Lauren Benj

PhD @JohnsHopkins | "Language transcends us, and yet we speak"

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

I just shared a post on my substack: “Bad Bunny, Spanish Dialects, and What to Do About the ChatGPTfiction of Language.” Give it a read!

https://t.co/0v181uLCtC

#ArtificialIntelligence #linguistics #spanish #halftimeshow #SuperBowl #BadBunny #PuertoRico

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

My paper “From Double to Triple Burden: Gender Stratification in the Latin American Data Annotation Gig Economy” is now on arXiv! Check it out.
#AIGovernance #DigitalLabor #GenderStudies #arXiv
https://t.co/BPHcZaST0Q

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

The latest Contours Editorial is out. My piece explores the "gigification" of AI training, and how the race to scale data annotation is reshaping human labor.

Read it here: https://t.co/5bDpmTepJc

#AI #DataAnnotation #FutureOfWork #GigEconomy #ResponsibleAI #AIethics #HumanInTheLoop #TechPolicy

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

Today my colleagues and I launched The Contours Editorial, a bi-monthly newsletter from the Aspen Policy Academy’s 2025 Technology Fellows cohort.

Our first piece, “Who Trained Your AI?”, examines the invisible workforce powering AI: the data annotators behind every model.

Read my piece here:
https://t.co/xzDCebJgbL

#AIethics #TechPolicy #AIgovernance #DataLabor #ResponsibleAI #Contours

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

The Contours Editorial is live, a new bi-monthly publication from the @AspenPolicyAcad 2025 Tech Policy Fellows.

We investigate where tech meets society and the environment: power, equity, and unintended consequence.

Subscribe here ↓
🔗 https://t.co/AmzRmhxOlB

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

@gozmahn @JoinSapien @RowanRK6 @gozmahn we are working on a fix 🙏Please DM so we can troubleshoot.

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

@rnlmlnzo22 @JoinSapien We are working on fixing this as fast as possible 🙏

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

谢谢 Sapiens!

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

谢谢, Chinese Sapiens!

Your determination and relentless contributions have pushed our protocol forward.
You’ve proven that collaboration can cross every boundary, and together, we are building something the world can trust.

我们心怀感激。🙌

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

Thank you, Nigerian Sapiens!

To our Nigerian community, your resilience and expertise have made Sapien stronger, more diverse, and truly global.
Our launch belongs to you as much as to anyone.

Na gode! A dúpẹ́! Daalụ! 🙌

[Binance @binance]

We’re pleased to announce that Binance Alpha will be the first platform to feature Sapien (SAPIEN)：

🔸Binance Alpha trading Opens on 2025-08-20 17:00 (UTC)
🔸Binance Futures trading Opens on 2025-08-20 17:30 (UTC)

Eligible users can claim their airdrop using Binance Alpha Points on the Alpha Events page once trading opens. Further details will be announced soon.

Please stay tuned to Binance’s official channels for the latest updates.

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

It's TGE time! ⏰

https://t.co/IvlHuDjXQw

[Lauren Benj @laubenjam]

Angel investor @EMostaque from @StabilityAI backing @JoinSapien. Open source gen AI 🤝 high quality data annotation ftw.

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

Introducing our angel investor, @EMostaque, founder of @StabilityAI, the company behind some of the most advanced multimodal media generation and editing tools in the industry!

[Aspen Policy Academy @AspenPolicyAcad]

📬 What happens when you hit “send” on that email to your city council?

For our Science & Tech Policy Fellows, it led to real impact:

🚧 Sarah Nekoufar got street repairs confirmed
🚲 @michellesipics helped spark a bike lane bill
🏙️ @laubenjam booked a meeting with her rep

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

Representation bias from centralized sources can corrupt your AI.

Look at what happens when you only have one demographic source of data:

[Aspen Policy Academy @AspenPolicyAcad]

🙌 We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 Science & Tech Policy Fellowship class! These individuals are currently participating in our month-long policy bootcamp in SF, where they are learning the skills needed to impact policy. View their bios here 👇: https://t.co/m0GVua8JP8

[Sapien @BuildOnSapien]

27+ clients and counting...

See any names you recognize?

[Corina Romonti @corinaromonti]

This is the content I’m on TikTok for. The White Lotus is just too tier TV

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

War is evil.

[Vernon Press @VernonPress]

📖 NEW RELEASE 📖 'Radical Equalities and Global Feminist Filmmaking', edited by @bernaweg & @laubenjam, is an "impressive and important collection of voices, positions and statements on the art and practice of feminist filmmaking".

Order here now: https://t.co/Gu3gBZzpoD