Merve Hickok
@hickokmerve.bsky.social
President @ Center for AI & Digital Policy
Founder @ www.AIethicist.org
Lecturer @ Uni of Michigan
Author “From Trustworthy AI Principles to Public Procurement Practices”
AI policy to to defend human rights & democratic values.
Founder @ www.AIethicist.org
Lecturer @ Uni of Michigan
Author “From Trustworthy AI Principles to Public Procurement Practices”
AI policy to to defend human rights & democratic values.
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Merve Hickok
@hickokmerve.bsky.social
· Oct 28
We believe everyone should have a voice in how to shape AI systems & that these systems should benefit all of us. We hope Trustworthy AI Cards™ help you avoid unintended consequences across the lifecycle of AI, or contest these systems if necessary. Www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai…
🔥Just LAUNCHED my new LinkedIn course - to support the developers, governance and other technical teams to prepare for the requirements of the EU AI Act.
www.linkedin.com/learning/the...
www.linkedin.com/learning/the...
The EU AI Act for Developers and Technical Teams Online Class | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com
Learn how the EU AI Act impacts AI development, deployment, and governance. Learn how to comply with requirements, protect rights, and ensure AI systems are trustworthy.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🔥Just LAUNCHED my new LinkedIn course - to support the developers, governance and other technical teams to prepare for the requirements of the EU AI Act.
www.linkedin.com/learning/the...
www.linkedin.com/learning/the...
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
Honor for me to first testify on AI policy in the US Congress in March 2023 🇺🇸, and now at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 2025 🇹🇷 Our commitment to advance human rights, democratic values and rule of law is stronger than ever.
March 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Honor for me to first testify on AI policy in the US Congress in March 2023 🇺🇸, and now at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 2025 🇹🇷 Our commitment to advance human rights, democratic values and rule of law is stronger than ever.
CAIDP Seeking Nominations for Global AI Policy Leaders in Academia, Business, Civil Society &Government www.caidp.org/awards
Deadline for nominations: Jan 20th
Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to for AI policies that advance fundamental rights, democratic values & rule of law
Deadline for nominations: Jan 20th
Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to for AI policies that advance fundamental rights, democratic values & rule of law
January 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
CAIDP Seeking Nominations for Global AI Policy Leaders in Academia, Business, Civil Society &Government www.caidp.org/awards
Deadline for nominations: Jan 20th
Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to for AI policies that advance fundamental rights, democratic values & rule of law
Deadline for nominations: Jan 20th
Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to for AI policies that advance fundamental rights, democratic values & rule of law
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So, there's evidence that a few thousand mobile apps shared location data with the data broker Gravy Analytics (Unacast), whose subsidiary Venntel sold to ICE, CBP, FBI, DEA and other US govt agencies, probably via intermediaries and RTB, including data on Europeans:
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
January 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So, there's evidence that a few thousand mobile apps shared location data with the data broker Gravy Analytics (Unacast), whose subsidiary Venntel sold to ICE, CBP, FBI, DEA and other US govt agencies, probably via intermediaries and RTB, including data on Europeans:
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
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The James Webb Telescope just gave us the most detailed view EVER of the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, where stars are born. Inspired to explore the cosmos with a telescope? Start your journey today and get your own telescope here 👉 amzn.to/49g9lvS #SpaceInspiration #AmazonAffiliate
December 24, 2024 at 4:04 AM
The James Webb Telescope just gave us the most detailed view EVER of the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, where stars are born. Inspired to explore the cosmos with a telescope? Start your journey today and get your own telescope here 👉 amzn.to/49g9lvS #SpaceInspiration #AmazonAffiliate
The ultimate goal is always money, power and military contracts: www.ft.com/content/6cfd...
Palantir and Anduril join forces with tech groups to bid for Pentagon contracts
Consortium likely to include Elon Musk’s SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget
www.ft.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:24 PM
The ultimate goal is always money, power and military contracts: www.ft.com/content/6cfd...
Are you also INTERESTED in GIFTING #TrusworthyAI Cards for your family, staff or even your clients? Many organizations are.
Reviews & details www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai-cards
This deck of 50 cards help understand AI concepts in an easy, fund and non-intimidating way.
Reviews & details www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai-cards
This deck of 50 cards help understand AI concepts in an easy, fund and non-intimidating way.
December 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Are you also INTERESTED in GIFTING #TrusworthyAI Cards for your family, staff or even your clients? Many organizations are.
Reviews & details www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai-cards
This deck of 50 cards help understand AI concepts in an easy, fund and non-intimidating way.
Reviews & details www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai-cards
This deck of 50 cards help understand AI concepts in an easy, fund and non-intimidating way.
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Hot off the presses! New investigation from @lhreports.bsky.social reveals that "secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent." www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
www.lighthousereports.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Hot off the presses! New investigation from @lhreports.bsky.social reveals that "secretive algorithms deployed in Sweden's vaunted welfare system cast suspicion on innocent women & migrants while ignoring men & the affluent." www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Do you procure AI? Do you know how to conduct procurement due diligence on AI systems? Do you know the risks, challenges, and emerging good practices? Join us on the first book talk.
We will also share a 20% discount code on the book. umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We will also share a 20% discount code on the book. umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 21, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Do you procure AI? Do you know how to conduct procurement due diligence on AI systems? Do you know the risks, challenges, and emerging good practices? Join us on the first book talk.
We will also share a 20% discount code on the book. umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We will also share a 20% discount code on the book. umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Referenced this at Color of Surveillance. Still think it’s one of the most compelling ways to think about this particular set of technologies.
Re-up on this from a few months ago. The purpose of chatbots and generative models is “the ability to force other people to see a particular version of reality. It is a tool of power that masquerades as a tool of knowledge.”
Practico-inertia
Google recently released an generative model called Gemini but had to suspend its image-generation capabilities because of how it was programmed to address brand safety concerns.
robhorning.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Referenced this at Color of Surveillance. Still think it’s one of the most compelling ways to think about this particular set of technologies.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
Applications open for Spring 2025 CAIDP AI Policy Clinics. Clinics are intensive, interdisciplinary, semester-long courses to train future AI policy leaders. Deadline: Nov 29.
Over the years we trained 1,000+ professionals in 100+ countries.
www.caidp.org/global-academic-network/ai-policy-clinic/
Over the years we trained 1,000+ professionals in 100+ countries.
www.caidp.org/global-academic-network/ai-policy-clinic/
November 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Applications open for Spring 2025 CAIDP AI Policy Clinics. Clinics are intensive, interdisciplinary, semester-long courses to train future AI policy leaders. Deadline: Nov 29.
Over the years we trained 1,000+ professionals in 100+ countries.
www.caidp.org/global-academic-network/ai-policy-clinic/
Over the years we trained 1,000+ professionals in 100+ countries.
www.caidp.org/global-academic-network/ai-policy-clinic/
Procuring AI? Now there is a handbook on the how and why. Built on 20+ interviews with practitioners in US, UK, Canada, Belgium, Norway, Chile and Japan… Incorporating EO, OMB, NIST, OECD, UNESCO and EU AI Act guidance.
www.aiethicist.org/public-procu...
www.aiethicist.org/public-procu...
November 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Procuring AI? Now there is a handbook on the how and why. Built on 20+ interviews with practitioners in US, UK, Canada, Belgium, Norway, Chile and Japan… Incorporating EO, OMB, NIST, OECD, UNESCO and EU AI Act guidance.
www.aiethicist.org/public-procu...
www.aiethicist.org/public-procu...
We believe everyone should have a voice in how to shape AI systems & that these systems should benefit all of us. We hope Trustworthy AI Cards™ help you avoid unintended consequences across the lifecycle of AI, or contest these systems if necessary. Www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai…
October 28, 2024 at 7:36 PM
We believe everyone should have a voice in how to shape AI systems & that these systems should benefit all of us. We hope Trustworthy AI Cards™ help you avoid unintended consequences across the lifecycle of AI, or contest these systems if necessary. Www.aiethicist.org/trustworthy-ai…
Today CAIDP released a major report "ChatGPT and FTC - Still No Guardrails" report. www.caidp.org/app/download...
This was released ahead of the Congressional hearing on the FTC. We call attention to the FTC’s failure to act on the complaint CAIDP filed with the FTC about OpenAI in March 2023.
This was released ahead of the Congressional hearing on the FTC. We call attention to the FTC’s failure to act on the complaint CAIDP filed with the FTC about OpenAI in March 2023.
www.caidp.org
July 9, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Today CAIDP released a major report "ChatGPT and FTC - Still No Guardrails" report. www.caidp.org/app/download...
This was released ahead of the Congressional hearing on the FTC. We call attention to the FTC’s failure to act on the complaint CAIDP filed with the FTC about OpenAI in March 2023.
This was released ahead of the Congressional hearing on the FTC. We call attention to the FTC’s failure to act on the complaint CAIDP filed with the FTC about OpenAI in March 2023.
CAIDP Announces the Winners of the 2024 AI Policy Leader Awards, recognizing exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions to shaping AI policies that prioritize human rights, democratic values, and the rule of law.
March 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
CAIDP Announces the Winners of the 2024 AI Policy Leader Awards, recognizing exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions to shaping AI policies that prioritize human rights, democratic values, and the rule of law.
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Hopes remain high on the prospects of an international treaty on AI in the Council of Europe, but difficulties have emerged as negotiations approach the final stages, write @hickokmerve.bsky.social and John Shattuck.
www.techpolicy.press/time-for-an-...
www.techpolicy.press/time-for-an-...
Time for An International Treaty on Artificial Intelligence | TechPolicy.Press
Hopes remain high in the Council of Europe, but difficulties have emerged as negotiations approach the final stages, write Merve Hickok and John Shattuck.
www.techpolicy.press
March 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Hopes remain high on the prospects of an international treaty on AI in the Council of Europe, but difficulties have emerged as negotiations approach the final stages, write @hickokmerve.bsky.social and John Shattuck.
www.techpolicy.press/time-for-an-...
www.techpolicy.press/time-for-an-...
We started a petition campaign to fight against possible exclusion of private sector from the first international treaty on AI: Its mandate is supposed to be protecting human rights, democracy & rule of law!
www.caidp.org/statements/
www.caidp.org/statements/
www.caidp.org
January 25, 2024 at 1:47 AM
We started a petition campaign to fight against possible exclusion of private sector from the first international treaty on AI: Its mandate is supposed to be protecting human rights, democracy & rule of law!
www.caidp.org/statements/
www.caidp.org/statements/
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finally released for comment a new draft policy on government uses of AI. I wrote about Public Procurement of AI: lnkd.in/gtWpKf3a
am currently writing a book on the same. Cannot stress enough the importance of this for gov accountability
lnkd.in/gPSADvfZ
am currently writing a book on the same. Cannot stress enough the importance of this for gov accountability
lnkd.in/gPSADvfZ
November 1, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finally released for comment a new draft policy on government uses of AI. I wrote about Public Procurement of AI: lnkd.in/gtWpKf3a
am currently writing a book on the same. Cannot stress enough the importance of this for gov accountability
lnkd.in/gPSADvfZ
am currently writing a book on the same. Cannot stress enough the importance of this for gov accountability
lnkd.in/gPSADvfZ
My thoughts on the Executive Order on AI. Thank you @sharongoldman.bsky.social
venturebeat.com/ai/biden-ai-...
venturebeat.com/ai/biden-ai-...
venturebeat.com
October 31, 2023 at 11:30 AM
My thoughts on the Executive Order on AI. Thank you @sharongoldman.bsky.social
venturebeat.com/ai/biden-ai-...
venturebeat.com/ai/biden-ai-...
📢 Applications Open for CAIDP Spring 2024 AI Policy Clinic
Are you passionate about the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights? Do you want to learn about the emerging frameworks for the governance of AI?
Deadline: 19 November
Are you passionate about the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights? Do you want to learn about the emerging frameworks for the governance of AI?
Deadline: 19 November
October 17, 2023 at 9:22 PM
📢 Applications Open for CAIDP Spring 2024 AI Policy Clinic
Are you passionate about the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights? Do you want to learn about the emerging frameworks for the governance of AI?
Deadline: 19 November
Are you passionate about the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights? Do you want to learn about the emerging frameworks for the governance of AI?
Deadline: 19 November