Bóxī A. Wú 吴泊曦
@aboxiwu.bsky.social
PhD on the geopolitics of AI infrastructure at the Oxford Internet Institute // Mapping data centres + GPUs with the Oxford-Aalto DIESL lab // Previously AI ethics @GoogleDeepMind (they/them)
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/boxi-wu/
https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/boxi-wu/
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⏳ Only one week left to send in your abstracts for our special issue of the @policyr.bsky.social on Big Tech in global security governance!
We guest editors are really looking forward to reading your proposals.
🔽 CfP and submission guidelines below
We guest editors are really looking forward to reading your proposals.
🔽 CfP and submission guidelines below
#CfP: Special issue on #BigTech in global #security governance! What happens when digital giants learn to see the world through a #security lens? Edited by @mg-borelli.bsky.social, K. Ermoshina, F. Musiani & @gulnarazakharova.bsky.social
👉Submit abstract by 21 Sep: policyreview.info/events/call-...
👉Submit abstract by 21 Sep: policyreview.info/events/call-...
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
⏳ Only one week left to send in your abstracts for our special issue of the @policyr.bsky.social on Big Tech in global security governance!
We guest editors are really looking forward to reading your proposals.
🔽 CfP and submission guidelines below
We guest editors are really looking forward to reading your proposals.
🔽 CfP and submission guidelines below
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Culture Machine CfP: University as Infrastructure - how 'the technologies it chooses to adopt follow a colonial and extractivist model'
~from colleagues at Critical Infrastructures & Image Politics x Critical Media Lab x Centre for the Study of the Networked Image culturemachine.net/vol25-cfp-un...
~from colleagues at Critical Infrastructures & Image Politics x Critical Media Lab x Centre for the Study of the Networked Image culturemachine.net/vol25-cfp-un...
July 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Culture Machine CfP: University as Infrastructure - how 'the technologies it chooses to adopt follow a colonial and extractivist model'
~from colleagues at Critical Infrastructures & Image Politics x Critical Media Lab x Centre for the Study of the Networked Image culturemachine.net/vol25-cfp-un...
~from colleagues at Critical Infrastructures & Image Politics x Critical Media Lab x Centre for the Study of the Networked Image culturemachine.net/vol25-cfp-un...
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it's been 3 months since @aboxiwu.bsky.social and I sowed some seeds in our tiny tech futures garden thanks to @daniadmiss.bsky.social, Arts Catalyst, flematu sessay and all the greats we continue to learn from and dream with 🌱 💚
exploring tiny tech futures with @aytc0.bsky.social @aboxiwu.bsky.social @daniadmiss.bsky.social @danbarnard.bsky.social @timcowlishaw.co.uk
& more ✨🌱🫧 jonathangray.org/2025/03/31/t...
& more ✨🌱🫧 jonathangray.org/2025/03/31/t...
July 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
it's been 3 months since @aboxiwu.bsky.social and I sowed some seeds in our tiny tech futures garden thanks to @daniadmiss.bsky.social, Arts Catalyst, flematu sessay and all the greats we continue to learn from and dream with 🌱 💚
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Sobering piece in @nytimes.com compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
June 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sobering piece in @nytimes.com compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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novaramedia.com/2025/06/04/k...
Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.
Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.
Keir Starmer Used Dodgy Figures to Claim 4,000 New Jobs. In Fact, It’s Only 400 | Novara Media
Labour’s plans to kickstart productivity are based on massively inflated numbers from a US private equity giant. Why is the prime minister doing Blackstone's PR? Polly Smythe reports.
novaramedia.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
novaramedia.com/2025/06/04/k...
Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.
Data centres will not create the thousands of jobs gov would like us to think they will.
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"In Silicon Valley, some investors ask whether the AI infrastructure boom will become what fibre optic cables were to the dotcom era."
www.ft.com/content/0e24...
www.ft.com/content/0e24...
The emerging reality of the OpenAI-SoftBank grand plan for data centres
The financing and future of the Stargate project hailed by Trump are far from straightforward
www.ft.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"In Silicon Valley, some investors ask whether the AI infrastructure boom will become what fibre optic cables were to the dotcom era."
www.ft.com/content/0e24...
www.ft.com/content/0e24...
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This is just too common: Google hides behind an LLC, asking for tax breaks for a massive data center. There is a short public hearing with a little notice given to residents who will be impacted the most. The mayor insists secrecy is necessary. The deal passes.
www.jonesborosun.com/theeveningti...
www.jonesborosun.com/theeveningti...
Google-linked project to bring $10 billion data center to West Memphis
Turns out the biggest secret in West Memphis was hiding in plain sight.
www.jonesborosun.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is just too common: Google hides behind an LLC, asking for tax breaks for a massive data center. There is a short public hearing with a little notice given to residents who will be impacted the most. The mayor insists secrecy is necessary. The deal passes.
www.jonesborosun.com/theeveningti...
www.jonesborosun.com/theeveningti...
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This is a terrific and extremely important post by @salome.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance
The tech arm of Trump 2.0 isn't just reshaping government — it's consolidating control over the data infrastructure that makes modern governance possible. By centralizing data flows and gutting public...
lpeproject.org
May 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is a terrific and extremely important post by @salome.bsky.social
lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
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Great to have the opportunity to discuss mine and @jaivipra.bsky.social's "Computing Commons" report with brilliant co-panellists @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social, @aboxiwu.bsky.social, Guy Lalanne and Aleks Turobov.
Thanks to everyone who joined, and to the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk team for hosting!
Thanks to everyone who joined, and to the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk team for hosting!
Thank you to our guest speakers & delegates for attending the first day of The AI Value Chain: Research & Policy Priorities workshop today - organised in partnership with @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great to have the opportunity to discuss mine and @jaivipra.bsky.social's "Computing Commons" report with brilliant co-panellists @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social, @aboxiwu.bsky.social, Guy Lalanne and Aleks Turobov.
Thanks to everyone who joined, and to the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk team for hosting!
Thanks to everyone who joined, and to the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk team for hosting!
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For my last class of the semester in my AI & climate course, one of the assigned readings was @tamigraph.bsky.social's & Meg Young's article. It's good: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/fscsqwx4...
Carbon Emissions in the Tailpipe of Generative AI
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
April 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
For my last class of the semester in my AI & climate course, one of the assigned readings was @tamigraph.bsky.social's & Meg Young's article. It's good: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/fscsqwx4...
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For those who think Elon Musk just “turned” bad a few years ago:
In 2014, Musk threatened an entire team at Tesla with deportation when their leader asked him to address a brake safety issue with the Model S. She was forced to resign.
In 2014, Musk threatened an entire team at Tesla with deportation when their leader asked him to address a brake safety issue with the Model S. She was forced to resign.
Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue
Former senior Tesla engineer Cristina Balan has prevailed in a years-long legal battle against Musk, and is now able to speak freely.
electrek.co
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For those who think Elon Musk just “turned” bad a few years ago:
In 2014, Musk threatened an entire team at Tesla with deportation when their leader asked him to address a brake safety issue with the Model S. She was forced to resign.
In 2014, Musk threatened an entire team at Tesla with deportation when their leader asked him to address a brake safety issue with the Model S. She was forced to resign.
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The environmental disaster that is GenAI trucks on, heedlessly. Musk is operating 33 illegal methane generators at this data center.
Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer
Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents receive anonymous leaflets that downplay pollution dangers
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The environmental disaster that is GenAI trucks on, heedlessly. Musk is operating 33 illegal methane generators at this data center.
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The race for AI dominance hinges on who controls the keys to computing power. Our hidden gem of the week unveils how most resources still cater to elite research communities, not the public.
By @halcyene.bsky.social & @jaivipra.bsky.social at @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3X7hMou
By @halcyene.bsky.social & @jaivipra.bsky.social at @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3X7hMou
February 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The race for AI dominance hinges on who controls the keys to computing power. Our hidden gem of the week unveils how most resources still cater to elite research communities, not the public.
By @halcyene.bsky.social & @jaivipra.bsky.social at @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3X7hMou
By @halcyene.bsky.social & @jaivipra.bsky.social at @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3X7hMou
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Looking forward to hearing from @oii.ox.ac.uk DPhil student @aboxiwu.bsky.social speaking at the upcoming @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk event ‘The AI Value Chain: Research and policy priorities’. Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 May 2025. Full details below. Find out more about her work: bit.ly/42oyQta.
📣 Join us for The AI Value Chain: Research & Policy Priorities— a 1.5-day workshop hosted by the
@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🗓️ 6–7 May 2025
📍 Online
🤖 Exploring AI hardware, innovation, & societal impact
Register: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/the-a...
#AIValueChain
@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🗓️ 6–7 May 2025
📍 Online
🤖 Exploring AI hardware, innovation, & societal impact
Register: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/the-a...
#AIValueChain
April 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Looking forward to hearing from @oii.ox.ac.uk DPhil student @aboxiwu.bsky.social speaking at the upcoming @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk event ‘The AI Value Chain: Research and policy priorities’. Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 May 2025. Full details below. Find out more about her work: bit.ly/42oyQta.
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Looking forward to speaking at this event next month with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @aboxiwu.bsky.social @alturobov.bsky.social!
I'll be talking about my work with @jaivipra.bsky.social on how public compute—state provision of computing resources—can be used to reshape the AI sector.
Sign up 👇
I'll be talking about my work with @jaivipra.bsky.social on how public compute—state provision of computing resources—can be used to reshape the AI sector.
Sign up 👇
📣 Join us for The AI Value Chain: Research & Policy Priorities— a 1.5-day workshop hosted by the
@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🗓️ 6–7 May 2025
📍 Online
🤖 Exploring AI hardware, innovation, & societal impact
Register: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/the-a...
#AIValueChain
@bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🗓️ 6–7 May 2025
📍 Online
🤖 Exploring AI hardware, innovation, & societal impact
Register: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/the-a...
#AIValueChain
April 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looking forward to speaking at this event next month with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @aboxiwu.bsky.social @alturobov.bsky.social!
I'll be talking about my work with @jaivipra.bsky.social on how public compute—state provision of computing resources—can be used to reshape the AI sector.
Sign up 👇
I'll be talking about my work with @jaivipra.bsky.social on how public compute—state provision of computing resources—can be used to reshape the AI sector.
Sign up 👇
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The next season of our “Digital Economic Security Seminar” is about to embark - organised by yours truly and Vili Lehdonvirta. Check out our schedule and sign up here: diesl.eu/digital-econ...
Digital Economic Security Seminar – Spring 2025 Programme
Organisers/Hosts: Vili Lehdonvirta, Philipp Riederle Sessions: Tuesdays, 12pm–1pm (UK time), during Oxford term time, via Zoom Participation: Open to researchers and students from any university or re...
diesl.eu
April 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The next season of our “Digital Economic Security Seminar” is about to embark - organised by yours truly and Vili Lehdonvirta. Check out our schedule and sign up here: diesl.eu/digital-econ...
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“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
www.politico.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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🎤Digital Sovereignty for people and the planet.
IIPP Prof @ceciliarikap.bsky.social will welcome a diverse panel of experts to the upcoming #IIPPInConversation event, addressing key questions on achieving digital sovereignty.
🔗Learn more & register here: buff.ly/S9s7ypx
IIPP Prof @ceciliarikap.bsky.social will welcome a diverse panel of experts to the upcoming #IIPPInConversation event, addressing key questions on achieving digital sovereignty.
🔗Learn more & register here: buff.ly/S9s7ypx
April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎤Digital Sovereignty for people and the planet.
IIPP Prof @ceciliarikap.bsky.social will welcome a diverse panel of experts to the upcoming #IIPPInConversation event, addressing key questions on achieving digital sovereignty.
🔗Learn more & register here: buff.ly/S9s7ypx
IIPP Prof @ceciliarikap.bsky.social will welcome a diverse panel of experts to the upcoming #IIPPInConversation event, addressing key questions on achieving digital sovereignty.
🔗Learn more & register here: buff.ly/S9s7ypx
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Proud (& surprised) to receive the OII's @oii.ox.ac.uk 2024 Thesis Prize for my research 📚 "Frictions in the Cloud: An Ethnographic Case Study of Local Data Centre Contestation in the UK".
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
OII | Introducing the 2024 MSc Thesis Prize Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 OII MSc Thesis Prizes. These prizes recognize outstanding work and contributions to the field.
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Proud (& surprised) to receive the OII's @oii.ox.ac.uk 2024 Thesis Prize for my research 📚 "Frictions in the Cloud: An Ethnographic Case Study of Local Data Centre Contestation in the UK".
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
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Some light morning reading on the BBC
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Some light morning reading on the BBC
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ai is a political project to centralize power
Microsoft terminates jobs of engineers who protested use of AI products by Israel’s military (April 7, 2025) by Hayden Field @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/m...
Microsoft terminates jobs of engineers who protested use of AI products by Israel's military
At Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration, two engineers interrupted events to protest the use of the company's artificial intelligence by Israel's military.
www.cnbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ai is a political project to centralize power