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‼️ Job Alert! ⚡ We need to cover two developer / research assistant positions urgently!

This time we opened two full-time positions for a short period of time to cover specific tasks to contribute to the development of DATALOG

https://www.upf.edu/documents/d/enginyeria/01_-dtic-plct-d-det-2025-46_udai_2-posicions

📢 Call for Abstracts, Full Papers, and Panels – Data for Policy 2025 (DfP'25) – Europe
🌍 12-13 June 2025 | 📍Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands
The submission deadline for #DataforPolicy2025 (DfP'25) – Europe is fast approaching! We invite you to contribute your research under the theme: “Twin Transitions in Data and Policy for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future.”

🔗 Submission & Guidelines: https://dataforpolicy.org/submission-guidelines-for-authors-2025/

I am looking for a research assistant to help in the development of test datasets to detect discrimination in algorithmic hiring.

Funding provided by Horizon Europe project @findhr

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/281761

Call for Position: DTIC-PLCT-2024-52 - Research support position - Specialist support technician: Data analysis support for the creation of synthetic data

Project description: 

EURAXESS
Very happy that Ways of Being is now available in Spanish! ¡Estoy muy feliz de que 'Modos de existir' ahora esté disponible en español! 🇪🇸 https://www.galaxiagutenberg.com/producto/modos-de-existir/
Cuando se usa la #IAgenerativa de manera abusiva, ¿con qué objetivo se hace? Sobre todo para manipular opiniones y para defraudar. También para acosar, pero en menos casos.
La fuente es un estudio llevado a cabo por investigadores asociados a Google: https://arxiv.org/html/2406.13843v2
Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data

OpenTorment is a fully open-source, privacy-first alternative to proprietary solutions like Torment Nexus. With OpenTorment you can easily torment yourself, enhancing your pain and suffering without compromising your privacy.

PSA: Every time you cite the arXiv version of something instead of the peer reviewed version, you're lending legitimacy to nonsense like this:

https://arxiv.org/html/2404.07221v1#S6

Improving Retrieval for RAG based Question Answering Models on Financial Documents

Congratulations to the winners of the EU 2024 Prize for Citizen Science ↓

🥇 INCREASE - for seed preservation
🥈 CoAct - for mental health
🥉 SeaPaCS - against marine pollution

Discover more about their projects here: https//europa.eu/!3bkW9M

#EUdelivers #EU

Love conquers all 🇪🇺 + 🏳️‍🌈 = ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

It transcends boundaries and should be celebrated, regardless of who you love.

As we mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to building a #UnionOfEquality – an inclusive place where love is celebrated in all its forms.

Today and every day, we stand together against all forms of discrimination and hate.

🌈 Our LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 → https://europa.eu/!y3Qk9m

#EU4LGBTIQ

LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025

EU actions combating discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people in EU countries.

European Commission
El sistema predictivo RisCanvi que se utiliza en las cárceles de #Catalunya puede decidir si un preso sale o no a la calle. Es un algoritmo que lleva años funcionando con opacidad. En este reportaje de investigación se revelan por fin sus criterios. https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2024-04-24/riscanvi-algoritmo-cataluna-prisiones-presos-inteligencia-artificial_3871170/
Un algoritmo define el futuro de los presos en Cataluña: ahora sabemos cómo funciona

El Confidencial