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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · 21d

sharing our new article on the role of regulation for #AI therapist chatbots.

with @jasonetucker.bsky.social and @petterericson.bsky.social

AI Policy Lab @Umeå University
#ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21d

“The problem is not only in how people use AI systems or in which setting, but in how these systems are built to stimulate attachment without accountability. With regulation still lacking… it often appears that ‘everything goes,’” write Virginia Dignum, Petter Ericson, and Jason Tucker.

AI Chatbots Are Not Therapists: Reducing Harm Requires Regulation | TechPolicy.Press

Virginia Dignum, Petter Ericson, and Jason Tucker call for urgent regulation of AI chatbots to prevent mental health harms.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Aug 24

I was privileged to attend #MLIndaba2025 #MLI2025 #Urunana
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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Aug 24

My comments on Mustafa Suleyman ill-called 'seemingly conscious AI' 🤦‍♀️
www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...

Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis' | Virginia Dignum | 13 comments

I agree with Mustafa Suleyman on this, there is every reason to be concerned about the growing psychological dependency on AI. But framing the problem as ‘seemingly conscious AI causing psychosis’ i...

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Aug 6

@jswanljung.bsky.social ha ha first thing I see on linkedin www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... cc @vdignum.bsky.social

My comments on #Sweden prime minister use of #AI chatbots made it to The Guardian 😀 | Virginia Dignum | 16 comments

My comments on #Sweden prime minister use of #AI chatbots made it to The Guardian 😀 https://lnkd.in/eXJPXW9t Here, in Swedish, the original article https://lnkd.in/eQ6GSRrS #ResponsibleAI #AIgover...

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jul 24

Trump’s AI plan swaps ethics and environmental safeguards for unilateral dominance, betraying the human‑centred cooperation the world needs.
Unilateral AI domination jeopardizes us all.

#AI #ResponsibleAI #AIforAll #AIgovernance #globalAI

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Trump’s new AI agenda, which prioritizes unilateral national dominance, discarding environmental safeguards and ethical guardrails, and rejecting any ‘woke’ value, stands in direct opposition to the… ...

Trump’s new AI agenda, which prioritizes unilateral national dominance, discarding environmental safeguards and ethical guardrails, and rejecting any ‘woke’ value, stands in direct opposition to the c...

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jul 12

#AI for Good of who? of whom?
Thank you @abeba.bsky.social for denouncing this charade and say loud and clear what many of us commenting on: #ITU's summit is more about washing than responsibility
#aiforgood

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jul 11

A short blogpost detailing my experience of censorship at the AI for Good Summit with links to both original and censored versions of slides and links to my talk

aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...

AI for Good [Appearance?]

Reflections on the last minute censorship of my keynote at the AI for Good Summit 2025

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Steffen Staab @ststaab.bsky.social · Jul 8

@unistuttgartiris.bsky.social presents its work to our wonderful advisory board - @vdignum.bsky.social, Bob Williamson, and Jens Birkholzer. @csindermann.bsky.social gave a great about the biases of people when seeking information from large-language models.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · May 13

Going completely out of my comfort zone, I'm sharing this short scifi I just wrote, when challenged to imagine a possible future where all AI development and use is responsible.
Comments are much welcome, but be gentle 😊, never attempted writing fiction before...
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Click to care

It started with a sentence in the screen: “You don't build machines; you build futures.” When Noor clicked Accept, she didn’t know she’d just enrolled in the world’s most rigorous AI ethics program.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you are working on how AI shapes and is shaped by society, this is your opportunity to join us as a fellow in 2026 at AI Policy Lab @Umeå University

🕐 Deadline: 1 June, 17:00 CET

#AIpolicy #AIgovernance #AIethics #responsibleAI #AI
aipolicylab.se/call-for-fel...

Call for Fellowships Jan-June 2026

Are you working on groundbreaking ideas in AI policy, ethics, or governance? Do you have experience in interdisciplinary settings and thrive in collaborative environments? The AI Policy Lab at Umeå…

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Apr 17

New publication!

As US platforms resist regulation, Europe has a chance to lead by building transparent, interoperable social media aligned with #humanvalues

Read more 👇
#TechGovernance #DSA #DMA #AIAct #Interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #Europe

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Time for a European Social Media Ecosystem | Virginia Dignum

Publication alert! See our latest piece, co-authored with a brilliant team of international researchers and policymakers, exploring the impact of the current pivotal moment in global tech governance. ...

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Apr 8

"Beyond the AI race: why global governance is the greatest innovation"
Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b...

I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge.

#ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward.

#AIgovernance #AIethics

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KT4Democracy @kt4democracy.bsky.social · Apr 2

🏝️Insightful talk in sight!
🔔Join the webinar Responsible #AI: Governance, #Ethics, and Sustainable Innovation by Responsible #AI expert @vdignum.bsky.social
👉The event is organised as part of the European University of Technology lunchtime seminars series.
Read more: kt4democracy.eu/events/respo...

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Apr 4

I've joined the University of Amsterdam, as a guest professor and upcoming co-director of Civic AI Lab 2.0.
Looking forward to collaborate and explore the potential of all what AI Policy Lab @Umeå University and SIAS can do together.
More information on the Civic AI Lab: www.civic-ai.nl

Socially intelligent AI | Civic AI Lab | Amsterdam

Advancing society through civic-centered and community-minded AI technology. Civic AI Lab.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Feb 28

Every time we think he cannot get worse, Trump manages go lower than lower.
Lies, intimidation, shouting... schoolyard bullies, that is what 'disrespect' really means.
It is now time for a united front, the US is changing sides, we need to be strong with Ukraine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bullying, berating Trump shows his worst self in Zelenskyy ambush

The president said his horrific blowup would make ‘great television’ – the White House has rarely seen anything like this

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Feb 20

I argued yesterday with both a head of a law department who'd written a book on AI accountability and a young PhD student, neither of whom really understood how or when to use generative AI. Please consider this a draft and give me feedback or other links. joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/02/gene...

Generative AI use and human agency

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security

joanna-bryson.blogspot.com

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Feb 11

Great news but it is beneath Europe's values to call it a race.
As a race, it will have only loosers, no one wins.

We need is a collective exploration. There are many unexplored paths to take, there are many strenghts, multidisciplinary, to apply.

We are in it together, not against each other.

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Feb 11

The AI race is just beginning.

Building on the European AI Champions initiative, I’m glad to announce InvestAI 🇪🇺

We aim to mobilise €200 billion in AI investments in Europe

More ↓
europa.eu/!MkWvC8

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Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · Feb 10

But the big problem is that production seems to have gotten decoupled from any useful measure of progress. There is a whole science-of-science literature hand wringing about the fact that scientific production has increased ~exponentially but progress has not accelerated and has even slowed down.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Feb 10

I'm not at Paris #AIActionsummit, but here are my thoughts:

Leaked statement lacks urgent AI governance and misses key issues like power imbalances and current and future harms.

We need real, global action, not more words.
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#AI #AIgovernance #ResponsibleAI

Virginia Dignum on LinkedIn: #aiactionsummit #ai #aigovernance #responsibleai #aiactionsummit

I'm not attending the Paris #AIActionsummit this week, but I've been asked repeatedly for my opinion on it, particularly regarding its leaked final statement…

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jan 21

My statement on the repeal of President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...

STATEMENT: CAP’s Alondra Nelson Condemns Dangerous Repeal of AI Executive Order

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jan 21

The Handmaid's Tale IRL? 😞😢

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Jan 21

Orwellian.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jan 21

This morning I want leaders in Europe and the 🇪🇺 to stand up for European values, be in action mode, be calm AND courageous, show unity, provide reassurance, and show empathy. Thank you.

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jan 21

“Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen” - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1968)

(Tech bros at inauguration. Where the #AI exec order was cancelled)
(image: BBC)

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jan 21

A historical day?! Should I be sad, horrified, outraged, all of it?
Watching a president, no, a full-on dictator, signing decisions to a cheering mob of thousands? Freeing criminals, criminalising innocent, and torching the planet's future?
A list of all he signed: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

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Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social · Jan 17

It was fun and very interesting to give this interview to Expresso magazine, a long-read where I could discuss many of the core issues on current #AI and #AIgovernance developments.

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Thanks to the journalists Andre Manuel Correia and Rui Duarte Silva!

“A IA é um carro sem travões, guiado sem carta de condução, numa rua sem sinais”, alerta a especialista portuguesa Virgínia Dignum

<p>“Inteligência artificial é o pior nome que podíamos ter arranjado para isto.” Quem o diz é a portuguesa Virgínia Dignum, radicada na Suécia, onde é professora catedrática de Inteligência Artificial...

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Erik Jonker @erikjonker.bsky.social · Jan 16

Interesting research about misinformation and radical right political parties.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/19401612241311886
#misinformation #radicalright #politics

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