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The Junior Research Group will be located in the ”Philosophy & Ethics Lab” within the Machine Learning Cluster, focusing on “Philosophical / Ethical Implications of Machine Learning in Science”. The Research Group will interact with the PIs and group leaders from the diverse scientific disciplines within the Cluster.The group leader is expected to develop and carry out a research program, focusing on either Philosophy of Science or Ethics. Topics and questions can include:

Too easy to fake: OpenAI, a research institute in San Francisco, has developed an Artificial Intelligence program to write news articles, but has declined to release a full-featured version of it because of fears that the AI could easily produce fake news, the MIT Technology Review says. OpenAI, associated with AI skeptic Elon Musk, will make only a simplified version publicly available.

India has been patting itself on the back for being at the forefront of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ driven by digitisation. Reports have gushed about the speed and scale of digitisation. But this speed and scale have come at a cost to our privacy.
The article by Nilanjana Bhowmick was published in Economic Times on February 13, 2019.

When does “delete” really mean delete? Not always, or even at all, if you’re Twitter .
The blog post by Zack Whittaker and Natasha Lomas was published in Tech Crunch on February 15, 2019. Karan Saini was quoted.

RECONSIDERING BLOCKCHAIN

19th February 2019, 10:00 – 17:30Maison Suger, 16 -18 Rue Suger – 75006 Paris

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The new EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) has been officially adopted and published. it is now time for member States to start the process of incorporating its provisions into their respective legal and institutional frameworks.
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United States

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January 2019

We, intellectuals, academics, artists, activists and others in solidarity, as well as organizations, associations and collectives from across the world, express our solidarity with the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in this critical moment in its history, and condemn the ongoing campaign of disinformation, lies, and slander directed against the Zapatistas.

You are CEO of Google. When you wake up tomorrow morning, your general counsel calls you: "we've been sued in the E.U. for copyright infringement! The claim: our search results for Le Parisien and dozens of other newspapers used more than one word and/or beyond a 'short extract.'" Your response: "is this April Fools’ day?"
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United States

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Taking the Bitcoin dream of ‘freedom as self-sovereignty’ beyond anything even Bitcoin maximalists ever dared to dream of.

Written by Hank Sohota. Originally posted on Good Audience on 28th January 2019.

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United States

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Location

United States

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Internet Exchange Points are now considered to be an integral part of the Internet infrastructure worldwide. In very simple terms they are layer 2 switches that are used to route traffic that can be kept local instead of sending that traffic to the nearest major Internet node (usually located in Europe) and back. None of the countries of the Middle East contain enough globally-connected major Internet infrastructure so basically, all Internet traffic generated and terminated in the same country has to be routed through Europe.

The post Jef Ausloos awarded for legal-empirical research appeared first on IVIR.

Curso será realizado de 6 a 21/07A FGV Direito Rio recebe inscrições para o Summer Course “International Business Law”. O curso será realizado em University of California, Irvine, e terá duração de 15 dias. O objetivo do programa é promover uma experiência educacional e cultural nos Estados Unidos, introduzindo estratégias de pensamento jurídico. O curso é aberto para alunos da graduação e pós-graduação da FGV Direito Rio, que poderão optar por tradução simultânea durante as aulas.

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De Kunst van de Kritiek / The Art of Criticism
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12 april 2019, inloop 12.00 uur (incl. lunch), einde 17.00 uur
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We-Guild is a way for self-employed people to get sick-pay. A trust-based network of mutual support where everyone you trust chips in when you need it in exchange of you chipping in for them when they need it.

Alle 15 Minuten eine Neudiagnose: Jedes Jahr erkranken alleine in Deutschland über 12.000 Menschen an Blutkrebs/Leukämie, darunter auch viele Kinder. Eine Stammzellspende ist oft ihre letzte Hoffnung. Doch nur bei etwa einem Drittel aller Patienten kommt ein passender Spender aus der eigenen Familie in Frage. Viele Betroffene sind daher auf die Spenden von Fremden angewiesen.
Typisierungs-Lolli: Bewusstsein für die Stammzellspende schaffen

Executives from social media firm Twitter’s US headquarters will not appear before a parliamentary panel that has summoned them on Monday over perceived bias towards right-wing handles on the micro-blogging platform.
The article by Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Vidhi Choudhary was published in Hindustan Times on February 10, 2019. Sunil Abraham was quoted.