Nicholas Piachaud

Director, Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships at the Varkey Foundation

[Nik Marda @nrmarda]

Today, Mozilla is releasing a new vision for Public AI

We’re making a big push to promote public goods, public orientation, and public use throughout every step of AI development and deployment 🧵
https://t.co/GnRwjQ49v8

[Natasha Porter OBE @NPorter_]

This is such a dreadfully sad time for @unlockedgrads. I am really hoping that the government can work with us to find a solution so we don't lose this incredible initiative from prisons across England and Wales.
https://t.co/k2ZRr9Xoff

[Odanga Madung @Odangaring]

NEW 🚨 an investigation by us @mozilla and @aiforensics_org has revealed critical vulnerabilities in TikTok Lite. An app with 1 Billion downloads that's mostly available to people in its Africa, LatAm and Asian markets. A thread 🧵

https://t.co/PIEUHiC0Cj

[Jonathan Simons @jonathansimons]

So toothbrushing polls terribly. national service polls terribly. We knew the latter. You know what else polls terribly? (Hypothetically) raising tuition fees even to £9,750.

Raising tuition fees is less popular than mandatory national service.

[Billy Huband-Thompson @billyhubt]

Excited to launch #Trustwatch2024! Throughout the election campaign, we'll be speaking with a panel of the public to understand how attitudes towards political trust change in response to the big moments (announcements, speeches, gaffes, TV debates, manifesto launches). 🧵👇(1/8)

[Mozilla @mozilla]

Bigger isn’t always better, especially when it comes to scaling datasets that train generative #AI models.

Dig into Mozilla Sr. Advisor @Abebab’s latest work on the relationship between the rapid growth of AI datasets and racism: https://t.co/pj76p63ffo

[Nik Marda @nrmarda]

Tired of talking about model weights? Then you'll enjoy our new framework for considering openness across the broader AI stack:

[Mozilla @mozilla]

We're calling on @Meta to maintain its current transparency tool @CrowdTangle; a crucial, real-time tool used to monitor the spread of political disinformation and hate speech.

Sign our petition here to help us get #Meta's attention: https://t.co/DjbXxFj8gU

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

As Adam notes here, the govt are currently excluding special needs debts from overall council debt but only until 2026. If included a dozen plus councils would go bankrupt so it also goes to the wider problem of local government funding.

https://t.co/vcZPhN6e7e

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

A thread about one of the many public sector scandals going under the radar....

The DfE "safety valves" for special educational needs.

These were started in 2021 due to councils getting into deficit on school spending because demand for special needs support has risen so much.

[Mozilla @mozilla]

The #DSA requires the largest online platforms and search engines to have ad transparency tools, so we partnered with @CheckFirstHQ to test 11 companies’ tools to see which ones are ready for action.

Read our recommendations for all 12 tools here:⤵️
https://t.co/6baPKGVT3v

[Mozilla @mozilla]

Calling all changemakers working at the intersection of #AI and society📢
We’re seeking up to 10 seasoned technologists, researchers, activists, or policy experts for our '24 Senior #MozillaFellow cohort.
Learn more about the program here and apply today
https://t.co/Cv2E5vsvBr

[Mozilla @mozilla]

Today we’re calling on the world’s second-largest social media platform to stand up and safeguard its app against the spread of disinformation during the biggest election year on record.

@WhatsApp, let us know if you’re ready to chat.
https://t.co/yTVpxMBPOe

[Mozilla @mozilla]

We’re searching for seasoned technologists, researchers, activists or policy experts working at the intersection of #AI & society to join our 2024 Senior #MozillaFellow cohort!

Learn more and apply today🎉 https://t.co/Cv2E5vsvBr

[Mozilla @mozilla]

Over half the world’s population will go to the polls this year, & @Meta has decided to abandon its election integrity tool CrowdTangle, with no equal support in place for elections experts.

Along with over 90 partners, we’re asking them to reconsider: https://t.co/8N1dwOuSvZ

[Mozilla @mozilla]

The race to build profitable #AI has incentivized companies to amass as much data as possible for competitive advantage

Help us move the needle towards successful AI regulation and call for a comprehensive data privacy law in the U.S.🖊️ https://t.co/1GPPZS6Xcs

[Mozilla @mozilla]

"Indeed sound data privacy regulations are a necessary precondition for sound AI regulation. We must pay both issues the attention they deserve because they are deeply entwined." writes Mozilla's Campaigns Director @NPiachaud for @techpolicypress >>https://t.co/4c0rNt8c1p

[Mozilla @mozilla]

Privacy and #AI are inextricably linked.

Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of #PrivacyforAll; a campaign to raise data privacy standards and lay the groundwork for successful AI regulation. Learn more about how you can help us build momentum here:
https://t.co/ho5Bx4yLFg

[Dr. Stefan Baack | @[email protected] @tweetbaack]

Most #generativeAI models were trained on Common Crawl, a massive archive of web crawl data. Yet most people never heard of it. My new research studies Common Crawl in-depth and highlights its influence on LLM research and development https://t.co/mHO37yPT7l (1/10)

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

in-depth dive into the Common Crawl, the massive datadump where training data for current sota generative models is fetched from. report includes background history, interviews with the "curators," & critical examination of underlying values & assumptions https://t.co/IH8YaocPXB