Around ICML with loose evening plans and an interest in "public AI", Canadian sovereign AI, or anything related? Swing by the Internet Archive Canada between 5p and 7p lu.ma/7rjoaxts

Oh Canada! An AI Happy Hour @ ICML 2025 · Luma

Whether you're Canadian or one of our friends from around the world, please join us for some drinks and conversation to chat about life, papers, AI, and...…

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Call for papers! If you’re conducting research on DAOs or tokens, consider submitting something to... Cryptoeconomic Systems (CES), cryptoeconomicsystems.pubpub.org/cfp-spring-2..., deadline May 20 ⚠️ DAO Berkeley (part of SBC 2025) daoscience.org/berkeley2025, deadline May 30 ⚠️

New book out in the series that Bob Coecke and I edit! The excellent Introduction to String Diagrams for Computer Scientists, by Robin Piedeleu and Fabio Zanasi. 👏👏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

An Introduction to String Diagrams for Computer Scientists

Cambridge Core - Logic, Categories and Sets - An Introduction to String Diagrams for Computer Scientists

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The European Commission published the AI Continent Action Plan, with the aim of building a European approach that is innovative and competitive in the "race for leadership in AI". Here’s my analysis: ttps://openfuture.eu/blog/from-ai-factories-to-public-value/ #ai #publicAI #europe

From AI Factories to Public Value – Open Future

The AI Continent Action Plan needs a stronger vision of purposeful AI deployment if it wants to achieve more than just boost commercial AI development.

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The next season of the Public AI Seminar will focus on art, culture, and the creative industries—in particular, how creatives can build power in an age of AI. Applications due April 15; seminars start April 22. Join us! Details + application: publicai.substack.com/p/announcing...

Announcing the next Public AI Seminar

Starting on April 22, this season will focus on art, culture, and the creative industries—in particular, how creatives can build power in an age of AI. Several spots will be reserved for creative prof...

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A couple years ago, Primavera De Filippi and I published the Manifesto of Autonomous Art at autonomousart.org Now we're working on an update with new examples of autonomous art. Bluesky hivemind: any ideas for what examples we should include?

Autonomous Art

To be autonomous is to be free from external control. Autonomous art is art that is autonomous and which acts in order to ensure its autonomy. Often, it is art that owns itself or which cannot be owne...

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A thoughtful post from @glichfield.bsky.social , writer of Futurepolis and former editor-in-chief of Wired, summarizing (and gently nudging) #publicai. 🙏 "So what, kinda like a bridge, but for AI"? open.substack.com/pub/futurepo...

"So what, kinda like a bridge, but for AI"?

The conundrums of creating—and understanding—public digital infrastructure.

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