EQUATORArundhati Roy reflects on AI's effects on language, authorship, cultural memory and social trust. The essay critiques the concentration of AI power in corporations and connects its labor and resource demands to wider political and economic structures.
#Arundhati Roy#AI & society#Language
EQUATORAdded Oct 19, 20260 opens
science.orgArticleTechnology & Ethics
Science news article on research into why AI agents drift into their own shorthand or invented language when allowed to talk to each other freely. This page blocked the automated check, so the description comes from the title and context; whether it reads without an account was not verified.
#ai-agents#research#emergent-communication
science.orgAdded Sep 28, 20260 opens
buttondown.comarticleTechnology & Ethics
Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna's Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter on word choices that stop us describing software as if it thinks, feels or understands.
Why I recommend it: Written by two of AI hype's best-known critics, so it argues a position — but the writing tips are practical for anyone presenting about AI at work.
#ai ethics#ai hype#language
buttondown.comAdded Sep 25, 20260 opens
gatesfoundation.orgPublicationCommunity & Government Resources
Gates Foundation press release announcing a five-year partnership of 60 signatories — frontier AI labs, researchers, companies, governments, community organizations, and philanthropic groups — to expand AI access across languages and voices.
Why I recommend it: A commitment announcement, not an outcome report. Read it for who has signed on and what they say they will do; the hard part is whether the resulting models and data actually serve the communities named.
#accessibility#ai#gates foundation
gatesfoundation.orgAdded Sep 23, 20260 opens
technologyreview.comArticleTechnology & Ethics
How Te Hiku Media built te reo Māori speech recognition while keeping control of the community's own data.
Why I recommend it: The best short piece I know on data sovereignty done well.
#ai#ai ethics#community
technologyreview.comAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens
lesan.aiOrganizationTechnology & Ethics
A translation project built for Ethiopian and other underserved languages by researchers from those language communities.
Why I recommend it: What language AI looks like when the people who speak the language build it.
#africa#ai#ai ethics
lesan.aiAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens