarenata.bsky.social
We cannot give up the possibility, the magic that will happen when people everywhere can access knowledge and culture, everywhere. That is the real secret to survival and a thriving planet. Not their machines.
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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guybanim.bsky.social
🔴Como é que os espaços digitais polarizados se podem tornar deliberativos?

#BuildPeace2025
🌍Barcelona
📅21-23 November 2025
☮️3 dias de debates e reflexões sobre tecnologia e como entendemos a #paz

💻Envie a sua proposta a partir de agora e até 30 de abril!

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March 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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davidzipper.bsky.social
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.

This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.

(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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democracyreporting.bsky.social
We took X to court. And we won! ⚖️

The courts ruled that X must urgently grant us access to their publicly available data via their API. This access is critical for our analysis of online public discourse ahead of the upcoming German elections.

Read: bit.ly/4gBWGp4

Here's what's happened 1/3 👇
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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samagreene.bsky.social
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
jvinagre.joaoms.com
A message to all app developers. My choice of language for the operating system does not necessarily mean that I want your app to be in the same language. At least give me the option to change it FFS!
January 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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henrymance.ft.com
World hits 1.5C warming

Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
January 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM