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Maximilian Henning @maximilian-henning.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Aug 5

Not to miss!

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...

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 10

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.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 10

LK Seiling, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, and Claes H. de Vreese outline what’s needed from researchers, platforms, and regulators to make data access under the EU’s Digital Services Act work.

Time To Deliver: Stakeholder Roles In The EU’s Delegated Act On Data Access | TechPolicy.Press

The Delegated Act on data access under the DSA provides much-needed clarity about both the access process and expectations towards the actors involved in it.

www.techpolicy.press

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jul 2

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

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Juhi Kulshrestha @juhi153.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Jun 12

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.

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jun 11

Event date: 12 November 2025

João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jun 11

The event will take place in Seville ☀️ and bring together researchers and policymakers working at the intersection of science and enforcement under the Digital Services Act.

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jun 11

We're interested in research on systemic risks stemming from VLOPs and VLOSEs, particularly:

➡️ related to the mental and physical health of minors;
➡️ where #DSA transparency mechanisms have been used (data access, transparency database, ad repositories).

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jun 11

📣 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

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · May 23

📣 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...

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European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness @ewafworkshop.bsky.social · May 15

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

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · May 8

It's a miracle, obviously.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · Apr 12

"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."

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Renata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social · Apr 7

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.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 4

“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

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Guy Patrick Banim @guybanim.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔴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!

@jvinagre.joaoms.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Feb 27

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

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · Feb 7

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 👇

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · Feb 3

Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.

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João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jan 11

The same goes for the GUI, btw.

João Vinagre @jvinagre.joaoms.com · Jan 11

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!

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · Jan 10

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...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Dec 28

"Each task consumed approximately 1,785 kWh of energy—about the same amount of electricity an average U.S. household uses in two months"

This is one per-task estimate from Salesforce's head of sustainability -->>

www.linkedin.com/posts/bgamaz...

OpenAl03 (high compute tuned) 1 task = 684 kg CO₂e R Emissions = 5 full tanks of gas

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