Vedran Sekara
@vedransekara.bsky.social
Ex-X/Twitter user & Assoc professor @ITUkbh. Previously @UNICEFinnovate & @sony
Working on AI bias, stupid algorithms, and computational social science
More silly things at 👉 https://vedransekara.github.io/
#TechWillNotSaveUs 🍉
Working on AI bias, stupid algorithms, and computational social science
More silly things at 👉 https://vedransekara.github.io/
#TechWillNotSaveUs 🍉
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Straight from the horse's mouth:
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Straight from the horse's mouth:
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
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Despite warnings in our report, today's release of the UK Nuclear Regulatory Review is littered with unsubstantiated claims and recommendations touting AI "as a powerful tool" and "cost-effective" to be used for safety and licensing without noted risks or caveats. This trend has now reached the UK.
Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Despite warnings in our report, today's release of the UK Nuclear Regulatory Review is littered with unsubstantiated claims and recommendations touting AI "as a powerful tool" and "cost-effective" to be used for safety and licensing without noted risks or caveats. This trend has now reached the UK.
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My response: then that’s worse! They are deliberately obscuring the origin of such summaries to make passive compliance to LLM use seem inevitable. I want clear options to opt out of AI - I do not want it turned on automatically, or for it to *pretend* to turn it on automatically
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My response: then that’s worse! They are deliberately obscuring the origin of such summaries to make passive compliance to LLM use seem inevitable. I want clear options to opt out of AI - I do not want it turned on automatically, or for it to *pretend* to turn it on automatically
Deloitte does it again, uses generative AI to make #AIslop at a cost of $1.6 million
This is the second time they have done it! 🫠
This is the second time they have done it! 🫠
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Deloitte does it again, uses generative AI to make #AIslop at a cost of $1.6 million
This is the second time they have done it! 🫠
This is the second time they have done it! 🫠
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
Classic Collection
Inspired by infoboxes, blue hyperlinks, talkpages, and everything that makes Wikipedia unique, this collection features new and well-loved designs, reimagined.
store.wikimedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Since Christmas is around the corner, a reminder that Wikipedia has a store. And the profits go to a project billionaires hate, so you're buying an object and getting free spite.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
return output.replace(—,-)
Could have saved openAI millions of dollars 🤷
Could have saved openAI millions of dollars 🤷
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
return output.replace(—,-)
Could have saved openAI millions of dollars 🤷
Could have saved openAI millions of dollars 🤷
I fully agree with @emilymbender.bsky.social here 👇 E.g. what Mistral's CEO recently proposed to the EU parliament, trickle down responsibility won't work. We need accountability from all model makers!
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I fully agree with @emilymbender.bsky.social here 👇 E.g. what Mistral's CEO recently proposed to the EU parliament, trickle down responsibility won't work. We need accountability from all model makers!
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"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
I can't believe I'm reading this. The EU is about to slash some of its privacy laws to help AI developers!
Help them with what? Surveillance capitalism! To exploit EU citizens!
Sorry to say it, but Draghi is wrong! GDPR is not holding back EU innovation on AI
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Help them with what? Surveillance capitalism! To exploit EU citizens!
Sorry to say it, but Draghi is wrong! GDPR is not holding back EU innovation on AI
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I can't believe I'm reading this. The EU is about to slash some of its privacy laws to help AI developers!
Help them with what? Surveillance capitalism! To exploit EU citizens!
Sorry to say it, but Draghi is wrong! GDPR is not holding back EU innovation on AI
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Help them with what? Surveillance capitalism! To exploit EU citizens!
Sorry to say it, but Draghi is wrong! GDPR is not holding back EU innovation on AI
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
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early career scholar and their first publication
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
early career scholar and their first publication
Det er utroligt at det eneste vores politikere + interesseorganisationer fokuserer på er at begrænse adgang til sociale medier, i stedet for at kræve at de er sikre at bruge.
Hvorfor er vi så fokuseret på adgang og ikke indhold? Hvorfor er vi så uambitiøse?
#dkpol
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Hvorfor er vi så fokuseret på adgang og ikke indhold? Hvorfor er vi så uambitiøse?
#dkpol
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Flere organisationer roser aftale om alderskrav på sociale medier
Dog møder det kritik, at forældre kan give lov til, at deres børn fra 13 år kan få adgang.
www.dr.dk
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Det er utroligt at det eneste vores politikere + interesseorganisationer fokuserer på er at begrænse adgang til sociale medier, i stedet for at kræve at de er sikre at bruge.
Hvorfor er vi så fokuseret på adgang og ikke indhold? Hvorfor er vi så uambitiøse?
#dkpol
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Hvorfor er vi så fokuseret på adgang og ikke indhold? Hvorfor er vi så uambitiøse?
#dkpol
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports reut.rs/48YNsTM
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the United States in the artificial intelligence race, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
I just got 3.1 mil DKK, so if you are interested in uncovering how climate change 🏭☁️⛅⛈️🌊🌪️🌬️ affects our movement patterns and mobility related behaviors, then I will be opening a PhD position later this year
Hvordan påvirker klimaforandringer menneskers kollektive adfærd? ☔️🤷
👉 Det vil ITU-forsker @vedransekara.bsky.social undersøge i et nyt projekt, der netop er blevet støttet med 3,1 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond 👏
🔗 www.itu.dk/Om-ITU/Press...
👉 Det vil ITU-forsker @vedransekara.bsky.social undersøge i et nyt projekt, der netop er blevet støttet med 3,1 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond 👏
🔗 www.itu.dk/Om-ITU/Press...
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I just got 3.1 mil DKK, so if you are interested in uncovering how climate change 🏭☁️⛅⛈️🌊🌪️🌬️ affects our movement patterns and mobility related behaviors, then I will be opening a PhD position later this year
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Two new NERDS papers: Algorithmic bias, street network simplification
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/t...
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/t...
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Two new NERDS papers: Algorithmic bias, street network simplification
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/t...
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/t...
I think you tagged the wrong Vedran 😅 but thanks @lrossi.bsky.social
New DFF grant at @itu.dk in the @nerdsitu.bsky.social group! @vedrandzihic.bsky.social will leverage GPS data to understand how climate events affect human mobility!
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/v...
nerds.itu.dk/2025/11/03/v...
nerds.itu.dk
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I think you tagged the wrong Vedran 😅 but thanks @lrossi.bsky.social
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How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality.
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
Detecting bias in algorithms used to disseminate information in social networks and mitigating it using multiobjective optimization
Abstract. Social connections are conduits through which individuals communicate, information propagates, and diseases spread. Identifying individuals who a
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality.
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
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People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
This is why python > R 😉
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is why python > R 😉
Great to see the Python Software Foundation display more integrity and courage than countless others...
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great to see the Python Software Foundation display more integrity and courage than countless others...
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New preprint alert! 🚨
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New preprint alert! 🚨
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”
“Let Them Eat Large Language Models: Artificial Intelligence and Austerity in the Neoliberal University”