Hi there!
It’s issue #188 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late.
With general elections around the corner, Raqib Hameed Naik’s digital hate speech database has its work cut out. – Read all about it here.
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Better representation would help broader conservation efforts, researchers argue.
A dysfunctional company under a super-CEO is going to lead us into an exciting and (very) frightening new world.
Ahead of South Asian nation going to the polls in January, AI-generated disinformation has become a growing problem.
Against all odds, climate-vulnerable countries still managed to score some key wins at the United Nations summit in Dubai.
Text now being considered by governments calls for ‘reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels’
‘Leaders lie, people die… act now,’ Licypriya Kangujam chanted as she paraded from one end of the podium to the other for close to a minute holding a poster that read: ‘End fossil fuels; save our planet and our future.’ She was escorted out by security staff.
Does Jeff Bezos’s heavy-lift rocket really have a shot at launching next year?
Tech giants Alphabet and Facebook, along with Qualcomm, have formed the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (CODE) to advocate for open platforms and systems.
“It’d be dystopian if all AI systems had the values of a 35-year-old male in San Francisco.”
Founded by Shrikant Bhalerao this year, Kiwimoney offers loans for healthcare needs spanning across proctology, laparoscopy, urology, vascular, ophthalmology, gynaecology, cosmetic, ENT, orthopaedic and dental.
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