esme harrington

I had a great conversation with Paul Bouchaud at @aiforensics.org about their research tracking the proliferation of Grok-generated deepfakes across the internet, which disproportionately impacted women. Check it out in the most recent of AWO's newsletter here!

Happy our investor briefing on the risks of surveillance tech is out! We examined real-world cases where surveillance tools have been linked to serious human rights harms, and the material, legal and reputational consequences. It also sets out practical due diligence tools for investors. 🛠️

Newsletter is out! Was great to speak to @djleufer.bsky.social about how the EU's AI Omnibus undermines key AI Act transparency requirements – which were a crucial step towards accountability & fundamental rights redress – and the broader context of simplification. Well worth a read here.👇

Great to speak to @bramvranken.bsky.social about the AI Act and recent complaint to the European Ombudsman on the opacity of the AI standardisation process. Check it out here!

Great to chat with @esmeharrington.bsky.social about @openmined.bsky.social's work facilitating privacy-preserving third-party audits with the Christchurch Call Foundation, AI Security Institute and Anthropic

Check it out in AWO Agency's Algorithmic Governance Roundup: eomail5.com/web-version?...

This month I spoke to @davebuckley.bsky.social about @openmined.bsky.social's development of open-source PETs to facilitate independent scrutiny of online platforms and AI.👇

Also... Somehow it's my 25th issue! Please give 3 mins to share your feedback!🌟 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YWy0iFqpWn

New newletter is out! 🌟Had a lovely conversation with
Ema Prović about her experience leading the GPAI Code of Practice process for the European AI Office. A worthwhile read to catch up on the Code and how it supports the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act.

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Algorithm Governance #23 Community Spotlight: Professor Didar Zowghi, CSIRO’s Data61 Diversity and Inclusion in AI | Delegated Act on Access to Data

The Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Professor Didar Zowghi who leads the Data61 team on Diversity and Inclusion in AI at Australia’s CSIRO, the national science agency.👇

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Was a pleasure to speak on this panel at CPDP about improving researcher access to AI systems for audit and other public interest research! The full recording is available www.cpdpconferences.org/news/cpdpai2... :)

Influencer politics and the crisis in Reform A new kind of technologically-enhanced activist will seal the fate of Nigel Farage, and perhaps the UK

Today I argue that the split in Reform is being driven by the same force that put Donald Trump in the White House

Welcome! Welcome to GDPRed! … Where the labyrinthine chaos of data protection rulings has been coaxed into something that might, under favorable lighting and with one eye closed, resemble ...

Incredible new resource by Miloš Novović, an associate professor of law at BI Norwegian Business School - gdpred.milos.no. Miloš has gathered on this website GDPR cases organized by year, topic, and article. Hugely useful tool!

Had a fab chat with Sabeehah about the Children's AI Summit which brought young people's views to the Paris AI Action Summit! I also caught up with @agstrait.bsky.social at @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social, @nabiha.bsky.social at Mozilla and Abby Gilbert at IFOW to get their key takeaways from Paris.👇

Developing a Framework for Collective Data Rights Data protection law and policy are founded on the approach of individual notice and consent — an approach with shortcomings in an age of big data and artificial intelligence. This special reports cons...

🚨 Desperate for some Xmas reading? CIGI have published my report on "Developing a Framework for Collective Data Rights".

This report aims to get concrete about the kinds of collective rights we might need to address group and societal harms from data and AI.

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