Red wave that wasn’t and tech bloodbath that was

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View this email in your browser sign up link Share this sign up link with your friends so they can get the latest developments in AI delivered to their inbox! Republicans were hoping for a red wave in the midterm elections but it turned out to be more like a ripple. While Democrats breathe a sigh of relief, the threat of right-wing extremism is far from over. Meta is the latest to join the tech bloodbath as it lays off more than 11,000 employees. Elon Musk seems to be intentionally driving Twitter to bankruptcy through a series of chaotic decisions, lay-offs, and forcing key personnel to quit. As FTC keeps a wary eye on the bird site after key security departures, it’s time to ask, what does the tech industry owe workers?  Crypto wunderkid Sam Bankman-Fried’s fortune evaporated after the collapse of FTX, his $32 billion company, sending shock waves through the industry. Reports reveal that Bankman-Fried invested more than $500 Million in Sequoia and other VCs, “The unusual moves show how entangled Silicon Valley VC firms are in Bankman-Fried’s collapsing crypto empire, which has already forced these firms to mark down the value of their FTX stakes—previously worth hundreds of millions of dollars—to zero.” In related news, Mozilla announced this week that it’s launching Mozilla Ventures, a first-of-its-kind impact venture fund, to start investing in responsible tech.  Google unveiled a handful of new tools and use cases during its AI event in New York City earlier this week, including an AI advancement that the tech giant says will improve its ability to monitor and track flooding and wildfires around the world. Google also shared it was expanding the use of satellite imagery to train its models to better identify and track the spread of wildfires.  MIT researchers say they have a way to guard pictures from AI image generators, “but some experts argue that no fix can stop the march of progress.” Here is Ash Sarkar’s take on BBC’s investigation into online abuse, calling it total BS, “The AI appears incapable of distinguishing between swearing used in an abusive context, and swearing used in an innocuous one.”  Resources: Activist research group No Tech For Tyrants (NT4T) releases “Surveillance Tech Perpetuates Police Abuse of Power”, a new report unveiling how police use surveillance technology to abuse their power in the UK and globally. Center for Critical Race + Digital Studies has released “People's Guide to Finding Algorithmic Bias”. Anastasiia Gaidashenko is looking for a new opportunity as a Technical Program Manager in Responsible AI / AI Governance / AI Safety. Qualifications: Technical Program Manager with experience implementing regulatory requirements for 5 products operating across 17 countries. About to complete my Master's in AI Governance. Graduated in Machine Learning & Data Analysis, including research publications. LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/avgaydashenko/  Tahereh Saheb is a Social Scientist and Business Technology Researcher with experience in Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data who has recently relocated to the United States in search of work in ethical AI or as a digital strategy consultant and advisor. 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We are offering 40 fully funded UCL Research Excellence Scholarships (RES) to exceptional applicants from any country. Both prospective and current UCL doctoral students can apply. Open Rank Professor in AI and Social Justice Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) invites applications for an open-rank, tenured or tenure-track position in the thematic area of AI and Social Justice. Principal, Responsible Technology [Omidyar Network]  We are looking for two Principals who are creative, curious, and passionate about our mission. This position reports to directors in the responsible technology team. Responsible Tech’s work is rooted in ON’s core belief that technology can and should be a force for good in our society.  Policy Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst, LGBTQI+ Policy Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Policy Analyst or Senior Policy Analyst on the LGBTQI+ Policy team in its Rights and Justice department. 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