Renata Avila

@avilarenata
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So fed up with receiving AI-generated stuff from everyone. Deviceless, face-to-face meetings will regain importance to distinguish substance from machine-powered blah.
All eyes are on #Belgrade today. All the solidarity to the student movement, peacefully and courageously demanding their right to a future!

📱 NEW: “Welcome to the harsh reality of money and politics!” Missed opportunities in #BigTech regulation have left crucial challenges unaddressed - from privacy to children's protection, workers' rights to local media survival.

Essential reading on tech accountability by @avilarenata and Burcu Kilic in Tech Policy Press ⬇️
https://www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-the-broligarchy-the-tech-accountability-community-needs-a-reset/

#DigitalRights #TechPolicy

Ready for the Broligarchy? The Tech Accountability Community Needs a Reset | TechPolicy.Press

Burcu Kilic and Renata Ávila say new strategies and tactics are necessary to accelerate visionary national industrial policies for the digital economy.

Tech Policy Press
The post-USAID public interest work that will replace the ineffective "one size fits all development" will be very different. Rooted in local reality, shaped by local agendas and concerns, and guided by local expertise instead of remote instructions from a desk in DC.
When we discuss Open Source AI, the devil is in the (unreleased) data.
Can we talk about Public Interest AI without massive access to high-quality #opendata? Join me to discuss it this week!
Date: 23rd January 2025
Time: 2:30 PM IST | 9:00 AM GMT
Zoom Link: https://lnkd.in/gjsayBn8
Passcode:489116
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Good morning @turingway
I am delighted to start the week by sharing ideas and examples about the power of communities for the future of a different AI! At @okfn are working towards that!

🌱 Together with #WikiGreenInitiatives and @OpenClimateCamp, the #OpenKnowlegeNetwork is hosting next week the Inaugural Webinar of #OpenGoesCOP, a movement advocating for #openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences.

👉🏾 Learn more & register: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/27/join-us-for-the-inaugural-webinar-of-open-goes-cop-a-movement-advocating-for-openness-in-the-un-climate-change-conferences

Join us for the Inaugural Webinar of OPEN GOES COP, a movement advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences

We aim to overcome the lack of discussion on the role of ‘openness’ as a necessary condition for addressing the climate crisis. If you're working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

Open Knowledge Foundation blog

🔍✨ We're looking for a researcher in law with a PhD to work on #opendatacommons licences for 6 months in #Paris. This position is offered in partnership with the @cnrs to work directly with @melanieddr and @avilarenata.

#Hiring
#JobAlert

https://okfn.org/en/jobs/researcher-open-data-commons-licences

Open Knowledge in France

Today, the promise of all knowledge available for everyone is just a broken chatbot feeding you lies. It is time to reclaim and build a new architecture for the future of our knowledge! Come join us! https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/01/commons-cause-towards-a-shared-advocacy-strategy-for-the-knowledge-commons/
Common(s) Cause: Towards a Shared Advocacy Strategy for the Knowledge Commons 

Join us for a day-long side event to Wikimania 2024 in Katowice, Poland. Our goal is to design a shared advocacy vision for stronger, collaborative work for the Knowledge Commons.

Open Knowledge Foundation blog