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Looks cool (NYC but will be streamed)
https://nycsodata24.sched.com/event/1aiMY
The Human Side of Open Data: Bridging Digital Humanities and Public Interest Tech
#TagZone #CivicTech #PublicInterestTech #OpenData #Humanities #PIT

Q for you #USHistory buffs:
What is the historic precedent for grants from private industry to the government? Is this a longstanding thing a la the merchant marine? Is there an official record tracking these contributions?
https://www.usdigitalresponse.org/press-release/u-s-digital-response-to-help-governments-create-capacity-and-expand-expertise-in-generative-ai-with-support-from-google-org
#TagZone #USDR #CivicTech #USDigitalResponse #GenerativeAI

Last chance to enter!
The #Reporting on #AI Hall of Fame closes tomorrow Feb 19, 2024, at 11:59pm.
Have you written about the way people are using automation (for good or ill)?
Submit great examples of AI journalism: https://techprimers.aspendigital.org/hall-of-fame/
#TagZone #HallOfFame #Contest #AIJournalism #TalkBetterAboutAI

Just came across this #HistoricalMarker website, which seems like a cool thing to exist.
https://www.hmdb.org/
#TagZone #History #ReadThePlaque #HistoricalMarkers #Database

#Seeking recommendations for #Audio editing software that is #ScreenReader #Accessible!
One of my friends has progressive vision loss, but loves music and has been searching for a tool that they can use with VoiceOver.
Please boost!

#TagZone #a11y #Blind #LowVision #VisionLoss #DAW

This is a role that can be hugely influential as a force of good governance: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/774245800
#TagZone #PublicService #Job #CRS #NowHiring

@xogium is it due to the structure of posts that you have to read the whole post before getting to the images? Curious because I’ve tried sometimes adding #TagZone as a flag for where tags start in case someone wants to skip over them, but maybe that’s not useful if the post has an image?

Want to make moves into AI policy? I'm sharing my top 5 tips! 🏆
This week: Be the reply guy you want to see in the world
https://posts.bcavello.com/how-to-get-into-ai-policy-part-3/
#TagZone #AIPolicy #CareerAdvice #BringBackBlogging

Tweet from @visakanv reads "Noob-minus: this is the worst thing I have ever read Noob-plus: this is the best thing I have ever read Friends: you’re on to something here! I really liked the part where you talked about X, it made me think about Y. I was kinda hoping for more about Z, but that’s just my POV"

In the spirit of new beginnings, over the next month, I'll be sharing my top 5 pieces of advice for people looking to get a start in #AIpolicy
There are about as many paths into this space as there are people, but I'm sharing some of my own reflections that I hope will be useful to others who are trying to figure out where to start.
https://posts.bcavello.com/how-to-get-into-ai-policy-part-1/
#TagZone #HowTo #CareerAdvice #ArtificialIntelligence #PublicPolicy

#Beglitched continues to be one of my favorite and most-played games. It’s beautiful and built with such heart.
I wouldn’t have guessed a match three-style game could surprise and move me so effectively!
http://alecthomson.com/press/sheet.php?p=beglitched
I mostly play on iOS, but it’s available on a buncha platforms. 💖
#TagZone #IndieGames #MobileGames #PuzzleGames #Gameing

Truly the darkest pattern.
#OneTrust is such a shady organization. I went to check the cookie settings on a site I was visiting, and it LOOKED like the toggles were set to off, but in reality, they were still active. Totally gross and misleading behavior!

#TagZone #Privacy #DarkPatterns #DataBrokers #DigitalRights

Setting for functional cookies labeled by me as "on, apparently" showing a toggle style digital interface with what looks like circular slider pushed to the left end of a bar (typically the off position). This is juxtaposed with another view of the same interface labeled by me as "actually off" which shows that the slider can actually go even further left and is grey when truly off.

#Virginia, #Illinois, #Connecticut, #California, and #Colorado residents can #OptOut of or request data to be deleted from #ClearviewAI
https://www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-requests
#TagZone #DataPrivacy #PrivacyLaw #Surveillance #AIPolicy

Yesterday, Senators Wyden and Booker and Representative Clarke along with 14 other co-sponsors re-introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act. While Congressional legislation may not seem super exciting, I am HYPED about this bill, and I wanted to share some of the reasons why.
https://posts.bcavello.com/why-im-still-hyped-about-the-algorithmic-accountability-act/
#TagZone #AlgorithmicAccountability #AIPolicy #TechPolicy #USCongress