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Renata Avila

@avilarenata.bsky.social

CEO Open Knowledge Foundation - Lawyer - Internationalist

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Joanna Bryson@j2bryson.bsky.social · 3w ago

I posted last week that this was a better than average podcast when google alerts served me the youtube. Now in the official pitch I found out Andrew agreed. Nice to be side-by-side with philosophers like @svennyholm.bsky.social @denkwerkstatt.bsky.social & Robert Sparrow & some great practioners.

Professor Joanna Bryson: "You Don't Have a Relationship With AI, You Have One With Yourself

Podcast Episode · Empathy Unbound: Embrace Your Superpower · August 4 · 53m

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Commonly@commonly.bsky.social · 4w ago

In this provocative conversation, @avilarenata.bsky.social reflects on the transformations, challenges and potentials of the digital commons movement. journal.platoniq.net/en/wilder-jo...

Governance needs fiesta: Joyfully reconnecting the open movement with grassroots movements

In this provocative conversation, Guatemalan technology and intellectual property lawyer and activist Renata Avila, who works at the intersection of human rights and technology, reflects on the transf...

journal.platoniq.net

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 2mo ago

New York became the first U.S. state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities driving the artificial-intelligence boom are raising power costs, straining water supplies and burdening local communities.

New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium

New York became the first U.S. state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing ‌a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities driving the artificial-intelligence boom are raising power costs, straining water supplies and burdening local communities.

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Renata Avila@avilarenata.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Together with @wikimediapolicy.bsky.social and @okfn.bsky.social we aim to build a positive agenda for recognising and supporting open knowledge systems as critical infrastructure within the current digital public infrastructure, digital commons and "digital sovereignty" initiatives

Open Knowledge Foundation@okfn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We organised a regional assembly in 🇫🇮 Oulu on open knowledge as critical infrastructure. Participants argued that knowledge systems should no longer be viewed as cultural accessories or optional public goods. 👉🏾 Read the full reflection by @avilarenata.bsky.social: buff.ly/AqUyVTm

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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Renata Avila@avilarenata.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Digital transformation" was the political buzzword through which strategic public functions were transferred to closed, private technological infrastructures in one or two jurisdictions. A de facto privatisation and abdication of sovereignty. With AI, it will get worse than that.

Renata Avila@avilarenata.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NGOs and activists are building public interest AI projects on the assumption that the underlying systems will always be available and somehow affordable for all, everywhere. Restricting Claude products based on users' nationality will affect the design and choices for such projects.

The Syllabus@the-syllabus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Using public data to identify who qualifies as a state billionaire and how mobile that tax base is, this paper estimates the size, composition, and tax exposure of billionaire wealth in California. By @gabrielzucman.bsky.social et al. at @nber.org buff.ly/V4PNsgI

California Billionaires: Wealth, Taxes, and Wealth Tax Revenue Estimates

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers,…

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Renata Avila@avilarenata.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And when public, open, real-time data is needed the most / its collection is being defunded, globally. No AI magic will help us overcome this crisis without sensors and accessible datasets helping shape policy and actions. Today, some forms of knowledge are critical infrastructure.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3mo ago

It’s been a cool start to June, but that’s about to change. A heat wave will bring record-breaking temperatures from New England to the Mid-Atlantic, with highs reaching the 90s. A super El Niño could lead to a record warm year in 2027, scientists say. https://wapo.st/4ujfP69

Renata Avila@avilarenata.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We need to make and shape our own AI systems, and they will only be ours if they are shaped by the data of social movements, of our historical struggles, and of the bits of knowledge not captured by the mainstream narrative. Join us! Help us! Let´s knit the future of our past, together!

Open Knowledge Foundation@okfn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🗄️ ✨ Many documentation centres are barely surviving these days. Digitisation 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 be an answer. But where to start? How to take advantage of the inevitable AI? That's the #AILearningLabs discussion next week with AVANCSO. Join us! 👉🏾 buff.ly/E6Crbx7