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Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons @firewalldragons.bsky.social · 1h

A short but powerful talk by @carissaveliz.bsky.social about the dangers of digitizing everything and the importance of #privacy for democracy and freedom. (If you haven't read "Privacy is Power" yet, you should.)

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How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

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Rehab @hatoonrehab.bsky.social · 1h

Very important!

Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

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Jesús García @jesgar.bsky.social · 4h

Dirás que no tienes nada que esconder que merezca la pena y que no vas a pagar por todo, total a cambio de unos datos que "no son importantes".

Realmente te va tu democracia en ello 👇

Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 11h

¡Muchas gracias!

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Javier de la Cueva @javierdelacueva.es · 11h

Una estupenda charla donde se explica muy bien la relación entre democracia y privacidad, con una perfecta conclusión: depende de nosotros decidir cómo se desarrollan las herramientas.

Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Good point. "Why surveillance can kill you" might make people wake up!

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23h

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

www.youtube.com

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 1d

Are we growing tired of social media? Have we remembered that there are better ways to spend time (like reading good books)? #AIEthics By @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

www.ft.com/content/a072...

Have we passed peak social media?

As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 1d

Wahaca. Mestizo.

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 8d

For the #privacy nerds. In The Ethics of Privacy and #Surveillance (OUP 2024), I argue that animals value something like proto-privacy, and our need for privacy has evolved from a sense of territoriality. Article by @rossandersen.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?

Some may crave a little privacy, even your dog.

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 8d

Sin privacidad no hay democracia liberal.

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Carissa Véliz: "El comercio de datos es tóxico para la democracia"

La filósofa y profesora de la Universidad de Oxford alerta de que "los datos personales son muy sensibles y es muy fácil utilizarlos para hacer daño" en una conversación, en el marco del Foro La Toja,...

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 8d

In a nutshell: AI creates sloppy work. We've all experienced it. So why do we remain so incredibly optimistic? And how about prioritizing the pursuit of excellence? #AIEthics

hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 8d

You are a citizen, not a subject. What would you like to do about AI?

"A.I. isn’t an unstoppable tsunami about to overwhelm us. Now is the time for ordinary Americans to recognize our agency and act to put in place the guardrails we want."

#AIEthics

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 8d

Will AI be the cause of worse science, or better science? #AIEthics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A scientist’s guide to AI agents — how could they help your research?

Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 9d

art of what keeps us sane is other people's perspectives. Talking with chatbots isolates us.
“When you say something questionable, others will challenge you. It can be annoying, but it keeps us tied to reality, and is the basis of a healthy democracy” #AIEthics

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He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11d

And guess what else? You know those digital IDs that Blair - & now suddenly Starmer - are so keen on?

Guess where that data looks like it will end up?

In a £5bn ‘sovereign AI cloud’ that UK govt has signed deal for with…yes, you guessed it!

Larry Ellison’s Oracle!!
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 16d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
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Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 13d

lol

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 13d

I hugely enjoyed being on this BBC AI Decided episode with the brilliant @dr-harebrain.bsky.social! #AIEthics

Dr Stephanie Hare @dr-harebrain.bsky.social · 13d

The BBC News AI Decoded episode:

+200 prominent politicians & scientists, including 10 Nobel Prize winners & many leading AI researchers, have called for binding measures against dangerous uses of AI.

cc: Christian Fraser, @marccieslak.bsky.social @carissaveliz.bsky.social

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Dr Stephanie Hare @dr-harebrain.bsky.social · 13d

The BBC News AI Decoded episode:

+200 prominent politicians & scientists, including 10 Nobel Prize winners & many leading AI researchers, have called for binding measures against dangerous uses of AI.

cc: Christian Fraser, @marccieslak.bsky.social @carissaveliz.bsky.social

lnkd.in/exsTXnFv

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 14d

AI is stealing traffic to most content sites. It's interesting how our default is still to think that this technology is a positive. But which side of the argument should bear the burden of proof? #AIEthics

www.economist.com/business/202...

AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?

The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15d

“I don’t see why a man should take thirty pages to describe how he turns over in his bed before he goes to sleep.”

A publisher rejecting Proust.

Every academic - “Can you really do that properly in a mere 30 pages?”

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 14d

Maybe more like: AI can’t raise the dead but it can do the next worst thing? #AIEthics

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14d

So, in this articulation, raising the dead would be a good thing? Cause I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15d

AI can’t raise the dead, but it might do the next best thing on.ft.com/4gFXyus | opinion

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 22d

A better ruling would be to ban the unnecessary collection of personal data for profit. There are better business models for democracy than those based on #surveillance. #AIEthics

www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...

A judge ordered Google to share its search data. What does that mean for user privacy?

The ruling in the Google antitrust trial has led to a host of hard-to-answer questions about the future of Google's search data, which the tech giant must now share with competitors. What does that me...

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 23d

People are asking librarians to find books that don't exist... because the titles were fabricated by AI... Is that an efficient use of time and resources? #AIEthics

www.404media.co/librarians-a...

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

www.404media.co

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