Technology
10 Ways Funders Can Address Generative AI Now
Instead of preparing for the distant future, philanthropy needs to work to prepare for the here and now.
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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Building Union Power to Rein in the AI Boss
The most powerful tool that workers and communities around the world have to fight exploitative new technologies.
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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About
Outsourcing and contract employment models have allowed the tech industry to obscure its terrible labor practices for years. A surging movement of these workers has had enough.
Nonprofits & NGOs
8 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Adopt AI Responsibly
How organizations can engage with AI in smart and ethical ways right now.
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The Digital Economy Is Broken—But It’s Not Too Late
Tech titans are fostering new forms of digital colonialism, both within wealthy countries and on the global stage. But it’s not too late to build a digital economy that works for everyone.
Technology
Reading List: Labor, Tech, and the Future of Work
Ahead of SSIR’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers, here’s a collection of articles and books exploring the risks of tech innovation and what is needed to build a better, more worker-centered digital economy.
Technology
Workplace AI Wants to Help You Belong
Can the new suite of digital surveillance tools help to create more just and equitable workplaces?
Technology
Obstetrics by App
Pregnancy and maternity health-care apps educate expectant and new parents to improve health outcomes for mothers and children in Nigeria and beyond.
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Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice
To create just, equitable, and self-determined tech futures that work for everyone, we need to center and support voices from the communities most impacted by tech’s biases and harms. A more just tech future requires deep investment in people to make space for visioning and creation, not simply tech solutions.
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AI Ethics Are in Danger. Funding Independent Research Could Help
For technology to truly work in the public interest, we need to invest in building organizations that are free from corporate profit motives and that respect, integrate, and compensate communities with whom they work. We offer a new path forward for AI research.