Daniel Khalife Case
Here’s a detailed read on the Daniel Khalife case: online elements to this case www.bbc.co.uk/news/article…...
AI Research
This is an interesting thread on methodological/ethical issues associated with social media research. Here’s a really interesting thread, especially for researchers working on digital data … [image or embed]...
KSA China Tech ‘boost‘
Alvin R. Cabral, The National, China Telecom could boost Saudi Arabia’s tech capacity at huge scale, 26 Nov 2024 “The Beijing operator is the fourth-largest telecom company globally in...
Abu Dhabi AI Event
The National/Apple News, In Abu Dhabi, proponents of open-source AI development make their case, 27 Nov 2024 “Proponents of open-source AI models often say the open-source mentality democratises artificial...
Rage Against the Regime: Iran
BBC Two, Rage Against the Regime: Iran “Facing danger, risking persecution. Witnesses and survivors reveal the truth about anti-government protests in Iran, from 2009’s contested election to the fight...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Ahdaf Soueif, The Guardian, My sister is on hunger strike to free her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt. We don’t want her to die, 27 Nov...
PKK London Arrests
Sky News, Six arrested by counter-terror police …, 27 Nov 2024 refers to arrests associated with the Kurdish Community Centre, Haringey, London and the PKK (a proscribed organisation in...
AI Far-right Content
Conceivably, all ‘sides‘ are doing similar things, but nevertheless this is important: Ben Quinn and Dan Milmo, Guardian, How the far right is weaponising AI-generated content in Europe, 26 Nov 2024...
West African AI Models
Ryan Browne, CNBC, Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models, 26 Nov 2024 “Orange plans to start by rolling out AI models that incorporate two...