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Rethinking openness in AI: public interest or open-washing?

Our second AI Openness & Equity Policy Leadership cohort session centered around understanding the intention, value, and suitability of open source when applied to AI. Our discussions tackled a foundational question: What does “openness” mean in the age of AI, and how can the values of open-source guide AI systems to serve the public good?

evelyn

May 27, 2020

Power Dynamics and Inclusion in Virtual Meetings

(Now available as a PDF Download)

aspiration

Aug 26, 2019

The Dev Summit is People First, Tech Later

Our 19th annual Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland, California will be taking place on November 16-18.

This three-day gathering is designed for everyone from passionate grassroots activists to radical software developers. It brings together participants from around the world to collaborate, share knowledge, build relationships, and collectively envision the future of free and open technology to support social justice efforts and movement building.

beatrice

Jan 8, 2019

Report: Forging Careers in Human Rights Information Security Today

Aspiration has worked with and in support of information security trainers and capacity builders in the human rights sector for over a decade.

We have witnessed the growth of this community of practice from local to international levels, appreciating the opportunity to observe how the outcomes of the work of hundreds of practitioners worldwide have had a critical impact on the security, sustainability and efficiency of human rights organizations and individual activists.

beatrice

Jan 9, 2018

Moving to new professional adventures

After leading Aspiration's Human Rights Technology Program for almost four years, I will move to a new professional adventure. From this month I will focus on new projects as a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, exploring how Internet infrastructure and human rights interconnect.

beatrice

Nov 1, 2017

Is there a long term strategy in human rights technology?

The stakeholders we interviewed widely agreed that taking a forward-looking and proactive approach to human rights technology would better enable modeling of future states of play.

Rethinking openness in AI: public interest or open-washing?

Power Dynamics and Inclusion in Virtual Meetings

The Dev Summit is People First, Tech Later

Report: Forging Careers in Human Rights Information Security Today

Moving to new professional adventures

Is there a long term strategy in human rights technology?

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