Gates funds global AI access
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Bill Gates announced a $1 billion initiative to expand AI access for poor communities worldwide, saying AI systems must learn local languages and customs to avoid widening inequality.
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Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
September 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner
Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
September 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
For those following the news about Federal Govt negotiations with AI companies and the risk to creative rights, here is the Govt's consultation document, courtesy @davidpocock.bsky.social & Politico's Canberra Playbook: www.croakey.org/wp-content/u...
www.croakey.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
For those following the news about Federal Govt negotiations with AI companies and the risk to creative rights, here is the Govt's consultation document, courtesy @davidpocock.bsky.social & Politico's Canberra Playbook: www.croakey.org/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Good. This bill contained provisions that would've endangered our rights for the sake of AI experimentation.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
‘The bill is dead’: Crypto legislation collapses on Senate floor
Democrats said the legislation didn’t do enough to crack down on President Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Good. This bill contained provisions that would've endangered our rights for the sake of AI experimentation.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
What an AI slowdown would mean www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
What an AI slowdown would mean
Would restraining the growth of artificial intelligence's dangers require a U.S.-China pact? Or a change to antitrust law? Or just a willingness in Silicon Valley to choose humanity over profits?
www.politico.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
What an AI slowdown would mean www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
by John Holbein
I say all of this not because I believe AI has no costs for higher education. It certainly does!
But it also has some benefits.
But it also has some benefits.
September 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I say all of this not because I believe AI has no costs for higher education. It certainly does!
But it also has some benefits.
But it also has some benefits.
This is a good guide to where various figures in Silicon Valley and in politics stand on AI.
How A.I. Risks Are Splitting Silicon Valley and Washington (Gift Article)
What began as a philosophical question — how dangerous might artificial intelligence become? — has hardened into increasingly entrenched rival camps.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
This is a good guide to where various figures in Silicon Valley and in politics stand on AI.
by John Holbein
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
September 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app gives a history lesson on AI "existential risk" talk and explains how we don't have to accept Big Tech's utopia or apocalyptic visions for the future:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Watch Gebru: AI Security & Safety Is About Human Control - Bloomberg
Timnit Gebru DAIR Institute Founder & Executive Director, discusses her early warnings about artificial intelligence risks and her departure from Google’s ethical AI team in 2020. She discusses whethe...
www.bloomberg.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app gives a history lesson on AI "existential risk" talk and explains how we don't have to accept Big Tech's utopia or apocalyptic visions for the future:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
by Paul Fisher
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
September 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
Thought-provoking article about the emerging cyber security challenges cutting across digital, physical and operational environments ...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
AI is exposing a security structure built for yesterday’s threats
AI-driven threats are blurring cyber and physical security, making integrated, cross-functional defense essential for resilience.
www.csoonline.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Thought-provoking article about the emerging cyber security challenges cutting across digital, physical and operational environments ...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
Reposted by Diane Ravitch
Critics stunned as Trump claims his 'high IQ' is enough to regulate AI
www.alternet.org/trump-artifi...
www.alternet.org/trump-artifi...
Critics stunned as Trump claims his 'high IQ' is enough to regulate AI
President Donald Trump on Monday slapped down the idea of putting guardrails on artificial intelligence, despite increased warnings from industry insiders and outside experts about the technology’s po...
www.alternet.org
September 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Critics stunned as Trump claims his 'high IQ' is enough to regulate AI
www.alternet.org/trump-artifi...
www.alternet.org/trump-artifi...
Reposted by Manuel Puppis
"The amount of time it takes now to go from companies claiming an AI breakthrough to Bernie Sanders proposing a bill is really short, and that’s not a good thing." -@timnitgebru.blacksky.app 👆🔥
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
www.wired.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"The amount of time it takes now to go from companies claiming an AI breakthrough to Bernie Sanders proposing a bill is really short, and that’s not a good thing." -@timnitgebru.blacksky.app 👆🔥
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
www.wired.com/story/one-of...
In which @himself.bsky.social repeats my favorite Tilly quote: "Our methodology should fit “like a sweatshirt and not like a straitjacket." Worth a read and glad he is working more on this.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-should...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-should...
How should social science think about AI?
Big structures and large processes are back, baby
www.programmablemutter.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
In which @himself.bsky.social repeats my favorite Tilly quote: "Our methodology should fit “like a sweatshirt and not like a straitjacket." Worth a read and glad he is working more on this.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-should...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-should...
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
September 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
September 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
What 56,000 Americans told us about AI policy.
The public is ahead on AI policy.
blog.csaip.org
September 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here is the link: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/09/no-a...
Thinking in Public
No, AI will not kill us all. But handing companies control without accountability might. In the last few days, several journalists from at...
reflectingwide.blogspot.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Here is the link: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/09/no-a...