#societalimpact — Public Fediverse posts

🤩 Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd68q3wynnqo

#platform #regulation #societalImpact

Beware the Permanent Periphery

https://asteriskmag.com/issues/15/beware-the-permanent-periphery

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251775

#HackerNews #Beware #the #Permanent #Periphery #technology #innovation #hackernews #digitalculture #societalimpact

Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

> Meta's harms reached the level of "public nuisance", or an issue of health and safety that has become so widespread it is negatively impacting a general public.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo

#societalImpact #darkpattern #regulation

#PacingTheFrontier, a statement from 1,132 #employees of frontier #AI companies: The rapid pace of #AIdevelopment poses significant #risks, necessitating global coordination to slow down progress and ensure responsible development. The potential for AI to surpass #humanintelligence raises concerns about #societalimpact and the need for thoughtful, responsible advancement. https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go from Here?

https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-where-do-we-go-from-here

#HackerNews #futureoftruth #deception #digitalage #misinformation #societalimpact

Our university is participating in the new Catalyst GER program which supports research teams that aim to achieve sustainable #societalimpact through a spin-off or other forms of #knowledgetransfer: http://go.tum.de/786235

#socialsciences #entrepreneurship

📷iStock/ .shock

Global Policy Challenges 🌐 Nations debate #ethicalstandards, #privacy concerns, and the #societalimpact of #AI, seeking a balance between #innovation and #regulation.

Regulation and Responsibility ⚖️ Lawmakers craft policies to ensure AI is #transparent, #fair, #accountable, while preventing #misuse or #harm through AI.

Competition and Collaboration 🤝 #Countries and #techgiants compete for #AIleadership, but also recognise the need for global cooperation.

👉 https://AIPolitics.EU
👉 @ai #news

Dive into the social impacts of tech innovation: connectivity, ethics, and digital citizenship. We are navigating progress for a harmonious future. #TechInnovation #DigitalTransformation #SocietalImpact #EthicalTech #ConnectivityRevolution #FutureSociety #DigitalCitizenship #InclusiveTech
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/harmony-in-progress-navigating-the-social-seas-of-technological-innovation-48e352dfd679

To our amazing attendees, thank you for showing up and participating fully — with curiosity, openness, and the willingness to be surprised. As one participant put it:
“I feel radicalised and hopeful.”

#MakingADifference #CollaborativeResearch #DataSchool #SocietalImpact

👉 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: https://impact.dataschool.nl/events/making-a-difference-societal-impact-through-collaborative-research/

#MeasuringImpact #SocietalImpact #KnowledgeTransfer #CollaborativeResearch #Conference

🚀 Künstliche Intelligenz verändert unsere Gesellschaft – doch wie genau? Das diskutieren wir auf der transformativ-Tagung in Heilbronn! 🧠🔍 Vom 4.–6.12.2025 bringen wir Expert:innen aus Wissenschaft, Bildung, Medien & Kunst zusammen. Jetzt am Call for Contributions teilnehmen (bis 30.4.)! Infos: 🔗 https://www.experimenta.science/transformativ/

Die Tagung ist eine Kooperation zwischen dem experimenta Science Center und @rhetai

#transformativ2025 #conference #societalImpact #AI #callForContributions

Microsoft launches the Advanced Planning Unit within its AI division to explore the societal, health, and work implications of AI. 🤖🌍 #Microsoft #AI #TechForGood #ArtificialIntelligence #AIImpact #FutureOfWork #HealthTech #SocietalImpact #Innovation

Amidst the vibrant hues, witness the transformation of Sumatra's primal forest into a rubber plantation - a poignant reminder of our impact. An anonymous masterpiece from 1900-1920 era #Rijksmuseum. Thoughts on how art portrays societal change?

#Art #History #SocietalImpact #Rijksmuseum
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-F-F01149-BH

In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html

#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones

"ChatGPT says on this <social issue our group in a meeting disagrees on>: ..." is the most disturbing type of discussion contribution I encountered this week. Is that what we are succumbing to? Listening uncritically to machine garbage made from stolen data piles? #ChatGPT #societalimpact #learningfrommachines #bananas #ohthehumanity

Sam Altman wants to gather a huge amount of money, $7 trillion, to invest in AI technology. He used to lead a company called OpenAI, but there were some issues, and he got fired and rehired. Now, he's aiming to get a massive amount of money to fund his plans.

Altman believes that technology, especially AI, can solve many problems in the world, like improving healthcare, and education and even fixing climate change. However, his plan requires a lot of data and computer power, which can be challenging to manage.

Some people think Altman's idea is great because they believe in using technology to fix everything. But others are not so sure. They worry about the amount of power and control Altman's plan could give him, and they question whether it's the right approach to solving the world's problems.

Overall, Altman's vision sparks debate about the role of technology in our future and raises important questions about how we want to use it.

#SamAltman #OpenAI #AIInvestments #Technocracy #EthicalAI #SocietalImpact
#TechVisionary #AmbitiousPlans #FutureTech #AIInnovation

Bit of advertising here, folks: my new book, 'Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds' Amazon & through your local bookshop: ISBN: 9781847926487

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Talking-Shane-OMara-ebook/dp/B09X99TWLS

#TalkingHeadsBook #ScienceOfConversation #HumanConnection #NeuronsToNations #ConversationalNeuroscience #SocialAnimals #CommunicationScience #BrainResearch #SocietalImpact #ConversationalExploration #PopulistNationalism #FutureImagination #BetterTomorrow #WorldBuilding

"Assessing impact is challenging, but there’s still a good reason to try"

Read the full article 👉 https://go.nature.com/3HLOqng

#researchimpact #impactacademy #impact #impactassessment #scicomm #societalimpact #impact

Publications in #Dimensions by year for: "twitter api" OR "twitters API" OR "API of Twitter"

This will go down, I think. There will be one indicator less for #SocietalImpact.

And I predict a bunch of articles measuring the effect of the end of the #TwitterAPI on article usage / views / reach.