DATA WORKERS UNITE!
Join us for an evening with the hidden workforce behind AI:
Keynote by @milamiceli "AI is a Lot of (Data) Work: On Hidden Labor, Resistance, and Academic Solidarity."
Panel featuring four data workers
"The Workers Who Make AI Possible."
We are excited to be co-hosting this event with the Data Workers Inquiry.
Register now!
https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/who-is-really-fueling-your-ai
A global, radically participatory research initiative, where data workers themselves become community researchers, identifying urgent issues, formulating their own questions, and choosing the formats that best tell their stories: zines, documentaries, comics, essays, podcasts, and animations can be downloaded from the project repository.
En tiempos de cientificidio y oscurantismo en mi país, estoy orgullosa de ser la primera científica argentina reconocida por la revista TIME como una de las 100 personas más influyentes a nivel mundial en el campo de la inteligencia artificial.
https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/7305825/milagros-miceli/
🚨 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲!
In a clear intimidation attempt, TikTok threatened to dismiss one of the strike organizers. Out of a team of more than 30 employees, it is precisely the worker who took part in the strike who is to be fired.
The event is in-person, but livestream is available: https://www.youtube.com/live/jA3wSMeGUas
📅 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵.
⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬
📍Weizenbaum-Institut, Hardenbergstrasse 32, in Berlin.
🌐 R𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/jl89e/
Who is really fueling your AI? 🤔 It's not just code & algorithms. Behind every large language model are millions of people, often in invisible roles. Join us and the Data Workers’ Inquiry for a talk and panel to hear directly from data workers! September 17th, with @milamiceli & @superrr
🔗 Register here: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/detail/who-is-really-fueling-your-ai/
🚨NEW INQUIRY!
Joan Kinyua from Data Labelers Association discusses beginnings, gratitude, and partnerships in this piece.
Data Workers' Inquiry is an active partner of the DLA, and we remain united in the fight for the rights of data workers worldwide!
Next Monday, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Alex Hanna (Director of Research at DAIR) to the @Weizenbaum_Institut for a conversation about her new book, THE AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want (https://thecon.ai/)
🔗Register here: https://tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/sgvbf/
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