AI Issues
And to think we spent years debating the implications of their real name policy [image or embed] — ysabel (@ysabel.bsky.social) 30 December 2024 at 09:46 "A request made through...
Malaysia AI Regulation
Two relevant articles on AI and net regulation in Malaysian contexts can be found below: Furthermore, from #Malaysia, more regulations on internet activities are introduced, This piece from Tashny...
Social Media and Online Coverage: Israel-Hamas Conflict (Month Fourteen) – updated
This is the fourteenth month since the current Israel-Hamas conflict commenced. I have been keeping copies of selected online content since 7 October 2023. Some of these posts feature...
From Sheikh Google to ImamAI?
My chapter “From Sheikh Google to ImamAI? Evolving Islamic Influence and Authority in Muslim Digital Worlds” is published in “Scharia im Wandel. Beiträge zur Transformation islamischer Autorität im Spannungsfeld...
Islamic Algorithms
My book ‘Islamic Algorithms’ has been reviewed in ‘The Muslim World‘ by Dr Akif Tahiiev of Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main: “Islamic Algorithms is a great contribution to the topic...
Indigenous AI
This is a slight digression, but this subject is also relevant in discussions across LLM/SLM AI development in Muslim contexts. How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their...
Lebanon-Israel Crisis (updated)
I’m focusing on social media/tech issues and crisis coverage here. Check the earlier post on Exploding Pagers. Follow X @garybunt for updates on this shifting situation. Warning: sensitive content....
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]...
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...