Gods and Robots In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See... See More Episodes arXiv Whitepapers "I Searched for a Religious Song in Amharic and Got Sexual Content Instead": Investigating Online Harm in Low-Resourced Languages on YouTube Online social media platforms such as YouTube have a wide, global reach. However, little is known about the experience of low-resourced language speakers on such platforms; especially in how they experience and navigate harmful content. To better understand this, we (1) conducted semi-structured... Algorithmic Transparency and Participation through the Handoff Lens: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Census Bureau's Adoption of Differential Privacy Emerging discussions on the responsible government use of algorithmic technologies propose transparency and public participation as key mechanisms for preserving accountability and trust. But in practice, the adoption and use of any technology shifts the social, organizational, and political context... ViSAGe: A Global-Scale Analysis of Visual Stereotypes in Text-to-Image Generation Recent studies have shown that Text-to-Image (T2I) model generations can reflect social stereotypes present in the real world. However, existing approaches for evaluating stereotypes have a noticeable lack of coverage of global identity groups and their associated stereotypes. To address this gap... More featured content News Articles AI clones made from user data pose uncanny risks Probabilistic AI that knows how well it’s working Stay in the loop. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly update on the latest podcast, news, events, and jobs postings. E-mail Leave this field blank Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins Helping robots handle fluids A better way to study ocean currents AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe faster than ever before Scientists are using machine learning to forecast bird migration and identify birds in flight by their calls Researchers create a tool for accurately simulating complex systems Speeding up drug discovery with diffusion generative models AI has potential to revolutionise health care – but we must first confront the risk of algorithmic bias More news