Better Images of AI

In his own '5 steps of statistical sorcery', Berk criticises the corporate narratives about AI as a magical transformation which are embedded in the sparkle icon, which masks the human labour, data, investment, and materials required to generate AI outputs.

New on the Better Images of AI blog: The Mystical Art of Making Maths Sparkle: A Wizard’s Guide to Statistical Sorcery by Berk Alkoç (he/him)

👉🏽 You can read the blog post here: blog.betterimagesofai.org/the-mystical...

Submission Handbook for Better Images of AI - Better Images of AI Blog To make the process of submitting images to our library easier for everyone, we've released our Submission Handbook to Better Images of AI.

❓Did you know that you can donate your own better images of AI to our library?
If you make your own images and would like to help improve the transparency and inclusivity of AI media, the Better Images of AI Submission Handbook makes this easier 🙌🏽
blog.betterimagesofai.org/submission-h...

Julieta speaks to the importance of visualising research, advocating for artistic approaches that better represent authenticity and collective experience. Read it from the link attached above.

Behind the Image: Digitalisation and Moonlighting - Better Images of AI Blog In this blog post, Laura Martinez Agudelo (volunteer steward) chatted to Julieta Longo (artist) behind the series of images ‘Digitalisation and Moonlighting’ that were awarded as a runner-up in the Di...

In the latest post on the Better Images of AI blog, Laura Sofía Martínez Agudelo chatted to Julieta Longo about her image 'Digitalisation and Moonlighting’, awarded runner-up in the Digital Dialogues competition, run earlier this year with the Digit Centre. blog.betterimagesofai.org/behind-the-i...

AI’s Environmental Impact on Fragile Ecosystems - Better Images of AI Blog Gloria Mendoza’s image, ‘The Environmental Impact of Data Centres in Vulnerable Ecosystems’ is the latest addition in the Better Images of AI library. The image contrasts dominant sci-fi-inspired visu...

You can also read Gloria's reflections and inspirations for the image on our blog here: blog.betterimagesofai.org/ais-environm...

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

Gloria Medoza's image, ‘The Environmental Impact of Data Centres in Vulnerable Ecosystems’ is one of our newest additions in the Better Images of AI library. Download Gloria's image to use for free, under a CC BY 4.0 license, so long as you correctly attribute: betterimagesofai.org/images?artis...

Our latest post on Better Images of AI's blog is about our new collection of images in the library from Lone Thomasky and Bits & Bäume which expose the realities behind the often perceived “clean”, “slick”, and “efficient” AI supply chains. Read more here: blog.betterimagesofai.org/visualising-...

"Archival Images of AI," a guide to making hype-free images of AI, wins Silver & People's Lovie in Art, Culture & Heritage! Congrats @aixdesign.bsky.social, @nadiapiet.bsky.social, @taniaduarte.bsky.social, Ploipailin Flynn, @thedominica.bsky.social! (Delighted to be a contributor & advisor!) ⬇️

Judge a book by its cover.
The book that @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and I wrote on #LLMs and #GenAI --"Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social--is featured on the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social blog.

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We sometimes get funding to run commissions or competitions, so we pay when we can. Otherwise donations from activist designers/artists are how we keep going without core funding. Compare an AI image generator’s picture of AI and those in our library and there is a a clear case for paying artists!

Thanks @707kat.bsky.social - we are indeed lurking here and always pleased for interest in contributions!

Exploring metaphors of AI: Visualisations, narratives and perception Hype Studies Conference (Barcelona) and ONLINE 10th September 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST (UTC +2) Online registration at hypestudies.org Join an exploration of insightful research and art as explorations on how AI hype narratives derive power from metaphors. Featuring presentations, discussion and Q&A including: Myra Cheng - Measuring and understanding public perceptions of AI through crowdsourced metaphors Leo Lau - New visual metaphors of AI Tania Duarte - Better Images of AI (moderator) Anuj Gupta and Yasser Atef - ChatGPT metaphors for developing critical AI literacies Rainer Rehak - AI narrative breakdowns of power and promise

Please join some amazing researchers for a discussion of their research into the roles metaphors play in shaping perceptions:

Exploring metaphors of AI: visualisations, narratives, and perceptions

Online @hypestudies.bsky.social
10th Sept 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST

hypestudies.org/conference/c...

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

💜 to see it! @betterimagesofai.bsky.social now has an image representing "stochastic parrots at work"

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cc @mmitchell.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social

We have been wanting this for some time, and will be discussing it on a panel for hypestudies.org/conference 10th September! So pleased you like it!

these two power tools of ai images i created, are live on @betterimagesofai.bsky.social

i donated them so anyone can use them for free. if you’re not familiar with better images of ai, their mission is to source ai images that aren’t stereotypical and better represent the discourse around ai.

Open Competition to Create More Realistic Stock Images of 'Digital Transformation at Work' - Better Images of AI Blog ANNOUNCEMENT Calling all artists and makers! The ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) and Better Images of AI (BIoAI) are delighted to announce a competition to reimagine the visual co...

-Niels Bonde: Digital artist and PhD Fellow, University of Applied Arts Vienna
-Rob Keery: CMO, Jagged Edge AI
-@taniaduarte.bsky.social: Founder @weandai.bsky.social

There's still time to enter the competition to change imagery and win prizes-> bit.ly/digitartcomp open to student & amateurs!
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Open Competition to Create More Realistic Stock Images of 'Digital Transformation at Work' - Better Images of AI Blog ANNOUNCEMENT Calling all artists and makers! The ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) and Better Images of AI (BIoAI) are delighted to announce a competition to reimagine the visual co...

-Jacqueline O'Reilly: Co-Director of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre @digitcentre.bsky.social
-Maninder Paul: AI Strategist
-Michael Luck: Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Provost @sussex.ac.uk
-Nina Wakeford: Professor of Art @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
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Our judges represent expertise spanning across the fields of art, journalism, law, academia, AI, to the world of work:

-@benwodecki.bsky.social: Tech and AI Journalist
-@bhumikabilla.bsky.social: Legal researcher, Cambridge Faculty of Law
-Chanell Daniels: Responsible AI #DigitalCatapult
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A poster announcing the judges for an open competition for artists and makers to create images illustrating the realities of digital transformations at work. 10 judges are listed with a circular headshot and their names underneath. A text box on the poster states that there are monetary prizes, global entries, and all creative fields are welcomed. ‘Digital Transformation at Work’ Art Competition DEADLINE TO ENTER: 18th May 2025 JUDGING PANEL Bhumika Billa Chanell Daniels Jacqueline O’Reilly Maninder Paul Tania Duarte Rob Keery Niels Bonde Nina Wakeford Michael Luck Ben Wodeki

📣📣There are just a few days left to enter our ‘digital transformation at work’ art competition with @digitcentre.bsky.social!

Meet the fantastic judging panel looking forward to seeing how budding and activist artists reinvent the scifi-inspired ways digital and work are represented in images👇🏽
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What does digital transformation look like? (don't read on if you want images of robotic hands or strings of neon data).

Better Images of AI collects and freely shares creative visions of human/AI interactions and this competition is open until 18 May...

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

Poster image credits: Hanna Barakat & Archival Images of AI + AIxDESIGN / betterimagesofai.org / creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

The competition is open to anyone over the age of 18 regardless of experience, creative field, and geographic location.

An online briefing session will be held on Thursday 17th April at 12pm (UTC +1). Ping us for an invite or recording!

Open Competition to Create More Realistic Stock Images of 'Digital Transformation at Work' - Better Images of AI Blog ANNOUNCEMENT Calling all artists and makers! The ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) and Better Images of AI (BIoAI) are delighted to announce a competition to reimagine the visual co...

OPEN TODAY: Competition to create more realistic stock images of digital transformation at work!

🔔 Closes 18/05/25
🏆 Monetary prizes
🌍 Global competition

🔗 Read the brief: bit.ly/digitartcomp

Digital Dialogues Art Competition is a partnership with @digitcentre.bsky.social funded by UKRI ESRC

The Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme is thrilled to announce the selection of seven outstanding UK-based artists for our commissioning project aimed at exploring and enriching the responsible AI ecosystem through artistic expression...

There will be lots of talk about Better Images of AI at the @weandai.bsky.social 5th Birthday celebration, as We and AI maintain the image library and run the collaboration. Join us to find out why!

New co-authored piece. PS. So pleased that @techpolicypress.bsky.social coincidentally chose one my all-time favourite illustrations of @betterimagesofai.bsky.social! @martapoblet.bsky.social @timdavies.org.uk @justinhendrix.bsky.social

A great science communication write up of our project - great to see it in German!

Psyched to have a work of mine from the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social gallery used to illustrate a great article... that was in turn reposted by one of the people who coauthored the original OSTP Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights on which I built my piece for a BoR for education. 😍

Better Images of AI We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

You can download the image for free at betterimagesofai.org/images?artis...
And download the playbook from @aixdesign.bsky.social and Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision blog.betterimagesofai.org/archival-ima...