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Valentina Pyatkin @valentinapy.bsky.social · 22h

💡We kicked off the SoLaR workshop at #COLM2025 with a great opinion talk by @michelleding.bsky.social & Jo Gasior Kavishe (joint work with @victorojewale.bsky.social and
@geomblog.bsky.social
) on "Testing LLMs in a sandbox isn't responsible. Focusing on community use and needs is."

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Michelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 1d

Read our full opinion abstract here: cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-09...

Testing LLMs in a sandbox isn’t responsible. Focusing on community use and needs is.

cntr.brown.edu

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Michelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #COLM2025! 🇨🇦 I will be presenting a talk on the importance of community-driven LLM evaluations based on an opinion abstract I wrote with Jo Kavishe, @victorojewale.bsky.social and @geomblog.bsky.social tomorrow at 9:30am in 524b for solar-colm.github.io

Hope to see you there!

Third Workshop on Socially Responsible Language Modelling Research (SoLaR) 2025

COLM 2025 in-person Workshop, October 10th at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada

solar-colm.github.io

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Emma Harvey @emmharv.bsky.social · Jul 24

Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling by @victorojewale.bsky.social @rbsteed.com @briana-v.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @rajiinio.bsky.social compares the landscape of AI audit tools (tools.auditing-ai.com) to the actual needs of AI auditors.

Screenshot of paper title and author list:

Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling
Victor Ojewale, Ryan Steed, Briana Vecchione, Abeba Birhane, Inioluwa Deborah Raji

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · Jul 7

Very excited to see this piece out in @techpolicypress.bsky.social today. This was written together with @r-jy.bsky.social and Kate Elizabeth Creasey (a historian here at Brown), and calls out what we think is a scary and interesting rhetorical shift.

www.techpolicy.press/sovereignty-...

'Sovereignty' Myth-Making in the AI Race | TechPolicy.Press

Tech companies stand to gain by encouraging the illusion of a race for 'sovereign' AI, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian.

www.techpolicy.press

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EvalEval Coalition @eval-eval.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join us for the Eval Eval Coalition Social at @facct.bsky.social tomorrow Tuesday June 24th from 4-4:30 pm during the coffee break! We would love to have you join us and we look forward to seeing you there!! #FAccT2025 #EvalEval

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Ro Encarnación @rone.bsky.social · Jun 23

I'm incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with this team. Truly one of the best collaborative experiences I have had to date (special s/o to our MVP @mkgerchick.bsky.social for leading this)!

Check out Marissa's talk on our paper "auditing the audits" if you're at #FAccT2025!

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Marissa Kumar Gerchick @mkgerchick.bsky.social · Jun 21

Excited to be at #FAccT2025 and honored to see our work “auditing the audits” resulting from one of the first enacted AI laws in the U.S. received an honorable mention! I’ll be presenting this work on Wednesday at 11 AM Athens time: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

The welcome event and first keynote are getting started! 🎉🦉

Our first keynote is by Suresh Venkatasubramanian (Brown University) @geomblog.bsky.social

"Are we winning yet? FAccT, AI governance, and the shape of what comes next."

#FAccT2025

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · Jun 23

It was an honor and a pleasure to deliver this keynote. And perhaps one of the hardest talks I've had to design.

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

The welcome event and first keynote are getting started! 🎉🦉

Our first keynote is by Suresh Venkatasubramanian (Brown University) @geomblog.bsky.social

"Are we winning yet? FAccT, AI governance, and the shape of what comes next."

#FAccT2025

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Anna Neumann @annaneumann.bsky.social · Jun 23

Please come see us at the RC Trust Networking Event!
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂‍↕️

#FAccT2025

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue!

Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community

Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming

Social: AI Workers' Inquiry

facctconference.org/2025/sociale...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue!

Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community

Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming

Social: AI Workers' Inquiry

facctconference.org/2025/sociale...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · May 16

The deadline for proposing a social for #FAccT2025 has been extended! Get your proposals in by Wednesday, May 21.

facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial

Social Chairs will provide assistance for accepted socials with coordination, translation, suggested venues, + other logistics to support your event.

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · May 8

The deadline to submit proposals for #FAccT2025 socials is tomorrow, May 9th! Please send us your ideas!

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Apr 22

Our call for #FAccT2025 socials is live!

If you have an idea for a social gathering, we'd love to hear about it. These could be in-person or virtual coffee meetups, lunch or dinner gatherings, happy hours, walks and hikes, and whatever other ideas you have!

facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial

Wesley Hanwen Deng @wesleydeng.bsky.social · Apr 22

Please help spread the word! Attending @facct.bsky.social 25 and want to host an in‑person or virtual social? Submit a short application to our Call for Socials to receive organizer support! facctconference.org/2025/cfsocial

We welcome socials based on both research topics and personal identities✨

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · May 2

Super grateful for the mentorship from you and the OAT team Deb!!!

cc: @rbsteed.com @briana-v.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social

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Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social · Apr 30

So proud of Victor for attending his first CHI and presenting this work with such skill & confidence :)

It remains such a joy to be part of his academic journey!

Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to present "Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling" at #CHI2025 tomorrow(today)!

🗓 Tue, 29 Apr | 9:48–10:00 AM JST (Mon, 28 Apr | 8:48–9:00 PM ET)
📍 G401 (Pacifico North 4F)

📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Apr 28

go check out our paper if you're at #CHI2025

Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to present "Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling" at #CHI2025 tomorrow(today)!

🗓 Tue, 29 Apr | 9:48–10:00 AM JST (Mon, 28 Apr | 8:48–9:00 PM ET)
📍 G401 (Pacifico North 4F)

📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Proud to have worked on this with the dream team!

@rbsteed.com , @briana-v.bsky.social , @abeba.bsky.social , and @rajiinio.bsky.social .

Come for the talk! #CHI2025

P.S. Needed an excuse to post a picture of the Yokohama skyline lol

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

We argue for moving beyond ad-hoc toolkits to a common, sustainable AI accountability infrastructure. This requires a concerted effort from academia, industry, and policy makers to develop tools to support not only evaluation but also advocacy and policy change.

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

We taxonomized these tools based on their use in different stages of auditing—such as Harms Discovery, Transparency Infrastructure, & Audit Communciation—highlighting areas of oversaturation or neglect.

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Through interviews with 35 practitioners and analysis of 450+ AI audit tools, we identify gaps between current tooling and effective accountability.

Despite many evaluation tools, there’s a need for systems supporting the full audit cycle, especially harms discovery and stakeholder communication

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to present "Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling" at #CHI2025 tomorrow(today)!

🗓 Tue, 29 Apr | 9:48–10:00 AM JST (Mon, 28 Apr | 8:48–9:00 PM ET)
📍 G401 (Pacifico North 4F)

📄 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hahaha, good one 🤣

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Victor Ojewale @victorojewale.bsky.social · Apr 26

Yaaaay
Welcome to Brown 🎉🎉🎉

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Michelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · Apr 25

Excited to be presenting a new paper with @harinisuresh.bsky.social on the extremely critical topic of technical prevention/governance of adult AI generated non-consensual intimate images aka "deepfake pornography" at #CHI2025 chi-staig.github.io on 4/27 10:15-11:15 JST arxiv.org/abs/2504.17663 🧵

The Malicious Technical Ecosystem: Exposing Limitations in Technical Governance of AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Images of Adults

In this paper, we adopt a survivor-centered approach to locate and dissect the role of sociotechnical AI governance in preventing AI-Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Images (AIG-NCII) of adults, coll...

arxiv.org

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Michelle L. Ding @michelleding.bsky.social · Apr 25

Extremely proud to finally launch the SRC Handbook: a project that I began with @geomblog.bsky.social and Julia Netter 1 year ago to bring topics of AI governance, privacy, and accessibility etc. into Brown's CS courses. We now have an interdisciplinary team of 22 students on product/research! 🌷

Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · Apr 24

Can't believe we have survived an academic year: cntr.brown.edu/news/2025-04...

The CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.

The horizon is wide open for Brown’s young and hungry Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR).

cntr.brown.edu

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