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Critical AI & Tech

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A spectrum of academic researchers, activists, policy makers, artists, and writers with critical perspectives on AI and technology. No Xrisk posts are included. Managed (but not moderated) by @eryk.bsky.social. Reply to the pinned post here if you’d like to be added. BlueskyFeedCreator.com

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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
8 minutes ago
Nice to speak to Amy Fallon from IFJ for this great piece on climate disinformation www.ifj.org/media-centre...
It’s these sort of cases that Ketan Joshi, an Australian climate writer and communications consultant based in Oslo, predicted. Joshi has been writing about and working with a range of climate and energy groups since 2010. He says that what he's now seeing is trove of machine-generated content going into the public information and media space. “My theory a few years ago was that there would be a huge proliferation of fake science papers created using AI,” he said. “It's going a little bit more in the direction of emotionally arresting content. Generative AI is much better at creating a shocking video that's almost like a cartoon of wind turbine whales.” Hall added that AI is presenting “quite almost existential challenges to reporting more broadly”. As a result, she said that she always tries to rely on science, such as peer-reviewed journals, as much as possible.
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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
20 minutes ago
Even if the EU’s age verification app and EUDI wallet improve data confidentiality and decentralize data to users’ phones, their promise of empowerment falls short due to centralized critical functions, writes Thijmen van Gend.
Europe’s Age Verification Push Raises Privacy Issues Beyond Data Confidentiality

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Europe’s Age Verification Push Raises Privacy Issues Beyond Data Confidentiality

Age verification mandates promise safer online spaces while expanding digital identity systems with uncertain consequences, writes Thijmen van Gend.

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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
21 minutes ago
India's online content blocking orders quadrupled in 2 years—from ~6,000/year to 24,300 in 2025. Tech Policy Press fellow Apar Gupta examines the political economy of digital censorship and how AI panic became the latest accelerant.
Three Justifications—and the AI Accelerant—of India’s Digital Censorship Infrastructure

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Three Justifications—and the AI Accelerant—of India’s Digital Censorship Infrastructure

Each expansion of state power is preceded, justified, or accompanied by a public anxiety, writes Apar Gupta.

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David Brody
@dbrody.bsky.social
24 minutes ago
Yes, and, this BS isn’t going to happen. 1) There‘s no legal authority to do preclearance so this is just a meaningless EO. 2) Uncritical reporting on this proposal, from an admin that is super Big Tech friendly, is irresponsible. 3) If anything happens, it will be kleptocratic market distortion.

This proposes a licensing scheme, also known as a prior restraint on speech. Those don't usually do well in court because they give the government too much power over what can be said and are presumptively unconstitutional. Thank you for your time. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/t...

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Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
28 minutes ago
India's online content blocking orders quadrupled in 2 years—from ~6,000/year to 24,300 in 2025. Tech Policy Press fellow Apar Gupta examines the political economy of digital censorship and how AI panic became the latest accelerant:
Three Justifications—and the AI Accelerant—of India’s Digital Censorship Infrastructure

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Three Justifications—and the AI Accelerant—of India’s Digital Censorship Infrastructure

Each expansion of state power is preceded, justified, or accompanied by a public anxiety, writes Apar Gupta.

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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
30 minutes ago
New podcast! In this episode, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo speaks with Katie Wells, a senior fellow at the AI Now Institute and the author of two reports on the 'gig-ification' of nursing, to dig into how AI is reshaping the profession from the inside out.
AI, Gig Work, and the Future of Nursing

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AI, Gig Work, and the Future of Nursing

Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo speaks with Katie Wells, a senior fellow at AI Now Institute, about tech is affecting labor in healthcare.

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Claire Boardman
@claireboardman.bsky.social
32 minutes ago
👀 Community Heritage Leadership Trainee opportunity with Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social). Application Deadline: 12th May 2026. Full details available at: nextstepinitiative.org.uk….
Recruitment poster for the Community Heritage Leadership Trainee Program with the Learning Team at Archaeology Scotland. Application Deadline: 12th May 2026. Full details available at: https://nextstepinitiative.org.uk/the-community-archaeology-leadership-placement/
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Oliver Bown
@olliebown.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
Got my popcorn and I'm rooting for David against Goliath. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Ignoring fact that the plan to get social media to pay for content is a big mess, if we can do global tech legislation like we do sport, we're set. www.theguardian.com/comme….
Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen | Bruce Wolpe

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Big tech wants to punish Australia over Albanese’s media bargaining code – and Trump might be inclined to listen | Bruce Wolpe

The president’s contempt for the media is explosive and his ‘disappointment’ with Australia apparent. For Meta, Google and Oracle, it’s a powerful combination

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James Vincent
@jjvincent.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
well done to the workers: you are building this technology and you deserve a say in how it is deployed. i see these fights as reflecting larger dynamics in AI risk. have you or your bosses ceded control to market forces? how might that pattern repeat with the advent of AGI? bsky.app/profile/just...

"Workers developing Google’s artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week."

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Louise Amoore
@amoorelouise.bsky.social
about 1 hour ago
Okay, while we are on the subject. I examined a fabulous PhD last month. As usual now (& we always used to get a hard copy only) a PdF of the thesis was sent. Embedded “AI assistant” summarising 4 years of a person’s careful research. I would never use this in any context. It should not be there.
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michael veale
@michae.lv
about 2 hours ago
2 year research postdoc at UCL @laws.ucl.ac.uk on data and democracy, public law focus — could focus on surveillance and/or AI issues www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Dr Emma L Briant
@emma-briant.co.uk
about 2 hours ago
I contributed to this new episode of science YouTube show Veritasium interrogating the US Government claims about 'ghost murmur' - Can a quantum sensor detect your heartbeat from 60 km away? m.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTP...
Can a quantum sensor detect your heartbeat from 60 km away?

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Can a quantum sensor detect your heartbeat from 60 km away?

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
about 2 hours ago
"Workers developing Google’s artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week."
Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

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Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’

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Katia Schwerzmann
@katschwerzmann.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
Unbelievable: the amount of cognitive labor being spent to weed out these generated papers and on top of that the reputational damage to researchers such as Louise who has spent years unraveling the political and ethical implications machine learning technology.

If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2

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Katia Schwerzmann
@katschwerzmann.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
Unbelievable: the amount of cognitive labor being spent to weed out these generated papers and on top of that the reputational damage to researchers such as Louise who has spent years unraveling the political and ethical implications machine learning technology.

If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2

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Katia Schwerzmann
@katschwerzmann.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
Unbelievable: the amount of cognitive labor being spent to weed out these generated papers and on top of that the reputational damage to researchers such as Louise who has spent years unraveling the political and ethical implications machine learning technology.

If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2

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Louise Amoore
@amoorelouise.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2
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Louise Amoore
@amoorelouise.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2
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Louise Amoore
@amoorelouise.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2
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Eryk Salvaggio
@eryk.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
The Critical AI & Tech feed now costs me 10 bucks a month for unlimited views because its popularity has outgrown standard-tier feed hosting! The good news for you is that it will soon also store 10x as many posts per scroll and an infinite number of monthly views, so I hope you all pin & use it! :)
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Eryk Salvaggio
@eryk.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
The Critical AI & Tech feed now costs me 10 bucks a month for unlimited views because its popularity has outgrown standard-tier feed hosting! The good news for you is that it will soon also store 10x as many posts per scroll and an infinite number of monthly views, so I hope you all pin & use it! :)
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Eryk Salvaggio
@eryk.bsky.social
about 3 hours ago
The Critical AI & Tech feed now costs me 10 bucks a month for unlimited views because its popularity has outgrown standard-tier feed hosting! The good news for you is that it will soon also store 10x as many posts per scroll and an infinite number of monthly views, so I hope you all pin & use it! :)
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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago
Catch up on what happened in US tech policy in April with a roundup from Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and Shirley Frame and Tech Policy Press’s Ben Lennett, including a new push for a national privacy framework and continued debate in Congress and the courts over government surveillance.
April 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

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April 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

A roundup of the most important US tech policy developments in the federal government, the courts, and beyond from Freedman Consulting and Tech Policy Press.

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Tech Policy Press
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
about 4 hours ago
Zambia’s new cyber legislation permits warrantless interception, lacks data safeguards, and broadens “law enforcement officer” to anyone designated by the President, writes Chilombo Mukena. RightsCon’s cancellation underscores the unpredictable context in which these laws operate.
Scrutinizing Zambia's New Cyber Law Regime in the Shadow of RightsCon

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Scrutinizing Zambia's New Cyber Law Regime in the Shadow of RightsCon

Zambia's journey to a legislative framework for the online environment has been neither linear nor without controversy, writes Chilombo Mukena.

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Ketan Joshi
@ketanjoshi.co
about 4 hours ago
"For Apple, the oil fund voted against a proposal to create a concrete plan for zero emissions" Norway's oil fund, led by an AI-obsessed CEO who walks around the office checking if staff are using slop in their work, seems to be voting in a way that helps big tech www.nrk.no/urix/xl/hold...
Listening upwardsTo understand why the world's largest sovereign wealth funds vote this way, one must look at who they choose to listen to.The proposals come from two sources: the companies' own boards and the shareholders. The boards make recommendations for how shareholders should vote. The oil fund usually follows these recommendations.We see this in the 30,000 proposals NRK has investigated in 850 technology companies: When the board proposes something, the oil fund supports it in nine out of ten cases. When shareholders make proposals, the situation changes. The fund usually votes no. This is how the Petroleum Fund voted Before Courage Proposal from the board 89.8% 4.2% Proposals from shareholders 40.1% 54.6% The pattern is clear: When the oil fund apparently votes against its own principles, it is almost always proposals from shareholders that the board has recommended rejecting.
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