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Incubating #FeministAI - Our Executive Summary 2021 - 2024 ✨ ✨ We define Feminist AI as Artificial Intelligence harnessed to deliver equality outcomes, designed with inclusion at the core, creating new opportunities for proactive, innovative correction of inequities. We accomplished significant milestones over this period. f<a+i>r  aims to to create new tools in order to transform old systems. We investigate, validate, prototype and pilot research hypotheses using multidisciplinary teams, design justice principles, meaningful community engagement, and public and private sector partnership aligned with our regional and global approach 🌎 🌍 Our impact: Over 2021-2024 f<a+i>r has spread the idea of Feminist AI to expand the collective vision beyond critical work on Gender Based Violence (the floor) to a vision of a world where new opportunities abound (the ceiling), and women, girls and marginalized communities are equal partners in decision-taking and tools-making. International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Women At The Table Datalat Derechos Digitales Diversa Dr. Saiph Savage Laura Alonso Alemany Luciana Benotti Marwa Soudi Ideasgym Ivana Feldfeber DataGénero - Observatorio Melvin Jabar Homer Yabut Cristina Martinez Pinto Alejandra Erramuspe Jamila Venturini Juan Carlos Lara, CFA ESG Diana M. Padmini Ray Murray Design Beku Digital Futures Lab Sasha John Sri Wiyanti Eddyono, SH, LLM (HR), PhD Ivan Vladimir Meza Ruiz Sofia Trejo Susana Cadena - Vela #TheTimeHasCome #InclusiveAlgorithms

#OpenStudio | Can Bias in #LLMs Be Used for Good? with Francesca Lucchini ⏰ Dec 2 | 15.00 CET | Register: https://lnkd.in/dmt4xQgP It is a well-known fact that #LLMs express harmful biases in their predictions. The main source comes from the training datasets, which are too large and expensive to check thoroughly. In this open studio, Francesca Lucchini will explore how we can leverage the bias in LLMs and use them to examine massive datasets, discovering starting points for a data audit. Francesca Lucchini Wortzman is a Tech Lead at CENIA, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Center. She has a computer science and masters degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de #Chile, she specializes in #machinelearning applications related to urban analysis and computer vision. Francesca is passionate about gender equality and applied ethics in #AI. #DataAudit #Datasets #ResponsibleAI #InclusiveAlgorithms

Save your spot! 📢 The #INTGenderChampions Secretariat, in collaboration with Women At The Table and the A+ Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms, is hosting a series of capacity-building sessions on ‘Gender Equality in Digital Governance.’ Facilitated by Caitlin Kraft Buchman, these sessions will equip participants with the tools to effectively integrate human rights and gender equality principles into policies on digital and new emerging technologies, including AI. Upcoming Sessions Foundation Module: The Relevance of Human Rights to AI 📆 Thursday 5 December, 09:00-10:30 CET | Register here: https://buff.ly/3Z9VbaX OR 📆 Friday 6 December, 09:00-10:30 CET | Register here: https://buff.ly/3ZrOx1a Bonus Module: A Human Rights-Based Approach to AI Development  📆 Monday 9 December, 09:00-10:30 CET | Register here: https://buff.ly/4ePrhyD 📍 Attend in-person in Geneva or join us online! Note: The sessions are exclusively open to the IGC community, Member State representatives and technical negotiators. A special thanks to the Permanent Mission of Germany in the UN for their support in making this initiative possible. For more information and event details: https://buff.ly/3OuWbla

We're looking forward to welcoming a new cohort of students in the AI & Equality Human Rights Toolbox January J-term! This free online course is: 🗓️ 4 weeks long | 2.5 hours of study weekly 🛜 100% online |  Live tutoring and directed learning 💻 Weekly check-ins and troubleshooting with tutors and peers Designed for a #multidisciplinary approach with no coding or other experience necessary, we will work through four main topics: Human Rights & AI,  How Threats to Human Rights Enter the AI Lifecycle, Fairness Concepts & Metrics, and A Human Rights-Based Approach to AI Development. #InclusiveAlgorithms Learn more and register to join our January cohort: https://lnkd.in/d6cBBQcS #OnlineCourse #HumanRightsCourse #ResponsibleAI

We can't wait to tune in! Caitlin Kraft Buchman CEO of Women At The Table took the mic🎙️ in the latest episode of the Machine Ethics Podcast hosted by Ben Byford 👏 https://lnkd.in/e4gJyuKx What does #diversity in the AI life-cycle look like? A rich episode on #gender and #AI, how technology isn’t neutral, outlining the international treaties on AI, the importance of success #metrics, and more! #MachineEthics #AI #MLPodcast #FeministAI #AIPodcast

The future cannot wait. Our free online course centers on questions of #fairness #humanrights and #equality in #AI development. Register: https://lnkd.in/dqu3bABG We believe that the creation of technology is strengthened by consultation, consensus, and diverse disciplinary perspectives, as well as the lived experiences of affected communities. Impacted communities & experts from all parts of the #technology and #socialscience spectrums require a basic understanding and common #vocabulary to participate in this important conversation. A course designed for anyone with an interest in #humanrights and AI #systems.    Learn more & register: https://lnkd.in/dqu3bABG #InclusiveAlgorithms #FreeCourse #OnlineLearning #AIDesign #AIDevelopment

Dear #FeministAI Community! This free online course by AI & Equality is not to be missed! A great opportunity to learn about #AI and #HumanRights as a fully accompanied learning experience. Starting on January 7th! Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/dqu3bABG

📖 We've been reading this incredible interview with Caitlin Kraft Buchman, founder of Women At The Table published as part of Questions au féminin 2024 publication by Eidgenössische Kommission für Frauenfragen EKF "For Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, when it comes to creating tools that have a positive impact and promote genuine social progress, lived experience is as valuable as technical expertise. Therefore, the people concerned should be part of the conversation and included in development projects. And this is only possible if various groups are heard and participate in the design of these new tools that have a real utility for them: “It’s not just about creating apps for pizza delivery or social media apps.” #InclusiveAlgorithms! Read: https://lnkd.in/d29kqavV

“We must take responsibility for the biases that are at the heart of algorithmic models” Caitlin Kraft Buchman 📓 Eidgenössische Kommission für Frauenfragen EKF: Algorithms and artificial intelligence have invaded our daily lives. But what does this mean for gender equality? We are excited to read our founder Caitlin Kraft Buchman in conversation with Mathilda Golay on the intersection AI, Gender and Algorithms. 🔗 Read interview in full: https://lnkd.in/d29kqavV Eidgenössische Kommission für Frauenfragen EKF A+ Alliance AI & Equality Women in AI #AI #Feminism #FeministData #InclusiveAlgorithms #TheTimeHasCome

📓 Eidgenössische Kommission für Frauenfragen EKF — Incredible cover, relevant reporting, and thought-provoking questions! ♀ 💭 💡 Interviewing Women At The Table's founder: "Caitlin Kraft Buchman advocates a humanistic and #feminist approach in the tech sector. For her, artificial #intelligence must be feminist and, above all, as she puts it, “pro-social”—meaning it should consider often-overlooked minorities and be designed with positive contributions to everyone's lives in mind: “This notion of inclusion and transformation implies that the communities concerned must really be at the heart of the development processes so that we create #technology that we actually need.” 🔗 Read interview in full: https://lnkd.in/d29kqavV Discover the publication: https://lnkd.in/eahFwcAh